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Journals in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

301 established journals that publish mainly in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, compared by fees, open access and citation rates, updated 2026-10-14.

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301 established journals publish at least 20 % of their articles in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. 157 of them are fully open access, and at least 4 of those charge authors nothing (diamond open access). Where open-access journals charge a fee, the median is 754 USD. Highest recent citation rates: Annual Review of Entomology, Systematic Biology, Botanical studies.

301 journals

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Systematic EntomologyWiley72 %553.2599Subscription; open access option 4 520 USD
Journal of Hymenoptera ResearchPensoft Publishers80 %721.7736754 USD
ZooKeysPensoft Publishers63 %4991.3081754 USD
Ecologica MontenegrinaCentre for Biodiversity of Montenegro62 %1552.1320161 USD
Journal of Systematics and EvolutionWiley59 %863.0776Subscription; open access option 3 000 USD
European Journal of TaxonomyConsortium of European Natural History Museums61 %1811.3432Open access, fee unknown
ZootaxaMagnolia Press59 %2 4160.62121Subscription
Botanical Journal of the Linnean SocietyOxford University Press56 %951.78119Subscription; open access option 3 541 USD
The BryologistAmerican Bryological and Lichenological Society84 %471.01109Subscription
Biodiversity Data JournalPensoft Publishers47 %2771.3943485 USD
PhytoKeysPensoft Publishers48 %2041.4541754 USD
Invertebrate SystematicsCSIRO Publishing55 %402.5758Subscription
Insect Systematics and DiversityOxford University Press63 %391.7527Subscription; open access option 4 328 USD
Journal of BryologyTaylor & Francis85 %321.0157Subscription
Arthropod Systematics & PhylogenyPensoft Publishers69 %341.5336Open access, fee unknown
American Journal of BotanyWiley37 %1932.63241Subscription; open access option 2 660 USD
AcarologiaEDP Sciences63 %851.1038Open access, fee unknown
TaxonWiley47 %2161.32200Subscription; open access option 2 630 USD
Boletín de la Asociación Española de Entomología/Boletín de la Asociación Española de Entomología/Suplementos del Boletín de la Asociación Española de EntomologíaUniversity of Valencia65 %391.419Open access, fee unknown
Acta Botanica Yunnanicadiamond OAScience Press35 %774.7353None (diamond OA)
Molecular Phylogenetics and EvolutionElsevier BV31 %2083.60212Subscription; open access option 3 830 USD
Animal BehaviourElsevier BV35 %2802.19298Subscription; open access option 2 740 USD
Behavioral EcologyOxford University Press37 %1332.43174Subscription; open access option 3 906 USD
Neotropical EntomologySpringer Nature42 %1051.9773Subscription; open access option 3 090 USD
The LichenologistCambridge University Press70 %480.9373Subscription; open access option 3 550 USD
Systematic BotanyAmerican Society of Plant Taxonomists60 %631.07119Subscription
Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological SciencesRoyal Society22 %5884.22398Subscription
InsectsMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute22 %1 1233.111063 137 USD
CladisticsWiley43 %452.76145Subscription; open access option 3 960 USD
Systematic and Applied AcarologySystematic & Applied Acarology Society62 %1520.6736Subscription
Mitochondrial DNA Part BTaylor & Francis42 %6170.8425Open access, fee unknown
PalaeoentomologyMagnolia Press59 %810.9019Subscription
Journal of Orthoptera ResearchPensoft Publishers73 %221.1136150 USD
Journal of Evolutionary BiologyOxford University Press31 %1622.58178Subscription; open access option 3 123 USD
Behavioral Ecology and SociobiologySpringer Science+Business Media37 %1481.78211Subscription; open access option 3 590 USD
Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversitydiamond OAElsevier BV58 %1110.7833None (diamond OA)
International Journal of AcarologyTaylor & Francis58 %750.9146Subscription
Ecological EntomologyWiley36 %1112.21134Subscription; open access option 4 410 USD
Plant Systematics and EvolutionSpringer Science+Business Media47 %491.73113Subscription; open access option 3 990 USD
Insect Systematics & EvolutionBrill77 %151.2344Subscription
EvolutionOxford University Press27 %2742.76362Subscription; open access option 3 214 USD
Entomologia GeneralisE. Schweizerbart30 %1063.2747Subscription
Annals of the Entomological Society of AmericaOxford University Press47 %411.86153Subscription; open access option 4 328 USD
Psyche A Journal of EntomologyCambridge Entomological Club65 %122.02601 000 USD
Zoological Journal of the Linnean SocietyOxford University Press30 %1632.52130Subscription; open access option 3 541 USD
