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

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

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