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Top Scientific Journals in Ecology

Discover and benchmark premier peer-reviewed journals in Ecology. Compare official Journal Impact Factor (IF), Web of Science quartiles (Q1–Q4), Scopus SJR, and Diamond Open Access status.

Total Journals
193
Q1 Journals
36
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#21
Tier 2TOP
Ecography
ISSN: 0906-7590 / 1600-0587 • Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Impact Factor
5.3
Scopus SJR
2.295
#22
Tier 2TOP
Journal of Applied Ecology
ISSN: 0021-8901 / 1365-2664 • Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Impact Factor
5.3
Scopus SJR
1.765
#23
Tier 2
Plants-Basel
ISSN: 2223-7747 • MDPI (Basel, Switzerland)
Impact Factor
4.7
Scopus SJR
0.96
SwitzerlandView Profile
#24
Tier 2
Ecosystems and People
ISSN: 2639-5908 / 2639-5916 • Taylor & Francis
Impact Factor
4.5
Scopus SJR
1.145
United KingdomView Profile
#25
Tier 2TOP
Journal of Plant Ecology
ISSN: 1752-9921 / 1752-993X • Oxford University Press
Impact Factor
4.5
Scopus SJR
1.263
#26
Tier 2
Basic and Applied Ecology
ISSN: 1439-1791 / 1618-0089 • Urban und Fischer Verlag Jena
Impact Factor
4.2
Scopus SJR
1.225
#27
Tier 1TOP
Diversity and Distributions
ISSN: 1366-9516 / 1472-4642 • Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Impact Factor
4.2
Scopus SJR
1.601
#28
Tier 2TOP
Ecology
ISSN: 0012-9658 • Wiley-Blackwell
Impact Factor
4.1
Scopus SJR
1.767
United StatesView Profile
#29
Tier 2TOP
Ecology and Society
ISSN: 1708-3087 • The Resilience Alliance
Impact Factor
4
Scopus SJR
1.209
#30
Tier 1TOP
Movement Ecology
ISSN: 2051-3933 • BioMed Central
Impact Factor
4
Scopus SJR
1.206
United KingdomView Profile
#31
Tier 2
European Journal of Soil Biology
ISSN: 1164-5563 • Elsevier Masson SAS
Impact Factor
3.9
Scopus SJR
1.033
#32
Tier 2
Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History
ISSN: 0003-0090 / 1937-3546 • American Museum of Natural History Library
Impact Factor
3.7
Scopus SJR
1.472
United StatesView Profile
#33
Tier 3
Global Ecology and Conservation
ISSN: 2351-9894 • Elsevier BV
Impact Factor
3.7
Scopus SJR
1.027
NetherlandsView Profile
#34
Tier 3
Ecological Modelling
ISSN: 0304-3800 / 1872-7026 • Elsevier
Impact Factor
3.5
Scopus SJR
0.859
NetherlandsView Profile
#35
Tier 3
Fungal Ecology
ISSN: 1754-5048 • Elsevier BV
Impact Factor
3.5
Scopus SJR
0.812
#36
Tier 2TOP
Journal of Biogeography
ISSN: 0305-0270 / 1365-2699 • Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Impact Factor
3.5
Scopus SJR
1.357
#37
Tier 3
Anthropocene Review
ISSN: 2053-0196 / 2053-020X • SAGE Publications Inc.
Impact Factor
3.4
Scopus SJR
1.262
United StatesView Profile
#38
Tier 2
Ecosystems
ISSN: 1432-9840 / 1435-0629 • Springer US
Impact Factor
3.3
Scopus SJR
1.423
United StatesView Profile
#39
Tier 3
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
ISSN: 2296-701X • Frontiers Media S.A.
Impact Factor
3.2
Scopus SJR
0.86
SwitzerlandView Profile
#40
Tier 2
Neobiota
ISSN: 1619-0033 / 1314-2488 • Pensoft Publishers
Impact Factor
3.2
Scopus SJR
0.839
BulgariaView Profile
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