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Best Ecology journals
488 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Ecology. All are listed below, ranked by CiteScore percentile — 123 of them sit in quartile Q1. Every title links to a full profile with Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, DOAJ and open-access details.
| # | Journal | CiteScore | Percentile | Quartile | WoS | ABDC | OA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nature Sustainability | 44.1 | 99th | Q1 | SCIE, SSCI | – | No |
| 2 | Environmental Science and Ecotechnology | 26.2 | 99th | Q1 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 3 | Reviews in Aquaculture | 25.5 | 99th | Q1 | SCIE | – | No |
| 4 | Eco-Environment and Health | 23.6 | 99th | Q1 | ESCI | – | Yes |
| 5 | Global Change Biology | 21.1 | 99th | Q1 | SCIE | – | No |
| 6 | Environmental Impact Assessment Review | 19.6 | 98th | Q1 | SSCI | – | No |
| 7 | Landscape and Urban Planning | 19.6 | 98th | Q1 | SCIE, SSCI | – | No |
| 8 | Global Environmental Change | 19.2 | 98th | Q1 | SCIE, SSCI | A* | No |
| 9 | Nature Ecology and Evolution | 19.2 | 98th | Q1 | SCIE | – | No |
| 10 | Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics | 18 | 98th | Q1 | SCIE | – | No |
| 11 | Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment | 17.4 | 97th | Q1 | SCIE | – | No |
| 12 | Global Food Security | 17.2 | 97th | Q1 | SCIE | – | No |
| 13 | Current Forestry Reports | 16.2 | 97th | Q1 | SCIE | – | No |
| 14 | Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Water | 15.5 | 97th | Q1 | SCIE | – | No |
| 15 | Ecological Indicators | 14.3 | 97th | Q1 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 16 | Environmental Science and Technology Letters | 14.2 | 96th | Q1 | SCIE | – | No |
| 17 | Green Technologies and Sustainability | 14.2 | 96th | Q1 | ESCI | – | Yes |
| 18 | Ecosystem Services | 13.7 | 96th | Q1 | SCIE, SSCI | – | No |
| 19 | Ambio | 13.6 | 96th | Q1 | SCIE | – | No |
| 20 | Ecological Informatics | 13.2 | 96th | Q1 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 21 | Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment | 13 | 95th | Q1 | SCIE | – | No |
| 22 | Sustainability Science | 12.4 | 95th | Q1 | SCIE | – | No |
| 23 | npj Urban Sustainability | 11.9 | 95th | Q1 | SSCI | – | Yes |
| 24 | Global Ecology and Biogeography | 11.8 | 95th | Q1 | SCIE | – | No |
| 25 | Horticultural Plant Journal | 11.8 | 95th | Q1 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 26 | Environmental Evidence | 11.4 | 94th | Q1 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 27 | Geography and Sustainability | 11.3 | 94th | Q1 | ESCI | – | Yes |
| 28 | Urban Forestry and Urban Greening | 11.3 | 94th | Q1 | SCIE, SSCI | – | No |
| 29 | Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation | 11.1 | 94th | Q1 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 30 | Advanced Energy and Sustainability Research | 10.9 | 93rd | Q1 | ESCI | – | Yes |
| 31 | Conservation Letters | 10.6 | 93rd | Q1 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 32 | Aquaculture and Fisheries | 10.4 | 93rd | Q1 | ESCI | – | Yes |
| 33 | Conservation Biology | 10.1 | 93rd | Q1 | SCIE | – | No |
| 34 | Journal of Ecology | 10.1 | 93rd | Q1 | SCIE | – | No |
| 35 | Agriculture and Food Security | 9.6 | 92nd | Q1 | ESCI | – | Yes |
| 36 | Geology, Ecology, and Landscapes | 9.4 | 92nd | Q1 | – | – | Yes |
| 37 | Microbial Ecology | 9.3 | 92nd | Q1 | SCIE | – | No |
| 38 | Elementa | 9.2 | 92nd | Q1 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 39 | Journal of Pest Science | 9.2 | 92nd | Q1 | SCIE | – | No |
| 40 | Environmental DNA | 9.2 | 91st | Q1 | ESCI | – | Yes |
| 41 | Anthropocene Review | 9 | 91st | Q1 | SCIE, SSCI | – | No |
| 42 | Ecological Applications | 9 | 91st | Q1 | SCIE | – | No |
