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SCImago
Q1
SJR
0.823
CiteScore
4.8
Categories
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Environmental Science (miscellaneous)
Areas
Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Environmental Science
Years of issue
2001-2023
journal names
BMC Ecology
Publications
609
Citations
19 724
h-index
64
Publications
69
Citations
11 510

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PLoS ONE
578 citations, 2.93%
Scientific Reports
422 citations, 2.14%
Ecology and Evolution
371 citations, 1.88%
Molecular Ecology
204 citations, 1.03%
Science of the Total Environment
177 citations, 0.9%
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
167 citations, 0.85%
PeerJ
154 citations, 0.78%
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
146 citations, 0.74%
Insects
131 citations, 0.66%
Diversity
123 citations, 0.62%
Oecologia
122 citations, 0.62%
Forest Ecology and Management
122 citations, 0.62%
Frontiers in Marine Science
118 citations, 0.6%
Oikos
116 citations, 0.59%
Biological Conservation
111 citations, 0.56%
Ecological Indicators
109 citations, 0.55%
Animal Behaviour
106 citations, 0.54%
Global Ecology and Conservation
106 citations, 0.54%
BMC Ecology
105 citations, 0.53%
Ecosphere
103 citations, 0.52%
Journal of Animal Ecology
99 citations, 0.5%
Forests
95 citations, 0.48%
Animals
94 citations, 0.48%
Plants
94 citations, 0.48%
Frontiers in Plant Science
91 citations, 0.46%
Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
87 citations, 0.44%
Molecular Ecology Resources
83 citations, 0.42%
Parasites and Vectors
82 citations, 0.42%
Frontiers in Microbiology
81 citations, 0.41%
Marine Pollution Bulletin
75 citations, 0.38%
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
74 citations, 0.38%
Ecology
73 citations, 0.37%
Biodiversity and Conservation
73 citations, 0.37%
Functional Ecology
72 citations, 0.37%
Sustainability
69 citations, 0.35%
Malaria Journal
68 citations, 0.34%
Ecological Entomology
68 citations, 0.34%
Ecology Letters
67 citations, 0.34%
Behavioral Ecology
64 citations, 0.32%
Biological Invasions
62 citations, 0.31%
Royal Society Open Science
61 citations, 0.31%
Marine Ecology - Progress Series
60 citations, 0.3%
Remote Sensing
60 citations, 0.3%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
59 citations, 0.3%
BMC Ecology and Evolution
58 citations, 0.29%
Ecography
57 citations, 0.29%
Journal of Mammalogy
57 citations, 0.29%
Journal of Ecology
56 citations, 0.28%
Global Change Biology
55 citations, 0.28%
Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment
54 citations, 0.27%
New Phytologist
53 citations, 0.27%
Applied Soil Ecology
52 citations, 0.26%
Journal of Evolutionary Biology
52 citations, 0.26%
European Journal of Wildlife Research
52 citations, 0.26%
Polar Biology
50 citations, 0.25%
Basic and Applied Ecology
50 citations, 0.25%
Journal of Biogeography
50 citations, 0.25%
Plant and Soil
49 citations, 0.25%
Journal of Experimental Biology
47 citations, 0.24%
Ecological Modelling
46 citations, 0.23%
Hydrobiologia
45 citations, 0.23%
Biological Reviews
45 citations, 0.23%
Biological Journal of the Linnean Society
43 citations, 0.22%
Evolution; international journal of organic evolution
42 citations, 0.21%
Agronomy
42 citations, 0.21%
Acta Oecologica
42 citations, 0.21%
BMC Evolutionary Biology
42 citations, 0.21%
Landscape Ecology
42 citations, 0.21%
ZooKeys
41 citations, 0.21%
Pest Management Science
40 citations, 0.2%
Journal of Environmental Management
40 citations, 0.2%
Journal of Ornithology
39 citations, 0.2%
Urban Ecosystems
38 citations, 0.19%
Journal of Avian Biology
37 citations, 0.19%
Arthropod-Plant Interactions
37 citations, 0.19%
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
37 citations, 0.19%
Current Opinion in Insect Science
37 citations, 0.19%
Canadian Journal of Zoology
37 citations, 0.19%
Biology
37 citations, 0.19%
Biotropica
37 citations, 0.19%
American Journal of Primatology
36 citations, 0.18%
Viruses
36 citations, 0.18%
Diversity and Distributions
36 citations, 0.18%
Microorganisms
36 citations, 0.18%
Microbial Ecology
36 citations, 0.18%
Conservation Genetics
36 citations, 0.18%
Zootaxa
35 citations, 0.18%
Marine Environmental Research
35 citations, 0.18%
Ethology
35 citations, 0.18%
Insect Conservation and Diversity
35 citations, 0.18%
Austral Ecology
35 citations, 0.18%
Biodiversity Data Journal
34 citations, 0.17%
Acta Tropica
34 citations, 0.17%
BMC Genomics
34 citations, 0.17%
Environmental Entomology
34 citations, 0.17%
Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science
33 citations, 0.17%
Journal of Economic Entomology
32 citations, 0.16%
Nature Communications
32 citations, 0.16%
Journal of Applied Ecology
32 citations, 0.16%
Marine Biology
32 citations, 0.16%
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Springer Nature
3986 citations, 20.21%
Wiley
3698 citations, 18.75%
Elsevier
3565 citations, 18.07%
MDPI
1324 citations, 6.71%
Oxford University Press
788 citations, 4%
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
782 citations, 3.96%
Frontiers Media S.A.
