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 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Nature Ecology & Evolution	61
2	Trends in Ecology & Evolution	56
3	Molecular Biology and Evolution	43
4	Molecular Ecology	36
5	Molecular Ecology Resources	35
-	Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics	35
7	Ecology and Evolution	33
8	Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences	32
9	Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution	27
-	Genome Biology and Evolution	27
11	Systemic Biology	26
12	Evolutionary Applications	24
-	Evolution	24
14	Evolution Letters	21
15	American Naturalist	20
-	Journal of Evolutionary Biology	20
17	Heredity	19
-	Systematic Entomology	19
-	Journal of Human Evolution	19
20	BMC Ecology and Evolution	17
-	Journal of Heredity	17
-	Biochemical Systematics and Ecology	17
-	Cladistics	17
24	Biological Journal of the Linnean Society	15
-	Taxon	15
26	Paleobiology	13
-	Evolutionary Ecology	13
28	Organisms Diversity & Evolution	12
-	EvoDevo	12
-	Journal of Molecular Evolution	12
31	Theoretical Population Biology	11
-	Zoologica Scripta	11
-	Evolution Medicine and Public Health	11
-	Invertebrate Systematics	11
-	Integrative Organismal Biology	11
-	Journal of Systematic Palaeontology	11
37	Evolutionary Biology	10
-	Evolution & Development	10
-	Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research	10
-	Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B-Molecular and Developmental Evolution	10
41	Systematic Botany	9
42	Plant Systematics and Evolution	8
-	Journal of Evolutionary Biochemistry and Physiology	8
44	Australian Systematic Botany	7
-	Evolutionary Bioinformatics	7
46	Development Genes and Evolution	6
47	Biology Letters	5