New: Think Tank Rankings 2026

Evolutionary Biology

Journal Rankings
TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor
(The citation data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)
(Using publications from roughly 2022-07-01 to 2026-07-01)
Rank Journal Average citations
1 Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics27.316
2 Trends in Ecology & Evolution16.826
3 Nature Ecology & Evolution16.529
4 Molecular Biology and Evolution13.136
5 Systemic Biology11.382
6 Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences9.279
7 Molecular Ecology Resources8.821
8 Journal of Evolutionary Biology8.699
9 Evolution Letters8.656
10 Cladistics8.243
11 EvoDevo8.029
12 Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution7.366
13 Molecular Ecology7.142
14 American Naturalist6.146
15 Genome Biology and Evolution6.008
16 Evolutionary Applications5.798
17 Journal of Human Evolution5.625
18 Systematic Entomology5.575
19 Heredity5.013
20 Evolution4.979
21 Evolutionary Biology4.602
22 Journal of Systematic Palaeontology4.551
23 Journal of Molecular Evolution4.544
24 Biology Letters4.370
25 BMC Ecology and Evolution4.200
26 Development Genes and Evolution4.000
27 Paleobiology3.984
28 Ecology and Evolution3.856
29 Biochemical Systematics and Ecology3.810
30 Evolution Medicine and Public Health3.738
31 Invertebrate Systematics3.732
32 Journal of Heredity3.634
33 Australian Systematic Botany3.507
34 Organisms Diversity & Evolution3.365
35 Biological Journal of the Linnean Society3.360
36 Evolution & Development3.236
37 Integrative Organismal Biology3.054
38 Evolutionary Ecology2.756
39 Zoologica Scripta2.677
40 Evolutionary Bioinformatics2.587
41 Theoretical Population Biology2.551
42 Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research2.473
43 Plant Systematics and Evolution2.453
44 Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B-Molecular and Developmental Evolution1.725
45 Systematic Botany1.636
46 Taxon1.566
47 Journal of Evolutionary Biochemistry and Physiology1.201
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