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

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Global Change Biology	85
2	Nature Ecology & Evolution	65
3	Landscape and Urban Planning	58
4	Trends in Ecology & Evolution	57
5	ISME Journal	55
6	Ecological Informatics	54
7	Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment	53
8	Ecological Economics	48
9	Ecology Letters	47
10	Biological Conservation	41
11	Methods in Ecology and Evolution	40
12	Global Ecology and Biogeography	39
13	Ecological Engineering	38
14	Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution	37
-	Molecular Ecology	37
16	Ecosystem Services	35
-	Molecular Ecology Resources	35
18	Journal of Ecology	34
-	Ecology	34
20	Diversity-Basel	33
-	Functional Ecology	33
22	Ecology and Evolution	32
-	Conservation Biology	32
-	International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology	32
25	Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences	31
-	Ecosphere	31
-	Journal of Applied Ecology	31
-	People and Nature	31
29	Ecological Applications	30
-	Ecological Modelling	30
-	Frontiers in Forests and Global Change	30
32	Ecography	29
-	Biogeosciences	29
34	Current Opinion in Insect Science	28
35	Fire-Switzerland	27
-	Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment	27
-	Microbial Ecology	27
-	Landscape Ecology	27
39	Journal of Animal Ecology	26
-	Diversity and Distributions	26
-	Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics	26
42	Biodiversity and Conservation	25
-	Journal of Biogeography	25
44	Global Ecology and Conservation	24
-	Evolution	24
46	Basic and Applied Ecology	23
-	Ecological Monographs	23
-	Ecology and Society	23
49	Urban Ecosystems	22
-	Ecotoxicology	22

-	Oikos	22
-	Biological Invasions	22
53	Restoration Ecology	21
-	Ecological Processes	21
-	American Naturalist	21
-	Plants People Planet	21
-	Fire Ecology	21
-	Journal for Nature Conservation	21
-	Journal of Evolutionary Biology	21
60	Journal of Arid Environments	20
-	Marine Ecology Progress Series	20
-	Oecologia	20
-	Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation	20
64	Neobiota	19
-	Heredity	19
66	Rangeland Ecology & Management	18
-	Ecosystems	18
-	European Journal of Soil Biology	18
-	Freshwater Biology	18
-	Movement Ecology	18
71	Conservation Physiology	17
-	Regional Studies in Marine Science	17
-	BMC Ecology and Evolution	17
-	Behavioral Ecology	17
-	Biochemical Systematics and Ecology	17
76	Wetlands	16
-	Ecosystem Health and Sustainability	16
-	Environmental Biology of Fishes	16
-	International Journal for Parasitology-Parasites and Wildlife	16
-	Animal Conservation	16
-	Applied Vegetation Science	16
-	Arctic Science	16
-	Ecohydrology & Hydrobiology	16
84	Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology	15
-	Mammal Review	15
-	AoB Plants	15
-	Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology	15
-	Flora	15
89	Ecohydrology	14
-	Journal of Wildlife Management	14
-	Oryx	14
-	Journal of Soil and Water Conservation	14
-	Journal of Vegetation Science	14
-	Biotropica	14
95	European Journal of Wildlife Research	13
-	Evolutionary Ecology	13
-	Plant Ecology	13
-	Wildlife Research	13
-	Fungal Ecology	13
-	Journal of Chemical Ecology	13
-	Animal Biotelemetry	13
-	Aquatic Ecology	13
-	Austral Ecology	13
-	Chemistry and Ecology	13
105	Food Webs	12
-	Journal of Biological Dynamics	12
-	Perspectives in Plant Ecology Evolution and Systematics	12
-	Ecological Management & Restoration	12
-	Tropical Ecology	12
-	Ecological Research	12
-	African Journal of Ecology	12
-	Paleobiology	12
-	Polar Biology	12
114	Freshwater Science	11
-	Pedobiologia	11
-	Landscape and Ecological Engineering	11
-	Applied Ecology and Environmental Research	11
118	Polar Record	10
-	Acta Oecologica-International Journal of Ecology	10
-	African Journal of Range & Forage Science	10
-	Aquatic Invasions	10
-	Ecological Complexity	10
-	Theoretical Population Biology	10
124	Polar Science	9
-	Journal of Freshwater Ecology	9
126	Journal of Tropical Ecology	8
-	Russian Journal of Ecology	8
-	Acta Amazonica	8
-	Marine Biology Research	8
-	Community Ecology	8
131	Population Ecology	7
-	Theoretical Ecology	7
-	Chemoecology	7
-	Polar Research	7
-	Rangeland Journal	7
-	Journal of Natural History	7
-	Plant Species Biology	7
138	Ecoscience	6
-	Natural Areas Journal	6
-	Biology Letters	6
-	Contemporary Problems of Ecology	6
-	Western North American Naturalist	6
-	Aquatic Microbial Ecology	6
144	Southeastern Naturalist	5
-	Ecological Restoration	5
-	Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management	5
-	American Midland Naturalist	5
-	New Zealand Journal of Ecology	5
149	Compost Science & Utilization	4
-	Northeastern Naturalist	4
-	Southwestern Naturalist	4
-	Phytocoenologia	4
153	eco.mont-Journal on Protected Mountain Areas Research	3
-	African Journal of Wildlife Research	3
-	Northwest Science	3
156	Journal of Plant Ecology	2
-	Polish Journal of Ecology	2