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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 an17,538-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 free Journal Finder.

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  1. 1
    Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
    9.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Royal Society
    ScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  2. 2
    Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
    8.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Wiley
    ScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  3. 3
    Trends in Ecology & Evolution
    6.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    ScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  4. 4
    Ecology Letters
    5.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Wiley
    ScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  5. 5
    The Botanical Review
    4.5 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business Media
    ScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  6. 6
    Functional Ecology
    3.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Wiley
    DOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  7. 7
    Plant Diversity
    3.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  8. 8
    Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
    3.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Royal Society
    ScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  9. 9
    Royal Society Open Science
    3.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Royal Society
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  10. 10
    Biology Letters
    2.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Royal Society
    ScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  11. 11
    Applications in Plant Sciences
    2.5 cites/paper · Q1 · Botanical Society of America
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  12. 12
    Cladistics
    2.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Wiley
    ScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  13. 13
    Journal of Systematics and Evolution
    2.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Wiley
    ScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  14. 14
    Insect Conservation and Diversity
    2.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Wiley
    ScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  15. 15
    Systematic Entomology
    2.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Wiley
    ScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  16. 16
    The American Naturalist
    2.2 cites/paper · Q1 · University of Chicago Press
    ScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  17. 17
    Integrative and Comparative Biology
    2.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Oxford University Press
    ScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  18. 18
    Evolution
    2.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Oxford University Press
    ScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  19. 19
    Journal of Evolutionary Biology
    2.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Oxford University Press
    ScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  20. 20
    Behavioral Ecology
    2.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Oxford University Press
    ScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  21. 21
    American Journal of Botany
    2.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Wiley
    ScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  22. 22
    Ecologica Montenegrina
    1.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Centre for Biodiversity of Montenegro
    Open AccessScopusPubMed
  23. 23
    Ecological Entomology
    1.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Wiley
    ScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  24. 24
    Animal Behaviour
    1.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    ScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  25. 25
    Pedobiologia
    1.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    ScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  26. 26
    Current Zoology
    1.7 cites/paper · Q1 · University of Oxford
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  27. 27
    Journal of Insect Conservation
    1.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business Media
    ScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  28. 28
    Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
    1.5 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business Media
    ScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  29. 29
    Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society
    1.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Oxford University Press
    ScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  30. 30
    American Museum Novitates
    1.2 cites/paper · Q1 · American Museum of Natural History
    ScopusWeb of Science
  31. 31
    Taxon
    1.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Wiley
    ScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  32. 32
    European Journal of Taxonomy
    1.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Consortium of European Natural History Museums
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
  33. 33
    ZooKeys
    1.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Pensoft Publishers
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  34. 34
    Insect Systematics & Evolution
    0.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Brill
    ScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  35. 35
    Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift
    0.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Pensoft Publishers
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  36. 36
    IAWA Journal - KU Leuven/IAWA Journal
    0.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Brill
    ScopusWeb of Science
  37. 37
    The Quarterly Review of Biology
    0.1 cites/paper · Q1 · University of Chicago Press
    ScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  38. 38
    New Zealand Journal of Botany
    2.0 cites/paper · Q2 · Taylor & Francis
    ScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  39. 39
    Australian Systematic Botany
    1.7 cites/paper · Q2 · CSIRO Publishing
    ScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  40. 40
    Australian Journal of Botany
    1.5 cites/paper · Q2 · CSIRO Publishing
    ScopusWeb of Science

“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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