Evolutionary Biology: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor

(The TQCC is the top quartile citation count: if all publications of a journal are sorted by citation count in descending order, then the TQCC is the citation count of the publication residing at the end of the top quartile; for example, given 100 publications, the TQCC is the citation count of the 25th ranked paper. The data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)

(Using publications from roughly 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01)

Rank	Journal	TQCC
1	Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics	44
2	Trends in Ecology & Evolution	20
3	Nature Ecology & Evolution	17
4	Systemic Biology	14
5	Molecular Biology and Evolution	13
-	Molecular Ecology Resources	13
7	Molecular Ecology	11
-	Evolution Letters	11
9	Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution	10
-	Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences	10
11	EvoDevo	9
-	Systematic Entomology	9
13	Evolutionary Applications	8
-	Heredity	8
-	Journal of Evolutionary Biology	8
-	Genome Biology and Evolution	8
-	Journal of Human Evolution	8
18	American Naturalist	7
-	Evolution	7
20	BMC Ecology and Evolution	6
-	Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research	6
22	Evolution Medicine and Public Health	5
-	Invertebrate Systematics	5
-	Journal of Heredity	5
-	Journal of Molecular Evolution	5
-	Organisms Diversity & Evolution	5
-	Cladistics	5
-	Ecology and Evolution	5
-	Integrative Organismal Biology	5
-	Journal of Systematic Palaeontology	5
-	Paleobiology	5
32	Theoretical Population Biology	4
-	Zoologica Scripta	4
-	Biological Journal of the Linnean Society	4
-	Development Genes and Evolution	4
-	Evolutionary Biology	4
-	Evolution & Development	4
-	Biochemical Systematics and Ecology	4
-	Evolutionary Bioinformatics	4
-	Evolutionary Ecology	4
41	Australian Systematic Botany	3
-	Plant Systematics and Evolution	3
-	Systematic Botany	3
-	American Journal of Physical Anthropology	3
-	Biology Letters	3
46	Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B-Molecular and Developmental Evolution	2
47	Taxon	1
-	Journal of Evolutionary Biochemistry and Physiology	1