Zoology: 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Journal of Thermal Biology	28
2	Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology C-Toxicology & Pharmacology	27
3	Journal of Animal Ecology	26
4	Zoological Research	24
5	Annual Review of Animal Biosciences	23
6	Developmental and Comparative Immunology	22
7	Animal Behaviour	21
8	Integrative and Comparative Biology	20
9	Zootaxa	19
10	Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society	18
-	Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A-Molecular & Integrative Physiology	18
-	Integrative Zoology	18
-	Journal of Comparative Neurology	18
14	Zookeys	17
-	Journal of Invertebrate Pathology	17
-	Mammalian Biology	17
-	Behavioral Ecology	17
-	Cladistics	17
19	Journal of Comparative Physiology A-Neuroethology Sensory Neural and Behavioral Physiology	16
-	Animal Cognition	16
21	Animal Cells and Systems	15
-	Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology	15
-	Behavioural Processes	15
-	Mammal Review	15
25	Animal Welfare	14
-	Journal of Mammalogy	14
-	Journal of Wildlife Management	14
-	American Journal of Primatology	14
29	Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A-Ecological and Integrative Physiology	13
-	Acta Parasitologica	13
-	Journal of Zoology	13
-	Marine Mammal Science	13
-	Reproduction Fertility and Development	13
-	Wildlife Research	13
-	Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology B-Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	13
-	European Journal of Wildlife Research	13
37	European Zoological Journal	12
-	Journal of Helminthology	12
-	Frontiers in Zoology	12
-	Invertebrate Systematics	12
-	Zoo Biology	12
42	Integrative Organismal Biology	11
-	International Journal of Primatology	11
-	Journal of Mammalian Evolution	11
-	Physiological and Biochemical Zoology	11
-	Zoologica Scripta	11
-	Current Zoology	11
-	European Journal of Taxonomy	11
-	Journal of Comparative Physiology B-Biochemical Systems and Environmental Physiology	11
-	Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science	11

51	Journal of Ichthyology	10
-	Mammal Research	10
-	Organisms Diversity & Evolution	10
-	Zoologischer Anzeiger	10
-	Experimental Animals	10
-	Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B-Molecular and Developmental Evolution	10
-	Primates	10
-	Zoological Letters	10
-	Bioacoustics-The International Journal of Animal Sound and Its Recording	10
-	Brain Behavior and Evolution	10
61	Laboratory Animals	9
-	Zebrafish	9
-	Australian Mammalogy	9
-	Comparative Medicine	9
-	Ethology	9
-	Journal of Crustacean Biology	9
-	Zoology	9
-	Canadian Journal of Zoology	9
69	Journal of Comparative Psychology	8
-	Neotropical Ichthyology	8
-	Veterinary and Comparative Orthopaedics and Traumatology	8
-	Aquatic Mammals	8
-	Journal of Molluscan Studies	8
-	Learning & Behavior	8
-	Acta Amazonica	8
-	Zoologia	8
-	Zoological Science	8
-	Zoomorphology	8
-	Zoosystematics and Evolution	8
-	Ethology Ecology & Evolution	8
81	Folia Primatologica	7
-	Journal of Natural History	7
-	Mammalia	7
-	Pakistan Journal of Zoology	7
-	Acta Ethologica	7
-	Ichthyological Research	7
-	Invertebrate Biology	7
-	Nematology	7
-	Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria	7
-	Acta Zoologica	7
-	Subterranean Biology	7
-	Amphibia-Reptilia	7
93	Herpetozoa	6
-	Journal of Ethology	6
-	Journal of Medical Primatology	6
-	Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research	6
-	Mammal Study	6
-	Zoosystema	6
-	Chelonian Conservation and Biology	6
-	Contributions to Zoology	6
-	Herpetologica	6
-	Journal of Herpetology	6
-	New Zealand Journal of Zoology	6
-	Acta Chiropterologica	6
-	Australian Journal of Zoology	6
-	Behaviour	6
107	Iheringia Serie Zoologia	5
-	Invertebrate Reproduction & Development	5
-	Molluscan Research	5
-	Redia-Journal of Zoology	5
-	Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment	5
-	American Museum Novitates	5
-	Zoology in the Middle East	5
-	Journal of Experimental Psychology-Animal Learning and Cognition	5
-	Comparative Cytogenetics	5
116	Russian Journal of Herpetology	4
-	Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae	4
-	African Zoology	4
-	Caldasia	4
-	Pacific Science	4
-	South American Journal of Herpetology	4
-	Animal Biology	4
-	Comparative Parasitology	4
124	Acta Biologica Colombiana	3
-	Boletim do Instituto de Pesca	3
-	Phyllomedusa	3
-	African Journal of Wildlife Research	3
-	Zoologichesky Zhurnal	3
-	Acta Biológica Colombiana	3
-	Current Herpetology	3
131	Gayana	2