350 established journals publish at least 20 % of their articles in Ecology. 173 of them are fully open access, and at least 7 of those charge authors nothing (diamond open access). Where open-access journals charge a fee, the median is 2 342 USD. Highest recent citation rates: Microbiome, Nature Food, The ISME Journal.
350 journals
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| Wildlife BiologyBioOne | 84 % | 74 | 2.07 | 84 | 2 420 USD |
| Movement EcologyBioMed Central | 68 % | 76 | 3.48 | 66 | 2 790 USD |
| Biological ConservationElsevier BV | 44 % | 455 | 4.58 | 326 | Subscription; open access option 3 830 USD |
| Journal of Wildlife ManagementWiley | 82 % | 189 | 1.27 | 232 | Subscription; open access option 4 270 USD |
| Wildlife ResearchCSIRO Publishing | 72 % | 92 | 2.16 | 111 | Subscription |
| Environmental DNAWiley | 50 % | 138 | 4.42 | 67 | 2 880 USD |
| European Journal of Wildlife ResearchSpringer Science+Business Media | 70 % | 120 | 1.85 | 78 | Subscription; open access option 2 790 USD |
| The ISME JournalSpringer Nature | 33 % | 258 | 10.72 | 305 | 4 153 USD |
| Wildlife Society BulletinPublisher unknown | 80 % | 104 | 1.30 | 54 | 2 200 USD |
| Journal of Animal EcologyWiley | 49 % | 241 | 2.81 | 314 | Subscription; open access option 3 610 USD |
| Bird StudyTaylor & Francis | 73 % | 35 | 2.95 | 74 | Subscription |
| ArdeaPublisher unknown | 68 % | 31 | 3.73 | 56 | Subscription |
| Global Ecology and ConservationElsevier BV | 41 % | 518 | 2.89 | 104 | 2 980 USD |
| EcosphereWiley | 41 % | 440 | 3.09 | 126 | 2 430 USD |
| Bird Conservation InternationalCambridge University Press | 69 % | 46 | 2.32 | 67 | Subscription; open access option 3 550 USD |
| Mammal ReviewWiley | 61 % | 40 | 3.46 | 122 | Subscription; open access option 4 100 USD |
| Journal of Applied EcologyWiley | 37 % | 276 | 4.39 | 318 | Subscription; open access option 3 610 USD |
| Journal of Avian BiologyWiley | 53 % | 76 | 3.31 | 108 | 2 860 USD |
| WetlandsSpringer Science+Business Media | 54 % | 124 | 2.28 | 126 | Subscription; open access option 3 890 USD |
| Journal of MammalogyOxford University Press | 53 % | 137 | 2.20 | 182 | Subscription; open access option 2 988 USD |
| Frontiers in Conservation ScienceFrontiers Media | 48 % | 126 | 2.99 | 30 | 2 353 USD |
| Methods in Ecology and EvolutionWiley | 36 % | 253 | 4.60 | 229 | 3 500 USD |
| Ecology and EvolutionWiley | 32 % | 1 486 | 2.67 | 142 | 2 570 USD |
| Animal ConservationWiley | 53 % | 88 | 2.47 | 123 | Subscription; open access option 4 430 USD |
| ISME CommunicationsSpringer Nature | 38 % | 155 | 4.78 | 52 | 2 611 USD |
| Landscape EcologySpringer Science+Business Media | 33 % | 222 | 5.56 | 199 | Subscription; open access option 4 390 USD |
| Journal für OrnithologieSpringer Science+Business Media | 57 % | 102 | 1.87 | 84 | Subscription; open access option 3 990 USD |
| Rangeland Ecology & ManagementElsevier BV | 43 % | 123 | 3.34 | 88 | Subscription; open access option 2 730 USD |
| Remote Sensing in Ecology and ConservationWiley | 46 % | 64 | 3.93 | 60 | 3 590 USD |
| Avian Researchdiamond OASpringer Science+Business Media | 56 % | 81 | 2.03 | 33 | None (diamond OA) |
| Marine Mammal ScienceWiley | 57 % | 118 | 1.55 | 119 | Subscription; open access option 3 400 USD |
| IbisWiley | 50 % | 119 | 2.08 | 151 | Subscription; open access option 4 480 USD |
| African Journal of EcologyWiley | 56 % | 134 | 1.47 | 104 | Subscription; open access option 3 550 USD |
| Coral ReefsSpringer Science+Business Media | 37 % | 166 | 3.97 | 170 | Subscription; open access option 4 190 USD |
| Ecological Solutions and EvidenceWiley | 46 % | 114 | 2.54 | 33 | 2 330 USD |
| Polar BiologySpringer Science+Business Media | 56 % | 132 | 1.47 | 120 | Subscription; open access option 3 090 USD |
| Environmental MicrobiomeBioMed Central | 35 % | 94 | 6.80 | 44 | 2 590 USD |
| Ecological ApplicationsWiley | 36 % | 206 | 3.65 | 308 | Subscription; open access option 3 970 USD |
