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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Nature Ecology & Evolution	60
2	Landscape and Urban Planning	55
3	Trends in Ecology & Evolution	53
4	Ecological Economics	47
5	Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment	45
6	Biological Conservation	42
-	Ecological Informatics	42
-	Methods in Ecology and Evolution	42
9	Molecular Ecology	41
10	Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics	40
11	Global Ecology and Biogeography	38
12	Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution	37
13	Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences	35
14	Ecosystem Services	34
15	Journal of Ecology	33
-	Ecology and Evolution	33
-	Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment	33
18	Journal of Applied Ecology	32
-	Ecological Engineering	32
20	Ecological Applications	31
-	Ecology	31
-	Biogeosciences	31
-	Conservation Biology	31
-	Ecography	31
25	Current Opinion in Insect Science	30
-	Functional Ecology	30
27	Landscape Ecology	28
28	Restoration Ecology	27
29	Ecosphere	26
30	Ecological Modelling	25
-	Journal of Animal Ecology	25
32	Journal of Biogeography	24
-	Global Ecology and Conservation	24
-	Journal of Arid Environments	24
-	People and Nature	24
36	Evolution	23
-	Marine Ecology Progress Series	23
-	Microbial Ecology	23
-	Ecological Processes	23
-	Fire-Switzerland	23
41	Ecology and Society	22
-	Frontiers in Forests and Global Change	22
-	Oikos	22
44	Biodiversity and Conservation	21
-	Ecological Monographs	21
-	American Naturalist	21
47	Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation	20
-	Freshwater Biology	20
-	Heredity	20
-	Oecologia	20

-	Plants People Planet	20
-	Ecotoxicology	20
-	Neobiota	20
54	Journal of Evolutionary Biology	19
55	Rangeland Ecology & Management	18
56	BMC Ecology and Evolution	17
-	Conservation Physiology	17
-	Journal for Nature Conservation	17
-	Mammal Review	17
60	Ecohydrology	16
-	Fire Ecology	16
-	Movement Ecology	16
-	Behavioral Ecology	16
-	Ecological Complexity	16
65	Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology	15
-	Polar Science	15
-	AoB Plants	15
-	Regional Studies in Marine Science	15
-	Biotropica	15
-	Ecosystem Health and Sustainability	15
-	Journal of Chemical Ecology	15
72	Wetlands	14
-	Journal of Wildlife Management	14
-	Biochemical Systematics and Ecology	14
-	Ecohydrology & Hydrobiology	14
-	Freshwater Science	14
-	International Journal for Parasitology-Parasites and Wildlife	14
78	Arctic Science	13
-	Flora	13
-	Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology	13
-	European Journal of Wildlife Research	13
82	Wildlife Research	12
-	Paleobiology	12
-	Polar Biology	12
-	Animal Biotelemetry	12
86	Tropical Ecology	11
-	Ecological Research	11
-	Journal of Soil and Water Conservation	11
-	Oryx	11
-	Pedobiologia	11
-	Food Webs	11
92	Environmental Biology of Fishes	10
-	Chemistry and Ecology	10
-	Evolutionary Ecology	10
-	Polar Research	10
96	Applied Ecology and Environmental Research	9
-	African Journal of Range & Forage Science	9
-	Wildlife Biology	9
-	African Journal of Ecology	9
100	Russian Journal of Ecology	8
-	Theoretical Population Biology	8
-	Chemoecology	8
-	Journal of Freshwater Ecology	8
-	Acta Amazonica	8
-	Polar Record	8
-	Community Ecology	8
-	Contemporary Problems of Ecology	8
-	Ecological Restoration	8
-	Journal of Natural History	8
-	Natural Areas Journal	8
111	Aquatic Microbial Ecology	7
-	Theoretical Ecology	7
-	Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management	7
-	Journal of Tropical Ecology	7
-	Plant Species Biology	7
116	Rangeland Journal	6
-	Southeastern Naturalist	6
118	Western North American Naturalist	5
119	New Zealand Journal of Ecology	4
-	Northwest Science	4
-	African Journal of Wildlife Research	4
-	American Midland Naturalist	4
123	Southwestern Naturalist	3
-	Phytocoenologia	3
125	Compost Science & Utilization	2
-	eco.mont-Journal on Protected Mountain Areas Research	2
-	Polish Journal of Ecology	2