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 2022-07-01 to 2026-07-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Nature Ecology & Evolution	68
2	Trends in Ecology & Evolution	59
3	Molecular Biology and Evolution	40
4	Molecular Ecology	36
5	Ecology and Evolution	34
6	Molecular Ecology Resources	33
7	Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics	31
-	Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences	31
9	Systemic Biology	30
10	Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution	28
11	Genome Biology and Evolution	27
12	Evolutionary Applications	26
13	Evolution	25
14	Evolution Letters	22
15	Journal of Human Evolution	21
16	American Naturalist	20
17	Biochemical Systematics and Ecology	19
-	Journal of Evolutionary Biology	19
19	Systematic Entomology	18
20	Cladistics	17
-	Heredity	17
22	Taxon	15
-	BMC Ecology and Evolution	15
-	Journal of Heredity	15
-	Journal of Molecular Evolution	15
26	Biological Journal of the Linnean Society	14
27	Journal of Systematic Palaeontology	13
-	Paleobiology	13
-	Evolution Medicine and Public Health	13
30	Evolution & Development	12
-	Invertebrate Systematics	12
32	Zoologica Scripta	11
33	Evolutionary Ecology	10
-	Integrative Organismal Biology	10
-	EvoDevo	10
-	Evolutionary Biology	10
-	Organisms Diversity & Evolution	10
38	Biology Letters	9
-	Journal of Evolutionary Biochemistry and Physiology	9
-	Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B-Molecular and Developmental Evolution	9
-	Plant Systematics and Evolution	9
-	Theoretical Population Biology	9
43	Australian Systematic Botany	8
44	Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research	7
45	Systematic Botany	6
46	Evolutionary Bioinformatics	5
-	Development Genes and Evolution	5