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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Journal of Thermal Biology	27
2	Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology C-Toxicology & Pharmacology	25
-	Journal of Animal Ecology	25
4	Developmental and Comparative Immunology	22
-	Journal of Invertebrate Pathology	22
6	Animal Behaviour	21
7	Zootaxa	20
-	Integrative and Comparative Biology	20
9	Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society	19
-	Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A-Molecular & Integrative Physiology	19
11	Behavioral Ecology	18
-	Cladistics	18
-	Journal of Comparative Neurology	18
14	Zookeys	17
-	Mammal Review	17
-	Integrative Zoology	17
17	Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology B-Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	16
18	Animal Cognition	15
-	Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology	15
-	Journal of Comparative Physiology A-Neuroethology Sensory Neural and Behavioral Physiology	15
-	Journal of Wildlife Management	15
22	American Journal of Primatology	14
-	Behavioural Processes	14
-	European Journal of Wildlife Research	14
-	International Journal of Primatology	14
-	Marine Mammal Science	14
-	Journal of Mammalogy	14
-	Mammalian Biology	14
29	Acta Parasitologica	13
-	Reproduction Fertility and Development	13
-	Animal Cells and Systems	13
-	Frontiers in Zoology	13
-	Journal of Zoology	13
34	Ethology	12
-	Journal of Mammalian Evolution	12
-	Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research	12
-	Wildlife Research	12
-	Organisms Diversity & Evolution	12
39	Zoologica Scripta	11
-	Journal of Helminthology	11
-	Zoo Biology	11
-	Animal Welfare	11
-	Brain Behavior and Evolution	11
-	Journal of Comparative Physiology B-Biochemical Systems and Environmental Physiology	11
45	Zebrafish	10
-	Zoologischer Anzeiger	10
-	Comparative Medicine	10
-	Current Zoology	10
-	Journal of Ichthyology	10
-	Zoology	10

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