Ecology: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor

(The Journal Impact Factor, or JIF, denotes the average number of citations a paper of a given journal accrues within a two-year timespan, as calculated by Clarivate Analytics' database Web of Science; note that the journal coverage here at OOIR might deviate slightly from Web of Science's. The JIFs that used to have more than one decimal point are rounded here for copyright-related reasons.)

Rank	Journal	Impact Factor 2025
1	Trends in Ecology & Evolution	ca. 17.9
2	Nature Ecology & Evolution	ca. 17.1
3	Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics	ca. 12.9
4	Global Change Biology	ca. 12.5
5	Landscape and Urban Planning	ca. 11.4
6	ISME Journal	ca. 10.2
7	Ecological Monographs	ca. 9
8	Ecological Informatics	ca. 8.5
9	Ecosystem Services	ca. 7.8
10	Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment	ca. 7.7
-	Ecology Letters	ca. 7.7
12	International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology	ca. 6.8
13	Ecological Economics	ca. 6.7
-	Fire Ecology	ca. 6.7
15	Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment	ca. 6.5
-	Global Ecology and Biogeography	ca. 6.5
17	Journal of Ecology	ca. 6.3
18	Molecular Ecology Resources	ca. 5.9
19	People and Nature	ca. 5.8
20	Methods in Ecology and Evolution	ca. 5.7
21	Functional Ecology	ca. 5.5
-	Current Opinion in Insect Science	ca. 5.5
23	Ecography	ca. 5.3
-	Journal of Applied Ecology	ca. 5.3
25	Conservation Biology	ca. 5.2
-	Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation	ca. 5.2
27	Biological Conservation	ca. 5.1
28	Ecological Processes	ca. 4.8
29	Landscape Ecology	ca. 4.7
30	Ecological Applications	ca. 4.6
31	Journal of Plant Ecology	ca. 4.5
32	Frontiers in Forests and Global Change	ca. 4.3
-	Microbial Ecology	ca. 4.3
34	Basic and Applied Ecology	ca. 4.2
-	Diversity and Distributions	ca. 4.2
36	Ecological Engineering	ca. 4.1
-	Ecology	ca. 4.1
38	Ecology and Society	ca. 4
-	Movement Ecology	ca. 4
-	Plants People Planet	ca. 4
41	European Journal of Soil Biology	ca. 3.9
42	Global Ecology and Conservation	ca. 3.7
-	Journal of Animal Ecology	ca. 3.7
-	Molecular Ecology	ca. 3.7
-	Biodiversity and Conservation	ca. 3.7
-	Applied Vegetation Science	ca. 3.7
47	Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences	ca. 3.6
48	Ecological Modelling	ca. 3.5
-	Fungal Ecology	ca. 3.5
-	Journal of Biogeography	ca. 3.5

