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 2020-05-01 to 2024-05-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Global Change Biology	76
2	Nature Ecology & Evolution	66
3	ISME Journal	65
4	Trends in Ecology & Evolution	58
5	Landscape and Urban Planning	56
6	Ecology Letters	51
7	Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment	47
-	Ecological Economics	47
9	Biological Conservation	45
10	Molecular Ecology	44
11	Global Ecology and Biogeography	42
-	Methods in Ecology and Evolution	42
13	Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences	40
-	Ecosystem Services	40
15	Ecological Informatics	39
16	Molecular Ecology Resources	37
-	Conservation Biology	37
-	Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment	37
19	Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution	36
-	Journal of Applied Ecology	36
21	Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics	35
-	Ecology and Evolution	35
23	Ecology	34
-	Current Opinion in Insect Science	34
25	Biogeosciences	33
-	Journal of Ecology	33
-	Functional Ecology	33
28	Landscape Ecology	32
-	Global Ecology and Conservation	32
30	Ecography	31
-	Ecological Engineering	31
32	Diversity and Distributions	30
-	Restoration Ecology	30
-	Ecological Applications	30
35	People and Nature	28
-	Diversity-Basel	28
37	Microbial Ecology	27
-	Ecological Modelling	27
-	Journal of Animal Ecology	27
40	Neobiota	26
-	Ecosphere	26
-	International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology	26
-	Journal of Biogeography	26
44	Marine Ecology Progress Series	25
-	Journal of Arid Environments	25
46	Evolution	24
-	Frontiers in Forests and Global Change	24
-	Oikos	24
49	Heredity	23
-	American Naturalist	23

-	Ecological Processes	23
52	Biological Invasions	22
-	Plants People Planet	22
-	European Journal of Soil Biology	22
-	Biodiversity and Conservation	22
56	Oecologia	21
-	Ecological Monographs	21
-	Ecosystems	21
-	Freshwater Biology	21
-	Basic and Applied Ecology	21
61	Journal of Evolutionary Biology	20
-	Journal of Vegetation Science	20
-	Fire-Switzerland	20
64	Mammal Review	19
-	Ecology and Society	19
-	Ecotoxicology	19
-	Biology Letters	19
-	Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation	19
69	Rangeland Ecology & Management	18
-	Urban Ecosystems	18
71	Behavioral Ecology	17
-	Biotropica	17
-	Journal for Nature Conservation	17
-	Movement Ecology	17
75	Ecohydrology & Hydrobiology	16
-	Ecological Complexity	16
-	Wetlands	16
-	Fungal Ecology	16
-	Animal Conservation	16
-	Applied Vegetation Science	16
-	Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology	16
-	Ecosystem Health and Sustainability	16
-	Freshwater Science	16
84	Journal of Chemical Ecology	15
-	Biochemical Systematics and Ecology	15
-	Polar Science	15
-	Regional Studies in Marine Science	15
-	AoB Plants	15
-	BMC Ecology and Evolution	15
-	Polar Biology	15
-	Ecohydrology	15
92	Perspectives in Plant Ecology Evolution and Systematics	14
-	Fire Ecology	14
-	Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology	14
-	Arctic Science	14
-	Paleobiology	14
-	Conservation Physiology	14
-	International Journal for Parasitology-Parasites and Wildlife	14
99	Journal of Wildlife Management	13
-	Animal Biotelemetry	13
-	Aquatic Ecology	13
-	Austral Ecology	13
-	Oryx	13
-	Plant Ecology	13
-	Ecological Management & Restoration	13
-	Flora	13
-	European Journal of Wildlife Research	13
108	Pedobiologia	12
-	Chemistry and Ecology	12
-	Ecological Research	12
-	Acta Oecologica-International Journal of Ecology	12
-	Tropical Ecology	12
-	Food Webs	12
114	Wildlife Research	11
-	Evolutionary Ecology	11
116	Journal of Biological Dynamics	10
-	Landscape and Ecological Engineering	10
-	Theoretical Population Biology	10
-	Environmental Biology of Fishes	10
120	African Journal of Ecology	9
-	Aquatic Microbial Ecology	9
-	Theoretical Ecology	9
-	Journal of Soil and Water Conservation	9
-	Chemoecology	9
-	Polar Research	9
-	Wildlife Biology	9
127	Journal of Natural History	8
-	Journal of Tropical Ecology	8
-	Acta Amazonica	8
-	Applied Ecology and Environmental Research	8
-	Community Ecology	8
-	Contemporary Problems of Ecology	8
-	African Journal of Range & Forage Science	8
-	Marine Biology Research	8
-	Plant Species Biology	8
-	Russian Journal of Ecology	8
-	Ecological Restoration	8
138	Natural Areas Journal	7
-	Polar Record	7
-	Population Ecology	7
-	Journal of Freshwater Ecology	7
-	Aquatic Invasions	7
-	Ecoscience	7
144	Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management	6
-	Northeastern Naturalist	6
-	Southeastern Naturalist	6
-	Rangeland Journal	6
-	Western North American Naturalist	6
149	American Midland Naturalist	5
-	Phytocoenologia	5
151	African Journal of Wildlife Research	4
-	New Zealand Journal of Ecology	4
153	Northwest Science	3
-	Compost Science & Utilization	3
-	Polish Journal of Ecology	3
-	Southwestern Naturalist	3
157	eco.mont-Journal on Protected Mountain Areas Research	2