Journal rankings · indicator year 2008
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Subfield ranking · 2008
Ecology journal rankings 2008
221 ranked journals · Subfield in Environmental Science
Ecology has 221 ranked journals in 2008. The median journal has an OJR of 0.75, below the world average of 1.00, up 0.01 on 2007; Q1 starts at OJR 1.20. The top three are Global Change Biology, The ISME Journal, and Journal of Applied Ecology.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2008. 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 2005–2007, the window the 2008 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)
221 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 2007. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2005–2007, the window the 2008 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2005–2007 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 2008. | Compare |
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1Global Change BiologyWiley · United Kingdom | 5.06Q1 | 6.88 0.49 up from 2007 | 649 | 26% | $4,550 | ||
2The ISME JournalOASpringer Nature · United Kingdom | 4.29Q1 | 5.70no 2007 value | 101 | 18% | $4,153 | — | |
3Journal of Applied EcologyWiley · United Kingdom | 4.18Q1 | 5.05 0.65 down from 2007 | 447 | 58% | $3,610 | ||
4EcologyWiley · United States | 4.10Q1 | 5.51 0.01 up from 2007 | 1,215 | 22% | $3,970 | ||
5Journal of Animal EcologyWiley · United Kingdom | 3.98Q1 | 5.43no change | 416 | 55% | $3,610 | ||
| 3.97Q1 | 3.04 0.43 up from 2007 | 152 | 5% | $3,310 | |||
7Ecological ApplicationsWiley · United States | 3.97Q1 | 5.33 0.21 up from 2007 | 577 | 19% | $3,970 | ||
8Conservation BiologyWiley · United States | 3.40Q1 | 4.38 0.41 up from 2007 | 843 | 16% | $3,400 | ||
9EcosystemsSpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 3.17Q1 | 4.63 1.00 up from 2007 | 290 | 15% | $4,790 | ||
10Biological ConservationElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 3.04Q1 | 4.56 0.76 up from 2007 | 935 | 8% | $3,830 | ||
11Environmental MicrobiologyWiley · United Kingdom | 2.83Q1 | 5.19 0.25 up from 2007 | 780 | 22% | $4,640 | ||
12OecologiaSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 2.83Q1 | 3.45 0.32 down from 2007 | 936 | 20% | $3,790 | ||
13BiogeochemistrySpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 2.66Q1 | 3.82 0.88 up from 2007 | 338 | 7% | $3,390 | ||
14FEMS Microbiology EcologyOAOxford University Press · Netherlands | 2.52Q1 | 4.14 0.72 up from 2007 | 601 | 69% | $3,297 | ||
15Mammal ReviewWiley · United Kingdom | 2.43Q1 | 2.67 1.36 down from 2007 | 61 | 7% | $4,100 | ||
16Austral EcologyWiley · Australia | 2.27Q1 | 2.83 0.19 down from 2007 | 369 | 10% | $3,310 | ||
17Freshwater BiologyWiley · United Kingdom | 2.24Q1 | 3.29 0.03 down from 2007 | 590 | 17% | $4,940 | ||
18Ecological EngineeringElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.21Q1 | 2.35 0.17 up from 2007 | 381 | 3% | $3,910 | ||
19Journal of the North American Benthological SocietyUniversity of Chicago Press · United States | 2.16Q1 | 3.12 0.21 up from 2007 | 244 | 8% | — | ||
20Microbial EcologySpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 2.13Q1 | 3.27 0.19 up from 2007 | 489 | 17% | $4,590 | ||
21Biological InvasionsSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 2.10Q1 | 3.06 0.18 up from 2007 | 410 | 14% | $3,690 | ||
22Marine Ecology Progress SeriesInter-Research · Germany | 2.05Q1 | 3.14 0.11 down from 2007 | 1,884 | 96% | — | ||
23Frontiers in Ecology and the EnvironmentWiley · United States | 2.03Q1 | 3.41 1.64 up from 2007 | 550 | 25% | $3,970 | ||
24Restoration EcologyWiley · United States | 2.01Q1 | 2.68 0.20 down from 2007 | 303 | 8% | $3,300 | ||
25Journal of Agricultural and Environmental EthicsSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 1.91Q1 | 1.84 0.24 up from 2007 | 101 | 10% | $3,090 | ||
26Aquatic Microbial EcologyInter-Research Science Center · Germany | 1.80Q1 | 2.68 0.33 down from 2007 | 342 | 96% | — | ||
