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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Global Change Biology	82
2	Trends in Ecology & Evolution	58
3	ISME Journal	54
-	Landscape and Urban Planning	54
5	Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment	50
-	Ecological Informatics	50
7	Methods in Ecology and Evolution	48
-	Ecological Economics	48
9	Ecology Letters	46
10	Molecular Ecology	39
-	Global Ecology and Biogeography	39
12	Biological Conservation	37
13	Ecological Engineering	35
14	Molecular Ecology Resources	34
15	Conservation Biology	33
-	Functional Ecology	33
-	Journal of Ecology	33
-	Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment	33
-	Journal of Applied Ecology	33
20	Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences	32
-	Ecography	32
22	Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics	31
-	Diversity-Basel	31
-	Ecological Applications	31
25	Ecology	30
-	International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology	30
27	Biogeosciences	29
28	Diversity and Distributions	28
-	Landscape Ecology	28
30	Ecological Modelling	27
31	Journal of Animal Ecology	25
-	Microbial Ecology	25
33	Ecological Monographs	24
-	Evolution	24
-	Restoration Ecology	24
36	Oikos	23
-	Basic and Applied Ecology	23
-	Biodiversity and Conservation	23
-	Biological Invasions	23
-	Journal of Biogeography	23
41	Journal of Arid Environments	22
-	Neobiota	22
-	Marine Ecology Progress Series	22
44	Ecotoxicology	20
-	Fire Ecology	20
-	Freshwater Biology	20
-	Rangeland Ecology & Management	20
-	Journal of Evolutionary Biology	20
49	American Naturalist	19
-	Heredity	19

-	Oecologia	19
-	Urban Ecosystems	19
-	Ecosystems	19
54	Behavioral Ecology	18
-	Journal for Nature Conservation	18
56	Ecology and Society	17
-	European Journal of Soil Biology	17
-	Animal Conservation	17
-	Ecohydrology	17
-	Mammal Review	17
61	AoB Plants	16
-	Biochemical Systematics and Ecology	16
63	Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology	15
-	Ecohydrology & Hydrobiology	15
-	Journal of Vegetation Science	15
-	Biotropica	15
-	Journal of Chemical Ecology	15
-	Journal of Wildlife Management	15
69	Perspectives in Plant Ecology Evolution and Systematics	14
-	Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology	14
-	Applied Vegetation Science	14
-	Wetlands	14
-	European Journal of Wildlife Research	14
-	Flora	14
75	Paleobiology	13
-	Plant Ecology	13
-	Journal of Soil and Water Conservation	13
-	Polar Science	13
-	Environmental Biology of Fishes	13
80	Polar Biology	12
-	Aquatic Ecology	12
-	Chemistry and Ecology	12
-	Ecological Management & Restoration	12
-	Austral Ecology	12
-	Wildlife Research	12
-	Ecological Research	12
-	Evolutionary Ecology	12
-	Fungal Ecology	12
89	Tropical Ecology	11
-	Ecological Complexity	11
-	Oryx	11
-	Pedobiologia	11
93	African Journal of Ecology	10
-	Polar Research	10
-	Theoretical Population Biology	10
-	Journal of Biological Dynamics	10
-	Landscape and Ecological Engineering	10
-	Acta Oecologica-International Journal of Ecology	10
99	Acta Amazonica	9
-	Applied Ecology and Environmental Research	9
-	African Journal of Range & Forage Science	9
-	Polar Record	9
103	Russian Journal of Ecology	8
-	Community Ecology	8
-	Ecoscience	8
-	Journal of Freshwater Ecology	8
-	Marine Biology Research	8
-	Aquatic Invasions	8
-	Chemoecology	8
-	Journal of Natural History	8
-	Journal of Tropical Ecology	8
112	Aquatic Microbial Ecology	7
-	Rangeland Journal	7
-	Southeastern Naturalist	7
-	Theoretical Ecology	7
-	Contemporary Problems of Ecology	7
117	Natural Areas Journal	6
-	Wildlife Biology	6
-	Northeastern Naturalist	6
-	Plant Species Biology	6
-	Population Ecology	6
-	Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management	6
123	Western North American Naturalist	5
-	Ecological Restoration	5
-	American Midland Naturalist	5
126	New Zealand Journal of Ecology	4
-	Southwestern Naturalist	4
-	Biology Letters	4
-	Phytocoenologia	4
130	Compost Science & Utilization	3
131	Northwest Science	2
-	Polish Journal of Ecology	2