Journal rankings · indicator year 2006
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Subfield ranking · 2006
Ecology journal rankings 2006
193 ranked journals · Subfield in Environmental Science
Ecology has 193 ranked journals in 2006. The median OJR rose 0.09 on 2005 to 0.73, below the world average of 1.00; Q1 starts at OJR 1.17. The top three are Global Change Biology, Journal of Applied Ecology, and ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2006. Journal access status and listed APC: source snapshot September 23, 2026.
Journals whose main subfield sits in this category and that published at least 30 citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) in 2003–2005, the window the 2006 score is computed on.
The OpenJournalRank Indicator (OJR) is a free, publicly available metric of a journal’s field-normalized citation impact, computed from open OpenAlex citation data. It compares citations to a journal’s papers from the previous three years with the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so 1.00 is the world average and values can be compared across fields. It is computed with the NCI3 method.
The middle OJR among ranked journals in this category: half score higher, half lower. 1.00 is the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type.
The dot is this category, the solid tick is the median of all ranked journals and the dashed line is the world average.
Share of ranked journals in this category that are fully open access, so every paper is free to read. Hybrid journals, which sell subscriptions and open single papers for a fee, are not counted.
Median list price of the article processing charge, in US dollars, among ranked journals in this category that list a price above zero. Journals with a listed APC of $0 and journals with no known price are left out of this median. The At a glance table below gives a second median that includes the $0 prices.
Subfields of Environmental Science (11)
193 ranked journals
Filters
Rank is the position by OJR within the list on screen; 1 is the highest. | OJR is field-normalized 3-year citation impact: 1.00 is the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so values compare across fields. The badge is the journal’s quartile in this list. | Citations per paper over a two-year window, counted from OpenAlex. It is not field-normalized, so compare it only between journals of the same field. ▲ or ▼ is the change from 2005. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2003–2005, the window the 2006 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2003–2005 papers that are free to read in any open-access form. The green OA tag next to a title marks a fully open-access journal. | List price of the article processing charge in US dollars. “$0 listed” means the listed price is zero; a dash means no price is listed. | The line is the journal’s OJR from 2000 to 2006. | Compare |
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1Global Change BiologyWiley · United Kingdom | 4.65Q1 | 6.29 0.62 up from 2005 | 518 | 21% | $4,550 | ||
2Journal of Applied EcologyWiley · United Kingdom | 4.50Q1 | 6.05 0.03 down from 2005 | 336 | 57% | $3,610 | ||
| 4.38Q1 | 1.52 1.66 down from 2005 | 88 | 6% | $3,310 | |||
4Ecological ApplicationsWiley · United States | 4.38Q1 | 4.90 0.59 down from 2005 | 514 | 12% | $3,970 | ||
5EcologyWiley · United States | 4.22Q1 | 5.22 0.45 up from 2005 | 1,227 | 20% | $3,970 | ||
6EcosystemsSpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 3.67Q1 | 3.78 1.03 down from 2005 | 204 | 12% | $4,790 | ||
7Conservation BiologyWiley · United States | 3.46Q1 | 3.92 0.22 up from 2005 | 841 | 13% | $3,400 | ||
8Journal of Wildlife ManagementWiley · United States | 3.31Q1 | 2.23 2.65 down from 2005 | 410 | 2% | $4,270 | ||
9Journal of Animal EcologyWiley · United Kingdom | 3.20Q1 | 4.17 0.42 up from 2005 | 355 | 52% | $3,610 | ||
10OecologiaSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 2.92Q1 | 3.86 0.25 up from 2005 | 1,034 | 12% | $3,790 | ||
11BiogeochemistrySpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 2.81Q1 | 3.25 0.57 up from 2005 | 310 | 8% | $3,390 | ||
12Environmental MicrobiologyWiley · United Kingdom | 2.76Q1 | 4.48 0.08 up from 2005 | 602 | 11% | $4,640 | ||
13Biological ConservationElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.53Q1 | 3.70 0.39 up from 2005 | 983 | 9% | $3,830 | ||
14Freshwater BiologyWiley · United Kingdom | 2.44Q1 | 3.04 0.03 down from 2005 | 486 | 19% | $4,940 | ||
