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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Global Change Biology	83
2	Nature Ecology & Evolution	63
3	Trends in Ecology & Evolution	57
4	Landscape and Urban Planning	56
5	ISME Journal	53
6	Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment	52
-	Ecological Informatics	52
8	Ecological Economics	49
9	Ecology Letters	46
10	Methods in Ecology and Evolution	40
-	Ecological Engineering	40
-	Biological Conservation	40
13	Global Ecology and Biogeography	38
14	Molecular Ecology	36
-	Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution	36
16	Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics	35
17	Conservation Biology	34
-	Molecular Ecology Resources	34
-	Ecosystem Services	34
-	Functional Ecology	34
21	Journal of Applied Ecology	33
-	Diversity-Basel	33
-	Journal of Ecology	33
24	Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences	32
-	Ecology	32
-	Ecology and Evolution	32
27	International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology	31
28	People and Nature	30
-	Ecography	30
-	Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment	30
31	Biogeosciences	29
-	Ecosphere	29
-	Frontiers in Forests and Global Change	29
-	Ecological Applications	29
35	Ecological Modelling	28
36	Diversity and Distributions	27
-	Current Opinion in Insect Science	27
38	Landscape Ecology	26
-	Microbial Ecology	26
-	Fire-Switzerland	26
41	Ecological Monographs	25
-	Global Ecology and Conservation	25
-	Journal of Animal Ecology	25
44	Biological Invasions	24
-	Evolution	24
-	Journal of Biogeography	24
-	Basic and Applied Ecology	24
-	Biodiversity and Conservation	24
49	Restoration Ecology	22
50	Oikos	21

-	Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation	21
-	Ecology and Society	21
-	Ecotoxicology	21
-	Fire Ecology	21
-	Journal for Nature Conservation	21
-	American Naturalist	21
-	Plants People Planet	21
-	Urban Ecosystems	21
59	Journal of Evolutionary Biology	20
-	Marine Ecology Progress Series	20
-	Oecologia	20
62	Heredity	19
-	Ecological Processes	19
-	Journal of Arid Environments	19
65	Movement Ecology	18
-	Neobiota	18
-	BMC Ecology and Evolution	18
68	Behavioral Ecology	17
-	Biochemical Systematics and Ecology	17
-	Ecosystems	17
-	European Journal of Soil Biology	17
-	Freshwater Biology	17
-	Arctic Science	17
-	Conservation Physiology	17
-	Rangeland Ecology & Management	17
-	Regional Studies in Marine Science	17
-	Ecohydrology	17
-	International Journal for Parasitology-Parasites and Wildlife	17
79	Ecohydrology & Hydrobiology	16
-	Animal Conservation	16
-	Wetlands	16
-	Ecosystem Health and Sustainability	16
83	Biotropica	15
-	Flora	15
-	AoB Plants	15
-	Applied Vegetation Science	15
-	Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology	15
88	Journal of Soil and Water Conservation	14
-	Journal of Vegetation Science	14
-	Ecological Management & Restoration	14
-	Mammal Review	14
-	Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology	14
-	Environmental Biology of Fishes	14
94	Aquatic Ecology	13
-	Austral Ecology	13
-	Paleobiology	13
-	Chemistry and Ecology	13
-	Wildlife Research	13
-	Fungal Ecology	13
-	Journal of Chemical Ecology	13
-	Journal of Wildlife Management	13
-	Oryx	13
-	Plant Ecology	13
-	European Journal of Wildlife Research	13
105	Animal Biotelemetry	12
-	Polar Biology	12
-	Ecological Research	12
-	Pedobiologia	12
-	Perspectives in Plant Ecology Evolution and Systematics	12
-	Polar Science	12
-	Evolutionary Ecology	12
-	Journal of Biological Dynamics	12
113	African Journal of Ecology	11
-	Landscape and Ecological Engineering	11
-	Tropical Ecology	11
-	Acta Oecologica-International Journal of Ecology	11
-	Food Webs	11
-	Freshwater Science	11
119	Applied Ecology and Environmental Research	10
-	Ecological Complexity	10
-	Theoretical Population Biology	10
122	Journal of Freshwater Ecology	9
-	African Journal of Range & Forage Science	9
-	Aquatic Invasions	9
-	Polar Record	9
126	Acta Amazonica	8
-	Marine Biology Research	8
-	Community Ecology	8
-	Polar Research	8
-	Rangeland Journal	8
-	Journal of Tropical Ecology	8
132	Journal of Natural History	7
-	Plant Species Biology	7
-	Contemporary Problems of Ecology	7
-	Russian Journal of Ecology	7
-	Chemoecology	7
-	Population Ecology	7
-	Theoretical Ecology	7
-	Ecoscience	7
140	Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management	6
-	Natural Areas Journal	6
-	Southeastern Naturalist	6
-	Ecological Restoration	6
144	African Journal of Wildlife Research	5
-	Aquatic Microbial Ecology	5
-	Western North American Naturalist	5
-	Northeastern Naturalist	5
-	Biology Letters	5
149	American Midland Naturalist	4
-	New Zealand Journal of Ecology	4
-	Phytocoenologia	4
-	Southwestern Naturalist	4
153	Compost Science & Utilization	3
154	Northwest Science	2
-	Polish Journal of Ecology	2
-	eco.mont-Journal on Protected Mountain Areas Research	2
157	Journal of Plant Ecology	1