| 43 | Journal of Integrative Agriculture | 9 | 91st | Q1 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 44 | Cambridge Prisms: Coastal Futures | 8.9 | 91st | Q1 | ESCI | – | Yes |
| 45 | Applied Soil Ecology | 8.9 | 90th | Q1 | SCIE | – | No |
| 46 | Journal of Applied Ecology | 8.8 | 90th | Q1 | SCIE | – | No |
| 47 | NPJ Biodiversity | 8.7 | 90th | Q1 | ESCI | – | Yes |
| 48 | Ecosystems | 8.5 | 90th | Q1 | SCIE | – | No |
| 49 | Plants | 8.5 | 90th | Q1 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 50 | Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History | 8.3 | 89th | Q1 | SCIE | – | No |
| 51 | Forest Ecosystems | 8.3 | 89th | Q1 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 52 | Aquaculture Economics and Management | 8.2 | 89th | Q1 | SCIE | C | No |
| 53 | Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology | 8.1 | 89th | Q1 | ESCI | – | Yes |
| 54 | Zoological Research | 8 | 89th | Q1 | SCIE | – | No |
| 55 | Energy, Ecology and Environment | 7.9 | 88th | Q1 | ESCI | – | No |
| 56 | Climate Change Ecology | 7.6 | 88th | Q1 | – | – | Yes |
| 57 | Microbiology Spectrum | 7.5 | 88th | Q1 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 58 | Anthropocene | 7.4 | 88th | Q1 | SCIE | – | No |
| 59 | Ecological Processes | 7.3 | 88th | Q1 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 60 | Frontiers in Forests and Global Change | 7.2 | 87th | Q1 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 61 | Landscape Ecology | 7.2 | 87th | Q1 | SCIE | – | No |
| 62 | Advances in Ecological Research | 7 | 87th | Q1 | – | – | No |
| 63 | Watershed Ecology and the Environment | 7 | 87th | Q1 | – | – | Yes |
| 64 | Rangelands | 6.9 | 87th | Q1 | – | – | No |
| 65 | Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation | 6.8 | 86th | Q1 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 66 | Applied and Environmental Microbiology | 6.7 | 86th | Q1 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 67 | Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution | 6.6 | 86th | Q1 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 68 | Ecosystems and People | 6.5 | 86th | Q1 | ESCI | – | Yes |
| 69 | FEMS Microbiology Ecology | 6.5 | 86th | Q1 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 70 | International Journal of Fruit Science | 6.5 | 85th | Q1 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 71 | Soil Ecology Letters | 6.5 | 85th | Q1 | ESCI | – | No |
| 72 | Land | 6.4 | 85th | Q1 | SSCI | – | Yes |
| 73 | Journal of Plant Ecology | 6.3 | 85th | Q1 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 74 | Animal Conservation | 6.2 | 85th | Q1 | SCIE | – | No |
| 75 | Ecology and Society | 6.2 | 84th | Q1 | SCIE, SSCI | – | Yes |
| 76 | ICES Journal of Marine Science | 6.2 | 84th | Q1 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 77 | PLOS Computational Biology | 6.2 | 84th | Q1 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 78 | Preslia | 6.2 | 84th | Q1 | SCIE | – | No |
| 79 | Environmental Management | 6.1 | 84th | Q1 | SCIE | C | No |
| 80 | Life Science Alliance | 6.1 | 83rd | Q1 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 81 | Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change | 6.1 | 83rd | Q1 | SCIE | – | No |
| 82 | Conservation and Society | 6 | 83rd | Q1 | SSCI | – | Yes |
| 83 | Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences | 6 | 83rd | Q1 | SCIE | – | No |
| 84 | Biodiversity and Conservation | 6 | 82nd | Q1 | SCIE | – | No |
| 85 | Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems | 6 | 82nd | Q1 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 86 | Journal of Biogeography | 6 | 82nd | Q1 | SCIE | – | No |
| 87 | Life Sciences in Space Research | 6 | 82nd | Q1 | SCIE | – | No |
| 88 | Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control | 5.9 | 82nd | Q1 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 89 | Ecological Modelling | 5.9 | 81st | Q1 | SCIE | – | No |
