Evolutionary Biology: 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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Nature Ecology & Evolution	65
2	Trends in Ecology & Evolution	57
3	Molecular Biology and Evolution	43
4	Molecular Ecology	37
5	Molecular Ecology Resources	35
6	Ecology and Evolution	32
7	Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences	31
8	Genome Biology and Evolution	28
9	Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution	27
-	Systemic Biology	27
11	Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics	26
12	Evolutionary Applications	25
13	Evolution	24
14	American Naturalist	21
-	Journal of Evolutionary Biology	21
-	Journal of Human Evolution	21
17	Evolution Letters	20
-	Systematic Entomology	20
19	Heredity	19
20	BMC Ecology and Evolution	17
-	Biochemical Systematics and Ecology	17
-	Cladistics	17
23	Biological Journal of the Linnean Society	16
-	Journal of Heredity	16
25	Taxon	15
26	Journal of Molecular Evolution	13
-	Evolutionary Ecology	13
28	EvoDevo	12
-	Evolution Medicine and Public Health	12
-	Invertebrate Systematics	12
-	Paleobiology	12
32	Evolutionary Biology	11
-	Evolution & Development	11
-	Zoologica Scripta	11
-	Integrative Organismal Biology	11
36	Organisms Diversity & Evolution	10
-	Theoretical Population Biology	10
-	Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B-Molecular and Developmental Evolution	10
-	Journal of Systematic Palaeontology	10
40	Journal of Evolutionary Biochemistry and Physiology	9
41	Plant Systematics and Evolution	8
-	Systematic Botany	8
43	Australian Systematic Botany	7
-	Evolutionary Bioinformatics	7
45	Development Genes and Evolution	6
-	Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research	6
-	Biology Letters	6