Ecology

Rank	Journal	Average citations
1	Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics	20.935
2	Landscape and Urban Planning	19.534
3	Global Change Biology	18.250
4	Trends in Ecology & Evolution	17.697
5	ISME Journal	15.981
6	Nature Ecology & Evolution	15.361
7	International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology	14.035
8	Ecosystem Services	13.831
9	Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment	12.914
10	Ecological Economics	12.473
11	Ecology Letters	12.287
12	Ecological Monographs	11.804
13	Ecological Informatics	11.517
14	Global Ecology and Biogeography	10.525
15	Landscape Ecology	10.182
16	Methods in Ecology and Evolution	9.971
17	Microbial Ecology	9.446
18	Molecular Ecology Resources	8.776
19	Ecological Engineering	8.594
20	Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences	8.407
21	Fire Ecology	8.252
22	Ecological Applications	8.192
23	Journal of Ecology	8.135
24	Current Opinion in Insect Science	8.088
25	Functional Ecology	7.994
26	Ecography	7.600
27	Biological Conservation	7.593
28	Molecular Ecology	7.355
29	Journal of Evolutionary Biology	7.330
30	Ecological Processes	7.244
31	Journal of Applied Ecology	7.219
32	Heredity	7.183
33	Conservation Biology	7.046
34	Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation	7.034
35	People and Nature	7.025
36	Ecology	6.845
37	Frontiers in Forests and Global Change	6.747
38	Basic and Applied Ecology	6.656
39	Biogeosciences	6.532
40	Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution	6.399
41	Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment	6.233
42	Diversity and Distributions	6.045
43	European Journal of Soil Biology	6.031
44	Mammal Review	5.959
45	American Naturalist	5.783
46	Movement Ecology	5.729
47	Ecology and Society	5.720
48	Ecological Modelling	5.705
49	Journal of Animal Ecology	5.605
50	Ecosphere	5.584

51	Journal of Biogeography	5.279
52	Applied Vegetation Science	5.249
53	Biodiversity and Conservation	5.212
54	Plants People Planet	5.167
55	Ecosystems	5.152
56	Journal of Biological Dynamics	5.117
57	Ecological Complexity	5.024
58	Fire-Switzerland	4.979
59	Journal of Arid Environments	4.967
60	Fungal Ecology	4.907
61	Ecosystem Health and Sustainability	4.882
62	Evolution	4.750
63	Ecotoxicology	4.681
64	Perspectives in Plant Ecology Evolution and Systematics	4.624
65	Oikos	4.609
66	AoB Plants	4.603
67	Neobiota	4.585
68	Biological Invasions	4.575
69	Urban Ecosystems	4.562
70	Arctic Science	4.495
71	Chemistry and Ecology	4.394
72	Aquatic Invasions	4.388
73	Conservation Physiology	4.363
74	Behavioral Ecology	4.343
75	Diversity-Basel	4.291
76	Oecologia	4.197
77	Ecohydrology & Hydrobiology	4.184
78	BMC Ecology and Evolution	4.157
79	Animal Biotelemetry	4.125
80	Animal Conservation	4.033
81	Rangeland Ecology & Management	4.015
82	Journal for Nature Conservation	3.973
83	Restoration Ecology	3.966
84	Marine Ecology Progress Series	3.961
85	Freshwater Biology	3.824
86	Journal of Vegetation Science	3.812
87	Journal of Soil and Water Conservation	3.803
88	Evolutionary Ecology	3.769
89	Ecology and Evolution	3.767
90	Paleobiology	3.658
91	Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology	3.635
92	Wetlands	3.622
93	Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology	3.518
94	International Journal for Parasitology-Parasites and Wildlife	3.415
95	Tropical Ecology	3.348
96	Global Ecology and Conservation	3.342
97	Food Webs	3.327
98	Biochemical Systematics and Ecology	3.325
99	Pedobiologia	3.320
100	Landscape and Ecological Engineering	3.309
101	Ecological Management & Restoration	3.266
102	Aquatic Ecology	3.230
103	Flora	3.154
104	Wildlife Research	3.039
105	Biology Letters	3.000
106	Ecohydrology	2.939
107	Plant Ecology	2.914
108	Journal of Chemical Ecology	2.885
109	Biotropica	2.856
110	Rangeland Journal	2.843
111	Environmental Biology of Fishes	2.806
112	Polar Biology	2.788
113	Freshwater Science	2.723
114	African Journal of Range & Forage Science	2.641
115	Austral Ecology	2.631
116	European Journal of Wildlife Research	2.629
117	Polar Science	2.616
118	Theoretical Population Biology	2.607
119	Polar Research	2.588
120	Journal of Wildlife Management	2.559
121	Acta Oecologica-International Journal of Ecology	2.547
122	Journal of Freshwater Ecology	2.543
123	Ecological Research	2.516
124	Journal of Tropical Ecology	2.344
125	Polar Record	2.312
126	African Journal of Ecology	2.284
127	Chemoecology	2.221
128	Aquatic Microbial Ecology	2.089
129	Theoretical Ecology	2.085
130	Ecoscience	1.971
131	Marine Biology Research	1.964
132	Regional Studies in Marine Science	1.933
133	American Midland Naturalist	1.842
134	Oryx	1.837
135	Community Ecology	1.765
136	Acta Amazonica	1.699
137	Phytocoenologia	1.469
138	Population Ecology	1.453
139	Russian Journal of Ecology	1.269
140	Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management	1.240
141	Plant Species Biology	1.158
142	Journal of Natural History	1.151
143	Compost Science & Utilization	1.053
144	Applied Ecology and Environmental Research	1.021
145	Western North American Naturalist	1.009
146	Northeastern Naturalist	0.954
147	Contemporary Problems of Ecology	0.943
148	Southeastern Naturalist	0.902
149	New Zealand Journal of Ecology	0.806
150	Natural Areas Journal	0.765
151	Ecological Restoration	0.705
152	African Journal of Wildlife Research	0.687
153	Southwestern Naturalist	0.495
154	eco.mont-Journal on Protected Mountain Areas Research	0.441
155	Polish Journal of Ecology	0.435
156	Northwest Science	0.361
157	Journal of Plant Ecology	0.074