| Nature FoodNature Portfolio | 24 % | 213 | 13.47 | 127 | Subscription; open access option 12 690 USD |
| Animal Biodiversity and ConservationNatural Science Museum of Barcelona | 50 % | 26 | 5.52 | 46 | Open access, fee unknown |
| EcographyWiley | 33 % | 154 | 5.11 | 199 | 3 190 USD |
| Avian Conservation and EcologyResilience Alliance | 78 % | 55 | 1.01 | 41 | 800 USD |
| Microbial EcologySpringer Science+Business Media | 32 % | 207 | 4.36 | 196 | Subscription; open access option 4 590 USD |
| MicrobiomeBioMed Central | 21 % | 270 | 15.14 | 230 | 4 990 USD |
| BirdsMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute | 60 % | 43 | 1.95 | 17 | 1 448 USD |
| Ornithological ApplicationsOxford University Press | 60 % | 69 | 1.48 | 149 | Subscription; open access option 3 718 USD |
| Frontiers in Ecology and EvolutionFrontiers Media | 27 % | 820 | 3.29 | 108 | 3 077 USD |
| Freshwater BiologyWiley | 42 % | 192 | 1.98 | 228 | Subscription; open access option 4 940 USD |
| Wetlands Ecology and ManagementSpringer Science+Business Media | 55 % | 68 | 1.73 | 95 | Subscription; open access option 3 090 USD |
| Conservation Science and PracticeSociety for Conservation Biology | 38 % | 252 | 2.21 | 54 | 2 240 USD |
| Conservation PhysiologyOxford University Press | 41 % | 96 | 2.98 | 73 | 2 734 USD |
| Mammal ResearchSpringer Science+Business Media | 61 % | 57 | 1.42 | 36 | Subscription; open access option 3 990 USD |
| Conservation BiologyWiley | 30 % | 201 | 4.51 | 336 | Subscription; open access option 3 400 USD |
| Integrative ZoologyWiley | 43 % | 121 | 2.23 | 61 | Subscription; open access option 3 760 USD |
| INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGYMicrobiology Society | 29 % | 460 | 3.13 | 228 | Subscription |
| FEMS Microbiology EcologyOxford University Press | 28 % | 158 | 5.79 | 225 | 3 297 USD |
| Journal of Experimental BiologyThe Company of Biologists | 30 % | 596 | 2.37 | 281 | Subscription |
| Restoration EcologyWiley | 33 % | 277 | 2.57 | 162 | Subscription; open access option 3 300 USD |
| Endangered Species ResearchInter-Research | 43 % | 76 | 2.47 | 97 | 1 671 USD |
| Mammalian BiologySpringer Science+Business Media | 49 % | 92 | 1.59 | 68 | Subscription; open access option 2 990 USD |
| Journal of Comparative Physiology BSpringer Science+Business Media | 43 % | 62 | 2.74 | 127 | Subscription; open access option 3 890 USD |
| Journal of Field OrnithologyAssociation of Field Ornithologists | 66 % | 42 | 1.24 | 66 | 3 000 USD |
| Metabarcoding and MetagenomicsPensoft Publishers | 50 % | 22 | 3.77 | 32 | 701 USD |
| EcologyWiley | 27 % | 323 | 3.64 | 506 | Subscription; open access option 3 970 USD |
| Environmental MicrobiologyWiley | 28 % | 327 | 3.38 | 271 | Subscription; open access option 4 640 USD |
| Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater EcosystemsWiley | 35 % | 224 | 2.14 | 113 | Subscription; open access option 4 730 USD |
| DiversityMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute | 26 % | 946 | 2.37 | 80 | 2 534 USD |
| Ecological MonographsWiley | 32 % | 55 | 6.54 | 304 | Subscription; open access option 3 970 USD |
| OikosWiley | 32 % | 207 | 2.73 | 295 | Subscription; open access option 3 640 USD |
| Emu - Austral OrnithologyTaylor & Francis | 54 % | 39 | 1.87 | 73 | Subscription |
| UrsusPublisher unknown | 77 % | 19 | 1.30 | 79 | Subscription |
| River Research and ApplicationsWiley | 36 % | 172 | 2.15 | 118 | Subscription; open access option 4 110 USD |
| Journal for Nature ConservationElsevier BV | 32 % | 206 | 2.59 | 82 | Subscription; open access option 2 890 USD |
| Journal of Arid EnvironmentsElsevier BV | 33 % | 168 | 2.55 | 175 | Subscription; open access option 3 200 USD |
| OryxCambridge University Press | 51 % | 185 | 0.92 | 115 | 3 550 USD |
| Functional EcologyWiley | 24 % | 266 | 4.68 | 239 | 3 000 USD |
| Journal of Thermal BiologyElsevier BV | 28 % | 263 | 3.16 | 111 | Subscription; open access option 3 360 USD |
