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 2020-08-01 to 2024-08-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Global Change Biology	77
2	ISME Journal	68
3	Nature Ecology & Evolution	64
4	Trends in Ecology & Evolution	58
5	Landscape and Urban Planning	57
6	Ecology Letters	50
7	Ecological Economics	49
8	Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment	48
9	Biological Conservation	45
10	Molecular Ecology	44
11	Methods in Ecology and Evolution	42
-	Global Ecology and Biogeography	42
13	Ecological Informatics	41
14	Ecosystem Services	40
15	Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics	39
16	Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences	38
-	Molecular Ecology Resources	38
18	Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution	37
19	Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment	35
20	Ecology and Evolution	34
-	Journal of Ecology	34
-	Current Opinion in Insect Science	34
-	Biogeosciences	34
24	Functional Ecology	33
-	Ecography	33
-	Journal of Applied Ecology	33
-	Conservation Biology	33
28	Ecology	32
29	Ecological Applications	31
-	Landscape Ecology	31
-	Ecological Engineering	31
32	Restoration Ecology	30
-	Diversity and Distributions	30
34	Ecological Modelling	28
-	Journal of Animal Ecology	28
36	Diversity-Basel	27
-	Microbial Ecology	27
38	Global Ecology and Conservation	26
-	Journal of Arid Environments	26
-	People and Nature	26
-	Ecosphere	26
42	International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology	25
-	Journal of Biogeography	25
-	Marine Ecology Progress Series	25
45	Evolution	24
-	Frontiers in Forests and Global Change	24
-	Neobiota	24
48	Ecological Processes	22
-	Fire-Switzerland	22
-	American Naturalist	22

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