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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01)

Rank	Journal	TQCC
1	Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics	36
2	ISME Journal	23
3	Landscape and Urban Planning	22
4	Global Change Biology	21
5	Trends in Ecology & Evolution	20
6	Ecosystem Services	19
7	Nature Ecology & Evolution	17
8	Ecology Letters	15
-	Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment	15
10	Ecological Monographs	13
-	International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology	13
-	Ecological Economics	13
-	Ecological Informatics	13
14	Global Ecology and Biogeography	12
15	Molecular Ecology Resources	11
16	Ecological Engineering	10
-	Journal of Applied Ecology	10
-	Current Opinion in Insect Science	10
-	Ecological Applications	10
-	Landscape Ecology	10
-	Methods in Ecology and Evolution	10
-	Molecular Ecology	10
-	Biological Conservation	10
24	Diversity and Distributions	9
-	Ecography	9
-	Microbial Ecology	9
-	Biogeosciences	9
-	Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences	9
-	Functional Ecology	9
-	Journal of Ecology	9
-	Basic and Applied Ecology	9
32	Ecology	8
-	Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation	8
-	Ecological Processes	8
-	Movement Ecology	8
36	Ecosphere	7
-	Ecosystems	7
-	Fire Ecology	7
-	Heredity	7
-	Journal of Biogeography	7
-	Neobiota	7
-	Conservation Biology	7
-	Journal of Animal Ecology	7
-	Oikos	7
-	People and Nature	7
46	Ecotoxicology	6
-	European Journal of Soil Biology	6
-	Evolution	6
-	Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution	6
-	Frontiers in Forests and Global Change	6

-	Journal of Evolutionary Biology	6
-	Mammal Review	6
-	Animal Biotelemetry	6
-	Oecologia	6
-	Behavioral Ecology	6
-	Ecological Modelling	6
-	Wildlife Biology	6
-	Journal of Arid Environments	6
-	American Naturalist	6
-	Biodiversity and Conservation	6
-	BMC Ecology and Evolution	6
62	Rangeland Ecology & Management	5
-	Restoration Ecology	5
-	Ecohydrology & Hydrobiology	5
-	Ecological Complexity	5
-	Ecological Management & Restoration	5
-	Freshwater Biology	5
-	Fungal Ecology	5
-	Marine Ecology Progress Series	5
-	Aquatic Microbial Ecology	5
-	Perspectives in Plant Ecology Evolution and Systematics	5
-	Biological Invasions	5
-	Diversity-Basel	5
-	Ecology and Evolution	5
-	Fire-Switzerland	5
-	Global Ecology and Conservation	5
-	International Journal for Parasitology-Parasites and Wildlife	5
-	Animal Conservation	5
-	AoB Plants	5
-	Applied Vegetation Science	5
-	Paleobiology	5
82	Urban Ecosystems	4
-	Wetlands	4
-	Ecology and Society	4
-	Flora	4
-	Journal for Nature Conservation	4
-	Journal of Chemical Ecology	4
-	Aquatic Ecology	4
-	Biochemical Systematics and Ecology	4
-	Pedobiologia	4
-	Plant Ecology	4
-	Plants People Planet	4
-	Chemistry and Ecology	4
-	Ecohydrology	4
-	Ecoscience	4
-	Ecosystem Health and Sustainability	4
-	Environmental Biology of Fishes	4
-	Evolutionary Ecology	4
-	Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment	4
-	Journal of Biological Dynamics	4
-	Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology	4
-	Journal of Vegetation Science	4
-	Acta Oecologica-International Journal of Ecology	4
-	Arctic Science	4
-	Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology	4
-	Polar Biology	4
107	Theoretical Ecology	3
-	Wildlife Research	3
-	Journal of Tropical Ecology	3
-	Journal of Wildlife Management	3
-	American Midland Naturalist	3
-	Austral Ecology	3
-	Biotropica	3
-	Polar Science	3
-	Theoretical Population Biology	3
-	Tropical Ecology	3
-	European Journal of Wildlife Research	3
-	Food Webs	3
-	Freshwater Science	3
-	Journal of Soil and Water Conservation	3
-	Landscape and Ecological Engineering	3
-	African Journal of Range & Forage Science	3
-	Aquatic Invasions	3
-	Chemoecology	3
-	Polar Research	3
-	Conservation Physiology	3
127	Regional Studies in Marine Science	2
-	Ecological Research	2
-	Journal of Natural History	2
-	Acta Amazonica	2
-	African Journal of Ecology	2
-	Oryx	2
-	Community Ecology	2
-	Rangeland Journal	2
-	Journal of Freshwater Ecology	2
-	Marine Biology Research	2
-	Phytocoenologia	2
138	Contemporary Problems of Ecology	1
-	Southeastern Naturalist	1
-	Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management	1
-	African Journal of Wildlife Research	1
-	Applied Ecology and Environmental Research	1
-	Natural Areas Journal	1
-	Northeastern Naturalist	1
-	Polar Record	1
-	Population Ecology	1
-	Russian Journal of Ecology	1
-	Western North American Naturalist	1
-	Biology Letters	1
-	Plant Species Biology	1
-	Compost Science & Utilization	1
-	Polish Journal of Ecology	1
153	eco.mont-Journal on Protected Mountain Areas Research	0
-	Southwestern Naturalist	0
-	Ecological Restoration	0
-	New Zealand Journal of Ecology	0
-	Northwest Science	0