| # | Journal | Articles | Citations | R ARank | R CRank |
|---|
| 1 | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences | 49 | 2,200 | 22 | 46 |
| 2 | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America | 14 | 1,965 | 1.1K | 1.1K |
| 3 | Nature | 9 | 1,599 | 1.3K | 2.3K |
| 4 | Animal Behaviour | 29 | 1,388 | 29 | 51 |
| 5 | PeerJ | 5 | 1,381 | 205 | 7 |
| 6 | Trends in Ecology and Evolution | 18 | 1,362 | 13 | 63 |
| 7 | Science | 9 | 1,312 | 1.2K | 2.1K |
| 8 | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences | 29 | 1,128 | 10 | 54 |
| 9 | PLoS ONE | 33 | 1,119 | 962 | 1.1K |
| 10 | Nature Communications | 9 | 1,094 | 1.5K | 1.2K |
| 11 | Current Biology | 25 | 1,056 | 60 | 185 |
| 12 | Environmental Pollution | 6 | 1,035 | 266 | 54 |
| 13 | Journal of Animal Ecology | 14 | 948 | 27 | 23 |
| 14 | Scientific Reports | 21 | 845 | 1.1K | 709 |
| 15 | Global Change Biology | 9 | 816 | 111 | 207 |
| 16 | Biology Letters | 26 | 746 | 6 | 13 |
| 17 | Science Advances | 3 | 640 | 879 | 254 |
| 18 | Molecular Ecology | 21 | 593 | 54 | 157 |
| 19 | Methods in Ecology and Evolution | 10 | 543 | 11 | 44 |
| 20 | Ecology and Evolution | 19 | 539 | 31 | 37 |
| 21 | Biological Conservation | 15 | 531 | 23 | 91 |
| 22 | Science of the Total Environment | 7 | 498 | 790 | 538 |
| 23 | Diversity and Distributions | 8 | 485 | 20 | 30 |
| 24 | Journal of Applied Ecology | 8 | 434 | 33 | 65 |
| 25 | PLoS Biology | 5 | 415 | 129 | 319 |
| 26 | Ecology Letters | 9 | 412 | 62 | 218 |
| 27 | ICES Journal of Marine Science | 8 | 352 | 17 | 18 |
| 28 | Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology | 15 | 331 | 36 | 111 |
| 29 | Journal of Evolutionary Biology | 16 | 297 | 36 | 100 |
| 30 | Biological Reviews | 3 | 286 | 56 | 138 |
| 31 | Behavioral Ecology | 13 | 262 | 12 | 33 |
| 32 | Marine Biology | 12 | 259 | 63 | 128 |
| 33 | Evolution; International Journal of Organic Evolution | 7 | 255 | 158 | 230 |
| 34 | Oryx | 8 | 234 | 12 | 15 |
| 35 | Ibis | 8 | 227 | 24 | 22 |
| 36 | Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution | 12 | 221 | 11 | 12 |
| 37 | Royal Society Open Science | 16 | 203 | 6 | 38 |
| 38 | Frontiers in Marine Science | 16 | 199 | 20 | 73 |
| 39 | BMC Evolutionary Biology | 5 | 189 | 75 | 143 |
| 40 | Cellular Microbiology | 2 | 164 | 175 | 166 |
| 41 | Ethology | 3 | 162 | 128 | 64 |
| 42 | Ecology | 4 | 160 | 254 | 420 |
| 43 | Functional Ecology | 3 | 159 | 148 | 190 |
| 44 | BMC Genomics | 3 | 155 | 597 | 622 |
| 45 | Endangered Species Research | 3 | 152 | 2 | 1 |
| 46 | Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences | 2 | 150 | 39 | 29 |
| 47 | ISME Journal | 1 | 147 | 431 | 452 |
| 47 | Global Ecology and Biogeography | 3 | 147 | 116 | 230 |
| 49 | Mammal Review | 3 | 144 | 9 | 19 |
| 50 | Marine Pollution Bulletin | 5 | 139 | 142 | 287 |
| 50 | Genome Biology | 1 | 139 | 300 | 376 |
| 52 | Biodiversity and Conservation | 4 | 138 | 64 | 109 |
| 53 | Oecologia | 5 | 137 | 239 | 448 |
| 54 | Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment | 3 | 135 | 55 | 203 |
| 55 | Current Opinion in Insect Science | 1 | 129 | 58 | 21 |
| 56 | Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology | 4 | 128 | 133 | 179 |