27Coral ReefsSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 1.76Q1 | 2.58 0.48 up from 2007 | 374 | 22% | $4,190 | ||
28Animal ConservationWiley · United Kingdom | 1.74Q1 | 2.49 0.26 down from 2007 | 194 | 21% | $4,430 | ||
29Earth Surface Processes and LandformsWiley · United Kingdom | 1.69Q1 | 1.90 0.29 down from 2007 | 471 | 26% | $5,330 | ||
30EcoscienceTaylor & Francis · Canada | 1.65Q1 | 1.71 0.18 down from 2007 | 191 | 7% | — | ||
31Integrative and Comparative BiologyOxford University Press · United States | 1.65Q1 | 2.85 1.13 down from 2007 | 345 | 37% | $4,243 | ||
32Endangered Species ResearchOAInter-Research · Germany | 1.60Q1 | 2.58 1.67 up from 2007 | 67 | 73% | $1,671 | ||
33Ecological InformaticsOAElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.59Q1 | 1.68 0.23 up from 2007 | 91 | 12% | $2,770 | ||
34Journal of Arid EnvironmentsElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.58Q1 | 1.70no change | 587 | 12% | $3,200 | ||
35Saline SystemsBioMed Central · United Kingdom | 1.51Q1 | 2.05 1.40 down from 2007 | 33 | 100% | — | ||
36Estuaries and CoastsSpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 1.45Q1 | 2.13 0.29 up from 2007 | 239 | 15% | $2,490 | ||
37Journal of Wildlife ManagementWiley · United States | 1.45Q1 | 1.99 0.17 down from 2007 | 800 | 3% | $4,270 | ||
38Biodiversity and ConservationSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 1.44Q1 | 2.13 0.40 up from 2007 | 798 | 17% | $3,990 | ||
39Urban EcosystemsSpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 1.42Q1 | 1.77 0.37 up from 2007 | 83 | 3% | $3,990 | ||
40Marine BiologySpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 1.41Q1 | 2.15 0.06 up from 2007 | 988 | 14% | $3,790 | ||
41Journal of Experimental BiologyThe Company of Biologists · United Kingdom | 1.39Q1 | 2.63 0.03 down from 2007 | 1,868 | 44% | — | ||
42Journal of Avian BiologyOAWiley · Denmark | 1.38Q1 | 1.91 0.28 down from 2007 | 349 | 17% | $2,860 | ||
43Population EcologyWiley · Japan | 1.37Q1 | 1.62 0.16 up from 2007 | 133 | 15% | $3,000 | ||
44Journal of Hydraulic EngineeringAmerican Society of Civil Engineers · United States | 1.35Q1 | 1.31 0.25 up from 2007 | 497 | 4% | — | ||
45Biological BulletinMarine Biological Laboratory (MBL) · United States | 1.34Q1 | 2.31 0.12 up from 2007 | 183 | 7% | — | ||
46Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater EcosystemsWiley · United Kingdom | 1.33Q1 | 1.89 0.06 down from 2007 | 234 | 23% | $4,730 | ||
47IbisWiley · United Kingdom | 1.32Q1 | 1.87 0.49 up from 2007 | 384 | 20% | $4,480 | ||
48Ornithological MonographsUnited States | 1.32Q1 | 2.18 0.65 up from 2007 | 61 | 0% | — | ||
49ParasitologyOACambridge University Press · United Kingdom | 1.32Q1 | 2.50 0.12 up from 2007 | 563 | 22% | $3,550 | ||
50Journal of ZoologyWiley · United Kingdom | 1.27Q1 | 1.80 0.09 down from 2007 | 505 | 21% | $4,430 |
Subfields of Environmental Science, with Ecology highlighted.
- Ecology221
- Global and Planetary Change114
- Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis56
- Nature and Landscape Conservation51
- Water Science and Technology49
- Pollution39
- Environmental Engineering32
- Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law32
- Waste Management and Disposal12
- Environmental Chemistry11
- Ecological Modeling4
Journals
Citations made in 2008. Corpus-wide, 71.1% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
67 additional Ecology journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2005–2007, 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: 2008. Publication window: 2005–2007. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 221
- Window papers (baseline)
- 66,252 +30.9% from indicator year 2005
- Median OJR
- 0.75 +16.3% from indicator year 2005
- Rising journals (2025)
- 18
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2005–2007 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.