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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Global Change Biology	87
2	Nature Ecology & Evolution	66
3	Landscape and Urban Planning	60
4	Ecological Informatics	59
-	Trends in Ecology & Evolution	59
6	ISME Journal	57
7	Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment	55
8	Ecological Economics	51
9	Ecology Letters	46
10	Biological Conservation	42
11	Methods in Ecology and Evolution	39
12	Global Ecology and Biogeography	37
13	Journal of Ecology	36
-	Molecular Ecology	36
-	Ecology	36
16	Ecology and Evolution	35
-	Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution	35
18	Molecular Ecology Resources	34
-	Ecosystem Services	34
-	Ecological Engineering	34
21	Diversity-Basel	33
-	Functional Ecology	33
-	International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology	33
-	Conservation Biology	33
25	Journal of Applied Ecology	32
-	People and Nature	32
27	Ecological Applications	31
-	Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences	31
-	Frontiers in Forests and Global Change	31
30	Fire-Switzerland	30
-	Biogeosciences	30
-	Ecography	30
33	Microbial Ecology	29
-	Ecological Modelling	29
-	Ecosphere	29
36	Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics	28
37	Journal of Animal Ecology	27
-	Journal of Biogeography	27
-	Landscape Ecology	27
40	Current Opinion in Insect Science	26
41	Basic and Applied Ecology	25
-	Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment	25
-	Global Ecology and Conservation	25
-	Fire Ecology	25
45	Biodiversity and Conservation	24
-	Diversity and Distributions	24
-	Ecological Monographs	24
-	Evolution	24
49	Plants People Planet	22
-	Journal for Nature Conservation	22

-	Oikos	22
52	Restoration Ecology	21
-	Ecological Processes	21
-	Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation	21
55	Journal of Arid Environments	20
-	American Naturalist	20
-	Marine Ecology Progress Series	20
-	Journal of Evolutionary Biology	20
-	Biological Invasions	20
-	European Journal of Soil Biology	20
-	Freshwater Biology	20
62	Neobiota	19
-	Rangeland Ecology & Management	19
-	Regional Studies in Marine Science	19
-	Urban Ecosystems	19
-	Movement Ecology	19
-	Biochemical Systematics and Ecology	19
-	Ecology and Society	19
-	Ecotoxicology	19
70	Ecosystem Health and Sustainability	18
-	Behavioral Ecology	18
72	AoB Plants	17
-	Arctic Science	17
-	Oecologia	17
-	Wetlands	17
-	Heredity	17
77	Animal Conservation	16
-	Applied Vegetation Science	16
-	BMC Ecology and Evolution	16
-	Conservation Physiology	16
-	Ecohydrology & Hydrobiology	16
82	International Journal for Parasitology-Parasites and Wildlife	15
-	Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology	15
-	Oryx	15
-	Environmental Biology of Fishes	15
-	Biotropica	15
-	Ecosystems	15
-	Flora	15
89	Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology	14
-	Mammal Review	14
-	Ecohydrology	14
-	European Journal of Wildlife Research	14
-	Journal of Vegetation Science	14
-	Austral Ecology	14
-	Chemistry and Ecology	14
-	Fungal Ecology	14
97	Journal of Biological Dynamics	13
-	Journal of Wildlife Management	13
-	Plant Ecology	13
-	Freshwater Science	13
-	Aquatic Ecology	13
-	Wildlife Research	13
103	Pedobiologia	12
-	Perspectives in Plant Ecology Evolution and Systematics	12
-	Food Webs	12
-	Journal of Chemical Ecology	12
-	Journal of Soil and Water Conservation	12
-	Animal Biotelemetry	12
-	Paleobiology	12
-	Tropical Ecology	12
-	Ecological Research	12
112	African Journal of Ecology	11
-	Polar Science	11
-	Acta Oecologica-International Journal of Ecology	11
-	Landscape and Ecological Engineering	11
-	Polar Biology	11
117	Evolutionary Ecology	10
-	Theoretical Population Biology	10
119	Journal of Freshwater Ecology	9
-	Acta Amazonica	9
-	Aquatic Invasions	9
-	Applied Ecology and Environmental Research	9
-	Ecological Complexity	9
124	Journal of Tropical Ecology	8
-	Biology Letters	8
-	Theoretical Ecology	8
-	Journal of Natural History	8
-	African Journal of Range & Forage Science	8
-	Marine Biology Research	8
-	Community Ecology	8
-	Rangeland Journal	8
-	Ecological Management & Restoration	8
133	Ecoscience	7
-	Contemporary Problems of Ecology	7
-	Russian Journal of Ecology	7
136	Chemoecology	6
-	Polar Record	6
-	Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management	6
-	Plant Species Biology	6
-	Polar Research	6
141	African Journal of Wildlife Research	5
-	Natural Areas Journal	5
-	Northeastern Naturalist	5
-	Population Ecology	5
-	Southeastern Naturalist	5
-	Ecological Restoration	5
-	Aquatic Microbial Ecology	5
-	Western North American Naturalist	5
149	Compost Science & Utilization	4
-	New Zealand Journal of Ecology	4
-	Phytocoenologia	4
-	Southwestern Naturalist	4
153	Journal of Plant Ecology	3
-	Northwest Science	3
155	Polish Journal of Ecology	2
-	eco.mont-Journal on Protected Mountain Areas Research	2