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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Global Change Biology	82
2	Nature Ecology & Evolution	62
3	Trends in Ecology & Evolution	58
4	ISME Journal	56
5	Landscape and Urban Planning	54
6	Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment	49
-	Ecological Economics	49
8	Ecological Informatics	48
9	Ecology Letters	47
-	Methods in Ecology and Evolution	47
11	Global Ecology and Biogeography	39
12	Biological Conservation	38
-	Molecular Ecology	38
14	Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution	36
15	Ecosystem Services	35
-	Journal of Applied Ecology	35
-	Ecological Engineering	35
18	Molecular Ecology Resources	34
-	Ecology and Evolution	34
20	Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment	33
-	Functional Ecology	33
-	Ecological Applications	33
-	Journal of Ecology	33
24	Conservation Biology	32
-	Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences	32
-	Ecology	32
27	Ecography	31
28	Current Opinion in Insect Science	30
-	Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics	30
30	Diversity-Basel	29
-	Ecosphere	29
-	International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology	29
-	Biogeosciences	29
34	Landscape Ecology	28
-	Diversity and Distributions	28
36	Ecological Modelling	27
37	Fire-Switzerland	26
-	Frontiers in Forests and Global Change	26
-	People and Nature	26
40	Global Ecology and Conservation	25
-	Journal of Animal Ecology	25
-	Microbial Ecology	25
-	Restoration Ecology	25
-	Ecological Monographs	25
45	Evolution	24
-	Oikos	24
-	Biological Invasions	24
48	Basic and Applied Ecology	23
49	Journal of Arid Environments	22
-	Neobiota	22

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