| 90 | Journal of Animal Science and Technology | 5.9 | 81st | Q1 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 91 | Journal of Sustainable Agriculture and Environment | 5.9 | 81st | Q1 | ESCI | – | Yes |
| 92 | Global Ecology and Conservation | 5.8 | 81st | Q1 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 93 | Outlook on Agriculture | 5.8 | 81st | Q1 | SCIE | – | No |
| 94 | Environmental Sociology | 5.8 | 80th | Q1 | ESCI | – | No |
| 95 | Frontiers of Biogeography | 5.7 | 80th | Q1 | ESCI | – | Yes |
| 96 | International Journal of Biometeorology | 5.7 | 80th | Q1 | SCIE | – | No |
| 97 | International Journal of Wildland Fire | 5.6 | 80th | Q1 | SCIE | – | No |
| 98 | Restoration Ecology | 5.6 | 80th | Q1 | SCIE | – | No |
| 99 | Aqua Water Infrastructure, Ecosystems and Society | 5.6 | 79th | Q1 | SCIE | – | No |
| 100 | Conservation Science and Practice | 5.6 | 79th | Q1 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 101 | Ecological Frontiers | 5.6 | 79th | Q1 | ESCI | – | No |
| 102 | Journal of the American Water Resources Association | 5.6 | 79th | Q1 | SCIE | – | No |
| 103 | Biological Invasions | 5.5 | 79th | Q1 | SCIE | – | No |
| 104 | Paleobiology | 5.5 | 78th | Q1 | SCIE | – | No |
| 105 | Annals of Forest Science | 5.4 | 78th | Q1 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 106 | Applied Vegetation Science | 5.4 | 78th | Q1 | SCIE | – | No |
| 107 | Journal of Biological Dynamics | 5.4 | 78th | Q1 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 108 | Cell Reports Sustainability | 5.3 | 78th | Q1 | ESCI | – | Yes |
| 109 | Ecosphere | 5.3 | 77th | Q1 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 110 | Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry | 5.3 | 77th | Q1 | SCIE | – | No |
| 111 | Ecosystem Health and Sustainability | 5.2 | 77th | Q1 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 112 | Estuaries and Coasts | 5.2 | 77th | Q1 | SCIE | – | No |
| 113 | Urban Ecosystems | 5.2 | 77th | Q1 | SCIE | – | No |
| 114 | Journal of Arid Environments | 5.2 | 76th | Q1 | SCIE | – | No |
| 115 | Fungal Ecology | 4.9 | 76th | Q1 | SCIE | – | No |
| 116 | Phytobiomes Journal | 4.9 | 76th | Q1 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 117 | Forensic Science International: Animals and Environments | 4.8 | 76th | Q1 | – | – | No |
| 118 | Plant Direct | 4.8 | 76th | Q1 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 119 | Frontiers in Bee Science | 4.7 | 75th | Q1 | – | – | Yes |
| 120 | Journal of Applied Aquaculture | 4.7 | 75th | Q1 | ESCI | – | No |
| 121 | Journal of Great Lakes Research | 4.7 | 75th | Q1 | SCIE | – | No |
| 122 | Chemistry and Ecology | 4.6 | 75th | Q1 | SCIE | – | No |
| 123 | Diversity | 4.6 | 75th | Q1 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 124 | NeoBiota | 4.6 | 74th | Q2 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 125 | Journal for Nature Conservation | 4.5 | 74th | Q2 | SCIE | – | No |
| 126 | Trees - Structure and Function | 4.5 | 74th | Q2 | SCIE | – | No |
| 127 | Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology | 4.5 | 74th | Q2 | – | – | No |
| 128 | Journal of Political Ecology | 4.4 | 74th | Q2 | ESCI | – | Yes |
| 129 | Fishes | 4.4 | 73rd | Q2 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 130 | Bioacoustics | 4.3 | 73rd | Q2 | SCIE | – | No |
| 131 | Dendrochronologia | 4.3 | 73rd | Q2 | SCIE | – | No |
| 132 | Journal of Law, Environmental and Justice | 4.3 | 73rd | Q2 | – | – | No |
| 133 | Regional Studies in Marine Science | 4.3 | 73rd | Q2 | SCIE | – | No |
| 134 | Journal of Urban Ecology | 4.3 | 72nd | Q2 | ESCI | – | Yes |
| 135 | Cambridge Prisms: Plastics | 4.2 | 72nd | Q2 | ESCI | – | Yes |
| 136 | Progress in Geography | 4.2 | 72nd | Q2 | – | – | No |
