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 2022-07-01 to 2026-07-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Global Change Biology	86
2	Nature Ecology & Evolution	68
3	Landscape and Urban Planning	62
4	Ecological Informatics	61
5	Trends in Ecology & Evolution	59
6	Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment	58
7	ISME Journal	57
8	Ecological Economics	50
9	Ecology Letters	46
10	Biological Conservation	41
11	Methods in Ecology and Evolution	37
-	Global Ecology and Biogeography	37
13	Molecular Ecology	36
-	Journal of Ecology	36
15	Ecosystem Services	35
-	Ecological Engineering	35
-	Ecology	35
18	Ecology and Evolution	34
-	Conservation Biology	34
-	Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution	34
21	People and Nature	33
-	Fire-Switzerland	33
-	Functional Ecology	33
-	Molecular Ecology Resources	33
25	Diversity-Basel	32
-	International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology	32
27	Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics	31
-	Biogeosciences	31
-	Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences	31
-	Microbial Ecology	31
-	Frontiers in Forests and Global Change	31
-	Journal of Applied Ecology	31
33	Ecological Applications	30
-	Ecological Modelling	30
35	Ecosphere	29
36	Landscape Ecology	28
-	Ecography	28
38	Current Opinion in Insect Science	26
-	Journal of Animal Ecology	26
-	Biodiversity and Conservation	26
-	Fire Ecology	26
-	Journal of Biogeography	26
43	Diversity and Distributions	25
-	Evolution	25
45	Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment	24
-	Global Ecology and Conservation	24
-	Plants People Planet	24
-	Ecological Monographs	24
49	Basic and Applied Ecology	22
-	Restoration Ecology	22

-	Journal for Nature Conservation	22
52	Biological Invasions	21
-	Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation	21
-	Ecological Processes	21
-	Marine Ecology Progress Series	21
-	Ecology and Society	21
57	Movement Ecology	20
-	Oikos	20
-	American Naturalist	20
-	European Journal of Soil Biology	20
-	Freshwater Biology	20
62	Journal of Evolutionary Biology	19
-	Biochemical Systematics and Ecology	19
-	Journal of Arid Environments	19
-	Rangeland Ecology & Management	19
-	Regional Studies in Marine Science	19
-	Urban Ecosystems	19
68	Ecosystem Health and Sustainability	18
-	Neobiota	18
-	Oecologia	18
-	Wetlands	18
-	Ecotoxicology	18
73	Behavioral Ecology	17
-	Conservation Physiology	17
-	AoB Plants	17
-	Applied Vegetation Science	17
-	Ecosystems	17
-	Heredity	17
79	International Journal for Parasitology-Parasites and Wildlife	16
-	Arctic Science	16
-	Ecohydrology & Hydrobiology	16
-	Flora	16
83	Chemistry and Ecology	15
-	Ecohydrology	15
-	Environmental Biology of Fishes	15
-	European Journal of Wildlife Research	15
-	Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology	15
-	Animal Conservation	15
-	Oryx	15
-	Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology	15
-	BMC Ecology and Evolution	15
-	Fungal Ecology	15
93	Journal of Vegetation Science	14
-	Austral Ecology	14
-	Biotropica	14
-	Mammal Review	14
97	Journal of Soil and Water Conservation	13
-	Animal Biotelemetry	13
-	Paleobiology	13
-	Tropical Ecology	13
-	Journal of Wildlife Management	13
-	Perspectives in Plant Ecology Evolution and Systematics	13
-	Plant Ecology	13
104	Journal of Biological Dynamics	12
-	Aquatic Ecology	12
-	Polar Biology	12
-	Wildlife Research	12
-	Food Webs	12
-	Freshwater Science	12
-	Pedobiologia	12
-	Ecological Research	12
112	Landscape and Ecological Engineering	11
-	Acta Oecologica-International Journal of Ecology	11
-	African Journal of Ecology	11
-	Polar Science	11
116	Applied Ecology and Environmental Research	10
-	Evolutionary Ecology	10
118	Theoretical Population Biology	9
-	Journal of Freshwater Ecology	9
-	Acta Amazonica	9
-	Aquatic Invasions	9
-	Biology Letters	9
-	Ecological Complexity	9
124	Journal of Natural History	8
-	African Journal of Range & Forage Science	8
-	Marine Biology Research	8
-	Community Ecology	8
-	Rangeland Journal	8
-	Journal of Tropical Ecology	8
-	Theoretical Ecology	8
-	Ecological Management & Restoration	8
132	Russian Journal of Ecology	7
-	Contemporary Problems of Ecology	7
134	Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management	6
-	Plant Species Biology	6
-	Ecological Restoration	6
-	Ecoscience	6
-	Polar Record	6
-	Chemoecology	6
-	Population Ecology	6
141	Aquatic Microbial Ecology	5
-	Polar Research	5
-	Western North American Naturalist	5
-	African Journal of Wildlife Research	5
-	Natural Areas Journal	5
-	Northeastern Naturalist	5
-	Southeastern Naturalist	5
148	New Zealand Journal of Ecology	4
-	Phytocoenologia	4
-	Southwestern Naturalist	4
-	Journal of Plant Ecology	4
152	Northwest Science	3
153	Polish Journal of Ecology	2
-	eco.mont-Journal on Protected Mountain Areas Research	2