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

Rank	Journal	TQCC
1	Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics	50
2	ISME Journal	25
3	Global Change Biology	21
4	Landscape and Urban Planning	20
5	Trends in Ecology & Evolution	19
6	Ecosystem Services	17
7	Nature Ecology & Evolution	16
8	Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment	14
9	Ecological Economics	13
-	Ecological Monographs	13
-	Global Ecology and Biogeography	13
-	Molecular Ecology Resources	13
13	International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology	12
14	Biological Conservation	11
-	Current Opinion in Insect Science	11
-	Ecography	11
-	Journal of Ecology	11
-	Molecular Ecology	11
19	Diversity and Distributions	10
-	Ecological Applications	10
-	Ecological Informatics	10
-	Journal of Applied Ecology	10
-	Ecological Engineering	10
-	Methods in Ecology and Evolution	10
25	Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences	9
-	Biology Letters	9
-	Functional Ecology	9
-	Landscape Ecology	9
-	Biogeosciences	9
30	Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation	8
-	Conservation Biology	8
-	Wildlife Biology	8
-	Ecology	8
-	Heredity	8
-	Mammal Review	8
-	Microbial Ecology	8
-	Ecological Processes	8
-	Journal of Animal Ecology	8
-	People and Nature	8
40	Ecotoxicology	7
-	European Journal of Soil Biology	7
-	Evolution	7
-	Journal of Biogeography	7
-	Neobiota	7
-	American Naturalist	7
-	Ecosphere	7
-	Journal of Arid Environments	7
-	Movement Ecology	7
-	Oikos	7
50	Ecology and Society	6

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