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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Global Change Biology	78
2	ISME Journal	65
3	Nature Ecology & Evolution	60
4	Landscape and Urban Planning	55
5	Trends in Ecology & Evolution	53
6	Ecological Economics	47
7	Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment	45
8	Methods in Ecology and Evolution	42
-	Biological Conservation	42
-	Ecological Informatics	42
11	Molecular Ecology	41
12	Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics	40
13	Global Ecology and Biogeography	38
14	Molecular Ecology Resources	37
-	Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution	37
16	Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences	35
17	Ecosystem Services	34
18	Ecology and Evolution	33
-	Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment	33
-	Journal of Ecology	33
21	Ecological Engineering	32
-	Journal of Applied Ecology	32
23	Biogeosciences	31
-	Ecography	31
-	Conservation Biology	31
-	Diversity and Distributions	31
-	Ecological Applications	31
-	Ecology	31
29	Current Opinion in Insect Science	30
-	Functional Ecology	30
31	Landscape Ecology	28
32	Restoration Ecology	27
-	International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology	27
34	Ecosphere	26
35	Ecological Modelling	25
-	Journal of Animal Ecology	25
37	People and Nature	24
-	Global Ecology and Conservation	24
-	Journal of Arid Environments	24
-	Journal of Biogeography	24
41	Ecological Processes	23
-	Fire-Switzerland	23
-	Marine Ecology Progress Series	23
-	Microbial Ecology	23
-	Evolution	23
46	Oikos	22
-	Ecology and Society	22
-	Frontiers in Forests and Global Change	22
49	American Naturalist	21
-	Biodiversity and Conservation	21

-	Ecological Monographs	21
-	European Journal of Soil Biology	21
53	Neobiota	20
-	Oecologia	20
-	Plants People Planet	20
-	Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation	20
-	Ecotoxicology	20
-	Freshwater Biology	20
-	Heredity	20
60	Journal of Evolutionary Biology	19
61	Journal of Vegetation Science	18
-	Rangeland Ecology & Management	18
63	BMC Ecology and Evolution	17
-	Conservation Physiology	17
-	Urban Ecosystems	17
-	Mammal Review	17
-	Journal for Nature Conservation	17
68	Movement Ecology	16
-	Behavioral Ecology	16
-	Ecological Complexity	16
-	Animal Conservation	16
-	Ecohydrology	16
-	Fire Ecology	16
74	Regional Studies in Marine Science	15
-	AoB Plants	15
-	Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology	15
-	Polar Science	15
-	Biotropica	15
-	Ecosystem Health and Sustainability	15
-	Fungal Ecology	15
-	Journal of Chemical Ecology	15
82	Biochemical Systematics and Ecology	14
-	Ecohydrology & Hydrobiology	14
-	Wetlands	14
-	Freshwater Science	14
-	International Journal for Parasitology-Parasites and Wildlife	14
-	Journal of Wildlife Management	14
88	Biology Letters	13
-	European Journal of Wildlife Research	13
-	Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology	13
-	Arctic Science	13
-	Flora	13
93	Animal Biotelemetry	12
-	Paleobiology	12
-	Polar Biology	12
-	Wildlife Research	12
97	Journal of Soil and Water Conservation	11
-	Food Webs	11
-	Oryx	11
-	Pedobiologia	11
-	Tropical Ecology	11
-	Ecological Research	11
103	Landscape and Ecological Engineering	10
-	Polar Research	10
-	Environmental Biology of Fishes	10
-	Evolutionary Ecology	10
-	Journal of Biological Dynamics	10
-	Acta Oecologica-International Journal of Ecology	10
-	Chemistry and Ecology	10
110	African Journal of Ecology	9
-	Applied Ecology and Environmental Research	9
-	African Journal of Range & Forage Science	9
-	Wildlife Biology	9
114	Journal of Freshwater Ecology	8
-	Acta Amazonica	8
-	Chemoecology	8
-	Ecological Restoration	8
-	Journal of Natural History	8
-	Natural Areas Journal	8
-	Aquatic Invasions	8
-	Polar Record	8
-	Community Ecology	8
-	Russian Journal of Ecology	8
-	Contemporary Problems of Ecology	8
-	Theoretical Population Biology	8
126	Marine Biology Research	7
-	Aquatic Microbial Ecology	7
-	Plant Species Biology	7
-	Theoretical Ecology	7
-	Journal of Tropical Ecology	7
-	Ecoscience	7
-	Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management	7
133	Southeastern Naturalist	6
-	Northeastern Naturalist	6
-	Rangeland Journal	6
136	Western North American Naturalist	5
137	African Journal of Wildlife Research	4
-	American Midland Naturalist	4
-	New Zealand Journal of Ecology	4
-	Northwest Science	4
141	Phytocoenologia	3
-	Southwestern Naturalist	3
143	Polish Journal of Ecology	2
-	Compost Science & Utilization	2
-	eco.mont-Journal on Protected Mountain Areas Research	2