| HydrobiologiaSpringer Science+Business Media | 30 % | 323 | 2.20 | 218 | Subscription; open access option 2 490 USD |
| Royal Society Open ScienceRoyal Society | 22 % | 632 | 4.09 | 129 | 1 471 USD |
| OecologiaSpringer Science+Business Media | 32 % | 209 | 2.38 | 320 | Subscription; open access option 3 790 USD |
| Ocean & Coastal ManagementElsevier BV | 20 % | 410 | 6.10 | 146 | Subscription; open access option 4 350 USD |
| Journal of ZoologyWiley | 40 % | 114 | 1.67 | 173 | Subscription; open access option 4 430 USD |
| Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A Molecular & Integrative PhysiologyElsevier BV | 32 % | 149 | 2.44 | 150 | Subscription; open access option 3 380 USD |
| Pacific Conservation BiologyCSIRO Publishing | 41 % | 65 | 2.04 | 73 | Subscription |
| Ecology LettersWiley | 20 % | 254 | 7.42 | 390 | Subscription; open access option 5 300 USD |
| Food WebsElsevier BV | 52 % | 47 | 1.39 | 44 | Subscription; open access option 2 950 USD |
| Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological SciencesRoyal Society | 20 % | 588 | 4.22 | 398 | Subscription |
| Journal of Urban EcologyUniversity of Oxford | 43 % | 27 | 3.22 | 31 | 1 413 USD |
| Animal BiotelemetryBioMed Central | 43 % | 43 | 2.27 | 49 | 2 390 USD |
| Frontiers in Ecology and the EnvironmentWiley | 29 % | 131 | 3.27 | 251 | Subscription; open access option 3 970 USD |
| Canadian Journal of ZoologyNRC Research Press | 49 % | 100 | 1.03 | 188 | Subscription |
| WaterbirdsThe Waterbird Society | 74 % | 46 | 0.67 | 59 | Subscription |
| Environmental Microbiology ReportsWiley | 28 % | 133 | 3.48 | 109 | Subscription; open access option 3 300 USD |
| Biodiversity and ConservationSpringer Science+Business Media | 25 % | 226 | 3.39 | 193 | Subscription; open access option 3 990 USD |
| Aquatic MammalsPublisher unknown | 54 % | 67 | 0.96 | 58 | Subscription |
| Belgian journal of zoologyPublisher unknown | 33 % | 20 | 7.74 | 26 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Urban EcosystemsSpringer Science+Business Media | 28 % | 159 | 2.67 | 116 | Subscription; open access option 3 990 USD |
| Fire EcologySpringer Science+Business Media | 26 % | 68 | 5.70 | 64 | 2 590 USD |
| Marine ornithologyPublisher unknown | 76 % | 50 | 0.54 | 41 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Precision AgricultureSpringer Science+Business Media | 22 % | 107 | 6.95 | 115 | Subscription; open access option 4 190 USD |
| OstrichTaylor & Francis | 60 % | 35 | 0.98 | 47 | Subscription |
| Marine Ecology Progress SeriesInter-Research | 27 % | 300 | 2.09 | 295 | Subscription |
| Conservation LettersWiley | 24 % | 83 | 5.41 | 153 | 3 550 USD |
| Biology LettersRoyal Society | 23 % | 186 | 3.78 | 173 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Journal of Crustacean BiologyOxford University Press | 43 % | 80 | 1.22 | 92 | Subscription; open access option 4 230 USD |
| Diversity and DistributionsWiley | 24 % | 187 | 3.45 | 177 | 3 430 USD |
| Journal of Geophysical Research BiogeosciencesWiley | 22 % | 296 | 3.22 | 113 | Subscription; open access option 4 070 USD |
| Mammal StudyPublisher unknown | 53 % | 35 | 1.17 | 40 | Subscription |
| Antarctic ScienceCambridge University Press | 40 % | 52 | 1.73 | 98 | 3 550 USD |
| Perspectives in Ecology and Conservationdiamond OAElsevier BV | 32 % | 46 | 3.40 | 50 | None (diamond OA) |
| The Wilson Journal of OrnithologyWilson Ornithological Society | 58 % | 95 | 0.60 | 49 | Subscription |
| Journal of Remote SensingAmerican Association for the Advancement of Science | 24 % | 40 | 9.57 | 39 | Open access, fee unknown |
| PHAGEMary Ann Liebert, Inc. | 40 % | 36 | 2.07 | 20 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Freshwater ScienceUniversity of Chicago Press | 49 % | 49 | 1.04 | 73 | Subscription |
| Marine BiologySpringer Science+Business Media | 25 % | 196 | 2.38 | 215 | Subscription; open access option 3 790 USD |