15Austral EcologyWiley · Australia | 2.38Q1 | 2.53 0.24 down from 2005 | 289 | 17% | $3,310 | ||
16Biological InvasionsSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 2.28Q1 | 3.07 0.42 up from 2005 | 196 | 7% | $3,690 | ||
17FEMS Microbiology EcologyOAOxford University Press · Netherlands | 2.19Q1 | 3.50 0.86 up from 2005 | 574 | 57% | $3,297 | ||
18Earth Surface Processes and LandformsWiley · United Kingdom | 2.16Q1 | 2.51 0.42 up from 2005 | 354 | 17% | $5,330 | ||
19Journal of the North American Benthological SocietyUniversity of Chicago Press · United States | 2.15Q1 | 2.77 0.95 up from 2005 | 204 | 8% | — | ||
20Microbial EcologySpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 2.13Q1 | 3.18 0.04 down from 2005 | 321 | 9% | $4,590 | ||
21Mammal ReviewWiley · United Kingdom | 2.04Q1 | 2.91 0.39 up from 2005 | 70 | 13% | $4,100 | ||
22Journal of Avian BiologyOAWiley · Denmark | 1.99Q1 | 2.70 0.52 up from 2005 | 239 | 11% | $2,860 | ||
23Marine Ecology Progress SeriesInter-Research · Germany | 1.97Q1 | 2.80 0.17 up from 2005 | 1,568 | 96% | — | ||
24Animal ConservationWiley · United Kingdom | 1.88Q1 | 3.00 0.93 up from 2005 | 147 | 22% | $4,430 | ||
25Restoration EcologyWiley · United States | 1.83Q1 | 2.41 0.28 up from 2005 | 236 | 14% | $3,300 | ||
26Aquatic Microbial EcologyInter-Research Science Center · Germany | 1.69Q1 | 2.58 0.07 down from 2005 | 328 | 96% | — | ||
27Biodiversity and ConservationSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 1.59Q1 | 1.82 0.18 down from 2005 | 594 | 9% | $3,990 | ||
28Ecological EngineeringElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.54Q1 | 1.92 0.86 up from 2005 | 258 | 5% | $3,910 | ||
29Coral ReefsSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 1.51Q1 | 1.99no change | 285 | 11% | $4,190 | ||
30Aquatic SciencesSpringer Science+Business Media · Switzerland | 1.48Q1 | 1.38 0.76 down from 2005 | 167 | 16% | $4,190 | ||
31Antarctic ScienceOACambridge University Press · United Kingdom | 1.47Q1 | 2.49 1.04 up from 2005 | 177 | 19% | $3,550 | ||
32Journal of International Wildlife Law & PolicyTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 1.47Q1 | 0.38 0.65 down from 2005 | 59 | 3% | — | ||
33Journal of Zoological Systematics & Evolutionary ResearchOAWiley · Germany | 1.45Q1 | 2.24 0.87 up from 2005 | 99 | 48% | $2,350 | ||
34WetlandsSpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 1.43Q1 | 1.75 0.25 down from 2005 | 256 | 3% | $3,890 | ||
35Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater EcosystemsWiley · United Kingdom | 1.41Q1 | 1.67 0.39 down from 2005 | 170 | 16% | $4,730 | ||
36Journal of MammalogyOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 1.40Q1 | 1.90 0.26 up from 2005 | 521 | 28% | $2,988 | ||
37Marine BiologySpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 1.37Q1 | 1.96 0.10 up from 2005 | 910 | 9% | $3,790 | ||
38BMC EcologyOABioMed Central · United Kingdom | 1.32Q1 | 2.36 1.06 up from 2005 | 35 | 100% | $2,290 | ||
39Frontiers in Ecology and the EnvironmentWiley · United States | 1.31Q1 | 1.12 0.11 up from 2005 | 950 | 24% | $3,970 | ||
40Integrative and Comparative BiologyOxford University Press · United States | 1.29Q1 | 2.24 0.33 up from 2005 | 276 | 26% | $4,243 | ||
41OryxOACambridge University Press · United Kingdom | 1.28Q1 | 1.38 0.21 down from 2005 | 218 | 97% | $3,550 | ||
42Journal of Hydraulic EngineeringAmerican Society of Civil Engineers · United States | 1.28Q1 | 1.40 0.01 down from 2005 | 475 | 4% | — | ||
43Journal of Arid EnvironmentsElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.27Q1 | 1.33 0.09 up from 2005 | 594 | 7% | $3,200 | ||
44Journal of ZoologyWiley · United Kingdom | 1.27Q1 | 1.82 0.36 up from 2005 | 426 | 16% | $4,430 | ||
45EcoscienceTaylor & Francis · Canada | 1.26Q1 | 1.42 0.03 up from 2005 | 175 | 4% | — | ||
46Journal of Experimental BiologyThe Company of Biologists · United Kingdom | 1.20Q1 | 2.31 0.10 up from 2005 | 1,770 | 36% | — | ||
47Journal of LimnologyOAPAGEPress (Italy) · Italy | 1.19Q1 | 2.02 0.81 up from 2005 | 85 | 100% | $647 | ||
48Canadian Journal of ZoologyNRC Research Press · Canada | 1.17Q1 | 1.76 0.35 up from 2005 | 626 | 10% | — | ||
49Isotopes in Environmental and Health StudiesTaylor & Francis · Switzerland | 1.17Q1 | 1.24 0.32 down from 2005 | 104 | 5% | — | ||
50IbisWiley · United Kingdom | 1.16Q2 | 1.91 0.61 up from 2005 | 319 | 20% | $4,480 |
Subfields of Environmental Science, with Ecology highlighted.
