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 2024
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	Ecology Letters	ca. 7.7
-	Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment	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	Global Ecology and Biogeography	ca. 6.5
-	Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment	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	Current Opinion in Insect Science	ca. 5.5
-	Functional Ecology	ca. 5.5
23	Journal of Applied Ecology	ca. 5.3
-	Ecography	ca. 5.3
25	Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation	ca. 5.2
-	Conservation Biology	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	Microbial Ecology	ca. 4.3
-	Frontiers in Forests and Global Change	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	Plants People Planet	ca. 4
-	Movement Ecology	ca. 4
-	Ecology and Society	ca. 4
41	European Journal of Soil Biology	ca. 3.9
42	Applied Vegetation Science	ca. 3.7
-	Molecular Ecology	ca. 3.7
-	Biodiversity and Conservation	ca. 3.7
-	Global Ecology and Conservation	ca. 3.7
-	Journal of Animal Ecology	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	Neobiota	ca. 3.2
-	Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution	ca. 3.2
-	Chemistry and Ecology	ca. 3.2
-	Urban Ecosystems	ca. 3.2
-	Fire-Switzerland	ca. 3.2
58	Animal Conservation	ca. 3.1
-	AoB Plants	ca. 3.1
-	Journal of Soil and Water Conservation	ca. 3.1
61	Evolution	ca. 3
-	Animal Biotelemetry	ca. 3
-	Oikos	ca. 3
-	Ecosphere	ca. 3
65	Rangeland Ecology & Management	ca. 2.9
-	Paleobiology	ca. 2.9
67	Arctic Science	ca. 2.8
-	Ecohydrology & Hydrobiology	ca. 2.8
69	American Naturalist	ca. 2.7
-	Biology Letters	ca. 2.7
-	BMC Ecology and Evolution	ca. 2.7
-	Ecotoxicology	ca. 2.7
-	Journal for Nature Conservation	ca. 2.7
-	Biological Invasions	ca. 2.7
-	Regional Studies in Marine Science	ca. 2.7
-	Restoration Ecology	ca. 2.7
-	Journal of Biological Dynamics	ca. 2.7
78	Oryx	ca. 2.6
-	Pedobiologia	ca. 2.6
-	Ecology and Evolution	ca. 2.6
-	Freshwater Biology	ca. 2.6
-	Heredity	ca. 2.6
83	Oecologia	ca. 2.5
-	Perspectives in Plant Ecology Evolution and Systematics	ca. 2.5
-	Conservation Physiology	ca. 2.5
-	Journal of Arid Environments	ca. 2.5
87	Wetlands	ca. 2.4
88	Diversity-Basel	ca. 2.3
-	Journal of Evolutionary Biology	ca. 2.3
-	Marine Ecology Progress Series	ca. 2.3
-	International Journal for Parasitology-Parasites and Wildlife	ca. 2.3
92	Behavioral Ecology	ca. 2.2
-	Biochemical Systematics and Ecology	ca. 2.2
-	Ecohydrology	ca. 2.2
-	Flora	ca. 2.2
-	Aquatic Ecology	ca. 2.2
97	Wildlife Biology	ca. 2.1
-	Journal of Chemical Ecology	ca. 2.1
-	Landscape and Ecological Engineering	ca. 2.1
-	Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology	ca. 2.1
101	Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology	ca. 2
-	Evolutionary Ecology	ca. 2
103	Tropical Ecology	ca. 1.9
-	Biotropica	ca. 1.9
-	Ecological Complexity	ca. 1.9
-	Wildlife Research	ca. 1.9
-	Journal of Wildlife Management	ca. 1.9
108	Plant Ecology	ca. 1.8
-	Ecological Management & Restoration	ca. 1.8
-	European Journal of Wildlife Research	ca. 1.8
-	Acta Oecologica-International Journal of Ecology	ca. 1.8
112	Polar Science	ca. 1.7
-	Ecological Research	ca. 1.7
-	Food Webs	ca. 1.7
115	Austral Ecology	ca. 1.6
-	Polar Record	ca. 1.6
-	Population Ecology	ca. 1.6
-	Acta Amazonica	ca. 1.6
-	New Zealand Journal of Ecology	ca. 1.6
-	Community Ecology	ca. 1.6
-	African Journal of Range & Forage Science	ca. 1.6
122	Environmental Biology of Fishes	ca. 1.5
123	Chemoecology	ca. 1.4
-	Theoretical Population Biology	ca. 1.4
-	African Journal of Ecology	ca. 1.4
-	Polar Biology	ca. 1.4
-	Theoretical Ecology	ca. 1.4
-	Freshwater Science	ca. 1.4
-	Journal of Freshwater Ecology	ca. 1.4
-	Journal of Tropical Ecology	ca. 1.4
131	Aquatic Microbial Ecology	ca. 1.3
-	Ecological Restoration	ca. 1.3
133	Compost Science & Utilization	ca. 1.2
-	African Journal of Wildlife Research	ca. 1.2
-	Plant Species Biology	ca. 1.2
-	Polar Research	ca. 1.2
-	Marine Biology Research	ca. 1.2
138	eco.mont-Journal on Protected Mountain Areas Research	ca. 1.1
139	Ecoscience	ca. 1
140	Journal of Natural History	ca. 0.9
-	Phytocoenologia	ca. 0.9
142	Natural Areas Journal	ca. 0.8
143	Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management	ca. 0.7
-	Applied Ecology and Environmental Research	ca. 0.7
145	Russian Journal of Ecology	ca. 0.6
146	Northeastern Naturalist	ca. 0.5
-	Western North American Naturalist	ca. 0.5
-	Contemporary Problems of Ecology	ca. 0.5
149	Northwest Science	ca. 0.4
-	Southeastern Naturalist	ca. 0.4
151	Southwestern Naturalist	ca. 0.3
-	Polish Journal of Ecology	ca. 0.3