| 57 | Heredity | 5 | 122 | 104 | 219 |
| 58 | Journal of Zoology | 5 | 117 | 111 | 194 |
| 59 | Nature Climate Change | 2 | 116 | 145 | 478 |
| 60 | Ecological Entomology | 2 | 109 | 133 | 87 |
| 61 | Journal of Insect Conservation | 2 | 108 | 51 | 25 |
| 62 | PLoS Pathogens | 1 | 105 | 1.3K | 1.3K |
| 63 | Physiology | 1 | 104 | 73 | 108 |
| 64 | Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom | 6 | 98 | 42 | 79 |
| 65 | Tropical Conservation Science | 1 | 88 | 38 | 6 |
| 66 | Journal of Ecology | 1 | 85 | 304 | 329 |
| 66 | Advances in the Study of Behavior | 1 | 85 | 7 | 22 |
| 68 | American Naturalist | 3 | 84 | 113 | 230 |
| 69 | G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics | 5 | 81 | 77 | 198 |
| 70 | Mobile DNA | 3 | 80 | 5 | 23 |
| 71 | Philosophical Transactions Series A, Mathematical, Physical, and Engineering Sciences | 1 | 77 | 621 | 431 |
| 72 | Evolution Letters | 5 | 71 | 9 | 34 |
| 73 | Nature Ecology and Evolution | 5 | 70 | 66 | 493 |
| 74 | Animal Conservation | 3 | 69 | 44 | 88 |
| 75 | Biological Invasions | 1 | 67 | 302 | 217 |
| 76 | Conservation Letters | 3 | 66 | 30 | 125 |
| 77 | Marine Ecology - Progress Series | 3 | 65 | 23 | 10 |
| 77 | Current Opinion in Virology | 1 | 65 | 112 | 125 |
| 79 | BMC Biology | 1 | 62 | 277 | 360 |
| 80 | New Phytologist | 1 | 61 | 904 | 1.1K |
| 81 | Frontiers in Microbiology | 2 | 59 | 1.8K | 2.1K |
| 81 | European Journal of Wildlife Research | 4 | 59 | 17 | 43 |
| 83 | Journal of the Royal Society Interface | 3 | 58 | 199 | 620 |
| 84 | Ecography | 2 | 56 | 34 | 71 |
| 85 | Annals of Botany | 1 | 53 | 313 | 353 |
| 85 | Integrative and Comparative Biology | 3 | 53 | 78 | 170 |
| 87 | Applied and Environmental Microbiology | 1 | 47 | 1.8K | 2.4K |
| 87 | Genetics | 2 | 47 | 647 | 1.2K |
| 87 | Frontiers in Zoology | 2 | 47 | 38 | 100 |
| 90 | Epidemiology and Infection | 1 | 45 | 579 | 520 |
| 90 | Hormones and Behavior | 2 | 45 | 272 | 592 |
| 90 | Movement Ecology | 4 | 45 | 7 | 42 |
| 93 | Molecular Biology and Evolution | 2 | 44 | 380 | 916 |
| 94 | Fisheries Research | 2 | 43 | 95 | 132 |
| 95 | Nature Microbiology | 1 | 42 | 316 | 807 |
| 96 | Environmental Science and Policy | 1 | 40 | 148 | 296 |
| 96 | Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology | 1 | 40 | 107 | 334 |
| 98 | Biotropica | 1 | 39 | 180 | 173 |
| 98 | Insect Conservation and Diversity | 1 | 39 | 61 | 51 |
| 98 | People and Nature | 2 | 39 | 11 | 35 |
| 101 | Journal of Insect Behavior | 1 | 38 | 116 | 91 |
| 101 | Journal of Environmental Management | 1 | 38 | 1.6K | 2.1K |
| 103 | GigaScience | 1 | 37 | 127 | 234 |
| 104 | Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology | 1 | 36 | 263 | 272 |
| 105 | Marine Environmental Research | 3 | 35 | 65 | 226 |
| 105 | Ecotoxicology | 1 | 35 | 186 | 225 |
| 105 | Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems | 2 | 35 | 75 | 152 |
| 105 | Advances in Virus Research | 1 | 35 | 44 | 120 |
| 109 | Frontiers in Psychology | 1 | 33 | 3.1K | 2.3K |
| 109 | Landscape Ecology | 1 | 33 | 257 | 389 |
| 109 | Advances in Ecological Research | 1 | 33 | 18 | 50 |
| 112 | PLoS Computational Biology | 2 | 32 | 759 | 1.7K |
