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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Global Change Biology	81
2	Nature Ecology & Evolution	62
3	Trends in Ecology & Evolution	56
4	ISME Journal	55
5	Landscape and Urban Planning	54
6	Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment	48
-	Ecological Economics	48
8	Methods in Ecology and Evolution	47
-	Ecological Informatics	47
-	Ecology Letters	47
11	Biological Conservation	40
12	Global Ecology and Biogeography	38
13	Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution	37
-	Molecular Ecology	37
15	Ecosystem Services	35
16	Journal of Applied Ecology	34
-	Ecological Engineering	34
18	Molecular Ecology Resources	33
-	Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences	33
-	Ecology and Evolution	33
-	Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment	33
22	Ecology	32
-	Current Opinion in Insect Science	32
-	Ecological Applications	32
25	Conservation Biology	31
-	Functional Ecology	31
-	Journal of Ecology	31
28	Ecography	30
-	Landscape Ecology	30
30	International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology	29
-	Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics	29
-	Biogeosciences	29
-	Diversity-Basel	29
34	Diversity and Distributions	28
-	Ecosphere	28
36	Microbial Ecology	25
-	Restoration Ecology	25
-	Frontiers in Forests and Global Change	25
-	Global Ecology and Conservation	25
-	People and Nature	25
-	Ecological Modelling	25
-	Fire-Switzerland	25
43	Biological Invasions	24
-	Ecological Monographs	24
45	Evolution	23
-	Journal of Animal Ecology	23
-	Basic and Applied Ecology	23
-	Oikos	23
-	Biodiversity and Conservation	23
50	Journal of Biogeography	22

-	Journal of Arid Environments	22
-	Ecological Processes	22
53	Marine Ecology Progress Series	21
-	Oecologia	21
55	Neobiota	20
-	Ecotoxicology	20
-	Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation	20
58	Heredity	19
-	Plants People Planet	19
-	Ecosystems	19
-	Fire Ecology	19
-	Freshwater Biology	19
-	American Naturalist	19
64	Journal of Evolutionary Biology	18
-	Rangeland Ecology & Management	18
-	Urban Ecosystems	18
-	BMC Ecology and Evolution	18
68	Journal for Nature Conservation	17
-	Mammal Review	17
-	Behavioral Ecology	17
-	European Journal of Soil Biology	17
-	Movement Ecology	17
-	Ecohydrology	17
74	Journal of Vegetation Science	16
-	Animal Conservation	16
76	Biochemical Systematics and Ecology	15
-	Biotropica	15
-	Regional Studies in Marine Science	15
-	International Journal for Parasitology-Parasites and Wildlife	15
-	AoB Plants	15
81	Journal of Chemical Ecology	14
-	Journal of Wildlife Management	14
-	Perspectives in Plant Ecology Evolution and Systematics	14
-	Ecohydrology & Hydrobiology	14
-	Ecology and Society	14
-	Arctic Science	14
-	Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology	14
88	Fungal Ecology	13
-	Aquatic Ecology	13
-	Austral Ecology	13
-	Plant Ecology	13
-	Wetlands	13
-	Flora	13
-	Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology	13
-	Applied Vegetation Science	13
-	Paleobiology	13
-	Conservation Physiology	13
-	Environmental Biology of Fishes	13
99	Animal Biotelemetry	12
-	Polar Science	12
-	Polar Biology	12
-	Ecosystem Health and Sustainability	12
-	European Journal of Wildlife Research	12
-	Evolutionary Ecology	12
105	Oryx	11
-	Chemistry and Ecology	11
-	Ecological Complexity	11
-	Ecological Management & Restoration	11
-	Ecological Research	11
-	Wildlife Research	11
-	Acta Oecologica-International Journal of Ecology	11
-	Polar Research	11
113	Pedobiologia	10
-	Journal of Biological Dynamics	10
-	Landscape and Ecological Engineering	10
-	Tropical Ecology	10
-	Food Webs	10
-	Freshwater Science	10
119	African Journal of Ecology	9
-	Journal of Soil and Water Conservation	9
-	Theoretical Population Biology	9
122	Journal of Natural History	8
-	Acta Amazonica	8
-	Applied Ecology and Environmental Research	8
-	Polar Record	8
-	Community Ecology	8
-	Theoretical Ecology	8
-	Journal of Freshwater Ecology	8
-	African Journal of Range & Forage Science	8
-	Marine Biology Research	8
-	Chemoecology	8
-	Russian Journal of Ecology	8
-	Ecoscience	8
134	Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management	7
-	Journal of Tropical Ecology	7
-	Aquatic Microbial Ecology	7
-	Aquatic Invasions	7
-	Wildlife Biology	7
139	Natural Areas Journal	6
-	Population Ecology	6
-	Contemporary Problems of Ecology	6
-	Southeastern Naturalist	6
-	Plant Species Biology	6
-	Rangeland Journal	6
145	Northeastern Naturalist	5
-	Western North American Naturalist	5
-	Ecological Restoration	5
148	African Journal of Wildlife Research	4
-	American Midland Naturalist	4
-	New Zealand Journal of Ecology	4
-	Southwestern Naturalist	4
152	Northwest Science	3
-	Phytocoenologia	3
-	Biology Letters	3
-	Compost Science & Utilization	3
156	eco.mont-Journal on Protected Mountain Areas Research	2
-	Polish Journal of Ecology	2