- Ecology193
- Global and Planetary Change105
- Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis56
- Water Science and Technology46
- Nature and Landscape Conservation45
- Pollution35
- Environmental Engineering30
- Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law29
- Waste Management and Disposal12
- Environmental Chemistry10
- Ecological Modeling4
Journals
Citations made in 2006. Corpus-wide, 71.3% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
70 additional Ecology journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2003–2005, at least 80% of them with a subfield, and a positive world-average expectation. Ranks are within the whole category; filters hide rows without re-ranking. OJR excludes self-citations.
At a glance
Indicator year: 2006. Publication window: 2003–2005. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 193
- Window papers (baseline)
- 54,383 +10.8% from indicator year 2003
- Median OJR
- 0.73 +15.9% from indicator year 2003
- Rising journals (2025)
- 18
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2003–2005 in all journals of the world-average baseline, including non-core journals, counted by each paper’s own subfield. They are not the papers of the ranked journals alone.
| Measure | Year series | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ranked journals | 147 | 164 | 175 | 182 | 188 | 194 | 193 | 205 | 221 | 232 | 235 | 248 | 249 | 258 | 261 | 273 | 276 | 274 | 274 | 269 | 276 | 279 | 295 | 296 | 288 | 285 | |
| Window papers (baseline) | 34,254 | 41,682 | 44,762 | 49,088 | 47,455 | 50,630 | 54,383 | 60,221 | 66,252 | 72,124 | 77,093 | 82,207 | 86,067 | 90,052 | 94,017 | 98,126 | 99,678 | 101,371 | 102,738 | 106,059 | 108,848 | 114,234 | 123,053 | 131,302 | 140,427 | 146,313 | |
| Median OJR | 0.59 | 0.6292 | 0.638 | 0.6289 | 0.61 | 0.643 | 0.73 | 0.736 | 0.75 | 0.737 | 0.76 | 0.809 | 0.811 | 0.84 | 0.805 | 0.80 | 0.79 | 0.810 | 0.77 | 0.72 | 0.71 | 0.68 | 0.62 | 0.642 | 0.65 | 0.67 |
How to read these rankings
- OJR, the OpenJournalRank Indicator
- A field-normalized 3-year citation impact, computed from OpenAlex with the NCI3 method. It divides the citations a journal’s papers received by the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so 1.00 is the world average and 2.00 means twice as many citations as expected. Because it is normalized, it can be compared across fields. Read the methodology
- Quartiles
- Q1 to Q4 split the ranked journals of the list you are viewing into four equal groups by OJR. A journal’s quartile depends on the list: the same journal can be Q1 in its subfield and Q2 among all journals.
- Impact factor (2-year)
- Citations per paper over a two-year window, counted from OpenAlex. It is easy to compare with familiar impact factors but is not field-normalized, so compare it only within a field. It is not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. Why it differs from the Journal Impact Factor
- Rank ranges
- Each rank in the latest year carries a likely range from 1,000 resamples of the journal’s papers. Where two journals’ ranges overlap, the data cannot tell them apart, so treat neighbouring ranks as ties.