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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Global Change Biology	82
2	Biological Conservation	37
3	Conservation Biology	33
-	Journal of Applied Ecology	33
5	Ecography	32
6	Diversity-Basel	31
7	Diversity and Distributions	28
8	Conservation Letters	26
9	Biological Invasions	23
-	Biodiversity and Conservation	23
11	Neobiota	22
12	Urban Ecosystems	19
-	Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine	19
14	Journal for Nature Conservation	18
15	Animal Conservation	17
16	Endangered Species Research	15
17	Biodiversity Data Journal	13
-	Environmental Conservation	13
-	Paleobiology	13
20	Polar Biology	12
-	Conservation Genetics	12
22	Oryx	11
23	Nature Conservation-Bulgaria	10
-	Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments	10
-	Landscape and Ecological Engineering	10
-	Marine Biodiversity	10
27	Systematics and Biodiversity	9
-	Bird Conservation International	9
-	Human Dimensions of Wildlife	9
30	Journal of Natural History	8
31	Management of Biological Invasions	7
-	Southeastern Naturalist	7
33	Animal Biodiversity and Conservation	6
-	Avian Conservation and Ecology	6
-	Northeastern Naturalist	6
-	Tropical Conservation Science	6
-	Biota Neotropica	6
-	Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management	6
-	Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad	6
40	American Midland Naturalist	5
-	Western North American Naturalist	5
-	American Museum Novitates	5
-	Caribbean Journal of Science	5
44	Southwestern Naturalist	4