| 113 | Communications Biology | 1 | 31 | 777 | 823 |
| 113 | Environmental Epigenetics | 3 | 31 | 43 | 122 |
| 113 | Advances in Genetics | 1 | 31 | 40 | 110 |
| 116 | Zootaxa | 1 | 30 | 710 | 381 |
| 117 | General and Comparative Endocrinology | 1 | 29 | 622 | 698 |
| 117 | Environmental Management | 1 | 29 | 315 | 513 |
| 117 | African Journal of Ecology | 2 | 29 | 88 | 128 |
| 117 | Ecosphere | 2 | 29 | 198 | 342 |
| 117 | Journal of Ornithology | 2 | 29 | 92 | 126 |
| 122 | Insect Molecular Biology | 1 | 28 | 152 | 245 |
| 122 | Biogerontology | 2 | 28 | 58 | 232 |
| 124 | PLoS Genetics | 1 | 27 | 1.5K | 2.9K |
| 124 | Conservation Biology | 3 | 27 | 158 | 699 |
| 124 | Insects | 2 | 27 | 174 | 203 |
| 124 | Npj Biofilms and Microbiomes | 1 | 27 | 44 | 164 |
| 128 | Genetical Research | 1 | 26 | 143 | 191 |
| 129 | Journal of Fish Biology | 3 | 25 | 256 | 530 |
| 129 | Pest Management Science | 2 | 25 | 168 | 398 |
| 129 | Journal of Experimental Zoology Part B: Molecular and Developmental Evolution | 1 | 25 | 97 | 139 |
| 132 | Journal of Heredity | 1 | 24 | 170 | 199 |
| 132 | Conservation Genetics | 2 | 24 | 121 | 269 |
| 132 | Frontiers in Veterinary Science | 1 | 24 | 445 | 344 |
| 132 | Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change | 1 | 24 | 42 | 156 |
| 136 | FEMS Microbiology Letters | 1 | 23 | 1.4K | 1.6K |
| 136 | Journal of Chemical Ecology | 1 | 23 | 399 | 641 |
| 136 | Journal of International Wildlife Law and Policy | 1 | 23 | 7 | 9 |
| 139 | EMBO Reports | 1 | 22 | 424 | 1.1K |
| 139 | Environmental Research Letters | 1 | 22 | 459 | 755 |
| 139 | International Journal of Primatology | 1 | 22 | 205 | 310 |
| 142 | Parasite Immunology | 1 | 21 | 229 | 375 |
| 143 | Forest Ecology and Management | 2 | 20 | 311 | 837 |
| 144 | Avian Diseases | 1 | 19 | 156 | 157 |
| 144 | Trends in Microbiology | 1 | 19 | 237 | 593 |
| 144 | Evolutionary Ecology | 1 | 19 | 176 | 276 |
| 144 | Acta Chiropterologica | 2 | 19 | 20 | 55 |
| 148 | Cytogenetic and Genome Research | 1 | 17 | 327 | 492 |
| 149 | Biological Journal of the Linnean Society | 3 | 16 | 141 | 507 |
| 149 | Avian Biology Research | 1 | 16 | 32 | 20 |
| 151 | Journal of Experimental Biology | 2 | 15 | 672 | 1.6K |
| 152 | Parasitology Research | 1 | 14 | 858 | 1.3K |
| 152 | Journal of Biogeography | 1 | 14 | 421 | 856 |
| 152 | Behaviour | 1 | 14 | 155 | 284 |
| 152 | Primates | 1 | 14 | 203 | 324 |
| 156 | Oikos | 2 | 13 | 52 | 180 |
| 156 | Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society | 1 | 13 | 180 | 308 |
| 156 | Animal Cognition | 1 | 13 | 186 | 319 |
| 156 | Journal for Nature Conservation | 1 | 13 | 47 | 137 |
| 156 | Fish and Fisheries | 1 | 13 | 68 | 201 |
| 156 | Wellcome Open Research | 2 | 13 | 65 | 225 |
| 156 | Humanities and Social Sciences Communications | 1 | 13 | 19 | 72 |
| 163 | Insectes Sociaux | 1 | 12 | 127 | 215 |
| 164 | Die Naturwissenschaften | 1 | 11 | 327 | 643 |
| 164 | Microbiology (United Kingdom) | 1 | 11 | 864 | 1.7K |
| 164 | Crustaceana | 1 | 11 | 101 | 127 |
| 164 | Journal of Apicultural Research | 1 | 11 | 123 | 209 |
| 164 | Physiological Entomology | 1 | 11 | 96 | 195 |
| 169 | BMC Veterinary Research | 1 | 10 | 373 | 687 |
| 169 | Social Marketing Quarterly | 1 | 10 | 6 | 23 |
