JOURNAL RANKINGS WITHIN SUBJECT CATEGORIES

from Journal Citation Reports, Scientific Citation Index 1995, 1996, 1997.
Impact factor - shows a journal's standing within its field
Self cited rate - shows how often a journal is cited by itself as a percentage of its total citations.
(highest citer of itself = 1, second highest citer = 2)
JOURNAL 2001 Impact Factor 1997 Impact Factor 1996 Impact Factor 1995 Impact Factor Self Cited Rate (1995)
Acoustics
J.A.S.A. 1.440 1.166 1.280 1.125 0.41 (1)
Behavioural Sciences
Behav. Ecol. and Sociobiol. 2.353 2.327 1.721 1.866 0.11 (2)
Behavioural Ecology 2.424 2.023 2.124 2.441 -
Animal Behaviour 2.483 1.795 1.661 0.21 (1)
Ethology 1.373 1.178 0.899 0.890 0.10 (2)
Behaviour 1.000 1.090 1.000 1.110 0.07 (2)
Cell Biology
Cell 29.219 37.297 40.997 40.481 -
Biology
Proc. Roy. Soc. London, B 3.192 2.873 2.867 2.589 0.04(1)
Phil. Trans. Royal Society, B 3.066 2.512 2.832 2.281
Evolutionary Biology 0.706 2.000 3.000 3.300 0.02 (8)
J. Experimental Biology 2.478 1.948 1.829
J. Evolutionary Biology 2.673 1.904 2.022 1.852 0.06 (2)
Evolutionary Ecology 0.733 1.830 1.850 1.688 0.07 (1)
Polar Biology 1.133 1.363 1.122 1.331 0.23 (1)
Biological Bulletin 1.071 0.945 1.166 1.013 0.06 (1)
Ecology
Trends in Ecology and Evolution 10.508 6.678 6.252 4.439 0.08 (1)
Ecology 3.704 3.139 3.438 3.131 0.09 (1)
Journal of Ecology 2.291 2.837 3.040 2.019 0.12 (1)
Journal of Animal Ecology 3.312 2.801 3.253
Ecological Applications 3.335 2.180 2.378
Wildlife Monographs 5.250 2.000 2.000 5.400 -
Marine Ecology Progress Series 1.903 1.923 2.124 1.949 0.20 (1)
Journal of Evolutionary Biology 2.673 1.904 2.022 1.852 0.06 (2)
Oikos 2.499 1.860 2.028 1.942 0.09 (1)
Oecologia 2.474 1.854 1.962 1.569 0.08 (1)
Polar Biology 1.133 1.363 1.122 1.331 0.23 (1)
Canadian Field Naturalist 0.225 0.210 0.060 -
Environmental Sciences
Conservation Biology 2.783 1.832 2.189 2.004 0.26 (1)
Marine Pollution Bulletin 1.181 1.699 1.023 0.911 0.25 (1)
Chemosphere 1.181 1.145 1.204 1.334 0.20 (1)
Ambio 1.449 1.123 1.492 1.621 0.09 (1)
Biological Conservation 1.689 1.108 1.258 1.175 0.16 (1)
Marine Environmental Research 0.905 1.029 1.160 1.522 0.08 (2)
Science of the Total Environment 1.396 0.947 0.795
Genetics and Heredity
Trends in Ecology and Evolution 10.508 6.678 6.252 4.439 0.08 (1)
Journal of Molecular Evolution 4.011 3.181 3.052 3.519 0.16 (1)
Evolution 3.740 2.715 3.203 2.540
Journal of Heredity 1.119 2.006 1.443 1.192 0.05 (2)
Evolutionary Biology 0.706 2.000 3.000 3.300 0.07 (1)
Journal of Evolutionary Biology 2.673 1.904 2.022 1.852 0.06 (2)
Heredity 2.297 1.894 2.014 1.815 0.11 (1)
Evolutionary Ecology 0.733 1.830 1.850
Marine and Freshwater Biology
Marine Ecology Progress Series 1.903 1.923 2.124 1.949 0.20 (1)
Marine Pollution Bulletin 1.181 1.699 1.023 0.911 0.25 (1)
Marine Biology 1.473 1.335 1.580 1.288 0.10 (2)
Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 1.658 1.324 1.346 1.272 0.17 (1)
Ices Journal of Marine Sciences 1.079 0.933 1.082 0.840 0.24 (1)
J. Mar. Biol. Ass. UK 0.825 0.757 1.114
Marine Mammal Science 1.121 0.543 0.402 0.632 0.20 (1)
Zoology
American Naturalist 4.317 2.903 3.525
Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 2.353 2.327 1.721 1.866 0.11 (2)
Behavioural Ecology 2.424 2.023 2.124 2.441 -
Wildlife Monographs 5.250 2.000 2.000 5.400 -
Animal Behaviour 2.483 1.897 1.795 1.661 0.21 (1)
Oikos 2.499 1.860 2.028 1.942 0.09 (1)
Behaviour 1.000 1.090 1.000 1.110 0.07 (2)
Mammal Review 1.081 1.037 0.481 0.708 0.10 (1)
Journal of Mammalogy 1.735 0.991 0.839 0.622 0.17 (1)
J. Wildlife Management 1.593 0.986 1.075
Canadian Journal of Zoology 1.168 0.975 0.685 0.680 0.09 (1)
Journal of Zoology 1.093 0.852 0.825 0.646 0.11 (1)
Marine Mammal Science 1.121 0.543 0.402 0.632 0.20 (1)
Mammalia 0.323 0.256 0.272 0.257 0.10 (1)
California Fish and Game 0.080 0.157 0.196 0.154 -

Other references

Taylor, Roger. 1981. Is the impact factor a meaningful index for the ranking of scientific research journals? Canadian Field-Naturalist 95(3): 236-240.



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