Ecology

Rank	Journal	Average citations
1	Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics	30.286
2	ISME Journal	21.261
3	Global Change Biology	17.651
4	Trends in Ecology & Evolution	17.247
5	Landscape and Urban Planning	16.878
6	Ecosystem Services	14.833
7	Nature Ecology & Evolution	14.494
8	Ecology Letters	13.501
9	Ecological Economics	12.550
10	Biology Letters	11.646
11	Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment	11.604
12	Ecological Monographs	11.399
13	Molecular Ecology Resources	11.284
14	Methods in Ecology and Evolution	10.920
15	Global Ecology and Biogeography	10.794
16	International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology	10.758
17	Current Opinion in Insect Science	9.893
18	Ecography	9.230
19	Biological Conservation	9.206
20	Ecological Informatics	9.085
21	Landscape Ecology	8.669
22	Molecular Ecology	8.636
23	Journal of Ecology	8.568
24	Ecological Applications	8.378
25	Neobiota	8.137
26	Biogeosciences	8.032
27	Journal of Applied Ecology	8.031
28	Conservation Biology	8.009
29	Ecological Processes	7.807
30	Ecological Engineering	7.775
31	Diversity and Distributions	7.764
32	Mammal Review	7.683
33	Ecological Complexity	7.575
34	People and Nature	7.548
35	Functional Ecology	7.473
36	Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences	7.364
37	Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment	7.113
38	Heredity	6.900
39	Ecology	6.866
40	Plants People Planet	6.813
41	Journal of Animal Ecology	6.623
42	Basic and Applied Ecology	6.574
43	Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation	6.385
44	Microbial Ecology	6.360
45	Ecosystems	6.230
46	Perspectives in Plant Ecology Evolution and Systematics	6.120
47	European Journal of Soil Biology	6.105
48	Oikos	5.627
49	Journal of Arid Environments	5.591
50	Ecology and Society	5.577

51	Journal of Biogeography	5.493
52	Applied Vegetation Science	5.488
53	Ecological Modelling	5.434
54	Wildlife Biology	5.312
55	Restoration Ecology	5.194
56	American Naturalist	5.174
57	Ecosphere	5.095
58	Global Ecology and Conservation	5.071
59	Ecotoxicology	5.064
60	Journal of Vegetation Science	5.026
61	Movement Ecology	5.018
62	Ecosystem Health and Sustainability	5.000
63	Fire Ecology	4.958
64	Fungal Ecology	4.836
65	Biodiversity and Conservation	4.806
66	Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution	4.795
67	Journal of Evolutionary Biology	4.790
68	Evolution	4.758
69	Marine Ecology Progress Series	4.726
70	AoB Plants	4.644
71	Arctic Science	4.558
72	Behavioral Ecology	4.552
73	Animal Conservation	4.538
74	Oecologia	4.518
75	Biological Invasions	4.426
76	Frontiers in Forests and Global Change	4.407
77	Paleobiology	4.352
78	Animal Biotelemetry	4.327
79	Rangeland Ecology & Management	4.292
80	Ecology and Evolution	4.281
81	Freshwater Biology	4.105
82	Journal of Chemical Ecology	4.061
83	BMC Ecology and Evolution	3.987
84	Journal for Nature Conservation	3.838
85	Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology	3.786
86	Conservation Physiology	3.764
87	Freshwater Science	3.759
88	Ecological Management & Restoration	3.757
89	Ecohydrology & Hydrobiology	3.710
90	Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology	3.643
91	International Journal for Parasitology-Parasites and Wildlife	3.634
92	Aquatic Microbial Ecology	3.627
93	Fire-Switzerland	3.608
94	Ecohydrology	3.568
95	Diversity-Basel	3.518
96	Urban Ecosystems	3.488
97	Wetlands	3.466
98	Journal of Biological Dynamics	3.440
99	Pedobiologia	3.415
100	Biotropica	3.412
101	Polar Science	3.397
102	Food Webs	3.375
103	Aquatic Ecology	3.318
104	Biochemical Systematics and Ecology	3.146
105	Polar Biology	3.129
106	Landscape and Ecological Engineering	3.067
107	Plant Ecology	3.051
108	Aquatic Invasions	2.984
109	Evolutionary Ecology	2.942
110	Acta Oecologica-International Journal of Ecology	2.919
111	Chemistry and Ecology	2.907
112	Tropical Ecology	2.858
113	Polar Research	2.850
114	Wildlife Research	2.808
115	Chemoecology	2.800
116	Journal of Soil and Water Conservation	2.785
117	European Journal of Wildlife Research	2.771
118	Ecological Research	2.748
119	Flora	2.672
120	Ecoscience	2.670
121	Theoretical Ecology	2.641
122	Austral Ecology	2.539
123	Theoretical Population Biology	2.480
124	Journal of Wildlife Management	2.477
125	Environmental Biology of Fishes	2.316
126	African Journal of Range & Forage Science	2.236
127	Journal of Tropical Ecology	2.144
128	Marine Biology Research	2.070
129	Regional Studies in Marine Science	1.964
130	Journal of Freshwater Ecology	1.887
131	Community Ecology	1.844
132	African Journal of Ecology	1.807
133	Oryx	1.802
134	Acta Amazonica	1.771
135	Rangeland Journal	1.696
136	Phytocoenologia	1.613
137	Polar Record	1.603
138	American Midland Naturalist	1.562
139	Population Ecology	1.543
140	Russian Journal of Ecology	1.533
141	Plant Species Biology	1.519
142	Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management	1.413
143	Ecological Restoration	1.333
144	Journal of Natural History	1.328
145	Contemporary Problems of Ecology	1.235
146	Compost Science & Utilization	1.200
147	African Journal of Wildlife Research	1.162
148	Southeastern Naturalist	1.161
149	Applied Ecology and Environmental Research	1.016
150	Western North American Naturalist	0.897
151	Northeastern Naturalist	0.885
152	Natural Areas Journal	0.847
153	Polish Journal of Ecology	0.667
154	New Zealand Journal of Ecology	0.593
155	Northwest Science	0.544
156	Southwestern Naturalist	0.410
157	eco.mont-Journal on Protected Mountain Areas Research	0.366