Organisms Diversity & EvolutionSpringer Science+Business Media43 %442.0764Subscription; open access option 3 690 USD
Australian Systematic BotanyCSIRO Publishing51 %192.4958Subscription
Oriental InsectsTaylor & Francis75 %350.7236Subscription
Insectes SociauxSpringer Nature43 %551.7094Subscription; open access option 3 990 USD
PhytotaxaMagnolia Press40 %1 1240.6358Subscription
The Botanical ReviewSpringer Science+Business Media40 %165.00172Subscription; open access option 3 790 USD
Experimental and Applied AcarologySpringer Science+Business Media34 %1051.94103Subscription; open access option 2 390 USD
Annales ZoologiciPolish Academy of Sciences70 %510.6333Subscription
Biology LettersRoyal Society24 %1863.78173Open access, fee unknown
Zoosystematics and EvolutionPensoft Publishers38 %721.88341 078 USD
PedobiologiaElsevier BV40 %452.14110Subscription; open access option 3 260 USD
Journal of Asia-Pacific EntomologyElsevier BV34 %1661.5259Subscription; open access option 3 000 USD
Nordic Journal of BotanyWiley42 %1431.0368Subscription; open access option 2 950 USD
International Journal of Plant SciencesUniversity of Chicago Press46 %711.18118Subscription
Contributions to EntomologySenckenberg German Entomological Institute72 %220.8516Open access, fee unknown
Austral EntomologyWiley53 %570.9233Subscription; open access option 3 400 USD
SHILAP Revista de lepidopterologíaPublisher unknown56 %740.7322Open access, fee unknown
Annales de la Société entomologique de France (N S )Taylor & Francis70 %300.7347Subscription
Systematic BiologyOxford University Press22 %856.76277Subscription; open access option 2 166 USD
OsmiaPublisher unknown74 %101.328Open access, fee unknown
Insect Conservation and DiversityWiley28 %962.9671Subscription; open access option 4 750 USD
European Journal of EntomologyInstitute of Entomology47 %441.2872215 USD
Zoologischer AnzeigerElsevier BV41 %971.1352Subscription; open access option 4 326 USD
Bryophyte Diversity and EvolutionMagnolia Press (New Zealand)94 %190.5325Subscription
TURKISH JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGYPublisher unknown40 %421.7936Open access, fee unknown
Review of Palaeobotany and PalynologyElsevier BV32 %1451.54129Subscription; open access option 3 260 USD
LindbergiaOikos Editorial Office81 %120.8717Open access, fee unknown
Journal of Natural HistoryTaylor & Francis46 %1180.7882Subscription
BiologiaSpringer Nature26 %2811.8060Subscription; open access option 3 390 USD
FloraElsevier BV31 %1581.5390Subscription; open access option 2 900 USD
Systematics and BiodiversityTaylor & Francis39 %421.8060Subscription
Journal of Insect BiodiversityInsect Biodiversity Research Group69 %510.5217Subscription
Zoologica ScriptaWiley33 %672.0588Subscription; open access option 4 100 USD
Alpine EntomologyPensoft Publishers64 %171.07111 082 USD
Biological Journal of the Linnean SocietyOxford University Press30 %1571.69183Subscription; open access option 3 541 USD
TaxonomyMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute48 %421.10111 207 USD
Annals of BotanyOxford University Press22 %2173.19271Subscription; open access option 3 617 USD
Evolution LettersWiley24 %634.77562 678 USD
Deutsche Entomologische ZeitschriftPensoft Publishers70 %200.79381 078 USD
Acta ChiropterologicaMuseum and Institute of Zoology47 %301.3654Subscription
Bulletin of Entomological ResearchCambridge University Press32 %891.77124Subscription; open access option 3 550 USD
Insect ScienceWiley24 %1702.5379Subscription; open access option 3 400 USD
Entomological ResearchWiley38 %871.1540Subscription; open access option 3 310 USD
The Canadian EntomologistCambridge University Press53 %490.79103Subscription; open access option 3 308 USD
Journal of Insect ConservationSpringer Science+Business Media30 %911.8889Subscription; open access option 3 990 USD
Annual Review of EntomologyAnnual Reviews22 %2913.12350Subscription
Journal of Insect ScienceOxford University Press27 %1082.36822 170 USD
نامه انجمن حشره شناسی ایرانPublisher unknown54 %211.156Open access, fee unknown
rejKMK Scientific Press Ltd.55 %530.6616Open access, fee unknown
CaucasianaPensoft Publishers61 %151.096Open access, fee unknown
Proceedings of the Entomological Society of WashingtonPublisher unknown68 %600.4429Subscription
Journal of Plant ResearchSpringer Science+Business Media26 %882.41105Subscription; open access option 3 890 USD
Zoologia (Curitiba)Pensoft Publishers37 %431.5844250 USD
Journal of Avian BiologyWiley24 %763.311082 860 USD
ArachnologyBritish Arachnological Society53 %480.7019Subscription
Botanical studiesSpringer Science+Business Media25 %355.05592 090 USD
Applications in Plant SciencesBotanical Society of America26 %603.09602 340 USD
Florida EntomologistFlorida Entomological Society38 %581.211041 130 USD
