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 2021-07-01 to 2025-07-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Journal of Thermal Biology	28
2	Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology C-Toxicology & Pharmacology	25
3	Journal of Animal Ecology	24
4	Developmental and Comparative Immunology	22
-	Journal of Invertebrate Pathology	22
6	Animal Behaviour	21
7	Zootaxa	20
8	Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society	19
-	Integrative and Comparative Biology	19
10	Journal of Comparative Neurology	18
-	Behavioral Ecology	18
-	Cladistics	18
-	Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A-Molecular & Integrative Physiology	18
14	Mammal Review	17
-	Zookeys	17
16	Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology B-Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	16
-	Integrative Zoology	16
18	Journal of Mammalogy	15
-	Journal of Wildlife Management	15
-	Journal of Comparative Physiology A-Neuroethology Sensory Neural and Behavioral Physiology	15
-	Mammalian Biology	15
-	Animal Cognition	15
-	Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology	15
24	Marine Mammal Science	14
-	European Journal of Wildlife Research	14
-	International Journal of Primatology	14
-	American Journal of Primatology	14
-	Behavioural Processes	14
29	Frontiers in Zoology	13
-	Journal of Zoology	13
-	Reproduction Fertility and Development	13
-	Animal Cells and Systems	13
-	Acta Parasitologica	13
34	Animal Welfare	12
-	Ethology	12
-	Journal of Mammalian Evolution	12
-	Organisms Diversity & Evolution	12
-	Wildlife Research	12
39	Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science	11
-	Zoologica Scripta	11
-	Current Zoology	11
-	Journal of Helminthology	11
-	Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research	11
-	Zoo Biology	11
45	Invertebrate Systematics	10
-	Journal of Comparative Physiology B-Biochemical Systems and Environmental Physiology	10
-	Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B-Molecular and Developmental Evolution	10
-	Zebrafish	10
-	Zoologischer Anzeiger	10
-	Bioacoustics-The International Journal of Animal Sound and Its Recording	10

-	Brain Behavior and Evolution	10
-	Comparative Medicine	10
-	Journal of Ichthyology	10
-	Physiological and Biochemical Zoology	10
55	Journal of Crustacean Biology	9
-	Primates	9
-	Canadian Journal of Zoology	9
-	Journal of Comparative Psychology	9
-	Laboratory Animals	9
-	Zoology	9
61	Ethology Ecology & Evolution	8
-	Experimental Animals	8
-	Nematology	8
-	Acta Amazonica	8
-	Behaviour	8
-	Journal of Natural History	8
-	Australian Mammalogy	8
68	Comparative Cytogenetics	7
-	Herpetozoa	7
-	Invertebrate Biology	7
-	Journal of Molluscan Studies	7
-	Mammalia	7
-	Subterranean Biology	7
-	Wildlife Biology	7
-	Acta Zoologica	7
-	Australian Journal of Zoology	7
-	Ichthyological Research	7
-	Journal of Ethology	7
-	Journal of Medical Primatology	7
-	Neotropical Ichthyology	7
-	Veterinary and Comparative Orthopaedics and Traumatology	7
-	Acta Ethologica	7
-	Zoological Science	7
-	Amphibia-Reptilia	7
-	Zoomorphology	7
-	Zoosystematics and Evolution	7
-	Aquatic Mammals	7
88	Herpetologica	6
-	Journal of Herpetology	6
-	New Zealand Journal of Zoology	6
-	Pacific Science	6
-	Acta Chiropterologica	6
-	Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria	6
-	Zoosystema	6
-	Contributions to Zoology	6
-	Folia Primatologica	6
-	Pakistan Journal of Zoology	6
-	Zoologia	6
-	Chelonian Conservation and Biology	6
100	American Museum Novitates	5
-	Zoology in the Middle East	5
-	Invertebrate Reproduction & Development	5
-	Mammal Study	5
-	Molluscan Research	5
-	Redia-Journal of Zoology	5
-	Russian Journal of Herpetology	5
-	Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment	5
-	Caldasia	5
109	Current Herpetology	4
-	Iheringia Serie Zoologia	4
-	South American Journal of Herpetology	4
-	African Zoology	4
-	Acta Biologica Colombiana	4
-	Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae	4
-	Animal Biology	4
-	Acta Biológica Colombiana	4
117	Comparative Parasitology	3
-	Phyllomedusa	3
-	Herpetological Journal	3
-	Boletim do Instituto de Pesca	3
121	Zoologichesky Zhurnal	2
122	Gayana	1