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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Global Change Biology	85
2	Nature Ecology & Evolution	67
3	Landscape and Urban Planning	63
4	Ecological Informatics	62
5	Trends in Ecology & Evolution	59
-	Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment	59
7	ISME Journal	57
8	Ecological Economics	49
9	Biological Conservation	44
-	Ecology Letters	44
11	Methods in Ecology and Evolution	38
12	Molecular Ecology	37
13	Journal of Ecology	36
-	Ecosystem Services	36
-	Global Ecology and Biogeography	36
16	Fire-Switzerland	34
-	Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution	34
-	Journal of Applied Ecology	34
-	Conservation Biology	34
-	Ecological Engineering	34
-	Ecology	34
22	Functional Ecology	33
-	Molecular Ecology Resources	33
-	Diversity-Basel	33
-	Ecology and Evolution	33
-	People and Nature	33
27	Frontiers in Forests and Global Change	32
-	International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology	32
-	Biogeosciences	32
-	Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences	32
31	Ecological Modelling	31
-	Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics	31
33	Microbial Ecology	30
-	Ecological Applications	30
-	Ecosphere	30
36	Ecography	29
37	Landscape Ecology	28
38	Journal of Animal Ecology	27
-	Current Opinion in Insect Science	27
-	Fire Ecology	27
41	Journal of Biogeography	26
42	Biodiversity and Conservation	25
-	Ecological Monographs	25
44	Global Ecology and Conservation	24
-	Plants People Planet	24
-	Diversity and Distributions	24
-	Evolution	24
48	Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment	23
-	Basic and Applied Ecology	23
50	Restoration Ecology	22

-	Ecological Processes	22
-	Journal for Nature Conservation	22
-	Ecology and Society	22
54	Journal of Arid Environments	21
-	Marine Ecology Progress Series	21
-	Oikos	21
-	Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation	21
58	American Naturalist	20
-	Regional Studies in Marine Science	20
-	Movement Ecology	20
-	Biological Invasions	20
-	European Journal of Soil Biology	20
63	Rangeland Ecology & Management	19
-	Urban Ecosystems	19
-	Freshwater Biology	19
-	Biochemical Systematics and Ecology	19
67	Neobiota	18
-	Oecologia	18
-	Wetlands	18
-	Ecosystem Health and Sustainability	18
-	Journal of Evolutionary Biology	18
-	Ecotoxicology	18
73	AoB Plants	17
-	Arctic Science	17
-	Conservation Physiology	17
-	Heredity	17
-	Behavioral Ecology	17
78	International Journal for Parasitology-Parasites and Wildlife	16
-	BMC Ecology and Evolution	16
-	Flora	16
-	Fungal Ecology	16
-	Ecosystems	16
83	Animal Conservation	15
-	Applied Vegetation Science	15
-	Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology	15
-	Oryx	15
-	Ecohydrology	15
-	Environmental Biology of Fishes	15
-	European Journal of Wildlife Research	15
-	Biotropica	15
-	Chemistry and Ecology	15
-	Ecohydrology & Hydrobiology	15
93	Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology	14
-	Mammal Review	14
-	Journal of Vegetation Science	14
-	Austral Ecology	14
-	Paleobiology	14
98	Journal of Biological Dynamics	13
-	Journal of Wildlife Management	13
-	Perspectives in Plant Ecology Evolution and Systematics	13
-	Plant Ecology	13
-	Journal of Chemical Ecology	13
-	Journal of Soil and Water Conservation	13
-	Animal Biotelemetry	13
-	Aquatic Ecology	13
-	Tropical Ecology	13
107	Food Webs	12
-	Freshwater Science	12
-	African Journal of Ecology	12
-	Pedobiologia	12
-	Polar Biology	12
-	Ecological Research	12
113	Polar Science	11
-	Acta Oecologica-International Journal of Ecology	11
-	Wildlife Research	11
116	Journal of Freshwater Ecology	10
-	Aquatic Invasions	10
-	Landscape and Ecological Engineering	10
-	Applied Ecology and Environmental Research	10
-	Ecological Complexity	10
121	Journal of Tropical Ecology	9
-	Acta Amazonica	9
-	Biology Letters	9
-	Evolutionary Ecology	9
-	Community Ecology	9
-	Theoretical Population Biology	9
127	Theoretical Ecology	8
-	Journal of Natural History	8
-	African Journal of Range & Forage Science	8
-	Marine Biology Research	8
-	Rangeland Journal	8
-	Ecological Management & Restoration	8
133	Plant Species Biology	7
-	Contemporary Problems of Ecology	7
-	Russian Journal of Ecology	7
136	Chemoecology	6
-	Polar Record	6
-	Population Ecology	6
-	Ecological Restoration	6
-	Ecoscience	6
141	Journal of Plant Ecology	5
-	African Journal of Wildlife Research	5
-	Natural Areas Journal	5
-	Northeastern Naturalist	5
-	Compost Science & Utilization	5
-	Southeastern Naturalist	5
-	Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management	5
-	Aquatic Microbial Ecology	5
-	Polar Research	5
-	Western North American Naturalist	5
151	New Zealand Journal of Ecology	4
-	Phytocoenologia	4
-	Southwestern Naturalist	4
154	Northwest Science	3
155	Polish Journal of Ecology	2
-	eco.mont-Journal on Protected Mountain Areas Research	2