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 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01)

Rank	Journal	TQCC
1	Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics	26
-	Landscape and Urban Planning	26
3	Global Change Biology	23
4	ISME Journal	21
5	Trends in Ecology & Evolution	20
6	Nature Ecology & Evolution	19
-	Ecosystem Services	19
8	Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment	17
9	International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology	16
10	Ecological Economics	15
-	Ecology Letters	15
12	Ecological Monographs	14
-	Ecological Informatics	14
14	Global Ecology and Biogeography	13
-	Landscape Ecology	13
16	Ecological Engineering	12
-	Ecological Applications	12
18	Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences	11
-	Methods in Ecology and Evolution	11
-	Molecular Ecology	11
-	Microbial Ecology	11
-	Molecular Ecology Resources	11
-	Biological Conservation	11
24	Ecography	10
-	Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation	10
-	Journal of Applied Ecology	10
-	Current Opinion in Insect Science	10
-	Functional Ecology	10
-	Journal of Ecology	10
-	Basic and Applied Ecology	10
31	People and Nature	9
-	Conservation Biology	9
-	Diversity and Distributions	9
-	Fire Ecology	9
-	Frontiers in Forests and Global Change	9
-	Biogeosciences	9
-	Ecological Processes	9
38	Ecology	8
-	European Journal of Soil Biology	8
-	Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution	8
-	Heredity	8
-	Journal of Evolutionary Biology	8
-	Movement Ecology	8
-	Journal of Animal Ecology	8
-	American Naturalist	8
46	Ecology and Society	7
-	Ecosphere	7
-	Ecosystems	7
-	Evolution	7
-	Fungal Ecology	7

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