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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Journal of Thermal Biology	27
2	Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology C-Toxicology & Pharmacology	25
3	Journal of Animal Ecology	23
4	Animal Behaviour	21
-	Integrative and Comparative Biology	21
-	Developmental and Comparative Immunology	21
7	Journal of Invertebrate Pathology	20
-	Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A-Molecular & Integrative Physiology	20
9	Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society	19
-	Annual Review of Animal Biosciences	19
11	Zootaxa	18
12	Mammal Review	17
-	Behavioral Ecology	17
-	Cladistics	17
15	Integrative Zoology	16
-	Journal of Comparative Neurology	16
-	Zoological Research	16
-	Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology B-Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	16
19	Zookeys	15
-	Animal Cognition	15
21	Frontiers in Zoology	14
-	Journal of Mammalogy	14
-	Journal of Wildlife Management	14
-	Mammalian Biology	14
-	Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology	14
-	Journal of Comparative Physiology A-Neuroethology Sensory Neural and Behavioral Physiology	14
-	American Journal of Primatology	14
28	Marine Mammal Science	13
-	Reproduction Fertility and Development	13
-	Animal Cells and Systems	13
-	Behavioural Processes	13
-	Acta Parasitologica	13
33	International Journal of Primatology	12
-	Journal of Mammalian Evolution	12
-	European Journal of Wildlife Research	12
36	Journal of Comparative Physiology B-Biochemical Systems and Environmental Physiology	11
-	Journal of Zoology	11
-	Zoologica Scripta	11
-	Zoologischer Anzeiger	11
-	Ethology	11
-	Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research	11
-	Organisms Diversity & Evolution	11
-	Wildlife Research	11
44	Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science	10
-	European Journal of Taxonomy	10
-	Zoo Biology	10
-	Zoological Letters	10
-	Zoology	10
-	Bioacoustics-The International Journal of Animal Sound and Its Recording	10
50	Invertebrate Systematics	9

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