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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Nature Ecology & Evolution	62
2	Trends in Ecology & Evolution	58
3	Molecular Biology and Evolution	41
4	Molecular Ecology	38
5	Ecology and Evolution	34
-	Molecular Ecology Resources	34
7	Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences	32
8	Systemic Biology	30
-	Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics	30
10	Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution	28
-	Genome Biology and Evolution	28
12	Evolutionary Applications	24
-	Evolution	24
14	Evolution Letters	20
-	Journal of Human Evolution	20
-	Systematic Entomology	20
17	American Naturalist	19
-	Heredity	19
-	Journal of Evolutionary Biology	19
20	BMC Ecology and Evolution	17
-	Cladistics	17
22	Journal of Heredity	16
23	Biological Journal of the Linnean Society	15
-	Biochemical Systematics and Ecology	15
-	Taxon	15
26	Journal of Molecular Evolution	13
-	Paleobiology	13
28	Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research	12
-	Organisms Diversity & Evolution	12
-	Evolutionary Ecology	12
31	EvoDevo	11
-	Journal of Systematic Palaeontology	11
33	Evolution & Development	10
-	Invertebrate Systematics	10
-	Zoologica Scripta	10
-	Journal of Evolutionary Biochemistry and Physiology	10
-	American Journal of Physical Anthropology	10
38	Plant Systematics and Evolution	9
-	Theoretical Population Biology	9
-	Integrative Organismal Biology	9
-	Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B-Molecular and Developmental Evolution	9
42	Evolutionary Biology	8
-	Evolution Medicine and Public Health	8
44	Systematic Botany	7
45	Australian Systematic Botany	6
-	Evolutionary Bioinformatics	6
47	Development Genes and Evolution	5
48	Biology Letters	3