| 137 | Rangeland Ecology and Management | 4.2 | 72nd | Q2 | SCIE | – | No |
| 138 | Ecohydrology | 4.2 | 71st | Q2 | SCIE | – | No |
| 139 | International Journal of Ecology | 4.2 | 71st | Q2 | – | – | No |
| 140 | Ecological Solutions and Evidence | 4.1 | 71st | Q2 | ESCI | – | Yes |
| 141 | Fisheries Management and Ecology | 4.1 | 71st | Q2 | SCIE | – | No |
| 142 | Journal of Economic Entomology | 4.1 | 71st | Q2 | SCIE | – | No |
| 143 | Endangered Species Research | 4.1 | 70th | Q2 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 144 | Journal of Insect Conservation | 4.1 | 70th | Q2 | SCIE | – | No |
| 145 | African Journal of Range and Forage Science | 4 | 70th | Q2 | SCIE | – | No |
| 146 | Journal of Coastal Conservation | 4 | 70th | Q2 | SCIE | – | No |
| 147 | Landscape and Ecological Engineering | 4 | 70th | Q2 | SCIE | – | No |
| 148 | Tropical Ecology | 4 | 70th | Q2 | SCIE | – | No |
| 149 | Marine Ecology Progress Series | 4 | 69th | Q2 | SCIE | – | No |
| 150 | Journal of Plankton Research | 3.9 | 69th | Q2 | SCIE | – | No |
| 151 | Journal of Vegetation Science | 3.9 | 69th | Q2 | SCIE | – | No |
| 152 | Aquatic Sciences | 3.8 | 69th | Q2 | SCIE | – | No |
| 153 | Chinese Journal of Eco-Agriculture | 3.8 | 68th | Q2 | – | – | Yes |
| 154 | EcoHealth | 3.8 | 68th | Q2 | SCIE | – | No |
| 155 | Marine Biology | 3.8 | 68th | Q2 | SCIE | – | No |
| 156 | Shengtai Xuebao/Acta Ecologica Sinica | 3.8 | 68th | Q2 | – | – | No |
| 157 | Wetlands | 3.8 | 68th | Q2 | SCIE | – | No |
| 158 | Journal of Wildlife Management | 3.8 | 67th | Q2 | SCIE | – | No |
| 159 | Bird Conservation International | 3.7 | 67th | Q2 | SCIE | – | No |
| 160 | Challenges in Sustainability | 3.7 | 67th | Q2 | ESCI | – | No |
| 161 | Coastal Research Library | 3.7 | 67th | Q2 | – | – | No |
| 162 | One Ecosystem | 3.7 | 67th | Q2 | ESCI | – | Yes |
| 163 | Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics | 3.7 | 66th | Q2 | SCIE, SSCI | A | No |
| 164 | Nature Conservation Research | 3.7 | 66th | Q2 | ESCI | – | Yes |
| 165 | Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems | 3.6 | 66th | Q2 | SCIE | – | No |
| 166 | Ecologies | 3.6 | 66th | Q2 | ESCI | – | Yes |
| 167 | Plant Ecology | 3.6 | 66th | Q2 | SCIE | – | No |
| 168 | Arid Zone Research | 3.6 | 65th | Q2 | – | – | No |
| 169 | Ecology of Freshwater Fish | 3.6 | 65th | Q2 | SCIE | – | No |
| 170 | Marine and Freshwater Research | 3.6 | 65th | Q2 | SCIE | – | No |
| 171 | Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments | 3.6 | 65th | Q2 | SCIE | – | No |
| 172 | Studies in Fungi | 3.6 | 65th | Q2 | – | – | Yes |
| 173 | IForest | 3.6 | 64th | Q2 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 174 | Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology | 3.6 | 64th | Q2 | AHCI | – | No |
| 175 | Ecological Entomology | 3.5 | 64th | Q2 | SCIE | – | No |
| 176 | Ecology and Evolution | 3.5 | 64th | Q2 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 177 | Mining Informational and Analytical Bulletin | 3.5 | 64th | Q2 | – | – | No |
| 178 | Flora: Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants | 3.5 | 63rd | Q2 | SCIE | – | No |
| 179 | Freshwater Science | 3.5 | 63rd | Q2 | SCIE | – | No |
| 180 | Holocene | 3.5 | 63rd | Q2 | SCIE | – | No |
| 181 | Limnology | 3.5 | 63rd | Q2 | SCIE | – | No |
| 182 | Pacific Conservation Biology | 3.5 | 63rd | Q2 | ESCI | – | No |
| 183 | Polar Science | 3.5 | 62nd | Q2 | SCIE | – | No |
| 184 | Arid Land Geography | 3.4 | 62nd | Q2 | – | – | No |
| 185 | New Zealand Journal of Ecology | 3.4 | 62nd | Q2 | SCIE | – | No |
| 186 | Austral Ecology | 3.3 | 62nd | Q2 | SCIE | – | No |
| 187 | Experimental and Applied Acarology | 3.3 | 62nd | Q2 | SCIE | – | No |
| 188 | Canadian Journal of Forest Research | 3.3 | 61st | Q2 | SCIE | – | No |