| 169 | BMC Ecology | 1 | 10 | 40 | 176 |
| 172 | Molecular Ecology Resources | 1 | 9 | 278 | 648 |
| 172 | Zoology in the Middle East | 1 | 9 | 104 | 91 |
| 174 | Environmental Science & Technology | 1 | 8 | 1.9K | 3.6K |
| 174 | Theoretical Population Biology | 1 | 8 | 194 | 389 |
| 174 | Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science | 1 | 8 | 43 | 108 |
| 177 | Behavioral and Brain Sciences | 4 | 7 | 408 | 857 |
| 177 | Restoration Ecology | 1 | 7 | 179 | 430 |
| 177 | Conservation Genetics Resources | 2 | 7 | 93 | 173 |
| 177 | FEMS Microbiology Ecology | 1 | 7 | 420 | 961 |
| 181 | American Journal of Botany | 1 | 6 | 658 | 939 |
| 181 | Toxins | 1 | 6 | 608 | 1.5K |
| 181 | Society and Natural Resources | 1 | 6 | 141 | 397 |
| 181 | Conservation Science and Practice | 1 | 6 | 41 | 132 |
| 181 | Journal of Mammalogy | 1 | 6 | 381 | 638 |
| 186 | Lecture Notes in Computer Science | 1 | 5 | 5.5K | 5.3K |
| 186 | Viruses | 1 | 5 | 1.3K | 2.5K |
| 186 | Bird Study | 2 | 5 | 27 | 118 |
| 186 | Waterbirds | 1 | 5 | 46 | 80 |
| 186 | Microbial Genomics | 1 | 5 | 106 | 286 |
| 186 | Facets | 1 | 5 | 66 | 141 |
| 186 | Bmc Ecology and Evolution | 1 | 5 | 27 | 90 |
| 193 | International Journal of Infectious Diseases | 1 | 4 | 821 | 2.1K |
| 193 | BMC Research Notes | 1 | 4 | 958 | 2.8K |
| 193 | Applied Animal Behaviour Science | 1 | 4 | 174 | 417 |
| 193 | Microbial Ecology | 1 | 4 | 395 | 1.1K |
| 193 | Learning and Behavior | 1 | 4 | 72 | 126 |
| 193 | Trends in Plant Science | 1 | 4 | 199 | 469 |
| 193 | Biocontrol Science and Technology | 1 | 4 | 106 | 281 |
| 193 | Marine Biodiversity Records | 2 | 4 | 25 | 72 |
| 193 | Diversity | 1 | 4 | 264 | 515 |
| 193 | Regional Studies in Marine Science | 1 | 4 | 87 | 182 |
| 193 | Chelonian Conservation and Biology | 1 | 4 | 24 | 62 |
| 204 | Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy | 1 | 3 | 2.0K | 4.1K |
| 204 | Marine Policy | 1 | 3 | 242 | 611 |
| 204 | Ostrich | 1 | 3 | 51 | 93 |
| 204 | Brain, Behavior and Evolution | 1 | 3 | 142 | 351 |
| 204 | Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries | 1 | 3 | 48 | 201 |
| 204 | International Journal of Odonatology | 1 | 3 | 13 | 29 |
| 204 | Israel Journal of Ecology and Evolution | 1 | 3 | 25 | 70 |
| 211 | Journal of Natural History | 1 | 2 | 233 | 526 |
| 211 | Environmental Biology of Fishes | 1 | 2 | 261 | 553 |
| 211 | Wilson Journal of Ornithology | 1 | 2 | 67 | 123 |
| 211 | Metabolites | 1 | 2 | 550 | 1.6K |
| 215 | Ethology Ecology and Evolution | 1 | 1 | 67 | 240 |
| 215 | Integrative Zoology | 1 | 1 | 71 | 285 |
| 215 | Journal of Urban Ecology | 1 | 1 | 8 | 57 |
| 215 | Evolutionary Human Sciences | 1 | 1 | 36 | 109 |
| 215 | International Oil Spill Conference Proceedings | 1 | 1 | 26 | 62 |
| 215 | Biodiversidade Brasileira - BioBrasil | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 221 | Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry | 1 | 0 | 710 | 1.7K |
| 221 | Grass and Forage Science | 1 | 0 | 57 | 199 |
| 221 | Evolution and Human Behavior | 1 | 0 | 154 | 419 |
| 221 | Biodiversity | 1 | 0 | 10 | 89 |
| 221 | Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences | 1 | 0 | 28 | 170 |
