Ecology: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor

(The TQCC is the top quartile citation count: if all publications of a journal are sorted by citation count in descending order, then the TQCC is the citation count of the publication residing at the end of the top quartile; for example, given 100 publications, the TQCC is the citation count of the 25th ranked paper. The data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)

(Using publications from roughly 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01)

Rank	Journal	TQCC
1	Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics	33
2	Landscape and Urban Planning	28
3	Global Change Biology	23
4	Trends in Ecology & Evolution	21
-	ISME Journal	21
6	Nature Ecology & Evolution	20
7	Ecosystem Services	18
8	Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment	17
9	Ecological Economics	15
-	Ecological Informatics	15
-	Ecology Letters	15
-	International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology	15
-	Landscape Ecology	15
14	Microbial Ecology	13
-	Ecological Monographs	13
16	Ecological Applications	12
-	Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences	12
-	Global Ecology and Biogeography	12
19	Journal of Ecology	11
-	Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation	11
-	Methods in Ecology and Evolution	11
22	Current Opinion in Insect Science	10
-	Functional Ecology	10
-	Molecular Ecology Resources	10
-	Biological Conservation	10
-	Ecography	10
-	Ecological Engineering	10
-	Fire Ecology	10
-	Journal of Applied Ecology	10
-	Journal of Evolutionary Biology	10
-	Molecular Ecology	10
32	Ecological Processes	9
-	Basic and Applied Ecology	9
-	Conservation Biology	9
-	Ecology	9
-	European Journal of Soil Biology	9
-	Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution	9
-	Frontiers in Forests and Global Change	9
-	Biogeosciences	9
-	People and Nature	9
41	Plants People Planet	8
-	Journal of Animal Ecology	8
-	Mammal Review	8
-	American Naturalist	8
-	Diversity and Distributions	8
-	Movement Ecology	8
47	Ecological Modelling	7
-	Fire-Switzerland	7
-	Applied Vegetation Science	7
-	Ecosphere	7

-	Ecosystems	7
-	Evolution	7
-	Fungal Ecology	7
-	Heredity	7
55	Diversity-Basel	6
-	Ecosystem Health and Sustainability	6
-	Journal of Biological Dynamics	6
-	Marine Ecology Progress Series	6
-	Animal Conservation	6
-	AoB Plants	6
-	Neobiota	6
-	Oecologia	6
-	Biodiversity and Conservation	6
-	Biology Letters	6
-	BMC Ecology and Evolution	6
-	Chemistry and Ecology	6
-	Ecological Complexity	6
-	Ecology and Society	6
-	Freshwater Biology	6
-	Journal for Nature Conservation	6
-	Journal of Biogeography	6
-	Animal Biotelemetry	6
-	Oikos	6
-	Paleobiology	6
-	Biological Invasions	6
76	Conservation Physiology	5
-	Rangeland Ecology & Management	5
-	Restoration Ecology	5
-	Urban Ecosystems	5
-	Wetlands	5
-	Ecology and Evolution	5
-	Food Webs	5
-	Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment	5
-	Global Ecology and Conservation	5
-	Journal of Arid Environments	5
-	Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology	5
-	Aquatic Invasions	5
-	Arctic Science	5
-	Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology	5
-	Pedobiologia	5
-	Perspectives in Plant Ecology Evolution and Systematics	5
-	Rangeland Journal	5
-	Ecohydrology & Hydrobiology	5
-	Tropical Ecology	5
-	Wildlife Research	5
-	Ecotoxicology	5
-	Flora	5
-	Journal of Soil and Water Conservation	5
-	Journal of Vegetation Science	5
-	Acta Oecologica-International Journal of Ecology	5
-	Landscape and Ecological Engineering	5
-	Behavioral Ecology	5
-	Biochemical Systematics and Ecology	5
104	Polar Science	4
-	Ecohydrology	4
-	Theoretical Ecology	4
-	Environmental Biology of Fishes	4
-	European Journal of Wildlife Research	4
-	Evolutionary Ecology	4
-	International Journal for Parasitology-Parasites and Wildlife	4
-	Plant Ecology	4
-	Polar Biology	4
-	Theoretical Population Biology	4
-	Journal of Chemical Ecology	4
-	Aquatic Ecology	4
-	Austral Ecology	4
-	Biotropica	4
118	Regional Studies in Marine Science	3
-	Ecoscience	3
-	Freshwater Science	3
-	Journal of Freshwater Ecology	3
-	Journal of Tropical Ecology	3
-	Journal of Wildlife Management	3
-	African Journal of Ecology	3
-	Polar Research	3
-	Ecological Management & Restoration	3
-	Ecological Research	3
-	Marine Biology Research	3
-	Phytocoenologia	3
130	Chemoecology	2
-	Polar Record	2
-	Acta Amazonica	2
-	Oryx	2
-	Community Ecology	2
-	Russian Journal of Ecology	2
-	Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management	2
-	African Journal of Range & Forage Science	2
-	Aquatic Microbial Ecology	2
139	Compost Science & Utilization	1
-	Population Ecology	1
-	Southeastern Naturalist	1
-	Ecological Restoration	1
-	African Journal of Wildlife Research	1
-	Natural Areas Journal	1
-	Northeastern Naturalist	1
-	Plant Species Biology	1
-	Polish Journal of Ecology	1
-	Contemporary Problems of Ecology	1
-	Southwestern Naturalist	1
-	Western North American Naturalist	1
-	Journal of Natural History	1
-	Applied Ecology and Environmental Research	1
-	New Zealand Journal of Ecology	1
154	Journal of Plant Ecology	0
-	eco.mont-Journal on Protected Mountain Areas Research	0
-	Northwest Science	0