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	Landscape and Urban Planning	54
4	Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment	48
-	Ecological Economics	48
6	Ecology Letters	47
7	Biological Conservation	40
8	Global Ecology and Biogeography	38
9	Molecular Ecology	37
10	Ecological Engineering	34
-	Journal of Applied Ecology	34
12	Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences	33
-	Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment	33
14	Ecology	32
-	Ecological Applications	32
16	Functional Ecology	31
-	Journal of Ecology	31
-	Conservation Biology	31
19	Ecography	30
-	Landscape Ecology	30
21	International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology	29
-	Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics	29
-	Diversity-Basel	29
24	Diversity and Distributions	28
25	Ecological Modelling	25
-	Restoration Ecology	25
-	Microbial Ecology	25
28	Biological Invasions	24
-	Ecological Monographs	24
30	Oikos	23
-	Basic and Applied Ecology	23
-	Biodiversity and Conservation	23
-	Evolution	23
-	Journal of Animal Ecology	23
35	Journal of Biogeography	22
-	Journal of Arid Environments	22
37	Marine Ecology Progress Series	21
-	Oecologia	21
39	Ecotoxicology	20
40	Freshwater Biology	19
-	American Naturalist	19
-	Ecosystems	19
-	Heredity	19
44	Urban Ecosystems	18
-	Journal of Evolutionary Biology	18
46	European Journal of Soil Biology	17
-	Behavioral Ecology	17
-	Mammal Review	17
49	Animal Conservation	16
-	Journal of Vegetation Science	16

51	Biochemical Systematics and Ecology	15
-	Biotropica	15
53	Perspectives in Plant Ecology Evolution and Systematics	14
-	Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology	14
-	Journal of Wildlife Management	14
-	Journal of Chemical Ecology	14
57	Paleobiology	13
-	Plant Ecology	13
-	Wetlands	13
-	Applied Vegetation Science	13
-	Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology	13
-	Aquatic Ecology	13
-	Austral Ecology	13
-	Environmental Biology of Fishes	13
-	Flora	13
66	Polar Biology	12
-	Evolutionary Ecology	12
68	Polar Research	11
-	Acta Oecologica-International Journal of Ecology	11
-	Wildlife Research	11
-	Chemistry and Ecology	11
-	Ecological Complexity	11
-	Ecological Research	11
-	Oryx	11
-	Ecological Management & Restoration	11
76	Pedobiologia	10
-	Tropical Ecology	10
78	Theoretical Population Biology	9
-	African Journal of Ecology	9
-	Journal of Soil and Water Conservation	9
81	Russian Journal of Ecology	8
-	African Journal of Range & Forage Science	8
-	Ecoscience	8
-	Journal of Natural History	8
-	Polar Record	8
-	Acta Amazonica	8
-	Chemoecology	8
-	Journal of Freshwater Ecology	8
89	Aquatic Microbial Ecology	7
-	Journal of Tropical Ecology	7
-	Wildlife Biology	7
92	Population Ecology	6
-	Rangeland Journal	6
-	Plant Species Biology	6
-	Southeastern Naturalist	6
-	Natural Areas Journal	6
97	Northeastern Naturalist	5
-	Western North American Naturalist	5
-	Ecological Restoration	5
100	New Zealand Journal of Ecology	4
-	Southwestern Naturalist	4
-	American Midland Naturalist	4
103	Northwest Science	3
-	Compost Science & Utilization	3
-	Phytocoenologia	3
106	Polish Journal of Ecology	2