Evolutionary Biology: 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Nature Ecology & Evolution	63
2	Trends in Ecology & Evolution	56
3	Molecular Biology and Evolution	42
4	Molecular Ecology	36
5	Molecular Ecology Resources	34
6	Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics	33
-	Ecology and Evolution	33
8	Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences	32
9	Genome Biology and Evolution	28
10	Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution	27
-	Systemic Biology	27
12	Evolutionary Applications	24
13	Evolution	23
14	Evolution Letters	21
-	Journal of Human Evolution	21
16	American Naturalist	20
-	Journal of Evolutionary Biology	20
18	Systematic Entomology	19
-	Heredity	19
20	Cladistics	18
21	Biochemical Systematics and Ecology	17
-	BMC Ecology and Evolution	17
-	Journal of Heredity	17
24	Biological Journal of the Linnean Society	16
25	Taxon	15
26	Paleobiology	14
27	Journal of Molecular Evolution	13
28	Evolutionary Ecology	12
-	Organisms Diversity & Evolution	12
30	Journal of Systematic Palaeontology	11
-	EvoDevo	11
-	Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research	11
-	Theoretical Population Biology	11
-	Zoologica Scripta	11
35	Integrative Organismal Biology	10
-	Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B-Molecular and Developmental Evolution	10
-	Evolution & Development	10
-	Evolution Medicine and Public Health	10
-	Invertebrate Systematics	10
40	Evolutionary Biology	9
-	Plant Systematics and Evolution	9
-	Systematic Botany	9
43	Journal of Evolutionary Biochemistry and Physiology	8
44	American Journal of Physical Anthropology	7
-	Australian Systematic Botany	7
46	Evolutionary Bioinformatics	6
-	Development Genes and Evolution	6
48	Biology Letters	4