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

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Trends in Ecology & Evolution	58
2	Molecular Biology and Evolution	41
3	Molecular Ecology	39
4	Molecular Ecology Resources	34
5	Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences	32
6	Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics	31
7	Systemic Biology	30
8	Genome Biology and Evolution	28
9	Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution	27
10	Evolution	24
-	Evolutionary Applications	24
12	Journal of Evolutionary Biology	20
-	Systematic Entomology	20
-	Journal of Human Evolution	20
15	American Naturalist	19
-	Heredity	19
17	Cladistics	18
18	Biochemical Systematics and Ecology	16
-	Journal of Heredity	16
-	Biological Journal of the Linnean Society	16
21	Taxon	15
22	Journal of Molecular Evolution	14
23	Paleobiology	13
24	Evolutionary Ecology	12
-	Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research	12
-	Journal of Systematic Palaeontology	12
-	Organisms Diversity & Evolution	12
28	Zoologica Scripta	11
29	Invertebrate Systematics	10
-	EvoDevo	10
-	Evolution & Development	10
-	Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B-Molecular and Developmental Evolution	10
-	Theoretical Population Biology	10
34	American Journal of Physical Anthropology	9
-	Evolutionary Biology	9
-	Plant Systematics and Evolution	9
37	Journal of Evolutionary Biochemistry and Physiology	8
38	Systematic Botany	7
39	Evolutionary Bioinformatics	6
-	Australian Systematic Botany	6
41	Development Genes and Evolution	5
42	Biology Letters	4