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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Journal of Animal Ecology	27
2	Journal of Thermal Biology	26
-	Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology C-Toxicology & Pharmacology	26
4	Zoological Research	22
-	Developmental and Comparative Immunology	22
6	Integrative and Comparative Biology	21
7	Animal Behaviour	20
8	Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society	19
-	Annual Review of Animal Biosciences	19
10	Journal of Invertebrate Pathology	18
-	Animal Cognition	18
-	Behavioral Ecology	18
-	Journal of Comparative Neurology	18
14	Zootaxa	17
-	Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A-Molecular & Integrative Physiology	17
-	Integrative Zoology	17
17	Zookeys	16
-	Animal Cells and Systems	16
-	Behavioural Processes	16
20	Animal Welfare	15
-	Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology	15
-	Journal of Comparative Physiology A-Neuroethology Sensory Neural and Behavioral Physiology	15
-	Cladistics	15
24	Mammal Review	14
-	Marine Mammal Science	14
-	Reproduction Fertility and Development	14
-	American Journal of Primatology	14
-	European Journal of Wildlife Research	14
29	Journal of Mammalogy	13
-	Journal of Wildlife Management	13
-	Journal of Zoology	13
-	Mammalian Biology	13
-	Wildlife Research	13
34	Acta Parasitologica	12
-	Current Zoology	12
-	Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A-Ecological and Integrative Physiology	12
-	Journal of Helminthology	12
-	Frontiers in Zoology	12
-	Invertebrate Systematics	12
-	Journal of Comparative Physiology B-Biochemical Systems and Environmental Physiology	12
41	Journal of Mammalian Evolution	11
-	Laboratory Animals	11
-	European Zoological Journal	11
-	Primates	11
-	Zoo Biology	11
-	Canadian Journal of Zoology	11
-	Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology B-Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	11
48	Organisms Diversity & Evolution	10
-	Zoologica Scripta	10
-	Zoologischer Anzeiger	10

-	Comparative Medicine	10
-	Ethology	10
-	European Journal of Taxonomy	10
-	Integrative Organismal Biology	10
-	International Journal of Primatology	10
-	Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science	10
-	Zoological Letters	10
-	Bioacoustics-The International Journal of Animal Sound and Its Recording	10
-	Experimental Animals	10
-	Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B-Molecular and Developmental Evolution	10
61	Journal of Ichthyology	9
-	Mammal Research	9
-	Physiological and Biochemical Zoology	9
-	Aquatic Mammals	9
-	Australian Mammalogy	9
-	Journal of Comparative Psychology	9
-	Acta Amazonica	9
-	Zoology	9
-	Zoomorphology	9
-	Journal of Crustacean Biology	9
71	Journal of Natural History	8
-	Veterinary and Comparative Orthopaedics and Traumatology	8
-	Zebrafish	8
-	Learning & Behavior	8
-	Nematology	8
-	Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria	8
-	Amphibia-Reptilia	8
-	Zoologia	8
-	Zoological Science	8
-	Zoosystematics and Evolution	8
81	Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research	7
-	Mammalia	7
-	Mammal Study	7
-	Neotropical Ichthyology	7
-	Acta Ethologica	7
-	Journal of Ethology	7
-	Journal of Molluscan Studies	7
-	Acta Zoologica	7
-	Subterranean Biology	7
-	Brain Behavior and Evolution	7
-	Ichthyological Research	7
-	Invertebrate Biology	7
93	Journal of Medical Primatology	6
-	Pakistan Journal of Zoology	6
-	Zoosystema	6
-	Chelonian Conservation and Biology	6
-	Contributions to Zoology	6
-	Folia Primatologica	6
-	Herpetozoa	6
-	New Zealand Journal of Zoology	6
-	Acta Chiropterologica	6
-	Australian Journal of Zoology	6
-	Behaviour	6
-	Comparative Cytogenetics	6
-	Ethology Ecology & Evolution	6
-	Herpetologica	6
-	Journal of Herpetology	6
108	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
-	Caldasia	5
-	Pacific Science	5
-	African Journal of Wildlife Research	5
-	Animal Biology	5
-	Journal of Experimental Psychology-Animal Learning and Cognition	5
119	Acta Biologica Colombiana	4
-	Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae	4
-	African Zoology	4
-	Invertebrate Reproduction & Development	4
-	Phyllomedusa	4
-	South American Journal of Herpetology	4
-	Acta Biológica Colombiana	4
-	Comparative Parasitology	4
-	Current Herpetology	4
128	Boletim do Instituto de Pesca	3
-	Iheringia Serie Zoologia	3
-	Zoologichesky Zhurnal	3
131	Gayana	2