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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Nature Ecology & Evolution	63
2	Trends in Ecology & Evolution	57
3	Molecular Biology and Evolution	44
4	Molecular Ecology	36
5	Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics	35
6	Molecular Ecology Resources	34
7	Ecology and Evolution	32
-	Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences	32
9	Systemic Biology	28
10	Genome Biology and Evolution	27
-	Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution	27
12	Evolutionary Applications	25
13	Evolution	24
14	Journal of Human Evolution	22
15	American Naturalist	21
16	Evolution Letters	20
-	Systematic Entomology	20
-	Journal of Evolutionary Biology	20
19	Heredity	19
20	BMC Ecology and Evolution	18
21	Biochemical Systematics and Ecology	17
-	Cladistics	17
23	Taxon	16
24	Biological Journal of the Linnean Society	15
-	Journal of Heredity	15
26	Paleobiology	13
-	Journal of Molecular Evolution	13
28	Evolutionary Ecology	12
-	EvoDevo	12
30	Integrative Organismal Biology	11
-	Journal of Systematic Palaeontology	11
-	Evolution Medicine and Public Health	11
-	Invertebrate Systematics	11
-	Organisms Diversity & Evolution	11
-	Zoologica Scripta	11
36	Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B-Molecular and Developmental Evolution	10
-	Evolutionary Biology	10
-	Evolution & Development	10
-	Theoretical Population Biology	10
40	Journal of Evolutionary Biochemistry and Physiology	8
-	Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research	8
-	Plant Systematics and Evolution	8
-	Systematic Botany	8
44	Evolutionary Bioinformatics	7
-	Australian Systematic Botany	7
46	Development Genes and Evolution	6
47	Biology Letters	5