Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics · 258 journals indexed
Best journals for Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
The top Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics journals ranked by Scimago quartile, then cites/paper (OpenAlex, 2-year window), drawn from a 17,786-venue index. Predatory venues are excluded. These are field-wide rankings — for a shortlist matched to your specific paper, paste your title and abstract into the Journal Finder (a free account starts with 25 welcome credits).
- 1Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society10.1 cites/paper · Q1 · WileyScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 2Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences9.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Royal SocietyScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 5The Botanical Review4.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business MediaScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 8Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences3.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Royal SocietyScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 9Royal Society Open Science3.5 cites/paper · Q1 · Royal SocietyOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 17Journal of Evolutionary Biology2.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Oxford University PressScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 20Integrative and Comparative Biology2.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Oxford University PressScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 21Ecologica Montenegrina2.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Centre for Biodiversity of MontenegroOpen AccessScopusPubMed
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- 26Journal of Insect Conservation1.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business MediaScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 27Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology1.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business MediaScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 28Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society1.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Oxford University PressScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 29European Journal of Taxonomy1.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Consortium of European Natural History MuseumsOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
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- 33Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift0.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Pensoft PublishersOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 35The Quarterly Review of Biology0.2 cites/paper · Q1 · University of Chicago PressScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
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- 39Revista Brasileira de Botânica1.7 cites/paper · Q2 · Springer Science+Business MediaScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- 40Psyche A Journal of Entomology1.7 cites/paper · Q2 · Cambridge Entomological ClubOpen AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
“Cites/paper” is the OpenAlex 2-year citation rate — a transparent signal, not a licensed Impact Factor. Many regional and open-access journals are strong but aren’t covered by Scimago, so they show “no Scimago quartile”; that’s a coverage gap, not a quality judgement.
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