685 citations, 3.47%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
659 citations, 3.34%
Taylor & Francis
441 citations, 2.24%
The Royal Society
346 citations, 1.75%
Cambridge University Press
319 citations, 1.62%
Pensoft Publishers
184 citations, 0.93%
PeerJ
160 citations, 0.81%
Canadian Science Publishing
117 citations, 0.59%
CSIRO Publishing
102 citations, 0.52%
Inter-Research Science Center
100 citations, 0.51%
University of Chicago Press
88 citations, 0.45%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
83 citations, 0.42%
American Society for Microbiology
81 citations, 0.41%
Magnolia Press
66 citations, 0.33%
Annual Reviews
64 citations, 0.32%
Pleiades Publishing
60 citations, 0.3%
American Chemical Society (ACS)
59 citations, 0.3%
The Company of Biologists
56 citations, 0.28%
IOP Publishing
50 citations, 0.25%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
47 citations, 0.24%
Walter de Gruyter
45 citations, 0.23%
Entomological Society of America
44 citations, 0.22%
SAGE
43 citations, 0.22%
Copernicus
42 citations, 0.21%
Hindawi Limited
39 citations, 0.2%
Brill
38 citations, 0.19%
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
36 citations, 0.18%
eLife Sciences Publications
29 citations, 0.15%
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
28 citations, 0.14%
SciELO
27 citations, 0.14%
Research Square Platform LLC
26 citations, 0.13%
IntechOpen
18 citations, 0.09%
American Geophysical Union
17 citations, 0.09%
Museum and Institute of Zoology at the Polish Academy of Sciences
17 citations, 0.09%
IGI Global
17 citations, 0.09%
Mary Ann Liebert
16 citations, 0.08%
Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences
15 citations, 0.08%
Nordic Council for Wildlife Research
14 citations, 0.07%
American Ornithologists' Union
14 citations, 0.07%
EDP Sciences
13 citations, 0.07%
Society of Nematologists
13 citations, 0.07%
Microbiology Society
12 citations, 0.06%
American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
12 citations, 0.06%
King Saud University
11 citations, 0.06%
Finnish Zoological and Botanical Publishing Board
11 citations, 0.06%
Humboldt Field Research Institute
11 citations, 0.06%
Scientific Societies
11 citations, 0.06%
AIP Publishing
10 citations, 0.05%
S. Karger AG
10 citations, 0.05%
Akademiai Kiado
10 citations, 0.05%
Northeast Forestry University
9 citations, 0.05%
Academic Journals
9 citations, 0.05%
Science Alert
9 citations, 0.05%
National Inquiry Services Center (NISC)
9 citations, 0.05%
Raptor Research Foundation, Inc.