51	Ecosystems	ca. 3.3
-	Journal of Vegetation Science	ca. 3.3
53	Urban Ecosystems	ca. 3.2
-	Fire-Switzerland	ca. 3.2
-	Chemistry and Ecology	ca. 3.2
-	Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution	ca. 3.2
-	Neobiota	ca. 3.2
58	Journal of Soil and Water Conservation	ca. 3.1
-	Animal Conservation	ca. 3.1
-	AoB Plants	ca. 3.1
61	Ecosphere	ca. 3
-	Animal Biotelemetry	ca. 3
-	Oikos	ca. 3
-	Evolution	ca. 3
65	Paleobiology	ca. 2.9
-	Rangeland Ecology & Management	ca. 2.9
67	Arctic Science	ca. 2.8
-	Ecohydrology & Hydrobiology	ca. 2.8
69	Journal of Biological Dynamics	ca. 2.7
-	Biological Invasions	ca. 2.7
-	Regional Studies in Marine Science	ca. 2.7
-	Restoration Ecology	ca. 2.7
-	Ecotoxicology	ca. 2.7
-	Journal for Nature Conservation	ca. 2.7
-	American Naturalist	ca. 2.7
-	Biology Letters	ca. 2.7
-	BMC Ecology and Evolution	ca. 2.7
78	Ecology and Evolution	ca. 2.6
-	Freshwater Biology	ca. 2.6
-	Heredity	ca. 2.6
-	Oryx	ca. 2.6
-	Pedobiologia	ca. 2.6
83	Journal of Arid Environments	ca. 2.5
-	Oecologia	ca. 2.5
-	Perspectives in Plant Ecology Evolution and Systematics	ca. 2.5
-	Conservation Physiology	ca. 2.5
87	Wetlands	ca. 2.4
88	International Journal for Parasitology-Parasites and Wildlife	ca. 2.3
-	Journal of Evolutionary Biology	ca. 2.3
-	Marine Ecology Progress Series	ca. 2.3
-	Diversity-Basel	ca. 2.3
92	Aquatic Ecology	ca. 2.2
-	Flora	ca. 2.2
-	Behavioral Ecology	ca. 2.2
-	Biochemical Systematics and Ecology	ca. 2.2
-	Ecohydrology	ca. 2.2
97	Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology	ca. 2.1
-	Wildlife Biology	ca. 2.1
-	Journal of Chemical Ecology	ca. 2.1
-	Landscape and Ecological Engineering	ca. 2.1
101	Evolutionary Ecology	ca. 2
-	Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology	ca. 2
103	Ecological Complexity	ca. 1.9
-	Wildlife Research	ca. 1.9
-	Journal of Wildlife Management	ca. 1.9
-	Biotropica	ca. 1.9
-	Tropical Ecology	ca. 1.9
108	Ecological Management & Restoration	ca. 1.8
-	European Journal of Wildlife Research	ca. 1.8
-	Acta Oecologica-International Journal of Ecology	ca. 1.8
-	Plant Ecology	ca. 1.8
112	Ecological Research	ca. 1.7
-	Food Webs	ca. 1.7
-	Polar Science	ca. 1.7
115	African Journal of Range & Forage Science	ca. 1.6
-	New Zealand Journal of Ecology	ca. 1.6
-	Community Ecology	ca. 1.6
-	Acta Amazonica	ca. 1.6
-	Austral Ecology	ca. 1.6
-	Polar Record	ca. 1.6
-	Population Ecology	ca. 1.6
122	Environmental Biology of Fishes	ca. 1.5
123	Theoretical Ecology	ca. 1.4
-	Freshwater Science	ca. 1.4
-	Journal of Freshwater Ecology	ca. 1.4
-	Journal of Tropical Ecology	ca. 1.4
-	Polar Biology	ca. 1.4
-	Theoretical Population Biology	ca. 1.4
-	African Journal of Ecology	ca. 1.4
-	Chemoecology	ca. 1.4
131	Ecological Restoration	ca. 1.3
-	Aquatic Microbial Ecology	ca. 1.3
133	Marine Biology Research	ca. 1.2
-	Plant Species Biology	ca. 1.2
-	Polar Research	ca. 1.2
-	African Journal of Wildlife Research	ca. 1.2
-	Compost Science & Utilization	ca. 1.2
138	eco.mont-Journal on Protected Mountain Areas Research	ca. 1.1
139	Ecoscience	ca. 1
140	Phytocoenologia	ca. 0.9
-	Journal of Natural History	ca. 0.9
142	Natural Areas Journal	ca. 0.8
143	Applied Ecology and Environmental Research	ca. 0.7
-	Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management	ca. 0.7
145	Russian Journal of Ecology	ca. 0.6
146	Contemporary Problems of Ecology	ca. 0.5
-	Western North American Naturalist	ca. 0.5
-	Northeastern Naturalist	ca. 0.5
149	Northwest Science	ca. 0.4
-	Southeastern Naturalist	ca. 0.4
151	Polish Journal of Ecology	ca. 0.3
-	Southwestern Naturalist	ca. 0.3