Zoology: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

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

(The 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	Papers
1	Zootaxa	9385
2	Zookeys	1883
3	Pakistan Journal of Zoology	1589
4	Reproduction Fertility and Development	1144
5	Animal Behaviour	1088
6	Journal of Thermal Biology	1019
7	Developmental and Comparative Immunology	983
8	Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology C-Toxicology & Pharmacology	868
9	Journal of Animal Ecology	851
10	Journal of Wildlife Management	753
11	European Journal of Taxonomy	719
12	Acta Parasitologica	659
13	Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society	647
14	Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A-Molecular & Integrative Physiology	607
15	Journal of Comparative Neurology	600
16	Integrative and Comparative Biology	596
17	Journal of Invertebrate Pathology	574
18	Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology	560
19	Journal of Mammalogy	554
20	Behavioural Processes	541
21	American Journal of Primatology	539
22	Behavioral Ecology	512
23	Zoological Research	506
24	Integrative Zoology	477
25	Journal of Ichthyology	472
26	Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A-Ecological and Integrative Physiology	464
27	European Journal of Wildlife Research	462
28	Journal of Zoology	457
29	Marine Mammal Science	449
30	Journal of Natural History	444
31	Ethology	436
32	Journal of Helminthology	398
33	Canadian Journal of Zoology	397
34	Veterinary and Comparative Orthopaedics and Traumatology	396
35	Wildlife Research	378
36	Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology B-Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	368
37	Zoologischer Anzeiger	356
38	Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science	354
39	Mammalian Biology	351
40	Mammalia	339
41	Nematology	329
-	Current Zoology	329
43	European Zoological Journal	320
44	Journal of Crustacean Biology	318
45	Zoosystematics and Evolution	307
46	Zoo Biology	306
47	Zoologichesky Zhurnal	303
48	Animal Welfare	295
49	Experimental Animals	286
50	Laboratory Animals	282

51	Aquatic Mammals	274
52	International Journal of Primatology	269
53	Animal Cognition	268
-	Zoologica Scripta	268
55	Primates	265
56	Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B-Molecular and Developmental Evolution	259
-	Journal of Medical Primatology	259
58	Journal of Comparative Physiology A-Neuroethology Sensory Neural and Behavioral Physiology	250
59	Zoological Science	248
60	Neotropical Ichthyology	232
61	Journal of Comparative Physiology B-Biochemical Systems and Environmental Physiology	220
62	Mammal Research	218
63	Journal of Comparative Psychology	216
64	Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment	210
65	Behaviour	209
66	Journal of Mammalian Evolution	204
67	Zoomorphology	202
-	Ichthyological Research	202
69	Acta Amazonica	201
70	Learning & Behavior	200
71	Amphibia-Reptilia	198
72	Caldasia	190
73	Animal Cells and Systems	185
74	Acta Zoologica	182
75	Zoology	175
76	Zoology in the Middle East	174
77	Acta Biológica Colombiana	173
-	Acta Biologica Colombiana	173
79	Journal of Herpetology	172
80	Integrative Organismal Biology	171
81	Organisms Diversity & Evolution	170
-	Australian Mammalogy	170
83	Cladistics	168
84	Zoologia	163
85	Herpetologica	162
86	Russian Journal of Herpetology	155
-	Comparative Medicine	155
88	Invertebrate Systematics	152
89	Ethology Ecology & Evolution	151
-	Mammal Review	151
91	Herpetozoa	145
92	Frontiers in Zoology	142
93	Journal of Molluscan Studies	141
-	Journal of Ethology	141
95	Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria	139
96	Invertebrate Biology	138
97	Journal of Experimental Psychology-Animal Learning and Cognition	137
98	Zebrafish	133
99	Mammal Study	132
100	Acta Chiropterologica	127
-	Brain Behavior and Evolution	127
-	Chelonian Conservation and Biology	127
103	Molluscan Research	125
104	Physiological and Biochemical Zoology	117
105	Bioacoustics-The International Journal of Animal Sound and Its Recording	116
106	Animal Biology	115
107	New Zealand Journal of Zoology	114
108	Subterranean Biology	112
-	Folia Primatologica	112
110	Zoosystema	110
111	Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research	105
112	South American Journal of Herpetology	104
-	Redia-Journal of Zoology	104
114	Pacific Science	97
115	Phyllomedusa	95
-	Comparative Parasitology	95
117	Australian Journal of Zoology	89
118	Acta Ethologica	88
-	Invertebrate Reproduction & Development	88
120	Annual Review of Animal Biosciences	87
121	African Journal of Wildlife Research	83
122	Current Herpetology	79
-	African Zoology	79
124	Comparative Cytogenetics	76
125	Zoological Letters	71
126	Gayana	70
127	Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae	64
-	American Museum Novitates	64
129	Contributions to Zoology	58
130	Iheringia Serie Zoologia	51
131	Boletim do Instituto de Pesca	50