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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Nature Ecology & Evolution	66
2	Trends in Ecology & Evolution	59
3	Molecular Biology and Evolution	40
4	Molecular Ecology	36
5	Ecology and Evolution	35
6	Molecular Ecology Resources	34
7	Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences	31
8	Systemic Biology	29
9	Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics	28
-	Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution	28
11	Genome Biology and Evolution	27
12	Evolutionary Applications	25
13	Evolution	24
14	Evolution Letters	20
-	Journal of Human Evolution	20
-	Journal of Evolutionary Biology	20
-	American Naturalist	20
18	Biochemical Systematics and Ecology	19
19	Systematic Entomology	17
-	Heredity	17
21	BMC Ecology and Evolution	16
22	Taxon	15
-	Cladistics	15
-	Journal of Heredity	15
-	Journal of Molecular Evolution	15
-	Biological Journal of the Linnean Society	15
27	Journal of Systematic Palaeontology	12
-	Paleobiology	12
-	Evolution Medicine and Public Health	12
-	Invertebrate Systematics	12
31	Evolution & Development	11
32	Evolutionary Ecology	10
-	Integrative Organismal Biology	10
-	Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B-Molecular and Developmental Evolution	10
-	Evolutionary Biology	10
-	Organisms Diversity & Evolution	10
-	Theoretical Population Biology	10
-	Zoologica Scripta	10
39	Journal of Evolutionary Biochemistry and Physiology	9
-	EvoDevo	9
41	Biology Letters	8
-	Plant Systematics and Evolution	8
-	Systematic Botany	8
-	Australian Systematic Botany	8
45	Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research	7
46	Development Genes and Evolution	6
47	Evolutionary Bioinformatics	4