Ecology: 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Global Change Biology	82
2	Nature Ecology & Evolution	63
3	Landscape and Urban Planning	56
-	Trends in Ecology & Evolution	56
5	ISME Journal	53
6	Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment	51
-	Ecological Informatics	51
8	Ecological Economics	47
-	Ecology Letters	47
10	Methods in Ecology and Evolution	44
11	Global Ecology and Biogeography	41
12	Biological Conservation	39
13	Ecological Engineering	37
14	Molecular Ecology	36
-	Ecosystem Services	36
-	Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution	36
17	Molecular Ecology Resources	34
-	Journal of Applied Ecology	34
19	Ecology and Evolution	33
-	Functional Ecology	33
-	Journal of Ecology	33
-	Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics	33
23	Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences	32
-	Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment	32
-	Conservation Biology	32
26	Diversity-Basel	31
-	Ecography	31
-	Ecology	31
29	Current Opinion in Insect Science	30
-	Ecological Applications	30
-	International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology	30
32	Ecological Modelling	29
33	People and Nature	28
-	Biogeosciences	28
-	Ecosphere	28
36	Fire-Switzerland	27
-	Frontiers in Forests and Global Change	27
38	Landscape Ecology	26
-	Global Ecology and Conservation	26
-	Microbial Ecology	26
-	Diversity and Distributions	26
42	Basic and Applied Ecology	24
-	Journal of Animal Ecology	24
-	Ecological Monographs	24
45	Oikos	23
-	Evolution	23
-	Journal of Biogeography	23
48	Biodiversity and Conservation	22
-	Biological Invasions	22
-	Restoration Ecology	22

51	Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation	21
-	Journal of Arid Environments	21
-	Marine Ecology Progress Series	21
54	American Naturalist	20
-	Ecological Processes	20
-	Plants People Planet	20
-	Urban Ecosystems	20
-	Ecotoxicology	20
-	Fire Ecology	20
-	Journal of Evolutionary Biology	20
61	Oecologia	19
-	Ecology and Society	19
-	Heredity	19
-	Journal for Nature Conservation	19
65	Neobiota	18
-	Rangeland Ecology & Management	18
-	Ecosystems	18
68	BMC Ecology and Evolution	17
-	Ecohydrology	17
-	Biochemical Systematics and Ecology	17
-	European Journal of Soil Biology	17
-	Freshwater Biology	17
73	Animal Conservation	16
-	Movement Ecology	16
-	Arctic Science	16
-	International Journal for Parasitology-Parasites and Wildlife	16
-	Behavioral Ecology	16
-	Regional Studies in Marine Science	16
79	AoB Plants	15
-	Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology	15
-	Journal of Vegetation Science	15
-	Mammal Review	15
-	Ecohydrology & Hydrobiology	15
-	Wetlands	15
-	Flora	15
-	Journal of Chemical Ecology	15
87	Applied Vegetation Science	14
-	Paleobiology	14
-	Conservation Physiology	14
-	Ecosystem Health and Sustainability	14
-	Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology	14
-	Perspectives in Plant Ecology Evolution and Systematics	14
-	Biotropica	14
94	Environmental Biology of Fishes	13
-	European Journal of Wildlife Research	13
-	Journal of Soil and Water Conservation	13
-	Journal of Wildlife Management	13
-	Plant Ecology	13
-	Chemistry and Ecology	13
-	Ecological Management & Restoration	13
-	Fungal Ecology	13
102	Polar Biology	12
-	Wildlife Research	12
-	Evolutionary Ecology	12
-	Journal of Biological Dynamics	12
-	Animal Biotelemetry	12
-	Aquatic Ecology	12
-	Austral Ecology	12
-	Oryx	12
-	Pedobiologia	12
-	Polar Science	12
-	Ecological Complexity	12
-	Ecological Research	12
114	Acta Oecologica-International Journal of Ecology	11
-	Landscape and Ecological Engineering	11
-	Theoretical Population Biology	11
-	Tropical Ecology	11
-	Freshwater Science	11
-	African Journal of Ecology	11
120	Food Webs	10
-	Applied Ecology and Environmental Research	10
122	African Journal of Range & Forage Science	9
-	Polar Research	9
-	Polar Record	9
125	Marine Biology Research	8
-	Aquatic Invasions	8
-	Rangeland Journal	8
-	Journal of Freshwater Ecology	8
-	Community Ecology	8
-	Journal of Natural History	8
-	Journal of Tropical Ecology	8
-	Acta Amazonica	8
133	Plant Species Biology	7
-	Chemoecology	7
-	Russian Journal of Ecology	7
-	Aquatic Microbial Ecology	7
-	Contemporary Problems of Ecology	7
-	Southeastern Naturalist	7
-	Theoretical Ecology	7
140	Ecoscience	6
-	African Journal of Wildlife Research	6
-	Natural Areas Journal	6
-	Northeastern Naturalist	6
-	Population Ecology	6
-	Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management	6
146	Western North American Naturalist	5
-	Ecological Restoration	5
148	New Zealand Journal of Ecology	4
-	Phytocoenologia	4
-	Biology Letters	4
-	Southwestern Naturalist	4
-	American Midland Naturalist	4
153	Northwest Science	3
-	Compost Science & Utilization	3
155	Polish Journal of Ecology	2
-	eco.mont-Journal on Protected Mountain Areas Research	2