Zoology: 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	Journal of Thermal Biology	27
-	Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology C-Toxicology & Pharmacology	27
3	Journal of Animal Ecology	25
4	Annual Review of Animal Biosciences	23
-	Zoological Research	23
6	Journal of Invertebrate Pathology	22
-	Developmental and Comparative Immunology	22
8	Animal Behaviour	21
9	Integrative and Comparative Biology	19
-	Zootaxa	19
-	Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A-Molecular & Integrative Physiology	19
12	Journal of Comparative Neurology	18
-	Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society	18
14	Behavioral Ecology	17
-	Cladistics	17
-	Integrative Zoology	17
-	Zookeys	17
18	Mammalian Biology	16
-	Animal Cognition	16
20	Mammal Review	15
-	Journal of Comparative Physiology A-Neuroethology Sensory Neural and Behavioral Physiology	15
-	Behavioural Processes	15
23	Journal of Mammalogy	14
-	American Journal of Primatology	14
-	Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology B-Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	14
-	Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A-Ecological and Integrative Physiology	14
-	Animal Cells and Systems	14
-	Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology	14
-	International Journal of Primatology	14
30	Journal of Wildlife Management	13
-	Journal of Zoology	13
-	Marine Mammal Science	13
-	Reproduction Fertility and Development	13
-	European Journal of Wildlife Research	13
-	Frontiers in Zoology	13
-	Animal Welfare	13
37	Wildlife Research	12
-	Zoo Biology	12
-	Journal of Mammalian Evolution	12
-	Organisms Diversity & Evolution	12
-	Acta Parasitologica	12
42	Invertebrate Systematics	11
-	Journal of Helminthology	11
-	Zoologica Scripta	11
-	Current Zoology	11
-	Integrative Organismal Biology	11
47	Journal of Comparative Physiology B-Biochemical Systems and Environmental Physiology	10
-	Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B-Molecular and Developmental Evolution	10
-	Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science	10
-	Primates	10

-	Zoological Letters	10
-	Bioacoustics-The International Journal of Animal Sound and Its Recording	10
-	Brain Behavior and Evolution	10
-	Canadian Journal of Zoology	10
-	Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research	10
-	Mammal Research	10
-	Physiological and Biochemical Zoology	10
-	Zebrafish	10
-	Comparative Medicine	10
-	European Journal of Taxonomy	10
-	European Zoological Journal	10
62	Journal of Crustacean Biology	9
-	Learning & Behavior	9
-	Experimental Animals	9
-	Journal of Comparative Psychology	9
-	Journal of Ichthyology	9
-	Zoologischer Anzeiger	9
-	Australian Mammalogy	9
-	Ethology	9
70	Journal of Molluscan Studies	8
-	Acta Amazonica	8
-	Zoological Science	8
-	Zoology	8
-	Ethology Ecology & Evolution	8
-	Invertebrate Biology	8
-	Journal of Natural History	8
-	Laboratory Animals	8
-	Neotropical Ichthyology	8
-	Aquatic Mammals	8
80	Nematology	7
-	Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria	7
-	Subterranean Biology	7
-	Amphibia-Reptilia	7
-	Australian Journal of Zoology	7
-	Zoomorphology	7
-	Behaviour	7
-	Zoosystematics and Evolution	7
-	Journal of Ethology	7
-	Journal of Medical Primatology	7
-	Mammalia	7
-	Pakistan Journal of Zoology	7
-	Acta Ethologica	7
93	Journal of Experimental Psychology-Animal Learning and Cognition	6
-	Journal of Herpetology	6
-	New Zealand Journal of Zoology	6
-	Acta Zoologica	6
-	Zoologia	6
-	Comparative Cytogenetics	6
-	Herpetologica	6
-	Ichthyological Research	6
-	Veterinary and Comparative Orthopaedics and Traumatology	6
-	Zoosystema	6
-	Chelonian Conservation and Biology	6
-	Contributions to Zoology	6
-	Folia Primatologica	6
-	Herpetozoa	6
107	Pacific Science	5
-	Acta Chiropterologica	5
-	African Journal of Wildlife Research	5
-	Animal Biology	5
-	Mammal Study	5
-	Molluscan Research	5
-	Redia-Journal of Zoology	5
-	Russian Journal of Herpetology	5
-	Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment	5
-	American Museum Novitates	5
-	Zoology in the Middle East	5
-	Invertebrate Reproduction & Development	5
119	South American Journal of Herpetology	4
-	Acta Biológica Colombiana	4
-	Acta Biologica Colombiana	4
-	Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae	4
-	African Zoology	4
-	Caldasia	4
-	Iheringia Serie Zoologia	4
126	Phyllomedusa	3
-	Zoologichesky Zhurnal	3
-	Comparative Parasitology	3
-	Current Herpetology	3
-	Boletim do Instituto de Pesca	3
131	Gayana	2