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 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Global Change Biology	82
2	Nature Ecology & Evolution	61
3	Landscape and Urban Planning	56
-	Trends in Ecology & Evolution	56
5	Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment	52
6	ISME Journal	51
7	Ecological Informatics	50
8	Ecological Economics	49
9	Ecology Letters	46
10	Methods in Ecology and Evolution	42
11	Ecological Engineering	39
-	Global Ecology and Biogeography	39
-	Biological Conservation	39
14	Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution	37
15	Molecular Ecology	36
-	Ecosystem Services	36
17	Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics	35
-	Molecular Ecology Resources	35
19	Journal of Applied Ecology	34
-	Functional Ecology	34
21	Conservation Biology	33
-	Journal of Ecology	33
-	Ecology and Evolution	33
24	Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences	32
-	International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology	32
-	Diversity-Basel	32
27	Ecography	31
-	Ecology	31
-	Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment	31
30	Ecological Applications	30
31	Biogeosciences	29
-	People and Nature	29
-	Ecosphere	29
-	Current Opinion in Insect Science	29
-	Ecological Modelling	29
36	Frontiers in Forests and Global Change	28
37	Diversity and Distributions	27
-	Microbial Ecology	27
-	Fire-Switzerland	27
-	Global Ecology and Conservation	27
41	Landscape Ecology	26
42	Ecological Monographs	25
-	Journal of Animal Ecology	25
44	Journal of Biogeography	24
-	Evolution	24
-	Basic and Applied Ecology	24
47	Oikos	23
-	Biological Invasions	23
-	Biodiversity and Conservation	23
50	Journal of Arid Environments	22

-	Restoration Ecology	22
52	Ecology and Society	21
-	Fire Ecology	21
-	Urban Ecosystems	21
55	Journal of Evolutionary Biology	20
-	Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation	20
-	Ecotoxicology	20
-	Journal for Nature Conservation	20
-	American Naturalist	20
-	Marine Ecology Progress Series	20
-	Oecologia	20
-	Plants People Planet	20
-	Ecological Processes	20
64	Heredity	19
-	Neobiota	19
66	Ecosystems	18
67	Movement Ecology	17
-	Behavioral Ecology	17
-	Biochemical Systematics and Ecology	17
-	Freshwater Biology	17
-	Arctic Science	17
-	BMC Ecology and Evolution	17
-	Rangeland Ecology & Management	17
-	Regional Studies in Marine Science	17
-	Ecohydrology	17
-	International Journal for Parasitology-Parasites and Wildlife	17
77	Ecohydrology & Hydrobiology	16
-	European Journal of Soil Biology	16
-	Animal Conservation	16
-	Conservation Physiology	16
-	Wetlands	16
82	Biotropica	15
-	Flora	15
-	Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology	15
-	Mammal Review	15
-	AoB Plants	15
-	Applied Vegetation Science	15
-	Ecosystem Health and Sustainability	15
89	Journal of Vegetation Science	14
-	Chemistry and Ecology	14
-	Ecological Management & Restoration	14
-	Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology	14
-	Environmental Biology of Fishes	14
94	Journal of Chemical Ecology	13
-	Journal of Soil and Water Conservation	13
-	Aquatic Ecology	13
-	Austral Ecology	13
-	Paleobiology	13
-	Fungal Ecology	13
-	Journal of Wildlife Management	13
-	Oryx	13
-	Perspectives in Plant Ecology Evolution and Systematics	13
-	Plant Ecology	13
-	European Journal of Wildlife Research	13
-	Evolutionary Ecology	13
106	Animal Biotelemetry	12
-	Polar Biology	12
-	Ecological Research	12
-	Wildlife Research	12
-	Journal of Biological Dynamics	12
-	Pedobiologia	12
112	African Journal of Ecology	11
-	Landscape and Ecological Engineering	11
-	Theoretical Population Biology	11
-	Tropical Ecology	11
-	Acta Oecologica-International Journal of Ecology	11
-	Polar Science	11
-	Food Webs	11
-	Freshwater Science	11
120	Applied Ecology and Environmental Research	10
121	Community Ecology	9
-	Ecological Complexity	9
-	Journal of Freshwater Ecology	9
-	African Journal of Range & Forage Science	9
-	Polar Record	9
126	Journal of Natural History	8
-	Acta Amazonica	8
-	Marine Biology Research	8
-	Polar Research	8
-	Rangeland Journal	8
-	Journal of Tropical Ecology	8
-	Aquatic Invasions	8
133	Aquatic Microbial Ecology	7
-	Plant Species Biology	7
-	Russian Journal of Ecology	7
-	Chemoecology	7
-	Theoretical Ecology	7
138	Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management	6
-	Contemporary Problems of Ecology	6
-	Natural Areas Journal	6
-	Population Ecology	6
-	Southeastern Naturalist	6
-	Ecological Restoration	6
-	Ecoscience	6
145	African Journal of Wildlife Research	5
-	American Midland Naturalist	5
-	Western North American Naturalist	5
-	Northeastern Naturalist	5
-	Biology Letters	5
150	New Zealand Journal of Ecology	4
-	Phytocoenologia	4
-	Southwestern Naturalist	4
153	Northwest Science	3
-	Compost Science & Utilization	3
155	Polish Journal of Ecology	2
-	eco.mont-Journal on Protected Mountain Areas Research	2
157	Journal of Plant Ecology	1