8 citations, 0.04%
Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz
8 citations, 0.04%
Herpetologists League
8 citations, 0.04%
University of Colorado
8 citations, 0.04%
Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles
8 citations, 0.04%
Ecological Society of China
8 citations, 0.04%
National Research Council Canada
8 citations, 0.04%
Scientific Research Publishing
8 citations, 0.04%
F1000 Research
8 citations, 0.04%
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
8 citations, 0.04%
Florida Entomologist Society
7 citations, 0.04%
Mammalogical Society of Japan
7 citations, 0.04%
International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS)
7 citations, 0.04%
American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists
7 citations, 0.04%
Zoological Society of Japan
7 citations, 0.04%
OpenEdition
7 citations, 0.04%
American Society of Parasitologists
7 citations, 0.04%
Emerald
6 citations, 0.03%
Brazilian Association for Ecological Science and Conservation
6 citations, 0.03%
American Association of Zoo Veterinarians
6 citations, 0.03%
Ubiquity Press
6 citations, 0.03%
Eco-Vector LLC
5 citations, 0.03%
CAB International
5 citations, 0.03%
Sociedade Brasileira de Zoologia
5 citations, 0.03%
International Association for Great Lakes Research
5 citations, 0.03%
SPIE-Intl Soc Optical Eng
5 citations, 0.03%
Italian Society of Sivilculture and Forest Ecology (SISEF)
5 citations, 0.03%
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
4 citations, 0.02%
Bentham Science Publishers Ltd.
4 citations, 0.02%
Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France
4 citations, 0.02%
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
4 citations, 0.02%
Wilson Ornithological Society
4 citations, 0.02%
Altai State University
4 citations, 0.02%
American Entomological Society
4 citations, 0.02%
Wageningen Academic Publishers
4 citations, 0.02%
Torrey Botanical Society
4 citations, 0.02%
Wildlife Disease Association
4 citations, 0.02%
Staatliche Naturhistorische Sammlungen Dresden
4 citations, 0.02%
The Russian Academy of Sciences
4 citations, 0.02%
Mammal Research Institute
4 citations, 0.02%
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Aarhus University
18 publications, 2.96%
University of Göttingen
12 publications, 1.97%
University of Guelph
12 publications, 1.97%
Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle
12 publications, 1.97%
University of Copenhagen
11 publications, 1.81%
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
11 publications, 1.81%
University of Potsdam
11 publications, 1.81%
Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg
10 publications, 1.64%
University of Victoria
10 publications, 1.64%
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
9 publications, 1.48%
Julius Maximilian University of Würzburg
9 publications, 1.48%
University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna
9 publications, 1.48%
University of Helsinki
8 publications, 1.31%
University of Zurich
8 publications, 1.31%
Pennsylvania State University
8 publications, 1.31%
Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier
8 publications, 1.31%
University of Liège
7 publications, 1.15%
University of Jyväskylä
7 publications, 1.15%
University of California, Berkeley
7 publications, 1.15%
University of California, Davis
7 publications, 1.15%
Bielefeld University
7 publications, 1.15%
German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research
7 publications, 1.15%
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
6 publications, 0.99%
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
6 publications, 0.99%
University of Lisbon
6 publications, 0.99%
University of Gothenburg
6 publications, 0.99%
University of Bern
6 publications, 0.99%
Western Sydney University
6 publications, 0.99%
University of Oxford
6 publications, 0.99%
University of Oslo
6 publications, 0.99%
University of Regensburg
6 publications, 0.99%
University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover
6 publications, 0.99%
Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute
6 publications, 0.99%
University of Toronto
6 publications, 0.99%
University of Calgary
6 publications, 0.99%
University of Alberta
6 publications, 0.99%
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
6 publications, 0.99%
Uppsala University
5 publications, 0.82%
Stockholm University
5 publications, 0.82%
Imperial College London
5 publications, 0.82%
Sorbonne University
5 publications, 0.82%
Cornell University
5 publications, 0.82%
University of Sydney
5 publications, 0.82%
University of Queensland
5 publications, 0.82%
University of Western Australia
5 publications, 0.82%
University of Cape Town
5 publications, 0.82%
University of Aberdeen
5 publications, 0.82%
University of Notre Dame
5 publications, 0.82%
Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology
5 publications, 0.82%
University of St Andrews
5 publications, 0.82%
Simon Fraser University
5 publications, 0.82%
Justus Liebig University Giessen
5 publications, 0.82%
University of Konstanz
5 publications, 0.82%
University of Florida
5 publications, 0.82%
University of Montpellier
5 publications, 0.82%
Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1
5 publications, 0.82%
Tel Aviv University
4 publications, 0.66%
ETH Zurich
4 publications, 0.66%
University of Lausanne
4 publications, 0.66%
China Agricultural University
4 publications, 0.66%
University of Oulu
4 publications, 0.66%
University of Eastern Finland
4 publications, 0.66%
University College London
4 publications, 0.66%
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
4 publications, 0.66%
China West Normal University
4 publications, 0.66%
Norwegian University of Life Sciences
4 publications, 0.66%
Northwest University
4 publications, 0.66%
Norwegian Institute for Nature Research
4 publications, 0.66%
University of Auckland
4 publications, 0.66%
Stellenbosch University
4 publications, 0.66%
University of Pretoria
4 publications, 0.66%
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
4 publications, 0.66%
McGill University
4 publications, 0.66%
University of British Columbia
4 publications, 0.66%
Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg
4 publications, 0.66%
Indiana University Columbus
4 publications, 0.66%
Addis Ababa University
4 publications, 0.66%
Wageningen University and Research Centre
4 publications, 0.66%
Carleton University
4 publications, 0.66%
University of Reading
4 publications, 0.66%
Institut Agro Montpellier
4 publications, 0.66%
Agricultural Research Service
4 publications, 0.66%
University of Tübingen
3 publications, 0.49%
University of Strasbourg
3 publications, 0.49%
Free University of Berlin
3 publications, 0.49%
Nanjing Forestry University
3 publications, 0.49%
University of Basel
3 publications, 0.49%
University of Turku
3 publications, 0.49%
University of Bergen
3 publications, 0.49%
University of Edinburgh
3 publications, 0.49%
Universite Libre de Bruxelles
3 publications, 0.49%
University of Florence
3 publications, 0.49%
Iowa State University
3 publications, 0.49%
University of Antananarivo
3 publications, 0.49%
Stanford University
3 publications, 0.49%
University of Mahajanga
3 publications, 0.49%
Arizona State University
3 publications, 0.49%
Northwest A&F University
3 publications, 0.49%
University of Texas at Austin
3 publications, 0.49%
University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna
3 publications, 0.49%
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USA, 152, 24.96%
USA
152 publications, 24.96%
Germany, 131, 21.51%
Germany
131 publications, 21.51%
United Kingdom, 65, 10.67%
United Kingdom
65 publications, 10.67%
France, 63, 10.34%
France
63 publications, 10.34%
Canada, 63, 10.34%
Canada
63 publications, 10.34%
China, 54, 8.87%
China
54 publications, 8.87%
Switzerland, 36, 5.91%
Switzerland
36 publications, 5.91%
Australia, 31, 5.09%
Australia
31 publications, 5.09%
Sweden, 27, 4.43%
Sweden
27 publications, 4.43%
Denmark, 26, 4.27%
Denmark
26 publications, 4.27%
Belgium, 22, 3.61%
Belgium
22 publications, 3.61%
Norway, 22, 3.61%
Norway
22 publications, 3.61%
Japan, 22, 3.61%
Japan
22 publications, 3.61%
