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	Journal of Animal Ecology	23
3	Animal Behaviour	21
-	Developmental and Comparative Immunology	21
5	Journal of Invertebrate Pathology	20
-	Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A-Molecular & Integrative Physiology	20
7	Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society	19
8	Zootaxa	18
9	Behavioral Ecology	17
-	Cladistics	17
-	Mammal Review	17
12	Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology B-Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	16
-	Journal of Comparative Neurology	16
14	Zookeys	15
-	Animal Cognition	15
16	Journal of Comparative Physiology A-Neuroethology Sensory Neural and Behavioral Physiology	14
-	Journal of Mammalogy	14
-	American Journal of Primatology	14
-	Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology	14
-	Journal of Wildlife Management	14
21	Acta Parasitologica	13
-	Marine Mammal Science	13
-	Behavioural Processes	13
-	Reproduction Fertility and Development	13
25	International Journal of Primatology	12
-	Journal of Mammalian Evolution	12
27	Ethology	11
-	Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research	11
-	Organisms Diversity & Evolution	11
-	Wildlife Research	11
-	Journal of Comparative Physiology B-Biochemical Systems and Environmental Physiology	11
-	Journal of Zoology	11
-	Zoologica Scripta	11
-	Zoologischer Anzeiger	11
35	Bioacoustics-The International Journal of Animal Sound and Its Recording	10
-	Zoology	10
-	Zoo Biology	10
38	Animal Welfare	9
-	Behaviour	9
-	Brain Behavior and Evolution	9
-	Canadian Journal of Zoology	9
-	Ethology Ecology & Evolution	9
-	Invertebrate Systematics	9
-	Journal of Crustacean Biology	9
-	Journal of Helminthology	9
-	Journal of Ichthyology	9
-	Primates	9
48	Journal of Comparative Psychology	8
-	Journal of Molluscan Studies	8
-	Laboratory Animals	8

-	Zoomorphology	8
-	Acta Amazonica	8
-	Journal of Natural History	8
54	Experimental Animals	7
-	Nematology	7
-	Veterinary and Comparative Orthopaedics and Traumatology	7
-	Zoological Science	7
-	Acta Zoologica	7
-	Amphibia-Reptilia	7
-	Aquatic Mammals	7
-	Journal of Medical Primatology	7
-	Mammalia	7
-	Wildlife Biology	7
64	Acta Ethologica	6
-	Australian Journal of Zoology	6
-	Ichthyological Research	6
-	Journal of Ethology	6
-	Australian Mammalogy	6
-	Herpetologica	6
-	Invertebrate Biology	6
-	New Zealand Journal of Zoology	6
-	Zoosystema	6
73	Invertebrate Reproduction & Development	5
-	Journal of Herpetology	5
-	Pakistan Journal of Zoology	5
-	Russian Journal of Herpetology	5
-	Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria	5
-	Chelonian Conservation and Biology	5
-	Contributions to Zoology	5
-	Folia Primatologica	5
-	Herpetozoa	5
-	Mammal Study	5
-	Molluscan Research	5
-	Pacific Science	5
-	Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment	5
-	Zoology in the Middle East	5
87	Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae	4
-	American Museum Novitates	4
-	Herpetological Journal	4
-	Redia-Journal of Zoology	4
-	Caldasia	4
-	Iheringia Serie Zoologia	4
-	Acta Biologica Colombiana	4
94	Current Herpetology	3
-	Boletim do Instituto de Pesca	3
96	Gayana	2
-	Zoologichesky Zhurnal	2