| 189 | International Journal of Environmental Studies | 3.3 | 61st | Q2 | – | – | No |
| 190 | Journal of Landscape Ecology (Czech Republic) | 3.3 | 61st | Q2 | ESCI | – | Yes |
| 191 | New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research | 3.3 | 61st | Q2 | SCIE | – | No |
| 192 | Food Webs | 3.3 | 60th | Q2 | SCIE | – | No |
| 193 | Resources and Environment in the Yangtze Basin | 3.3 | 60th | Q2 | – | – | No |
| 194 | Biodiversity Science | 3.2 | 60th | Q2 | – | – | No |
| 195 | Journal of Mammalogy | 3.2 | 60th | Q2 | SCIE | – | No |
| 196 | Web Ecology | 3.2 | 60th | Q2 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 197 | Environmental Research: Ecology | 3.2 | 59th | Q2 | ESCI | – | Yes |
| 198 | Management of Biological Invasions | 3.2 | 59th | Q2 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 199 | Polar Record | 3.2 | 59th | Q2 | SCIE | – | No |
| 200 | Human Ecology | 3.1 | 59th | Q2 | SSCI | – | No |
| 201 | npj Sustainable Agriculture | 3.1 | 59th | Q2 | ESCI | – | Yes |
| 202 | Environmental Entomology | 3.1 | 58th | Q2 | SCIE | – | No |
| 203 | Irish Journal of Agricultural and Food Research | 3.1 | 58th | Q2 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 204 | Palaeoentomology | 3.1 | 58th | Q2 | ESCI | – | No |
| 205 | Tropical Conservation Science | 3.1 | 58th | Q2 | SCIE | – | No |
| 206 | Water Science | 3.1 | 58th | Q2 | – | – | Yes |
| 207 | Biogeographia | 3.1 | 57th | Q2 | – | – | Yes |
| 208 | Forest Science | 3.1 | 57th | Q2 | SCIE | – | No |
| 209 | Journal of Animal Behaviour and Biometeorology | 3.1 | 57th | Q2 | ESCI | – | No |
| 210 | BioInvasions Records | 3 | 57th | Q2 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 211 | Ethnobiology and Conservation | 3 | 57th | Q2 | ESCI | – | No |
| 212 | Community Ecology | 3 | 56th | Q2 | SCIE | – | No |
| 213 | Designs for Learning | 3 | 56th | Q2 | – | – | Yes |
| 214 | Knowledge and Management of Aquatic Ecosystems | 3 | 56th | Q2 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 215 | Limnetica | 3 | 56th | Q2 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 216 | Annals of Forest Research | 2.9 | 56th | Q2 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 217 | Agrarian South | 2.9 | 55th | Q2 | ESCI | – | No |
| 218 | Ecoscience | 2.9 | 55th | Q2 | SCIE | – | No |
| 219 | Environmental Humanities | 2.9 | 55th | Q2 | ESCI | – | Yes |
| 220 | Fennia | 2.9 | 55th | Q2 | ESCI | – | Yes |
| 221 | BioRisk | 2.8 | 55th | Q2 | – | – | Yes |
| 222 | Botany | 2.8 | 54th | Q2 | SCIE | – | No |
| 223 | International Forestry Review | 2.8 | 54th | Q2 | SCIE | – | No |
| 224 | Journal of Resources and Ecology | 2.8 | 54th | Q2 | – | – | No |
| 225 | Jurnal Sylva Lestari | 2.8 | 54th | Q2 | – | – | Yes |
| 226 | Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology | 2.7 | 54th | Q2 | – | – | No |
| 227 | Ecological Questions | 2.7 | 53rd | Q2 | ESCI | – | No |
| 228 | Ecology, Economy and Society | 2.7 | 53rd | Q2 | – | – | Yes |
| 229 | Journal of Soil and Water Conservation (China) | 2.7 | 53rd | Q2 | – | – | Yes |
| 230 | Rangeland Journal | 2.7 | 53rd | Q2 | SCIE | – | No |
| 231 | Biosystems Diversity | 2.7 | 52nd | Q2 | ESCI | – | Yes |
| 232 | Insect Systematics and Evolution | 2.7 | 52nd | Q2 | SCIE | – | No |
| 233 | Journal of Limnology | 2.7 | 52nd | Q2 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 234 | North American Journal of Fisheries Management | 2.7 | 52nd | Q2 | SCIE | – | No |
| 235 | Vegetation Ecology and Diversity | 2.7 | 52nd | Q2 | – | – | Yes |
| 236 | Ecology of Food and Nutrition | 2.6 | 51st | Q2 | SCIE | – | No |
| 237 | Ethics in Science and Environmental Politics | 2.6 | 51st | Q2 | – | – | Yes |
| 238 | Folia Oecologica | 2.6 | 51st | Q2 | ESCI | – | Yes |
| 239 | Landscape Online | 2.6 | 51st | Q2 | – | – | Yes |
