Ecology

Rank	Journal	Average citations
1	Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics	28.136
2	Landscape and Urban Planning	19.555
3	Global Change Biology	18.109
4	Trends in Ecology & Evolution	17.982
5	ISME Journal	15.566
6	Nature Ecology & Evolution	14.624
7	Ecosystem Services	14.508
8	Ecological Monographs	13.952
9	International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology	13.637
10	Ecology Letters	12.808
11	Ecological Economics	12.774
12	Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment	12.589
13	Ecological Informatics	12.336
14	Methods in Ecology and Evolution	10.427
15	Global Ecology and Biogeography	10.339
16	Landscape Ecology	9.652
17	Ecological Engineering	9.254
18	Molecular Ecology Resources	8.823
19	Microbial Ecology	8.615
20	Ecological Applications	8.259
21	Ecography	8.246
22	Current Opinion in Insect Science	8.162
23	Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences	7.981
24	Fire Ecology	7.886
25	Journal of Ecology	7.863
26	Biological Conservation	7.840
27	Functional Ecology	7.790
28	Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation	7.443
29	Basic and Applied Ecology	7.429
30	Journal of Applied Ecology	7.424
31	Molecular Ecology	7.281
32	Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment	6.972
33	People and Nature	6.947
34	Conservation Biology	6.904
35	Heredity	6.786
36	Ecological Processes	6.726
37	Journal of Evolutionary Biology	6.630
38	Ecology	6.577
39	Biogeosciences	6.459
40	Diversity and Distributions	6.377
41	Frontiers in Forests and Global Change	6.354
42	Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution	6.135
43	European Journal of Soil Biology	5.770
44	Movement Ecology	5.666
45	American Naturalist	5.656
46	Ecological Modelling	5.649
47	Journal of Animal Ecology	5.621
48	Mammal Review	5.568
49	Ecosphere	5.507
50	Ecology and Society	5.295

51	Ecological Complexity	5.231
52	Journal of Biogeography	5.091
53	Ecosystems	5.067
54	Biodiversity and Conservation	5.053
55	Plants People Planet	4.979
56	Journal of Biological Dynamics	4.916
57	Journal of Arid Environments	4.846
58	Evolution	4.770
59	Fungal Ecology	4.712
60	Oikos	4.701
61	Applied Vegetation Science	4.697
62	Fire-Switzerland	4.688
63	Ecosystem Health and Sustainability	4.598
64	AoB Plants	4.538
65	Arctic Science	4.518
66	Neobiota	4.497
67	Ecological Management & Restoration	4.470
68	Ecotoxicology	4.417
69	Biological Invasions	4.408
70	Perspectives in Plant Ecology Evolution and Systematics	4.392
71	BMC Ecology and Evolution	4.390
72	Journal for Nature Conservation	4.365
73	Behavioral Ecology	4.316
74	Urban Ecosystems	4.306
75	Aquatic Invasions	4.219
76	Oecologia	4.099
77	Conservation Physiology	4.079
78	Marine Ecology Progress Series	4.019
79	Rangeland Ecology & Management	4.008
80	Chemistry and Ecology	4.000
81	Restoration Ecology	3.984
82	Animal Biotelemetry	3.969
83	Freshwater Biology	3.920
84	Ecohydrology & Hydrobiology	3.881
-	Journal of Soil and Water Conservation	3.881
86	Animal Conservation	3.877
87	Ecology and Evolution	3.803
-	Journal of Vegetation Science	3.803
89	Paleobiology	3.766
90	International Journal for Parasitology-Parasites and Wildlife	3.747
91	Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology	3.734
92	Diversity-Basel	3.705
93	Global Ecology and Conservation	3.632
94	Pedobiologia	3.593
95	Wetlands	3.572
96	Biochemical Systematics and Ecology	3.560
97	Evolutionary Ecology	3.475
98	Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology	3.466
99	Tropical Ecology	3.327
100	Ecohydrology	3.253
101	Food Webs	3.213
102	Wildlife Research	3.132
103	Flora	3.125
104	Landscape and Ecological Engineering	3.078
105	Polar Science	2.970
-	Plant Ecology	2.970
107	Aquatic Ecology	2.966
108	Biotropica	2.954
109	Journal of Chemical Ecology	2.893
110	Freshwater Science	2.867
111	Rangeland Journal	2.859
112	Polar Research	2.783
113	Theoretical Population Biology	2.767
114	Environmental Biology of Fishes	2.753
115	European Journal of Wildlife Research	2.694
116	Acta Oecologica-International Journal of Ecology	2.654
117	African Journal of Range & Forage Science	2.623
118	Polar Biology	2.592
119	Austral Ecology	2.584
120	Chemoecology	2.508
121	Ecological Research	2.504
122	Journal of Wildlife Management	2.449
123	Journal of Freshwater Ecology	2.440
124	Journal of Tropical Ecology	2.399
125	Biology Letters	2.375
126	Regional Studies in Marine Science	2.221
127	Polar Record	2.213
128	Theoretical Ecology	2.171
129	African Journal of Ecology	2.101
130	Ecoscience	2.071
131	Marine Biology Research	1.989
132	Aquatic Microbial Ecology	1.844
133	Oryx	1.810
134	Acta Amazonica	1.756
135	American Midland Naturalist	1.684
136	Community Ecology	1.639
137	Population Ecology	1.548
138	Phytocoenologia	1.471
139	Russian Journal of Ecology	1.293
140	Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management	1.253
141	African Journal of Wildlife Research	1.160
142	Journal of Natural History	1.142
143	Plant Species Biology	1.105
144	Compost Science & Utilization	1.061
145	Western North American Naturalist	1.019
146	Contemporary Problems of Ecology	0.952
147	Southeastern Naturalist	0.933
148	Applied Ecology and Environmental Research	0.924
149	Northeastern Naturalist	0.905
150	Ecological Restoration	0.788
151	New Zealand Journal of Ecology	0.725
152	Natural Areas Journal	0.694
153	Polish Journal of Ecology	0.563
154	Southwestern Naturalist	0.457
155	eco.mont-Journal on Protected Mountain Areas Research	0.338
156	Northwest Science	0.327
157	Journal of Plant Ecology	0.041