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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Nature Ecology & Evolution	67
2	Trends in Ecology & Evolution	59
3	Molecular Biology and Evolution	40
4	Molecular Ecology	37
5	Ecology and Evolution	33
-	Molecular Ecology Resources	33
7	Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences	32
8	Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics	31
9	Systemic Biology	30
10	Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution	29
11	Genome Biology and Evolution	27
12	Evolutionary Applications	25
13	Evolution	24
14	Evolution Letters	22
15	American Naturalist	20
-	Journal of Human Evolution	20
17	Biochemical Systematics and Ecology	19
18	Journal of Evolutionary Biology	18
-	Systematic Entomology	18
20	Heredity	17
21	BMC Ecology and Evolution	16
-	Journal of Molecular Evolution	16
-	Cladistics	16
-	Taxon	16
25	Journal of Heredity	15
26	Biological Journal of the Linnean Society	14
-	Paleobiology	14
28	Evolution Medicine and Public Health	13
-	Journal of Systematic Palaeontology	13
30	Evolution & Development	12
31	Invertebrate Systematics	11
-	Zoologica Scripta	11
33	EvoDevo	10
-	Evolutionary Biology	10
-	Organisms Diversity & Evolution	10
-	Integrative Organismal Biology	10
37	Plant Systematics and Evolution	9
-	Theoretical Population Biology	9
-	Biology Letters	9
-	Evolutionary Ecology	9
-	Journal of Evolutionary Biochemistry and Physiology	9
-	Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B-Molecular and Developmental Evolution	9
43	Systematic Botany	7
44	Australian Systematic Botany	6
-	Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research	6
46	Development Genes and Evolution	5
-	Evolutionary Bioinformatics	5