Evolutionary Biology: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

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

(The TQCC is the top quartile citation count: if all publications of a journal are sorted by citation count in descending order, then the TQCC is the citation count of the publication residing at the end of the top quartile; for example, given 100 publications, the TQCC is the citation count of the 25th ranked paper. The data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)

(Using publications from roughly 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01)

Rank	Journal	TQCC
1	Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics	39
2	Trends in Ecology & Evolution	20
3	Nature Ecology & Evolution	17
4	Systemic Biology	15
5	Molecular Biology and Evolution	14
6	Molecular Ecology Resources	12
7	Evolution Letters	11
-	Molecular Ecology	11
9	Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences	10
-	Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution	10
11	Systematic Entomology	9
12	Genome Biology and Evolution	8
-	EvoDevo	8
-	Evolutionary Applications	8
-	Heredity	8
-	Journal of Evolutionary Biology	8
17	Evolution	7
-	American Naturalist	7
19	BMC Ecology and Evolution	6
-	Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research	6
21	Cladistics	5
-	Ecology and Evolution	5
-	Integrative Organismal Biology	5
-	Journal of Systematic Palaeontology	5
-	Paleobiology	5
-	Evolution Medicine and Public Health	5
-	Invertebrate Systematics	5
-	Journal of Heredity	5
-	Journal of Molecular Evolution	5
-	Organisms Diversity & Evolution	5
31	Biochemical Systematics and Ecology	4
-	Evolutionary Bioinformatics	4
-	Evolutionary Ecology	4
-	Australian Systematic Botany	4
-	Biological Journal of the Linnean Society	4
-	Evolutionary Biology	4
-	Evolution & Development	4
-	Theoretical Population Biology	4
-	Zoologica Scripta	4
40	Biology Letters	3
-	Journal of Human Evolution	3
-	Development Genes and Evolution	3
-	Plant Systematics and Evolution	3
-	Systematic Botany	3
45	Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B-Molecular and Developmental Evolution	2
46	Journal of Evolutionary Biochemistry and Physiology	1
-	Taxon	1