Biodiversity Conservation: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor

(A journal has H4-Index of h when h of its past four year's publications has h citations, whereby h is the highest possible number that renders the former statement true. The citation data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)

(Using publications from roughly 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Global Change Biology	81
2	Biological Conservation	40
3	Journal of Applied Ecology	34
4	Conservation Biology	31
5	Ecography	30
6	Diversity-Basel	29
7	Diversity and Distributions	28
8	Conservation Letters	26
9	Global Ecology and Conservation	25
-	People and Nature	25
11	Biological Invasions	24
12	Biodiversity and Conservation	23
13	Conservation Science and Practice	21
14	Neobiota	20
15	Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine	19
-	Plants People Planet	19
17	Urban Ecosystems	18
18	Journal for Nature Conservation	17
19	Animal Conservation	16
20	Endangered Species Research	14
-	Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation	14
22	Conservation Physiology	13
-	Conservation Genetics	13
-	Paleobiology	13
25	Polar Biology	12
-	Animal Biotelemetry	12
-	Biodiversity Data Journal	12
28	Nature Conservation-Bulgaria	11
-	Environmental Conservation	11
-	Oryx	11
31	Food Webs	10
-	Human Dimensions of Wildlife	10
-	Landscape and Ecological Engineering	10
34	Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments	9
-	Bioinvasions Records	9
-	Bird Conservation International	9
-	Marine Biodiversity	9
-	Systematics and Biodiversity	9
39	Journal of Natural History	8
40	Management of Biological Invasions	7
-	Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management	7
42	Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad	6
-	Tropical Conservation Science	6
-	Animal Biodiversity and Conservation	6
-	Southeastern Naturalist	6
-	Biota Neotropica	6
47	Northeastern Naturalist	5
-	Western North American Naturalist	5
-	Avian Conservation and Ecology	5
50	Conservation Genetics Resources	4

-	Southwestern Naturalist	4
-	American Midland Naturalist	4
-	American Museum Novitates	4
-	Caribbean Journal of Science	4
55	eco.mont-Journal on Protected Mountain Areas Research	2