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

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Nature Ecology & Evolution	60
2	Trends in Ecology & Evolution	53
3	Molecular Ecology	41
4	Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics	40
5	Molecular Ecology Resources	37
6	Molecular Biology and Evolution	35
-	Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences	35
8	Ecology and Evolution	33
9	Systemic Biology	30
10	Genome Biology and Evolution	29
11	Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution	28
12	Evolutionary Applications	25
13	Evolution	23
14	American Naturalist	21
15	Heredity	20
-	Systematic Entomology	20
17	Journal of Human Evolution	19
-	Journal of Evolutionary Biology	19
19	Biological Journal of the Linnean Society	18
-	Evolution Letters	18
-	American Journal of Physical Anthropology	18
22	BMC Ecology and Evolution	17
-	Journal of Heredity	17
24	Cladistics	16
25	Taxon	15
26	Biochemical Systematics and Ecology	14
-	Journal of Molecular Evolution	14
28	Evolution Medicine and Public Health	13
-	Biology Letters	13
30	EvoDevo	12
-	Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B-Molecular and Developmental Evolution	12
-	Zoologica Scripta	12
-	Paleobiology	12
34	Journal of Systematic Palaeontology	11
-	Integrative Organismal Biology	11
-	Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research	11
37	Plant Systematics and Evolution	10
-	Evolutionary Ecology	10
39	Evolutionary Biology	9
-	Evolution & Development	9
-	Journal of Evolutionary Biochemistry and Physiology	9
-	Evolutionary Bioinformatics	9
43	Theoretical Population Biology	8
44	Systematic Botany	7
45	Australian Systematic Botany	6
46	Development Genes and Evolution	4