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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Global Change Biology	82
2	Nature Ecology & Evolution	63
3	Trends in Ecology & Evolution	56
-	Landscape and Urban Planning	56
5	ISME Journal	53
6	Ecological Informatics	51
-	Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment	51
8	Ecological Economics	47
-	Ecology Letters	47
10	Methods in Ecology and Evolution	44
11	Global Ecology and Biogeography	41
12	Biological Conservation	39
13	Ecological Engineering	37
14	Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution	36
-	Ecosystem Services	36
-	Molecular Ecology	36
17	Molecular Ecology Resources	34
-	Journal of Applied Ecology	34
19	Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics	33
-	Ecology and Evolution	33
-	Functional Ecology	33
-	Journal of Ecology	33
23	Conservation Biology	32
-	Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences	32
-	Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment	32
26	Ecography	31
-	Ecology	31
-	Diversity-Basel	31
29	International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology	30
-	Current Opinion in Insect Science	30
-	Ecological Applications	30
32	Ecological Modelling	29
33	Biogeosciences	28
-	Ecosphere	28
-	People and Nature	28
36	Frontiers in Forests and Global Change	27
-	Fire-Switzerland	27
38	Diversity and Distributions	26
-	Microbial Ecology	26
-	Global Ecology and Conservation	26
-	Landscape Ecology	26
42	Ecological Monographs	24
-	Basic and Applied Ecology	24
-	Journal of Animal Ecology	24
45	Evolution	23
-	Journal of Biogeography	23
-	Oikos	23
48	Biological Invasions	22
-	Restoration Ecology	22
-	Biodiversity and Conservation	22

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