| Estuaries and CoastsSpringer Science+Business Media | 25 % | 157 | 2.60 | 110 | Subscription; open access option 2 490 USD |
| Wildlife LettersWiley | 63 % | 19 | 1.04 | 7 | 2 500 USD |
| Theriologia UkrainicaNational Museum of Natural History at the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine | 64 % | 33 | 0.76 | 10 | Open access, fee unknown |
| International Journal of Sediment ResearchElsevier BV | 26 % | 73 | 3.99 | 69 | 1 400 USD |
| BMC ZoologyBioMed Central | 38 % | 37 | 2.09 | 23 | 1 890 USD |
| Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and EcologyElsevier BV | 30 % | 92 | 2.25 | 216 | Subscription; open access option 3 270 USD |
| EcohydrologyWiley | 27 % | 139 | 2.26 | 92 | Subscription; open access option 4 650 USD |
| Austral EcologyWiley | 32 % | 166 | 1.36 | 124 | Subscription; open access option 3 310 USD |
| Journal of Vertebrate BiologyPublisher unknown | 43 % | 26 | 1.82 | 19 | Open access, fee unknown |
| LimnologicaElsevier BV | 38 % | 53 | 1.54 | 68 | Subscription; open access option 3 820 USD |
| Earth Surface Processes and LandformsWiley | 20 % | 266 | 3.01 | 196 | Subscription; open access option 5 330 USD |
| Aquatic SciencesSpringer Science+Business Media | 26 % | 97 | 2.65 | 112 | Subscription; open access option 4 190 USD |
| RangelandsElsevier BV | 38 % | 43 | 1.55 | 42 | Subscription; open access option 1 500 USD |
| Biological InvasionsSpringer Science+Business Media | 21 % | 260 | 2.56 | 165 | Subscription; open access option 3 690 USD |
| Human Dimensions of WildlifeTaylor & Francis | 37 % | 48 | 1.59 | 78 | Subscription |
| Journal of Geophysical Research Earth SurfaceWiley | 20 % | 197 | 3.32 | 110 | Subscription; open access option 4 070 USD |
| Current Zoologydiamond OAUniversity of Oxford | 26 % | 109 | 2.28 | 73 | None (diamond OA) |
| Northeastern NaturalistEagle Hill Institute | 44 % | 62 | 0.92 | 48 | Subscription |
| Aquatic EcologySpringer Science+Business Media | 31 % | 87 | 1.54 | 87 | Subscription; open access option 3 790 USD |
| Systematic ParasitologySpringer Science+Business Media | 33 % | 59 | 1.67 | 70 | Subscription; open access option 3 690 USD |
| Arctic ScienceCanadian Science Publishing | 31 % | 63 | 1.90 | 35 | 1 575 USD |
| Integrative and Comparative BiologyOxford University Press | 22 % | 159 | 2.56 | 149 | Subscription; open access option 4 243 USD |
| Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A Ecological and Integrative PhysiologyWiley | 28 % | 114 | 1.71 | 37 | Subscription; open access option 4 000 USD |
| Journal of Fish and Wildlife ManagementPublisher unknown | 45 % | 40 | 0.98 | 34 | Open access, fee unknown |
| EcologiesMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute | 31 % | 49 | 2.02 | 17 | 1 207 USD |
| WildMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute | 53 % | 14 | 1.32 | 5 | 1 207 USD |
| International Journal for Parasitology Parasites and WildlifeElsevier BV | 25 % | 125 | 1.93 | 53 | 1 930 USD |
| ExtremophilesSpringer Science+Business Media | 26 % | 50 | 2.92 | 116 | Subscription; open access option 2 590 USD |
| Nature Conservation ResearchFund for Support and Development of Protected Areas | 37 % | 35 | 1.61 | 22 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Mires and PeatInternational Mire Conservation Group and International Peat Society | 45 % | 34 | 1.03 | 45 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Journal of Ecology and the Natural EnvironmentAcademic Journals | 27 % | 7 | 24.00 | 32 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Marine Fisheries ReviewPublisher unknown | 26 % | 5 | 72.27 | 18 | Open access, fee unknown |
| Limnology and Oceanography LettersWiley | 20 % | 81 | 4.19 | 62 | 3 700 USD |
| Nature ConservationPensoft Publishers | 28 % | 47 | 2.50 | 42 | 862 USD |
| Biology BulletinPleiades Publishing | 36 % | 367 | 0.59 | 35 | Subscription |
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