| 240 | Mires and Peat | 2.6 | 51st | Q2 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 241 | Marine Ecology | 2.6 | 50th | Q2 | SCIE | – | No |
| 242 | Systematic and Applied Acarology | 2.6 | 50th | Q2 | SCIE | – | No |
| 243 | Advances in Environmental and Engineering Research | 2.5 | 50th | Q2 | – | – | No |
| 244 | Arthropod-Plant Interactions | 2.5 | 50th | Q2 | SCIE | – | No |
| 245 | Journal of Biological Systems | 2.5 | 50th | Q2 | SCIE | – | No |
| 246 | Ecological Engineering and Environmental Technology | 2.5 | 49th | Q3 | – | – | No |
| 247 | Egyptian Journal of Botany | 2.5 | 49th | Q3 | ESCI | – | No |
| 248 | Neotropical Biodiversity | 2.5 | 49th | Q3 | ESCI | – | No |
| 249 | Plant Species Biology | 2.5 | 49th | Q3 | SCIE | – | No |
| 250 | Chinese Journal of Plant Ecology | 2.4 | 48th | Q3 | – | – | No |
| 251 | Ecology and Control of Vector-Borne Diseases | 2.4 | 48th | Q3 | – | – | No |
| 252 | Journal of Pollination Ecology | 2.4 | 48th | Q3 | ESCI | – | Yes |
| 253 | Limnological Review | 2.4 | 48th | Q3 | – | – | Yes |
| 254 | New Zealand Journal of Forestry Science | 2.4 | 48th | Q3 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 255 | Acta Palaeontologica Romaniae | 2.3 | 47th | Q3 | – | – | No |
| 256 | Aestimum | 2.3 | 47th | Q3 | ESCI | – | Yes |
| 257 | Journal of Wildlife Diseases | 2.3 | 47th | Q3 | SCIE | – | No |
| 258 | Philosophy, Psychiatry and Psychology | 2.3 | 47th | Q3 | ESCI | – | No |
| 259 | Ekologia Bratislava | 2.2 | 47th | Q3 | – | – | Yes |
| 260 | Amphibian and Reptile Conservation | 2.2 | 46th | Q3 | SCIE | – | No |
| 261 | Avian Conservation and Ecology | 2.2 | 46th | Q3 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 262 | Biodiversity Data Journal | 2.2 | 46th | Q3 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 263 | Die Erde | 2.2 | 46th | Q3 | SCIE, SSCI | – | Yes |
| 264 | Forest Pathology | 2.2 | 46th | Q3 | SCIE | – | No |
| 265 | Asian Myrmecology | 2.2 | 45th | Q3 | SCIE | – | No |
| 266 | Plant Ecology and Diversity | 2.2 | 45th | Q3 | SCIE | – | No |
| 267 | Polish Polar Research | 2.2 | 45th | Q3 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 268 | Ribarstvo, Croatian Journal of Fisheries | 2.2 | 45th | Q3 | – | – | Yes |
| 269 | Theoretical Ecology | 2.2 | 45th | Q3 | SCIE | – | No |
| 270 | Erdkunde | 2.1 | 44th | Q3 | SCIE, SSCI | – | No |
| 271 | International Journal of Social Ecology and Sustainable Development | 2.1 | 44th | Q3 | – | – | No |
| 272 | Journal of Irrigation and Drainage | 2.1 | 44th | Q3 | – | – | Yes |
| 273 | US Geological Survey Circular | 2.1 | 44th | Q3 | – | – | No |
| 274 | World Water Policy | 2.1 | 44th | Q3 | – | – | No |
| 275 | Arboriculture and Urban Forestry | 2.1 | 43rd | Q3 | – | – | No |
| 276 | Austral Entomology | 2.1 | 43rd | Q3 | SCIE | – | No |
| 277 | Conservation Evidence | 2.1 | 43rd | Q3 | – | – | No |
| 278 | Ecologia Austral | 2.1 | 43rd | Q3 | – | – | Yes |
| 279 | Squalen Bulletin of Marine and Fisheries Postharvest and Biotechnology | 2.1 | 43rd | Q3 | – | – | Yes |
| 280 | Aquatic Ecosystem Health and Management | 2.1 | 42nd | Q3 | SCIE | – | No |
| 281 | Geologiya i Geofizika Yuga Rossii | 2.1 | 42nd | Q3 | – | – | Yes |
| 282 | Journal of Vector Ecology | 2.1 | 42nd | Q3 | SCIE | – | No |
| 283 | Mediterranean Botany | 2.1 | 42nd | Q3 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 284 | Taiwania | 2.1 | 42nd | Q3 | SCIE | – | No |
| 285 | Animal Taxonomy and Ecology | 2 | 41st | Q3 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 286 | Aquatic Biology | 2 | 41st | Q3 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 287 | Ilmu Kelautan: Indonesian Journal of Marine Sciences | 2 | 41st | Q3 | – | – | Yes |
| 288 | Mining Safety and Environmental Protection | 2 | 41st | Q3 | – | – | Yes |
| 289 | Tropics | 2 | 41st | Q3 | ESCI | – | No |
| 290 | Acta Hydrobiologica Sinica | 1.9 | 40th | Q3 | – | – | No |
