Ecology: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

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

(The Journal Impact Factor, or JIF, denotes the average number of citations a paper of a given journal accrues within a two-year timespan, as calculated by Clarivate Analytics' database Web of Science; note that the journal coverage here at OOIR might deviate slightly from Web of Science's. The JIFs that used to have more than one decimal point are rounded here for copyright-related reasons.)

Rank	Journal	Impact Factor
1	Trends in Ecology & Evolution	ca. 16.7
2	Nature Ecology & Evolution	ca. 13.9
3	Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics	ca. 11.2
4	ISME Journal	ca. 10.8
-	Global Change Biology	ca. 10.8
6	Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment	ca. 10
7	Landscape and Urban Planning	ca. 7.9
8	Ecology Letters	ca. 7.6
9	Ecological Monographs	ca. 7.1
10	Ecological Economics	ca. 6.6
11	International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology	ca. 6.5
12	Global Ecology and Biogeography	ca. 6.3
-	Methods in Ecology and Evolution	ca. 6.3
14	Ecosystem Services	ca. 6.1
15	Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment	ca. 6
16	Current Opinion in Insect Science	ca. 5.8
-	Ecological Informatics	ca. 5.8
18	Molecular Ecology Resources	ca. 5.5
19	Ecography	ca. 5.4
20	Journal of Ecology	ca. 5.3
21	Conservation Biology	ca. 5.2
22	Journal of Applied Ecology	ca. 5
23	Biological Conservation	ca. 4.9
24	Functional Ecology	ca. 4.6
-	Diversity and Distributions	ca. 4.6
-	Ecological Processes	ca. 4.6
27	Molecular Ecology	ca. 4.5
28	Ecology	ca. 4.4
29	Mammal Review	ca. 4.3
-	Ecological Applications	ca. 4.3
31	People and Nature	ca. 4.2
32	Landscape Ecology	ca. 4
33	Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation	ca. 3.9
-	Ecological Engineering	ca. 3.9
35	Neobiota	ca. 3.8
-	Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences	ca. 3.8
37	Plants People Planet	ca. 3.7
-	European Journal of Soil Biology	ca. 3.7
39	Ecology and Society	ca. 3.6
-	Fire Ecology	ca. 3.6
41	Global Ecology and Conservation	ca. 3.5
-	Perspectives in Plant Ecology Evolution and Systematics	ca. 3.5
-	Journal of Animal Ecology	ca. 3.5
44	Ecosystems	ca. 3.4
-	Movement Ecology	ca. 3.4
-	Journal of Biogeography	ca. 3.4
47	Microbial Ecology	ca. 3.3
48	Evolution	ca. 3.1
-	Ecological Complexity	ca. 3.1
-	Heredity	ca. 3.1

