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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Global Change Biology	81
2	Trends in Ecology & Evolution	56
3	ISME Journal	55
4	Landscape and Urban Planning	54
5	Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment	48
-	Ecological Economics	48
7	Methods in Ecology and Evolution	47
-	Ecological Informatics	47
-	Ecology Letters	47
10	Biological Conservation	40
11	Global Ecology and Biogeography	38
12	Molecular Ecology	37
13	Ecological Engineering	34
-	Journal of Applied Ecology	34
15	Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences	33
-	Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment	33
-	Molecular Ecology Resources	33
18	Ecological Applications	32
-	Ecology	32
20	Conservation Biology	31
-	Functional Ecology	31
-	Journal of Ecology	31
23	Ecography	30
-	Landscape Ecology	30
25	Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics	29
-	Biogeosciences	29
-	Diversity-Basel	29
-	International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology	29
29	Diversity and Distributions	28
30	Restoration Ecology	25
-	Ecological Modelling	25
-	Microbial Ecology	25
33	Ecological Monographs	24
-	Biological Invasions	24
35	Basic and Applied Ecology	23
-	Biodiversity and Conservation	23
-	Evolution	23
-	Journal of Animal Ecology	23
-	Oikos	23
40	Journal of Arid Environments	22
-	Journal of Biogeography	22
42	Marine Ecology Progress Series	21
-	Oecologia	21
44	Ecotoxicology	20
-	Neobiota	20
46	Fire Ecology	19
-	Freshwater Biology	19
-	Heredity	19
-	American Naturalist	19
-	Ecosystems	19

51	Rangeland Ecology & Management	18
-	Urban Ecosystems	18
-	Journal of Evolutionary Biology	18
54	European Journal of Soil Biology	17
-	Behavioral Ecology	17
-	Ecohydrology	17
-	Journal for Nature Conservation	17
-	Mammal Review	17
59	Journal of Vegetation Science	16
-	Animal Conservation	16
61	Biochemical Systematics and Ecology	15
-	Biotropica	15
-	AoB Plants	15
64	Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology	14
-	Ecohydrology & Hydrobiology	14
-	Ecology and Society	14
-	Perspectives in Plant Ecology Evolution and Systematics	14
-	Journal of Chemical Ecology	14
-	Journal of Wildlife Management	14
70	Aquatic Ecology	13
-	Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology	13
-	Paleobiology	13
-	Plant Ecology	13
-	Austral Ecology	13
-	Wetlands	13
-	Environmental Biology of Fishes	13
-	Flora	13
-	Fungal Ecology	13
-	Applied Vegetation Science	13
80	Polar Biology	12
-	European Journal of Wildlife Research	12
-	Evolutionary Ecology	12
-	Polar Science	12
84	Chemistry and Ecology	11
-	Ecological Complexity	11
-	Ecological Management & Restoration	11
-	Polar Research	11
-	Wildlife Research	11
-	Ecological Research	11
-	Oryx	11
-	Acta Oecologica-International Journal of Ecology	11
92	Tropical Ecology	10
-	Journal of Biological Dynamics	10
-	Landscape and Ecological Engineering	10
-	Pedobiologia	10
96	Theoretical Population Biology	9
-	Journal of Soil and Water Conservation	9
-	African Journal of Ecology	9
99	Russian Journal of Ecology	8
-	Community Ecology	8
-	Ecoscience	8
-	Journal of Freshwater Ecology	8
-	Marine Biology Research	8
-	Acta Amazonica	8
-	Applied Ecology and Environmental Research	8
-	Theoretical Ecology	8
-	Chemoecology	8
-	Journal of Natural History	8
-	African Journal of Range & Forage Science	8
-	Polar Record	8
111	Aquatic Microbial Ecology	7
-	Wildlife Biology	7
-	Aquatic Invasions	7
-	Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management	7
-	Journal of Tropical Ecology	7
116	Rangeland Journal	6
-	Natural Areas Journal	6
-	Population Ecology	6
-	Southeastern Naturalist	6
-	Contemporary Problems of Ecology	6
-	Plant Species Biology	6
122	Western North American Naturalist	5
-	Ecological Restoration	5
-	Northeastern Naturalist	5
125	Southwestern Naturalist	4
-	New Zealand Journal of Ecology	4
-	American Midland Naturalist	4
128	Biology Letters	3
-	Northwest Science	3
-	Compost Science & Utilization	3
-	Phytocoenologia	3
132	Polish Journal of Ecology	2