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 2020-10-01 to 2024-10-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Global Change Biology	76
2	ISME Journal	67
3	Nature Ecology & Evolution	63
4	Landscape and Urban Planning	56
5	Trends in Ecology & Evolution	54
6	Ecology Letters	50
7	Ecological Economics	49
8	Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment	48
9	Molecular Ecology	43
-	Biological Conservation	43
11	Methods in Ecology and Evolution	42
-	Ecological Informatics	42
13	Global Ecology and Biogeography	41
14	Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics	40
15	Ecosystem Services	39
16	Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution	38
-	Molecular Ecology Resources	38
18	Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences	36
19	Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment	35
20	Biogeosciences	34
-	Journal of Ecology	34
-	Current Opinion in Insect Science	34
-	Ecology and Evolution	34
24	Journal of Applied Ecology	33
-	Conservation Biology	33
-	Ecology	33
27	Ecological Engineering	32
-	Functional Ecology	32
29	Ecography	31
-	Ecological Applications	31
31	Diversity and Distributions	30
32	Landscape Ecology	29
33	Restoration Ecology	28
-	Journal of Animal Ecology	28
35	Journal of Arid Environments	27
36	Ecosphere	26
-	International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology	26
-	Diversity-Basel	26
39	Journal of Biogeography	25
-	Marine Ecology Progress Series	25
-	Microbial Ecology	25
-	People and Nature	25
-	Ecological Modelling	25
44	Evolution	24
-	Neobiota	24
-	Global Ecology and Conservation	24
47	Ecological Monographs	23
-	Fire-Switzerland	23
-	Oikos	23
-	Ecological Processes	23

51	Frontiers in Forests and Global Change	22
-	Biological Invasions	22
-	Ecology and Society	22
-	Basic and Applied Ecology	22
-	Biodiversity and Conservation	22
56	European Journal of Soil Biology	21
-	American Naturalist	21
-	Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation	21
59	Ecotoxicology	20
-	Freshwater Biology	20
-	Heredity	20
-	Journal of Evolutionary Biology	20
-	Oecologia	20
-	Plants People Planet	20
65	Ecosystems	19
-	Journal of Vegetation Science	19
67	Mammal Review	18
-	Rangeland Ecology & Management	18
69	Fungal Ecology	17
-	Journal for Nature Conservation	17
-	Urban Ecosystems	17
-	BMC Ecology and Evolution	17
-	Conservation Physiology	17
74	Fire Ecology	16
-	Behavioral Ecology	16
-	Biotropica	16
-	Ecohydrology & Hydrobiology	16
-	Ecological Complexity	16
-	Animal Conservation	16
-	Movement Ecology	16
-	Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology	16
-	Ecohydrology	16
83	Journal of Chemical Ecology	15
-	Aquatic Ecology	15
-	Biochemical Systematics and Ecology	15
-	Polar Science	15
-	Regional Studies in Marine Science	15
-	Ecosystem Health and Sustainability	15
-	AoB Plants	15
90	Flora	14
-	Journal of Wildlife Management	14
-	Austral Ecology	14
-	Perspectives in Plant Ecology Evolution and Systematics	14
-	Wetlands	14
-	Freshwater Science	14
-	International Journal for Parasitology-Parasites and Wildlife	14
-	Paleobiology	14
-	Biology Letters	14
99	Animal Biotelemetry	13
-	Oryx	13
-	Plant Ecology	13
-	European Journal of Wildlife Research	13
-	Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology	13
-	Applied Vegetation Science	13
-	Arctic Science	13
-	Polar Biology	13
107	Ecological Management & Restoration	12
-	Ecological Research	12
-	Wildlife Research	12
110	Pedobiologia	11
-	Food Webs	11
-	Journal of Soil and Water Conservation	11
-	Acta Oecologica-International Journal of Ecology	11
-	Tropical Ecology	11
115	Chemistry and Ecology	10
-	Environmental Biology of Fishes	10
-	Evolutionary Ecology	10
-	Journal of Biological Dynamics	10
-	Landscape and Ecological Engineering	10
120	African Journal of Ecology	9
-	Applied Ecology and Environmental Research	9
-	Community Ecology	9
-	African Journal of Range & Forage Science	9
-	Marine Biology Research	9
-	Chemoecology	9
-	Polar Research	9
-	Theoretical Population Biology	9
-	Wildlife Biology	9
129	Journal of Natural History	8
-	Acta Amazonica	8
-	Natural Areas Journal	8
-	Aquatic Microbial Ecology	8
-	Polar Record	8
-	Contemporary Problems of Ecology	8
-	Journal of Freshwater Ecology	8
-	Aquatic Invasions	8
-	Plant Species Biology	8
-	Russian Journal of Ecology	8
-	Ecological Restoration	8
140	Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management	7
-	Journal of Tropical Ecology	7
-	Theoretical Ecology	7
-	Ecoscience	7
144	Northeastern Naturalist	6
-	Population Ecology	6
-	Southeastern Naturalist	6
-	Rangeland Journal	6
-	Western North American Naturalist	6
149	American Midland Naturalist	5
150	African Journal of Wildlife Research	4
-	New Zealand Journal of Ecology	4
-	Northwest Science	4
-	Phytocoenologia	4
-	Compost Science & Utilization	4
155	Southwestern Naturalist	3
156	eco.mont-Journal on Protected Mountain Areas Research	2
-	Polish Journal of Ecology	2