Ecology: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor

(The TQCC is the top quartile citation count: if all publications of a journal are sorted by citation count in descending order, then the TQCC is the citation count of the publication residing at the end of the top quartile; for example, given 100 publications, the TQCC is the citation count of the 25th ranked paper. The data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)

(Using publications from roughly 2019-09-01 to 2023-09-01)

Rank	Journal	TQCC
1	Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics	38
2	ISME Journal	28
3	Global Change Biology	22
-	Nature Ecology & Evolution	22
5	Trends in Ecology & Evolution	21
6	Landscape and Urban Planning	20
7	Ecosystem Services	18
8	Ecology Letters	16
9	Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment	15
-	Biology Letters	15
11	Global Ecology and Biogeography	14
-	Molecular Ecology Resources	14
-	Ecography	14
-	Current Opinion in Insect Science	14
-	Ecological Economics	14
16	Biological Conservation	13
17	Journal of Ecology	12
18	International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology	11
-	Journal of Applied Ecology	11
-	Mammal Review	11
-	Biogeosciences	11
-	Ecological Processes	11
-	Molecular Ecology	11
24	Neobiota	10
-	Conservation Biology	10
-	Ecological Engineering	10
-	Ecological Monographs	10
-	Functional Ecology	10
-	Landscape Ecology	10
-	Methods in Ecology and Evolution	10
-	Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences	10
32	Ecosystems	9
-	European Journal of Soil Biology	9
-	Fungal Ecology	9
-	Diversity and Distributions	9
-	Journal of Animal Ecology	9
-	People and Nature	9
-	Ecological Applications	9
39	Ecology	8
-	Heredity	8
-	Journal of Biogeography	8
-	Microbial Ecology	8
-	Global Ecology and Conservation	8
-	Journal of Vegetation Science	8
-	American Naturalist	8
-	Movement Ecology	8
-	Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation	8
-	Ecological Informatics	8
49	Ecology and Society	7
-	Ecotoxicology	7

-	Evolution	7
-	Journal of Chemical Ecology	7
-	Oecologia	7
-	Behavioral Ecology	7
-	Perspectives in Plant Ecology Evolution and Systematics	7
-	Plants People Planet	7
-	Ecosystem Health and Sustainability	7
-	Basic and Applied Ecology	7
-	Oikos	7
-	Biodiversity and Conservation	7
61	Ecosphere	6
-	Fire Ecology	6
-	Journal of Evolutionary Biology	6
-	Marine Ecology Progress Series	6
-	Animal Biotelemetry	6
-	Biological Invasions	6
-	Rangeland Ecology & Management	6
-	Restoration Ecology	6
-	Ecohydrology & Hydrobiology	6
-	Ecological Complexity	6
-	Urban Ecosystems	6
-	Wildlife Biology	6
-	Ecology and Evolution	6
-	Freshwater Science	6
-	Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment	6
-	Journal of Arid Environments	6
-	Animal Conservation	6
-	AoB Plants	6
-	Arctic Science	6
-	Paleobiology	6
-	Chemoecology	6
-	Conservation Physiology	6
-	Ecological Modelling	6
84	Wetlands	5
-	Freshwater Biology	5
-	Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution	5
-	Frontiers in Forests and Global Change	5
-	Journal for Nature Conservation	5
-	Aquatic Ecology	5
-	Pedobiologia	5
-	Biotropica	5
-	Chemistry and Ecology	5
-	European Journal of Wildlife Research	5
-	International Journal for Parasitology-Parasites and Wildlife	5
-	Journal of Biological Dynamics	5
-	Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology	5
-	Acta Oecologica-International Journal of Ecology	5
-	Applied Vegetation Science	5
-	Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology	5
-	Phytocoenologia	5
-	Polar Research	5
-	Ecohydrology	5
103	Ecological Research	4
-	Wildlife Research	4
-	Flora	4
-	Journal of Wildlife Management	4
-	Aquatic Microbial Ecology	4
-	Biochemical Systematics and Ecology	4
-	Plant Ecology	4
-	Polar Science	4
-	Theoretical Ecology	4
-	Ecological Management & Restoration	4
-	Ecoscience	4
-	Evolutionary Ecology	4
-	Food Webs	4
-	Journal of Soil and Water Conservation	4
-	Aquatic Invasions	4
-	BMC Ecology and Evolution	4
-	Polar Biology	4
-	Compost Science & Utilization	4
-	Diversity-Basel	4
-	Theoretical Population Biology	4
123	Journal of Tropical Ecology	3
-	Acta Amazonica	3
-	Austral Ecology	3
-	Oryx	3
-	Community Ecology	3
-	Population Ecology	3
-	Regional Studies in Marine Science	3
-	Environmental Biology of Fishes	3
-	Fire-Switzerland	3
-	Journal of Freshwater Ecology	3
-	Landscape and Ecological Engineering	3
-	African Journal of Range & Forage Science	3
-	Marine Biology Research	3
-	Plant Species Biology	3
-	Rangeland Journal	3
-	Tropical Ecology	3
139	Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management	2
-	Journal of Natural History	2
-	African Journal of Ecology	2
-	African Journal of Wildlife Research	2
-	American Midland Naturalist	2
-	Applied Ecology and Environmental Research	2
-	Polar Record	2
-	Contemporary Problems of Ecology	2
-	Russian Journal of Ecology	2
148	Natural Areas Journal	1
-	Northeastern Naturalist	1
-	Southeastern Naturalist	1
-	Western North American Naturalist	1
-	Ecological Restoration	1
-	New Zealand Journal of Ecology	1
-	Northwest Science	1
-	Polish Journal of Ecology	1
-	Southwestern Naturalist	1
157	eco.mont-Journal on Protected Mountain Areas Research	0