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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Global Change Biology	85
2	Nature Ecology & Evolution	65
3	Landscape and Urban Planning	58
4	Trends in Ecology & Evolution	57
5	ISME Journal	55
6	Ecological Informatics	54
7	Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment	53
8	Ecological Economics	48
9	Ecology Letters	47
10	Biological Conservation	41
11	Methods in Ecology and Evolution	40
12	Global Ecology and Biogeography	39
13	Ecological Engineering	38
14	Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution	37
-	Molecular Ecology	37
16	Ecosystem Services	35
-	Molecular Ecology Resources	35
18	Ecology	34
-	Journal of Ecology	34
20	Diversity-Basel	33
-	Functional Ecology	33
22	International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology	32
-	Conservation Biology	32
-	Ecology and Evolution	32
25	Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences	31
-	Ecosphere	31
-	Journal of Applied Ecology	31
-	People and Nature	31
29	Frontiers in Forests and Global Change	30
-	Ecological Applications	30
-	Ecological Modelling	30
32	Ecography	29
-	Biogeosciences	29
34	Current Opinion in Insect Science	28
35	Landscape Ecology	27
-	Fire-Switzerland	27
-	Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment	27
-	Microbial Ecology	27
39	Diversity and Distributions	26
-	Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics	26
-	Journal of Animal Ecology	26
42	Journal of Biogeography	25
-	Biodiversity and Conservation	25
44	Evolution	24
-	Global Ecology and Conservation	24
46	Ecological Monographs	23
-	Ecology and Society	23
-	Basic and Applied Ecology	23
49	Ecotoxicology	22
-	Oikos	22

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