Ecology: 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 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Global Change Biology	76
2	Nature Ecology & Evolution	66
3	ISME Journal	64
4	Trends in Ecology & Evolution	59
5	Landscape and Urban Planning	53
6	Ecology Letters	52
7	Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment	48
8	Ecological Economics	46
9	Biological Conservation	45
10	Molecular Ecology	43
11	Methods in Ecology and Evolution	42
12	Global Ecology and Biogeography	41
13	Ecosystem Services	40
14	Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences	39
15	Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment	37
-	Ecological Informatics	37
17	Journal of Applied Ecology	36
-	Molecular Ecology Resources	36
-	Conservation Biology	36
-	Current Opinion in Insect Science	36
21	Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution	35
-	Ecology and Evolution	35
23	Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics	34
-	Ecology	34
25	Biogeosciences	33
-	Journal of Ecology	33
-	Landscape Ecology	33
28	Functional Ecology	32
-	Global Ecology and Conservation	32
30	Ecological Engineering	31
-	Ecological Applications	31
32	Diversity and Distributions	30
-	Ecography	30
-	Restoration Ecology	30
35	Journal of Animal Ecology	29
-	People and Nature	29
37	Diversity-Basel	28
-	Ecological Modelling	28
39	Journal of Biogeography	27
40	International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology	26
-	Microbial Ecology	26
-	Neobiota	26
-	Ecosphere	26
44	Marine Ecology Progress Series	25
-	Evolution	25
-	Journal of Arid Environments	25
-	Oikos	25
48	Frontiers in Forests and Global Change	24
49	Heredity	23
-	American Naturalist	23

51	Oecologia	22
-	Ecological Monographs	22
-	Ecosystems	22
-	European Journal of Soil Biology	22
-	Biodiversity and Conservation	22
-	Ecological Processes	22
57	Biological Invasions	21
-	Plants People Planet	21
-	Basic and Applied Ecology	21
-	Biology Letters	21
61	Freshwater Biology	20
-	Journal of Evolutionary Biology	20
-	Journal of Vegetation Science	20
-	Fire-Switzerland	20
65	Mammal Review	19
-	Ecotoxicology	19
-	Ecosystem Health and Sustainability	19
68	Urban Ecosystems	18
-	Ecology and Society	18
-	Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation	18
71	Fungal Ecology	17
-	Journal for Nature Conservation	17
-	Behavioral Ecology	17
-	Biotropica	17
-	Rangeland Ecology & Management	17
-	Animal Conservation	17
-	Movement Ecology	17
78	Journal of Chemical Ecology	16
-	Ecohydrology & Hydrobiology	16
-	Ecological Complexity	16
-	Wetlands	16
-	Applied Vegetation Science	16
-	Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology	16
-	Polar Biology	16
85	Biochemical Systematics and Ecology	15
-	Polar Science	15
-	Regional Studies in Marine Science	15
-	Freshwater Science	15
-	International Journal for Parasitology-Parasites and Wildlife	15
-	AoB Plants	15
-	BMC Ecology and Evolution	15
92	Perspectives in Plant Ecology Evolution and Systematics	14
-	Fire Ecology	14
-	Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology	14
-	Conservation Physiology	14
-	Ecohydrology	14
97	Flora	13
-	Journal of Wildlife Management	13
-	Animal Biotelemetry	13
-	Austral Ecology	13
-	Oryx	13
-	Ecological Management & Restoration	13
-	Acta Oecologica-International Journal of Ecology	13
-	Arctic Science	13
-	Paleobiology	13
106	Aquatic Ecology	12
-	Plant Ecology	12
-	Chemistry and Ecology	12
-	Ecological Research	12
-	Tropical Ecology	12
-	European Journal of Wildlife Research	12
112	Pedobiologia	11
-	Food Webs	11
-	Landscape and Ecological Engineering	11
-	Theoretical Population Biology	11
-	Evolutionary Ecology	11
117	Wildlife Research	10
-	Journal of Biological Dynamics	10
-	Environmental Biology of Fishes	10
120	African Journal of Ecology	9
-	Aquatic Microbial Ecology	9
-	Community Ecology	9
-	Theoretical Ecology	9
-	Journal of Soil and Water Conservation	9
-	Chemoecology	9
-	Polar Research	9
-	Wildlife Biology	9
128	Acta Amazonica	8
-	Applied Ecology and Environmental Research	8
-	African Journal of Range & Forage Science	8
-	Marine Biology Research	8
-	Plant Species Biology	8
-	Russian Journal of Ecology	8
-	Ecological Restoration	8
135	Journal of Natural History	7
-	Journal of Tropical Ecology	7
-	Natural Areas Journal	7
-	Polar Record	7
-	Population Ecology	7
-	Contemporary Problems of Ecology	7
-	Journal of Freshwater Ecology	7
-	Aquatic Invasions	7
-	Ecoscience	7
144	Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management	6
-	Southeastern Naturalist	6
-	Phytocoenologia	6
-	Rangeland Journal	6
-	Western North American Naturalist	6
149	American Midland Naturalist	5
-	Northeastern Naturalist	5
-	Compost Science & Utilization	5
152	African Journal of Wildlife Research	4
-	New Zealand Journal of Ecology	4
-	Northwest Science	4
155	Polish Journal of Ecology	3
-	Southwestern Naturalist	3
157	eco.mont-Journal on Protected Mountain Areas Research	2