Question 1

What are the best journals for Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics?

Accepted Answer

From a 17,500-venue index, the highest-ranked Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics journals include Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, Trends in Ecology & Evolution, Ecology Letters, The Botanical Review. The top 40 of 266 ranked venues are listed on this page; all 40 are Scimago Q1. Each shows its open-access status and indexing, and predatory venues are excluded. For a shortlist matched to your specific paper, use the Journal Finder (15 credits; free account starts with 25).

Question 2

How were these Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics journals ranked?

Accepted Answer

Journals are placed by two independent classifications, OpenAlex's and Scimago's, plus any documented corrections. A journal both place under Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics ranks ahead, within its Scimago quartile, of one only OpenAlex places there — because Scimago does not cover it, files it as Multidisciplinary, or files it under a neighbouring subject or only under a broad “(miscellaneous)” category (which counts as agreement when Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics is the journal's main OpenAlex subfield). 5 journals OpenAlex files under Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics are left out because OpenAlex's main field for them and Scimago's categories both place them in another discipline. By Scimago quartile first (Q1 → Q4, then venues without one). Within a quartile, journals both sources place under Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics come first, then venues whose main OpenAlex subfield is Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics come before those that list it second or third, and ties go to OpenAlex cites/paper over a 2-year window. A venue whose main subfield is unrelated to Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics — fewer than a quarter of the venues filed under that subfield (or fewer than five) are also filed under Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics — is listed after all the others. Where cites/paper decides, a journal with fewer than 30 papers in OpenAlex over the four most recent publication years is listed after those with more: a two-year average over so few papers can rest on a single article (4 of the 266 journals ranked here are below that floor; none of them is among the 40 shown). Cites/paper is a transparent citation rate, not a licensed Impact Factor, and journals flagged as predatory are excluded.

Question 3

Why don't all Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics journals show a quartile?

Accepted Answer

Scimago doesn't cover every journal — many strong regional and open-access venues are absent from it. We show "no Scimago quartile" for those rather than hide them; it's a coverage gap, not a quality judgement.

Question 4

How do I find the best journal for my specific Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics paper?

Accepted Answer

Paste your title and abstract into the Journal Finder — it returns a shortlist matched to your paper's topic from the same index, with acceptance-fit signals, open-access status, and predatory flags. A free account starts with 25 welcome credits; each run costs 15.

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