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Best Ecology journals

491 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Ecology. The top 100 by CiteScore percentile are listed below — 100 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 93th Q1 ESCI Yes
31 Conservation Letters 10.6 93th Q1 SCIE Yes
32 Aquaculture and Fisheries 10.4 93th Q1 ESCI Yes
33 Conservation Biology 10.1 93th Q1 SCIE No
34 Journal of Ecology 10.1 93th Q1 SCIE No
35 Agriculture and Food Security 9.6 92th Q1 ESCI Yes
36 Geology, Ecology, and Landscapes 9.4 92th Q1 Yes
37 Microbial Ecology 9.3 92th Q1 SCIE No
38 Elementa 9.2 92th Q1 SCIE Yes
39 Journal of Pest Science 9.2 92th Q1 SCIE No
40 Environmental DNA 9.2 91th Q1 ESCI Yes
41 Anthropocene Review 9 91th Q1 SCIE, SSCI No
42 Ecological Applications 9 91th Q1 SCIE No
43 Journal of Integrative Agriculture 9 91th Q1 SCIE Yes
44 Cambridge Prisms: Coastal Futures 8.9 91th 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 83th Q1 SCIE Yes
81 Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change 6.1 83th Q1 SCIE No
82 Conservation and Society 6 83th Q1 SSCI Yes
83 Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences 6 83th Q1 SCIE No
84 Biodiversity and Conservation 6 82th Q1 SCIE No
85 Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems 6 82th Q1 SCIE Yes
86 Journal of Biogeography 6 82th Q1 SCIE No
87 Life Sciences in Space Research 6 82th Q1 SCIE No
88 Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 5.9 82th Q1 SCIE Yes
89 Ecological Modelling 5.9 81th Q1 SCIE No
90 Journal of Animal Science and Technology 5.9 81th Q1 SCIE Yes
91 Journal of Sustainable Agriculture and Environment 5.9 81th Q1 ESCI Yes
92 Global Ecology and Conservation 5.8 81th Q1 SCIE Yes
93 Outlook on Agriculture 5.8 81th 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 Yes
100 Conservation Science and Practice 5.6 79th Q1 SCIE Yes

Rank and percentile are within the Ecology 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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