Journal of Medical EntomologyOxford University Press24 %1911.79154Subscription; open access option 4 328 USD
EthologyWiley35 %1151.01125Subscription; open access option 4 650 USD
Current Zoologydiamond OAUniversity of Oxford25 %1092.2873None (diamond OA)
The Coleopterists BulletinThe Coleopterists Society67 %940.3438Subscription
Evolutionary SystematicsUniversity of Hamburg49 %191.2412161 USD
Folia Cryptogamica EstonicaUniversity of Tartu59 %131.0421Open access, fee unknown
SociobiologyState University of Feira de Santana38 %501.1342Open access, fee unknown
The American NaturalistUniversity of Chicago Press20 %1512.86418Subscription
BioControlSpringer Science+Business Media25 %612.71103Subscription; open access option 3 790 USD
Journal of ArachnologyAmerican Arachnological Society38 %381.2854Subscription
Acta entomologica Musei Nationalis PragaeNárodní Muzeum (National Museum, Prague)80 %310.3813Open access, fee unknown
Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural HistoryAmerican Museum of Natural History40 %75.3279Subscription
Evolutionary EcologySpringer Science+Business Media32 %541.45133Subscription; open access option 2 590 USD
Historia naturalis bulgaricaNational Museum of Natural History56 %320.639Open access, fee unknown
Journal of Pollination EcologyEnviroquest Ltd.40 %241.4432Open access, fee unknown
TURKISH JOURNAL OF BOTANYScientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK)31 %451.7048Open access, fee unknown
Revista Brasileira de BotânicaSpringer Science+Business Media25 %891.9472Subscription; open access option 3 390 USD
BiotropicaWiley23 %1471.73179Subscription; open access option 2 630 USD
Entomologia Experimentalis et ApplicataWiley24 %1441.62134Subscription; open access option 4 430 USD
Animal taxonomy and ecology.diamond OAAkadémiai Kiadó55 %91.385None (diamond OA)
Willdenowia - Annals of the Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-DahlemBotanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin43 %251.0739Open access, fee unknown
Medical and Veterinary EntomologyWiley23 %792.38119Subscription; open access option 4 140 USD
Environmental EntomologyOxford University Press22 %1301.96137Subscription; open access option 4 328 USD
Journal of EthologySpringer Science+Business Media36 %391.2153Subscription; open access option 3 690 USD
Annals of the Missouri Botanical GardenMissouri Botanical Garden50 %151.13146Subscription
MegataxaMagnolia Press50 %121.34164 000 USD
CaldasiaNational University of Colombia31 %481.4929Open access, fee unknown
Opuscula ZoologicaEötvös Loránd University51 %91.5612Open access, fee unknown
AoB PlantsOxford University Press21 %742.92821 404 USD
Botany LettersSociété botanique de France36 %491.0126Subscription
Botanical SciencesSociedad Botánica de México, A. C.32 %761.0642150 USD
Entomological NewsAmerican Entomological Society60 %380.4524Subscription
Kew BulletinSpringer Science+Business Media37 %740.80121Subscription; open access option 3 190 USD
Arthropod-Plant InteractionsSpringer Science+Business Media24 %831.8459Subscription; open access option 3 090 USD
GranaTaylor & Francis36 %261.4071Subscription
Nota LepidopterologicaPensoft Publishers55 %170.7714269 USD
Arthropod Structure & DevelopmentElsevier BV32 %581.1183Subscription; open access option 3 290 USD
BrittoniaSpringer Science+Business Media45 %430.66110Subscription; open access option 3 090 USD
The Pan-Pacific EntomologistPacific Coast Entomological Society63 %400.3925Subscription
Journal of AgrometeorologyPublisher unknown26 %1391.1824Open access, fee unknown
Journal of Insect BehaviorSpringer Science+Business Media36 %271.2576Subscription; open access option 3 590 USD
Journal of MelittologyUniversity of Kansas67 %100.7113Open access, fee unknown
Perspectives in Plant Ecology Evolution and SystematicsElsevier BV24 %382.63103Subscription; open access option 3 570 USD
Botanica PacificaPublisher unknown44 %370.7115Open access, fee unknown
Journal of Applied EntomologyWiley21 %1441.5895Subscription; open access option 4 780 USD
Journal of the Kansas Entomological SocietyKansas (Central States) Entomological Society52 %180.7348Subscription
Annales Botanici FenniciFinnish Zoological and Botanical Publishing Board41 %440.7240Subscription

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Journals in CWTS Journal Indicators Core or the Directory of Open Access Journals that published at least 20 articles in the last five years, mostly in English. "In this field" is the share of a journal's articles that OpenAlex classifies in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Citation rate is OpenAlex's two-year mean citedness, an open measure similar to the journal impact factor. Fees are taken from OpenAlex and DOAJ and can be out of date: always check the journal's own website before you submit.