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

Rank	Journal	TQCC
1	Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics	48
2	ISME Journal	26
3	Global Change Biology	22
4	Landscape and Urban Planning	21
-	Trends in Ecology & Evolution	21
6	Ecosystem Services	19
7	Ecology Letters	17
8	Nature Ecology & Evolution	16
9	Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment	15
10	Ecological Economics	14
-	Global Ecology and Biogeography	14
-	Ecological Monographs	14
13	Molecular Ecology Resources	13
14	Biology Letters	12
-	Current Opinion in Insect Science	12
-	International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology	12
17	Journal of Ecology	11
-	Molecular Ecology	11
-	Biological Conservation	11
-	Ecological Informatics	11
-	Ecography	11
22	Functional Ecology	10
-	Landscape Ecology	10
-	Methods in Ecology and Evolution	10
-	Basic and Applied Ecology	10
-	Ecological Applications	10
-	Journal of Applied Ecology	10
-	Mammal Review	10
-	Neobiota	10
-	Biogeosciences	10
-	Diversity and Distributions	10
-	Ecological Engineering	10
33	Journal of Animal Ecology	9
-	People and Nature	9
-	Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences	9
-	Ecology	9
-	Heredity	9
-	Microbial Ecology	9
-	Conservation Biology	9
40	Ecological Processes	8
-	Wildlife Biology	8
-	Movement Ecology	8
-	Oikos	8
-	Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation	8
-	Ecosystems	8
-	Journal of Biogeography	8
47	Journal of Arid Environments	7
-	American Naturalist	7
-	Ecosphere	7
-	Ecotoxicology	7

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