| 291 | African Journal of Wildlife Research | 1.9 | 40th | Q3 | SCIE | – | No |
| 292 | Bois et Forets des Tropiques | 1.9 | 40th | Q3 | SCIE | – | No |
| 293 | Environment and Ecology Research | 1.9 | 40th | Q3 | – | – | No |
| 294 | South African Journal of Plant and Soil | 1.9 | 40th | Q3 | ESCI | – | No |
| 295 | Annals of Silvicultural Research | 1.9 | 39th | Q3 | – | – | Yes |
| 296 | Chinese Journal of Ecology | 1.9 | 39th | Q3 | – | – | No |
| 297 | Ecosistemas | 1.9 | 39th | Q3 | ESCI | – | Yes |
| 298 | Human-Wildlife Interactions | 1.9 | 39th | Q3 | SCIE | – | Yes |
| 299 | Journal of Elementology | 1.9 | 39th | Q3 | SCIE | – | No |
| 300 | Biodiversity | 1.8 | 38th | Q3 | – | – | No |
All remaining Ecology journals (188)
Ranked below the top 300 by CiteScore percentile. Every title links to its full profile.
- Botanica Pacifica Q3
- Eco.mont Q3
- European Journal of Environmental Sciences Q3
- Journal of Ecology and Environment Q3
- Western Indian Ocean Journal of Marine Science Q3
- Climate Change Management Q3
- Journal of Agro-Environment Science Q3
- Online Journal of Animal and Feed Research Q3
- Alpine Entomology Q3
- Holistic Approach to Environment Q3
- Italian Journal of Mycology Q3
- Open Quaternary Q3
- Science for Conservation Q3
- Caucasiana Q3
- Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management Q3
- Chemistry, Didactics, Ecology, Metrology Q3
- Journal of Environmental Accounting and Management Q3
- Koedoe Q3
- Acta Biologica Sibirica Q3
- Arktika: Ekologia i Ekonomika Q3
- NAMMCO Scientific Publications Q3
- Sustinere: Journal of Environment and Sustainability Q3
- Economics and Environment Q3
- Journal of Forest Economics Q3
- Journal of Fruit Science Q3
- Natural Sciences Education Q3
- Pirineos Q3
- Rural Sustainability Research Q3
- Acta Agrestia Sinica Q3
- Botanica Q3
- European Journal of Ecology Q3
- Natural Areas Journal Q3
- South China Fisheries Science Q3
- Acta Limnologica Brasiliensia Q3
- Austrian Journal of Forest Science Q3
- Biotropia Q3
- Journal of Tropical Life Science Q3
- Plankton and Benthos Research Q3
- Asian Fisheries Science Q3
- Bulletin of the Iraq Natural History Museum Q3
- Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity Q3
- Sustainable Marine Structures Q3
- Tuexenia Q3
- Check List Q3
- Czech Mycology Q3
- Exploratory Animal and Medical Research Q3
- Arid Ecosystems Q3
- Fundamental and Applied Limnology Q3
- Aquatic Research Q3
- Hydro-Science and Engineering Q3
- Journal of Entomological and Acarological Research Q3
- West African Journal of Applied Ecology Q3
- Banko Janakari Q3
- Jurnal Manajemen Hutan Tropika Q3
- Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Forestales Q3
- Zoology and Ecology Q3
- Biota Colombiana Q3
- GeoScape Q3
- Hydrobiological Journal Q3
- Revista Chapingo, Serie Ciencias Forestales y del Ambiente Q3
- Webbia Q3
- International Journal of Aquatic Biology Q3
- Journal of Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology Q3
- Physio-Geo Q3
- Vie et Milieu Q3
- Revista de Estudios Latinoamericanos sobre Reduccion del Riesgo de Desastres Q3
- Borneo Journal of Resource Science and Technology Q4
- Compost Science and Utilization Q4
- International Journal of Tropical Drylands Q4
- Journal of Fisheries and Environment Q4
- US Geological Survey Data Report Q4
- Forest Research Q4
- Journal of International Wildlife Law and Policy Q4
- Journal of Northwest Atlantic Fishery Science Q4
- Western North American Naturalist Q4
- Wildfowl Q4
- Annales Zoologici Fennici Q4
- Indonesian Journal of Forestry Research Q4
- Povolzhskii Ekologicheskii Zhurnal Q4
- Research in Ecology Q4
- Tropical and Subtropical Agroecosystems Q4
- Advances in Polar Science Q4
- Fragmenta Entomologica Q4
- Mikologiya I Fitopatologiya Q4
- Natura Croatica Q4
- Revue d'Elevage et de Medecine Veterinaire des Pays Tropicaux (France) Q4