-	Oikos	ca. 3.1
52	Basic and Applied Ecology	ca. 3
-	Biodiversity and Conservation	ca. 3
-	Journal of Plant Ecology	ca. 3
-	Fire-Switzerland	ca. 3
56	Restoration Ecology	ca. 2.8
-	Biology Letters	ca. 2.8
-	Freshwater Biology	ca. 2.8
-	Animal Conservation	ca. 2.8
-	Biological Invasions	ca. 2.8
61	Ecosphere	ca. 2.7
-	Ecohydrology & Hydrobiology	ca. 2.7
-	Frontiers in Forests and Global Change	ca. 2.7
-	Arctic Science	ca. 2.7
65	Journal of Arid Environments	ca. 2.6
-	Paleobiology	ca. 2.6
-	Ecological Modelling	ca. 2.6
-	Conservation Physiology	ca. 2.6
-	AoB Plants	ca. 2.6
70	Behavioral Ecology	ca. 2.5
-	Urban Ecosystems	ca. 2.5
-	Ecohydrology	ca. 2.5
73	American Naturalist	ca. 2.4
-	Ecotoxicology	ca. 2.4
-	Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution	ca. 2.4
-	Rangeland Ecology & Management	ca. 2.4
-	Animal Biotelemetry	ca. 2.4
78	Oecologia	ca. 2.3
-	Ecology and Evolution	ca. 2.3
-	BMC Ecology and Evolution	ca. 2.3
-	Ecological Restoration	ca. 2.3
82	Journal of Soil and Water Conservation	ca. 2.2
-	Oryx	ca. 2.2
-	Journal of Chemical Ecology	ca. 2.2
-	Journal of Vegetation Science	ca. 2.2
-	Journal for Nature Conservation	ca. 2.2
-	Marine Ecology Progress Series	ca. 2.2
88	Journal of Evolutionary Biology	ca. 2.1
-	Regional Studies in Marine Science	ca. 2.1
-	Diversity-Basel	ca. 2.1
91	Compost Science & Utilization	ca. 2
-	Pedobiologia	ca. 2
-	International Journal for Parasitology-Parasites and Wildlife	ca. 2
-	Applied Vegetation Science	ca. 2
95	Fungal Ecology	ca. 1.9
-	Ecological Management & Restoration	ca. 1.9
-	Polar Research	ca. 1.9
-	Plant Ecology	ca. 1.9
-	Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology	ca. 1.9
-	Journal of Wildlife Management	ca. 1.9
-	New Zealand Journal of Ecology	ca. 1.9
102	European Journal of Wildlife Research	ca. 1.8
-	Journal of Biological Dynamics	ca. 1.8
-	Evolutionary Ecology	ca. 1.8
-	Food Webs	ca. 1.8
-	Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology	ca. 1.8
-	Biotropica	ca. 1.8
-	Wetlands	ca. 1.8
109	Wildlife Biology	ca. 1.7
-	Freshwater Science	ca. 1.7
-	Aquatic Ecology	ca. 1.7
-	Ecological Research	ca. 1.7
-	Landscape and Ecological Engineering	ca. 1.7
-	Flora	ca. 1.7
115	Wildlife Research	ca. 1.6
-	Chemoecology	ca. 1.6
-	Aquatic Microbial Ecology	ca. 1.6
-	Austral Ecology	ca. 1.6
119	Polar Science	ca. 1.5
-	Polar Biology	ca. 1.5
121	African Journal of Range & Forage Science	ca. 1.4
-	Biochemical Systematics and Ecology	ca. 1.4
-	Environmental Biology of Fishes	ca. 1.4
-	Polar Record	ca. 1.4
125	Acta Oecologica-International Journal of Ecology	ca. 1.3
-	Journal of Freshwater Ecology	ca. 1.3
-	Chemistry and Ecology	ca. 1.3
-	Ecoscience	ca. 1.3
129	Community Ecology	ca. 1.2
-	Theoretical Population Biology	ca. 1.2
-	Theoretical Ecology	ca. 1.2
-	Rangeland Journal	ca. 1.2
133	Tropical Ecology	ca. 1.1
-	African Journal of Ecology	ca. 1.1
-	Plant Species Biology	ca. 1.1
-	Population Ecology	ca. 1.1
137	Journal of Tropical Ecology	ca. 1
-	Russian Journal of Ecology	ca. 1
-	Marine Biology Research	ca. 1
-	Natural Areas Journal	ca. 1
141	Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management	ca. 0.9
142	Journal of Natural History	ca. 0.8
-	Phytocoenologia	ca. 0.8
144	Acta Amazonica	ca. 0.7
-	eco.mont-Journal on Protected Mountain Areas Research	ca. 0.7
-	Contemporary Problems of Ecology	ca. 0.7
147	Southeastern Naturalist	ca. 0.6
-	Applied Ecology and Environmental Research	ca. 0.6
149	Western North American Naturalist	ca. 0.5
-	Northeastern Naturalist	ca. 0.5
-	Northwest Science	ca. 0.5
152	Polish Journal of Ecology	ca. 0.4