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

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Nature Ecology & Evolution	62
2	Trends in Ecology & Evolution	56
3	Molecular Biology and Evolution	39
4	Molecular Ecology	37
5	Ecology and Evolution	33
-	Molecular Ecology Resources	33
-	Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences	33
8	Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics	29
-	Systemic Biology	29
10	Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution	28
11	Genome Biology and Evolution	27
12	Evolution	23
-	Evolutionary Applications	23
14	Evolution Letters	20
-	Journal of Human Evolution	20
-	Systematic Entomology	20
17	American Naturalist	19
-	Heredity	19
19	BMC Ecology and Evolution	18
-	Journal of Evolutionary Biology	18
21	Cladistics	17
22	Biological Journal of the Linnean Society	16
-	Journal of Heredity	16
24	Biochemical Systematics and Ecology	15
25	Taxon	14
26	Paleobiology	13
-	Journal of Molecular Evolution	13
28	Evolutionary Ecology	12
29	Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research	11
-	Organisms Diversity & Evolution	11
-	Zoologica Scripta	11
32	Journal of Evolutionary Biochemistry and Physiology	10
-	Journal of Systematic Palaeontology	10
-	American Journal of Physical Anthropology	10
-	EvoDevo	10
-	Evolution & Development	10
37	Integrative Organismal Biology	9
-	Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B-Molecular and Developmental Evolution	9
-	Invertebrate Systematics	9
-	Plant Systematics and Evolution	9
-	Theoretical Population Biology	9
42	Evolutionary Biology	8
-	Evolution Medicine and Public Health	8
44	Systematic Botany	7
45	Australian Systematic Botany	6
46	Evolutionary Bioinformatics	5
-	Development Genes and Evolution	5
48	Biology Letters	3