- International Journal of Agricultural Resources, Governance and Ecology Q4
- Frontiers in Fish Science Q4
- Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society Q4
- Theoretical and Applied Ecology Q4
- Visnyk of V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, series 'Geology. Geography. Ecology' Q4
- Asian Journal of Conservation Biology Q4
- Ecological Genetics Q4
- Japan Agricultural Research Quarterly Q4
- Tropical Natural History Q4
- Folia Malacologica Q4
- Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria Q4
- Revista de la Sociedad Entomologica Argentina Q4
- Theriologia Ukrainica Q4
- Ukrainian Botanical Journal Q4
- USDA Forest Service - Research Note RMRS-RN Q4
- Indian Journal of Entomology Q4
- Turczaninowia Q4
- Folia Forestalia Polonica, Series A Q4
- Journal of Insect Biodiversity Q4
- Taxonomy and Biosystematics Q4
- Journal of Environmental Entomology Q4
- Progress in Industrial Ecology Q4
- Terra Latinoamericana Q4
- Wilson Journal of Ornithology Q4
- Journal for the Study of Religion, Nature and Culture Q4
- Korean Journal of Mycology Q4
- Oecologia Australis Q4
- Plant Science Today Q4
- Polish Journal of Ecology Q4
- Contributii Botanice Q4
- Journal of Entomological Society of Iran Q4
- Ecology and Industry of Russia Q4
- Mineral Resources of Ukraine Q4
- Rostaniha Q4
- Ecologia Balkanica Q4
- Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society Q4
- Neilreichia Q4
- South of Russia: Ecology, Development Q4
- Suo Q4
- Ekologiya Cheloveka (Human Ecology) Q4
- Floresta Q4
- Gayana - Botanica Q4
- Iranian Journal of Botany Q4
- Marine Biological Journal Q4
- Hidrobiologica Q4
- Naturae Q4
- Taprobanica Q4
- Travaux du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle Grigore Antipa Q4
- USDA Forest Service - General Technical Report PNW-GTR Q4
- Commagene Journal of Biology Q4
- Geologiya Nefti i Gaza Q4
- Polish Journal of Natural Sciences Q4
- Tichodroma Q4
- Journal of Fudan University (Natural Science) Q4
- Southwestern Entomologist Q4
- Entomology in Focus Q4
- Journal of Rangeland Science Q4
- Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai Biologia Q4
- Folia Amazonica Q4
- Geo-Eco-Marina Q4
- Geosfernye Issledovaniya Q4
- Philippine Journal of Systematic Biology Q4
- Revista del Jardin Botanico Nacional Q4
- Revista Kawsaypacha: Sociedad y Medio Ambiente Q4
- Acta Botanica Malacitana Q4
- Flora Montiberica Q4
- Ecologia Aplicada Q4
- Libellula Q4
- Media Konservasi Q4
- Priroda (Czech Republic) Q4
- Rivista Italiana di Ornitologia Q4
- Russian Journal of Forest Science Q4
- Scopus: Journal of East African Ornithology Q4
- South-Western Journal of Horticulture, Biology and Environment Q4
- Acta Phytotaxonomica et Geobotanica Q4
- Critical Animal Studies Q4
- Jurnal Presipitasi Q4
- Landschap Q4
- Arab Journal of Plant Protection Q4
- Chinese Journal of Polar Research Q4
- Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society Q4
- Boletin de la Asociacion Espanola de Entomologia Q4
- Ecologia Mediterranea Q4
- Ecosystem Transformation Q4
- Forestry Ideas Q4
- Journal of Environmental Studies Q4
- U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet Q4
- International Library of Environmental, Agricultural and Food Ethics Q4
- Memoirs of the Queensland Museum Q4
- Naturschutz und Landschaftsplanung Q4
- Relations. Beyond Anthropocentrism Q4
- Revista Catalana de Dret Ambiental Q4
- Geographical Environment and Living Systems Q4
- Israel Journal of Entomology Q4
- Japanese Journal of Limnology Q4
- USDA Forest Service - Resource Bulletin RMRS-RB Q4
- Waldokologie Online Q4
- Conservacion Colombiana Q4
- Ecology and Civil Engineering Q4
- Japanese Journal of Ecology Q4
- USDA Forest Service - General Technical Report RMRS-GTR Q4
- Unasylva Q4
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