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 2022-07-01 to 2026-07-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Global Change Biology	86
2	Biological Conservation	41
3	Conservation Biology	34
4	People and Nature	33
5	Diversity-Basel	32
6	Journal of Applied Ecology	31
7	Ecography	28
8	Biodiversity and Conservation	26
-	Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine	26
10	Diversity and Distributions	25
11	Plants People Planet	24
-	Global Ecology and Conservation	24
13	Conservation Letters	22
-	Journal for Nature Conservation	22
15	Biological Invasions	21
-	Conservation Science and Practice	21
17	Urban Ecosystems	19
18	Neobiota	18
19	Conservation Physiology	17
20	Endangered Species Research	16
21	Oryx	15
-	Animal Conservation	15
-	Biodiversity Data Journal	15
24	Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation	14
25	Paleobiology	13
-	Environmental Conservation	13
-	Animal Biotelemetry	13
-	Conservation Genetics	13
29	Polar Biology	12
-	Bird Conservation International	12
-	Food Webs	12
32	Landscape and Ecological Engineering	11
-	Systematics and Biodiversity	11
-	Nature Conservation-Bulgaria	11
35	Marine Biodiversity	10
-	Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments	10
37	Bioinvasions Records	9
-	Management of Biological Invasions	9
39	Animal Biodiversity and Conservation	8
-	Human Dimensions of Wildlife	8
-	Journal of Natural History	8
-	Tropical Conservation Science	8
43	Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management	6
-	Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad	6
-	Avian Conservation and Ecology	6
46	Southeastern Naturalist	5
-	Northeastern Naturalist	5
-	Western North American Naturalist	5
-	American Museum Novitates	5
-	Biota Neotropica	5

-	Caribbean Journal of Science	5
52	Southwestern Naturalist	4
53	eco.mont-Journal on Protected Mountain Areas Research	2