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 2021-07-01 to 2025-07-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Global Change Biology	82
2	Trends in Ecology & Evolution	57
3	Landscape and Urban Planning	55
4	ISME Journal	54
5	Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment	51
-	Ecological Informatics	51
7	Ecological Economics	49
8	Methods in Ecology and Evolution	46
-	Ecology Letters	46
10	Global Ecology and Biogeography	40
11	Biological Conservation	39
12	Molecular Ecology	37
13	Ecological Engineering	36
14	Functional Ecology	34
-	Journal of Ecology	34
-	Molecular Ecology Resources	34
17	Journal of Applied Ecology	33
18	Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics	32
-	Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences	32
-	Conservation Biology	32
-	Ecography	32
-	Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment	32
23	Ecological Applications	31
24	Diversity-Basel	30
-	Ecology	30
-	International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology	30
27	Landscape Ecology	28
-	Biogeosciences	28
-	Ecological Modelling	28
30	Diversity and Distributions	27
31	Microbial Ecology	25
32	Biodiversity and Conservation	24
-	Journal of Animal Ecology	24
34	Basic and Applied Ecology	23
-	Ecological Monographs	23
-	Evolution	23
-	Neobiota	23
-	Restoration Ecology	23
-	Biological Invasions	23
-	Journal of Biogeography	23
41	Oikos	22
42	Journal of Arid Environments	21
-	Marine Ecology Progress Series	21
44	American Naturalist	20
-	Ecotoxicology	20
-	Fire Ecology	20
-	Rangeland Ecology & Management	20
-	Urban Ecosystems	20
-	Journal of Evolutionary Biology	20
50	Heredity	19

-	Oecologia	19
-	Ecosystems	19
53	Ecology and Society	18
-	Freshwater Biology	18
-	Behavioral Ecology	18
-	Ecohydrology	18
-	Journal for Nature Conservation	18
58	European Journal of Soil Biology	17
-	Mammal Review	17
60	Journal of Vegetation Science	16
-	Animal Conservation	16
-	Biochemical Systematics and Ecology	16
63	Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology	15
-	Ecohydrology & Hydrobiology	15
-	Journal of Wildlife Management	15
-	AoB Plants	15
67	Perspectives in Plant Ecology Evolution and Systematics	14
-	Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology	14
-	Applied Vegetation Science	14
-	Biotropica	14
-	Wetlands	14
-	European Journal of Wildlife Research	14
-	Flora	14
-	Journal of Chemical Ecology	14
75	Paleobiology	13
-	Plant Ecology	13
-	Aquatic Ecology	13
-	Chemistry and Ecology	13
-	Journal of Soil and Water Conservation	13
-	Environmental Biology of Fishes	13
81	Polar Biology	12
-	Ecological Complexity	12
-	Ecological Management & Restoration	12
-	Oryx	12
-	Pedobiologia	12
-	Polar Science	12
-	Austral Ecology	12
-	Wildlife Research	12
-	Ecological Research	12
-	Evolutionary Ecology	12
-	Fungal Ecology	12
92	Tropical Ecology	11
-	Journal of Biological Dynamics	11
94	Landscape and Ecological Engineering	10
-	African Journal of Ecology	10
-	Polar Research	10
-	Theoretical Population Biology	10
-	Acta Oecologica-International Journal of Ecology	10
99	Applied Ecology and Environmental Research	9
-	Russian Journal of Ecology	9
-	African Journal of Range & Forage Science	9
-	Polar Record	9
103	Marine Biology Research	8
-	Acta Amazonica	8
-	Rangeland Journal	8
-	Community Ecology	8
-	Journal of Freshwater Ecology	8
-	Aquatic Invasions	8
-	Journal of Natural History	8
-	Journal of Tropical Ecology	8
111	Aquatic Microbial Ecology	7
-	Wildlife Biology	7
-	Ecoscience	7
-	Plant Species Biology	7
-	Southeastern Naturalist	7
-	Theoretical Ecology	7
-	Chemoecology	7
-	Contemporary Problems of Ecology	7
119	Natural Areas Journal	6
-	Population Ecology	6
-	Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management	6
122	Western North American Naturalist	5
-	Ecological Restoration	5
-	Northeastern Naturalist	5
-	American Midland Naturalist	5
126	New Zealand Journal of Ecology	4
-	Southwestern Naturalist	4
-	Biology Letters	4
-	Phytocoenologia	4
130	Northwest Science	3
-	Compost Science & Utilization	3
132	Polish Journal of Ecology	2