Biodiversity Conservation: 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Global Change Biology	85
2	Biological Conservation	41
3	Diversity-Basel	33
4	Conservation Biology	32
5	People and Nature	31
-	Journal of Applied Ecology	31
7	Ecography	29
8	Diversity and Distributions	26
-	Conservation Letters	26
10	Biodiversity and Conservation	25
11	Global Ecology and Conservation	24
12	Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine	23
13	Biological Invasions	22
-	Conservation Science and Practice	22
-	Urban Ecosystems	22
16	Journal for Nature Conservation	21
-	Plants People Planet	21
18	Neobiota	19
19	Conservation Physiology	17
20	Endangered Species Research	16
-	Animal Conservation	16
22	Oryx	14
23	Animal Biotelemetry	13
-	Biodiversity Data Journal	13
-	Nature Conservation-Bulgaria	13
-	Environmental Conservation	13
-	Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation	13
28	Conservation Genetics	12
-	Food Webs	12
-	Paleobiology	12
-	Polar Biology	12
32	Bioinvasions Records	11
-	Bird Conservation International	11
-	Landscape and Ecological Engineering	11
35	Management of Biological Invasions	10
-	Systematics and Biodiversity	10
37	Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments	9
-	Human Dimensions of Wildlife	9
-	Marine Biodiversity	9
40	Avian Conservation and Ecology	8
-	Biota Neotropica	8
-	Tropical Conservation Science	8
43	Journal of Natural History	7
-	Animal Biodiversity and Conservation	7
45	Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad	6
-	Western North American Naturalist	6
47	American Museum Novitates	5
-	Caribbean Journal of Science	5
-	American Midland Naturalist	5
-	Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management	5

-	Southeastern Naturalist	5
52	Northeastern Naturalist	4
-	Southwestern Naturalist	4
54	eco.mont-Journal on Protected Mountain Areas Research	3