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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01)

Rank	Journal	TQCC
1	Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics	42
2	Trends in Ecology & Evolution	20
3	Systemic Biology	16
4	Molecular Biology and Evolution	13
-	Molecular Ecology Resources	13
6	Molecular Ecology	11
-	Systematic Entomology	11
8	Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution	10
9	Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences	9
10	Genome Biology and Evolution	8
-	Heredity	8
-	Journal of Human Evolution	8
-	EvoDevo	8
-	Evolutionary Applications	8
15	Journal of Evolutionary Biology	7
-	Evolution	7
-	American Naturalist	7
18	Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research	6
-	American Journal of Physical Anthropology	6
-	Cladistics	6
21	Invertebrate Systematics	5
-	Journal of Molecular Evolution	5
-	Paleobiology	5
-	Journal of Systematic Palaeontology	5
-	Organisms Diversity & Evolution	5
26	Journal of Heredity	4
-	Biochemical Systematics and Ecology	4
-	Evolutionary Ecology	4
-	Theoretical Population Biology	4
-	Biological Journal of the Linnean Society	4
-	Evolution & Development	4
32	Development Genes and Evolution	3
-	Evolutionary Bioinformatics	3
-	Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B-Molecular and Developmental Evolution	3
-	Plant Systematics and Evolution	3
-	Zoologica Scripta	3
-	Australian Systematic Botany	3
-	Evolutionary Biology	3
39	Biology Letters	2
-	Systematic Botany	2
41	Taxon	1
-	Journal of Evolutionary Biochemistry and Physiology	1