New: Think Tank Rankings 2025

Ecology

Journal Rankings
TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor
(The data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)
(Using publications from roughly 2021-07-01 to 2025-07-01)
Rank Journal Papers
1 Diversity-Basel3997
2 Global Change Biology2291
3 Molecular Ecology1931
4 Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences1806
5 Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment1726
6 Ecological Informatics1712
7 Biological Conservation1649
8 Applied Ecology and Environmental Research1406
9 Ecology1320
10 Ecological Economics1242
11 Ecological Modelling1153
12 Marine Ecology Progress Series1137
- Biogeosciences1137
14 Restoration Ecology1109
15 Journal of Applied Ecology1094
16 Ecological Engineering1092
17 Functional Ecology1050
18 Biological Invasions1025
19 Methods in Ecology and Evolution1001
20 Evolution991
21 Ecology Letters966
22 Journal of Biogeography949
23 ISME Journal939
24 Journal of Ecology926
25 Landscape and Urban Planning913
26 Biodiversity and Conservation886
27 Journal of Animal Ecology831
28 Ecological Applications817
29 Conservation Biology802
30 Oecologia775
31 Oikos760
32 Freshwater Biology754
33 Global Ecology and Biogeography748
34 Journal of Wildlife Management740
35 Molecular Ecology Resources732
36 Oryx726
37 Trends in Ecology & Evolution723
38 Diversity and Distributions722
39 Journal for Nature Conservation704
40 Microbial Ecology698
41 Austral Ecology653
42 American Naturalist639
43 Urban Ecosystems625
44 Ecography623
45 Flora613
46 Environmental Biology of Fishes607
47 Journal of Arid Environments597
48 Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology574
49 Ecohydrology557
50 Biochemical Systematics and Ecology553
51 African Journal of Ecology536
52 Ecology and Society535
- Biotropica535
54 Behavioral Ecology533
55 Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment531
56 Landscape Ecology509
57 Rangeland Ecology & Management505
58 Polar Biology493
59 Wetlands483
60 Ecotoxicology466
61 Journal of Natural History454
62 European Journal of Wildlife Research445
63 Journal of Evolutionary Biology408
64 Basic and Applied Ecology407
65 Plant Ecology386
66 Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology380
67 Contemporary Problems of Ecology371
68 Wildlife Research362
69 Neobiota361
70 Animal Conservation356
71 Ecohydrology & Hydrobiology349
72 Ecological Research344
73 Journal of Vegetation Science337
74 Journal of Chemical Ecology335
75 Aquatic Ecology332
76 Heredity323
77 Ecosystems322
78 Polar Science306
79 AoB Plants295
80 European Journal of Soil Biology286
81 Fire Ecology270
82 Acta Oecologica-International Journal of Ecology264
83 Applied Vegetation Science261
84 Northeastern Naturalist259
85 Chemistry and Ecology237
86 International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology235
87 Russian Journal of Ecology234
- Southeastern Naturalist234
89 Evolutionary Ecology219
90 Ecological Monographs218
91 Western North American Naturalist216
92 Fungal Ecology215
93 Tropical Ecology214
94 Plant Species Biology211
95 Community Ecology203
96 Journal of Soil and Water Conservation202
97 Natural Areas Journal200
98 Landscape and Ecological Engineering196
99 Acta Amazonica195
100 Marine Biology Research192
101 Ecological Management & Restoration189
102 Theoretical Population Biology188
103 Ecological Restoration180
104 Paleobiology179
105 Pedobiologia178
106 Southwestern Naturalist177
107 Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management173
108 Journal of Tropical Ecology160
109 Mammal Review157
110 Journal of Freshwater Ecology155
- New Zealand Journal of Ecology155
112 Perspectives in Plant Ecology Evolution and Systematics149
113 Population Ecology148
114 African Journal of Range & Forage Science134
115 Polar Record123
116 Journal of Biological Dynamics114
117 Aquatic Invasions104
118 Northwest Science102
119 Ecological Complexity101
- Rangeland Journal101
- Theoretical Ecology101
122 Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics99
- Polar Research99
124 Ecoscience79
125 Chemoecology65
126 Biology Letters64
127 American Midland Naturalist58
128 Polish Journal of Ecology48
- Aquatic Microbial Ecology48
130 Phytocoenologia36
131 Compost Science & Utilization30
132 Wildlife Biology20
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