Top 20 Journals in Zoology Ranked by h5-index (2024)
- May 28, 2024
- Posted by: IRP Academy
- Category: Journals

List of Top Journals in Zoology Ranked by h5-index (2024)
Publication | h5-index | h5-median | |
1 | Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution | 56 | 70 |
2 | Zootaxa | 36 | 50 |
3 | ZooKeys | 36 | 48 |
4 | Mammal Review | 33 | 50 |
5 | Systematic Entomology | 33 | 47 |
6 | Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society | 32 | 44 |
7 | Journal of Mammalogy | 32 | 43 |
8 | Brazilian Journal of Biology | 30 | 45 |
9 | Entomologia Generalis | 29 | 46 |
10 | Endangered Species Research | 28 | 49 |
11 | Biological Journal of the Linnean Society | 28 | 33 |
12 | International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife | 27 | 34 |
13 | Current Zoology | 26 | 35 |
14 | European Journal of Wildlife Research | 26 | 35 |
15 | Frontiers in Zoology | 26 | 34 |
16 | Marine Mammal Science | 26 | 31 |
17 | Zoologica Scripta | 26 | 31 |
18 | Journal of Zoology | 25 | 36 |
19 | Wildlife Research | 25 | 34 |
20 | Mammalian Biology | 25 | 32 |
What is h5-index?
The h5-index is a bibliometric indicator created by Google Scholar that measures the number of articles published in the last five years that have at least h citations each. The h is the largest number of articles that have each been cited h times. For example, an h5-index of 60 means that a journal has published 60 articles in the past five years that have 60 or more citations each.
You can find the h5-index on scholar.google.com.
The h5-median for a publication is the median number of citations for the articles that make up its h5-index.
Journal Impact in Google Scholar
- h-index of a publication is the largest number h such that at least h articles in that publication were cited at least h times each. For example, a publication with five articles cited by, respectively, 17, 9, 6, 3, and 2, has the h-index of 3.
- h-core of a publication is a set of top cited h articles from the publication. These are the articles that the h-index is based on. For example, the publication above has the h-core with three articles, those cited by 17, 9, and 6.
- h-median of a publication is the median of the citation counts in its h-core. For example, the h-median of the publication above is 9. The h-median is a measure of the distribution of citations to the articles in the h-core.
What are h5-index and h5-median
- h5-index is the h-index for articles published in the last 5 complete years. For example, h5-index for 2023 is the largest number h such that h articles published in 2018-2022 have at least h citations each.
For example,
For 2023, h5-index for Nature of 365 means that 365 articles published in Nature in 2018-2022 have received at least 365 citations each.
- h5-median for a publication is the median number of citations for the articles that make up its h5-index
Both the H5-index and H5-median are available in Google Scholar Metrics. Journals can be browsed by discipline (more information about disciplines is available in Journal Rankings) or searched by keyword.