Fairly a bit late this yr, however I’ve lastly put collectively the 2023 conservation / ecology / sustainability journal ranks based mostly on my (revealed) journal-ranking technique (as I’ve finished yearly since 2008).
After 16 years of doing this train, I can’t assist however discover that almost all journals don’t do a lot otherwise from yr to yr. They principally are inclined to publish the identical variety of papers, get the identical variety of complete publications, and due to this fact, stay roughly in the identical rank relative to others.
Some issues to notice: Clarivate continues to switch its algorithm, that means that almost all journal Influence Elements have gone down but once more. That is considerably irrelevant from the attitude of relative rating, nevertheless it would possibly piss off just a few journals.
I due to this fact current the new 2023 ranks for: (i) 111 ecology, conservation and multidisciplinary journals, (ii) 29 open-access (i.e., it’s important to pay) journals from the earlier class, (iii) 68 ‘ecology’ journals, (iv) 33 ‘conservation’ journals, (v) 44 ‘sustainability’ journals (with common and energy-focussed journals included), and (vi) 21 ‘marine & freshwater’ journals.
Listed here are the outcomes:
(i) ecology, conservation and multidisciplinary
Right here’s a extra focussed checklist of the top-20 journals from above:
Not a whole lot of change from final yr, however World Change Biology has jumped ahead just a few positions.
From the total pattern above, right here is the rating for the 28 journals which might be open-access, should you fancy paying a number of 1000’s (if not tens of 1000’s) of {dollars}/euros/kilos for the privilege:
(ii) ecology journals
Not many modifications for the ecology journals, however Developments in Ecology and Evolution has taken first place from Nature Ecology and Evolution. One Earth continues its upward pattern.
Right here’s a better take a look at the top-20 from that final checklist:
(iii) conservation journals
Right here is essentially the most related checklist for ConservationBytes.com readers:
There are not any actually main modifications right here both. Frontiers in Conservation Science has lastly made it into the checklist (albeit, in final place).
(iv) sustainability journals
Within the ‘sustainability’ journals (together with some general-category ones too), not a lot has modified since final yr:
(v) marine and freshwater journals
Not a lot change right here, besides that Coral Reefs has moved up just a few spots:
It’s all a bit boring and predictable, regardless of the continued downward pattern in Influence Elements. And I remained disgusted by the gross exploitation of educational publishing corporations.
See additionally the earlier years’ rankings (2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008).