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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	ISME Journal	65
2	Nature Ecology & Evolution	60
3	Landscape and Urban Planning	55
4	Trends in Ecology & Evolution	53
5	Ecological Economics	47
6	Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment	45
7	Biological Conservation	42
-	Ecological Informatics	42
-	Methods in Ecology and Evolution	42
10	Molecular Ecology	41
11	Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics	40
12	Global Ecology and Biogeography	38
13	Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution	37
-	Molecular Ecology Resources	37
15	Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences	35
16	Ecosystem Services	34
17	Ecology and Evolution	33
-	Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment	33
-	Journal of Ecology	33
20	Ecological Engineering	32
-	Journal of Applied Ecology	32
22	Conservation Biology	31
-	Ecography	31
-	Biogeosciences	31
-	Ecological Applications	31
-	Ecology	31
27	Current Opinion in Insect Science	30
-	Functional Ecology	30
29	Landscape Ecology	28
30	Restoration Ecology	27
31	Ecosphere	26
32	Ecological Modelling	25
-	Journal of Animal Ecology	25
34	Global Ecology and Conservation	24
-	Journal of Biogeography	24
-	Journal of Arid Environments	24
-	People and Nature	24
38	Ecological Processes	23
-	Evolution	23
-	Marine Ecology Progress Series	23
-	Microbial Ecology	23
-	Fire-Switzerland	23
43	Frontiers in Forests and Global Change	22
-	Ecology and Society	22
-	Oikos	22
46	Biodiversity and Conservation	21
-	European Journal of Soil Biology	21
-	Ecological Monographs	21
-	American Naturalist	21
50	Plants People Planet	20

-	Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation	20
-	Ecotoxicology	20
-	Freshwater Biology	20
-	Neobiota	20
-	Oecologia	20
-	Heredity	20
57	Journal of Evolutionary Biology	19
58	Rangeland Ecology & Management	18
-	Journal of Vegetation Science	18
60	Journal for Nature Conservation	17
-	Mammal Review	17
-	BMC Ecology and Evolution	17
-	Conservation Physiology	17
-	Urban Ecosystems	17
65	Ecological Complexity	16
-	Fire Ecology	16
-	Behavioral Ecology	16
-	Ecohydrology	16
-	Movement Ecology	16
70	Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology	15
-	Polar Science	15
-	Biotropica	15
-	Ecosystem Health and Sustainability	15
-	Fungal Ecology	15
-	Journal of Chemical Ecology	15
-	AoB Plants	15
-	Regional Studies in Marine Science	15
78	Ecohydrology & Hydrobiology	14
-	International Journal for Parasitology-Parasites and Wildlife	14
-	Journal of Wildlife Management	14
-	Biochemical Systematics and Ecology	14
-	Wetlands	14
-	Freshwater Science	14
84	Arctic Science	13
-	Flora	13
-	Biology Letters	13
-	European Journal of Wildlife Research	13
-	Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology	13
89	Animal Biotelemetry	12
-	Polar Biology	12
-	Wildlife Research	12
-	Paleobiology	12
93	Tropical Ecology	11
-	Oryx	11
-	Pedobiologia	11
-	Ecological Research	11
-	Food Webs	11
-	Journal of Soil and Water Conservation	11
99	Chemistry and Ecology	10
-	Polar Research	10
-	Environmental Biology of Fishes	10
-	Evolutionary Ecology	10
-	Journal of Biological Dynamics	10
-	Landscape and Ecological Engineering	10
-	Acta Oecologica-International Journal of Ecology	10
106	Wildlife Biology	9
-	African Journal of Ecology	9
-	African Journal of Range & Forage Science	9
-	Applied Ecology and Environmental Research	9
110	Aquatic Invasions	8
-	Polar Record	8
-	Russian Journal of Ecology	8
-	Community Ecology	8
-	Theoretical Population Biology	8
-	Contemporary Problems of Ecology	8
-	Ecological Restoration	8
-	Journal of Natural History	8
-	Natural Areas Journal	8
-	Acta Amazonica	8
-	Chemoecology	8
-	Journal of Freshwater Ecology	8
122	Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management	7
-	Journal of Tropical Ecology	7
-	Plant Species Biology	7
-	Aquatic Microbial Ecology	7
-	Theoretical Ecology	7
-	Marine Biology Research	7
128	Rangeland Journal	6
-	Northeastern Naturalist	6
-	Southeastern Naturalist	6
131	Western North American Naturalist	5
132	African Journal of Wildlife Research	4
-	American Midland Naturalist	4
-	New Zealand Journal of Ecology	4
-	Northwest Science	4
136	Phytocoenologia	3
-	Southwestern Naturalist	3
138	eco.mont-Journal on Protected Mountain Areas Research	2
-	Polish Journal of Ecology	2
-	Compost Science & Utilization	2