Finland, 20, 3.28%
Finland
20 publications, 3.28%
South Africa, 20, 3.28%
South Africa
20 publications, 3.28%
Spain, 17, 2.79%
Spain
17 publications, 2.79%
Austria, 16, 2.63%
Austria
16 publications, 2.63%
Italy, 15, 2.46%
Italy
15 publications, 2.46%
Portugal, 14, 2.3%
Portugal
14 publications, 2.3%
India, 13, 2.13%
India
13 publications, 2.13%
Netherlands, 13, 2.13%
Netherlands
13 publications, 2.13%
Brazil, 10, 1.64%
Brazil
10 publications, 1.64%
Israel, 8, 1.31%
Israel
8 publications, 1.31%
New Zealand, 8, 1.31%
New Zealand
8 publications, 1.31%
Madagascar, 7, 1.15%
Madagascar
7 publications, 1.15%
Poland, 7, 1.15%
Poland
7 publications, 1.15%
Ethiopia, 7, 1.15%
Ethiopia
7 publications, 1.15%
Russia, 6, 0.99%
Russia
6 publications, 0.99%
Cameroon, 6, 0.99%
Cameroon
6 publications, 0.99%
Czech Republic, 6, 0.99%
Czech Republic
6 publications, 0.99%
Argentina, 5, 0.82%
Argentina
5 publications, 0.82%
Greece, 5, 0.82%
Greece
5 publications, 0.82%
Iran, 5, 0.82%
Iran
5 publications, 0.82%
Nepal, 4, 0.66%
Nepal
4 publications, 0.66%
Ireland, 3, 0.49%
Ireland
3 publications, 0.49%
Kenya, 3, 0.49%
Kenya
3 publications, 0.49%
Morocco, 3, 0.49%
Morocco
3 publications, 0.49%
Panama, 3, 0.49%
Panama
3 publications, 0.49%
Saudi Arabia, 3, 0.49%
Saudi Arabia
3 publications, 0.49%
Thailand, 3, 0.49%
Thailand
3 publications, 0.49%
Ecuador, 3, 0.49%
Ecuador
3 publications, 0.49%
Estonia, 2, 0.33%
Estonia
2 publications, 0.33%
Albania, 2, 0.33%
Albania
2 publications, 0.33%
Burkina Faso, 2, 0.33%
Burkina Faso
2 publications, 0.33%
Hungary, 2, 0.33%
Hungary
2 publications, 0.33%
Greenland, 2, 0.33%
Greenland
2 publications, 0.33%
Malaysia, 2, 0.33%
Malaysia
2 publications, 0.33%
Mexico, 2, 0.33%
Mexico
2 publications, 0.33%
Nigeria, 2, 0.33%
Nigeria
2 publications, 0.33%
Peru, 2, 0.33%
Peru
2 publications, 0.33%
Senegal, 2, 0.33%
Senegal
2 publications, 0.33%
Syria, 2, 0.33%
Syria
2 publications, 0.33%
Philippines, 2, 0.33%
Philippines
2 publications, 0.33%
French Guiana, 2, 0.33%
French Guiana
2 publications, 0.33%
Chile, 2, 0.33%
Chile
2 publications, 0.33%
Sri Lanka, 2, 0.33%
Sri Lanka
2 publications, 0.33%
Kazakhstan, 1, 0.16%
Kazakhstan
1 publication, 0.16%
Ukraine, 1, 0.16%
Ukraine
1 publication, 0.16%
Bangladesh, 1, 0.16%
Bangladesh
1 publication, 0.16%
Benin, 1, 0.16%
Benin
1 publication, 0.16%
Bulgaria, 1, 0.16%
Bulgaria
1 publication, 0.16%
Bolivia, 1, 0.16%
Bolivia
1 publication, 0.16%
Brunei, 1, 0.16%
Brunei
1 publication, 0.16%
Bhutan, 1, 0.16%
Bhutan
1 publication, 0.16%
Venezuela, 1, 0.16%
Venezuela
1 publication, 0.16%
Ghana, 1, 0.16%
Ghana
1 publication, 0.16%
Georgia, 1, 0.16%
Georgia
1 publication, 0.16%
Egypt, 1, 0.16%
Egypt
1 publication, 0.16%
Zimbabwe, 1, 0.16%
Zimbabwe
1 publication, 0.16%
Indonesia, 1, 0.16%
Indonesia
1 publication, 0.16%
Jordan, 1, 0.16%
Jordan
1 publication, 0.16%
Cyprus, 1, 0.16%
Cyprus
1 publication, 0.16%
Democratic Republic of the Congo, 1, 0.16%
Democratic Republic of the Congo
1 publication, 0.16%
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1 publication, 0.16%
Namibia, 1, 0.16%
Namibia
1 publication, 0.16%
New Caledonia, 1, 0.16%
New Caledonia
1 publication, 0.16%
UAE, 1, 0.16%
UAE
1 publication, 0.16%
Palestine, 1, 0.16%
Palestine
1 publication, 0.16%
Papua New Guinea, 1, 0.16%
Papua New Guinea
1 publication, 0.16%
Puerto Rico, 1, 0.16%
Puerto Rico
1 publication, 0.16%
Republic of Korea, 1, 0.16%
Republic of Korea
1 publication, 0.16%
Reunion, 1, 0.16%
Reunion
1 publication, 0.16%
Rwanda, 1, 0.16%
Rwanda
1 publication, 0.16%
Romania, 1, 0.16%
Romania
1 publication, 0.16%
Serbia, 1, 0.16%
Serbia
1 publication, 0.16%
Singapore, 1, 0.16%
Singapore
1 publication, 0.16%
Slovenia, 1, 0.16%
Slovenia
1 publication, 0.16%
Tanzania, 1, 0.16%
Tanzania
1 publication, 0.16%
Tunisia, 1, 0.16%
Tunisia
1 publication, 0.16%
Uruguay, 1, 0.16%
Uruguay
1 publication, 0.16%
French Polynesia, 1, 0.16%
French Polynesia
1 publication, 0.16%
Croatia, 1, 0.16%
Croatia
1 publication, 0.16%
Kosovo, 1, 0.16%
Kosovo
1 publication, 0.16%
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