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Best Ecological Modeling journals

50 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Ecological Modeling. The top 50 by CiteScore percentile are listed below — 13 of them sit in quartile Q1. Every title links to a full profile with Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, DOAJ and open-access details.

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# Journal CiteScore Percentile Quartile WoS ABDC OA
1 Water Research 21.6 99th Q1 SCIE – No
2 Computers, Environment and Urban Systems 17.3 97th Q1 SSCI – No
3 Ecological Informatics 13.2 95th Q1 SCIE – Yes
4 Methods in Ecology and Evolution 12.7 93th Q1 SCIE – Yes
5 Waste Management Bulletin 8.6 91th Q1 ESCI – Yes
6 Environmental Modelling and Software 8.4 89th Q1 SCIE – No
7 Environmental Systems Research 7.8 87th Q1 ESCI – Yes
8 Climate Change Ecology 7.6 85th Q1 – – Yes
9 Water Research X 7.5 83th Q1 SCIE – Yes
10 Ecological Processes 7.3 81th Q1 SCIE – Yes
11 Environmental Geotechnics 6.4 79th Q1 SCIE – No
12 Ecological Complexity 6.3 77th Q1 SCIE – No
13 Human and Ecological Risk Assessment 5.9 75th Q1 SCIE – No
14 Ecological Modelling 5.9 73th Q2 SCIE – No
15 Water, Air, and Soil Pollution 5.3 71th Q2 SCIE – No
16 Fungal Ecology 4.9 69th Q2 SCIE – No
17 Diversity 4.6 67th Q2 SCIE – Yes
18 NeoBiota 4.6 65th Q2 SCIE – Yes
19 Conservation Physiology 4.2 63th Q2 SCIE – Yes
20 Silva Fennica 3.5 61th Q2 SCIE – Yes
21 Environmetrics 3.3 59th Q2 SCIE B No
22 Environmental Research: Ecology 3.2 57th Q2 ESCI – Yes
23 Multiscale Modeling and Simulation 3.1 55th Q2 SCIE – No
24 Forest Science 3.1 53th Q2 SCIE – No
25 Boreal Environment Research 2.7 51th Q2 SCIE – No
26 Ecological Questions 2.7 50th Q2 ESCI – No
27 Advances in Science and Research 2.5 46th Q3 – – Yes
28 Coral Reefs of the World 2.5 44th Q3 – – No
29 Theoretical Ecology 2.2 42th Q3 SCIE – No
30 U.S. Geological Survey Techniques and Methods 2.2 40th Q3 – – No
31 Journal of the Bulgarian Geographical Society 2 38th Q3 – – Yes
32 Remote Sensing Technology and Application 1.8 36th Q3 – – Yes
33 Acta Scientiarum Polonorum, Formatio Circumiectus 1.7 34th Q3 ESCI – Yes
34 WSEAS Transactions on Environment and Development 1.7 32th Q3 – – No
35 Atmospheric and Oceanic Optics 1.7 30th Q3 ESCI – No
36 Journal of Environmental Accounting and Management 1.6 28th Q3 ESCI – No
37 Journal of Water and Environment Technology 1.6 26th Q3 ESCI – Yes
38 Herpetological Journal 1.4 24th Q4 SCIE – No
39 Banko Janakari 1.3 22th Q4 – – Yes
40 Research in Ecology 1.1 20th Q4 – – No
41 History, Philosophy and Theory of the Life Sciences 1 18th Q4 – – No
42 International Journal Bioautomation 0.9 16th Q4 – – Yes
43 Ecological Safety of Coastal and Shelf Zones of Sea 0.9 14th Q4 – – No
44 Journal of Korea Water Resources Association 0.7 12th Q4 – – No
45 Priroda (Czech Republic) 0.5 10th Q4 – – No
46 Geographical Environment and Living Systems 0.4 8th Q4 – – No
47 Waldokologie Online 0.3 6th Q4 – – No
48 Developments in Environmental Modelling 0.3 4th Q4 – – No
49 Journal of Tropical Resources and Sustainable Science 0.2 2th Q4 – – No
50 Clean Air and Containment Review 0.1 0th Q4 – – No

Rank and percentile are within the Ecological Modeling Scopus subject table (CiteScore 2025, dataset 2026-06-09). A journal can rank differently in its other subject areas — open its profile for the full picture.

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