126 Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics journals (Agricultural and Biological Sciences) in ORBIT Tier 1 with at least 10 papers in 2025. ORBIT Tier 1: top quarter of Agricultural and Biological Sciences by citation impact, our own ranking. Not a Scopus or Web of Science quartile.
As of 2 October 2026. From OpenAlex, Crossref and DOAJ. ORBIT Tier is our own ranking within a field, not a Scopus or Web of Science quartile.
| Journal | ISSN | Papers in 2025 | ORBIT Tier | Fee to publish | Open access | DOAJ | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ecology and Evolution | 2045-7758 | 2,024 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,40,519 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| PeerJ | 2167-8359 | 1,755 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,92,175 to publish | Yes | Yes | United States |
| Royal Society Open Science | 2054-5703 | 674 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,78,470 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences | 0080-4649 | 605 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences | 0962-8436 | 440 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Revista de la Academia Colombiana de Ciencias Exactas Físicas y Naturales | 0370-3908 | 343 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Colombia |
| Animal Behaviour | 0003-3472 | 332 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Functional Ecology | 0269-8463 | 292 | 1 | ≈ ₹3,31,938 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution | 2296-701X | 273 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,94,078 to publish | Yes | Yes | Switzerland |
| PhytoKeys | 1314-2003 | 269 | 1 | ≈ ₹84,889 to publish | Yes | Yes | Bulgaria |
| Evolution | 0014-3820 | 265 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| Biology Letters | 1744-9561 | 213 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Taxon | 0040-0262 | 192 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| Trends in Ecology & Evolution | 0169-5347 | 191 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| American Journal of Botany | 0002-9122 | 186 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| Biotropica | 0006-3606 | 175 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| Nordic Journal of Botany | 0107-055X | 164 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Sweden |
| Flora | 0367-2530 | 161 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Germany |
| Integrative and Comparative Biology | 1540-7063 | 159 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| Behavioral Ecology | 1045-2249 | 156 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Journal of Evolutionary Biology | 1010-061X | 154 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Switzerland |
| Biological Journal of the Linnean Society | 0024-4066 | 149 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology | 0034-6667 | 148 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society | 0006-3231 | 146 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Peer Community Journal | 2804-3871 | 142 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | |
| Regional Environmental Change | 1436-378X | 142 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Germany |
| The American Naturalist | 0003-0147 | 138 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology | 0340-5443 | 130 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Germany |
| Insect Conservation and Diversity | 1752-458X | 123 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Behavioural Processes | 0376-6357 | 120 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society | 0024-4074 | 119 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Ecological Entomology | 0307-6946 | 119 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Biology Bulletin Reviews | 2079-0864 | 117 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | Russia |
| Current Zoology | 1674-5507 | 116 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,25,227 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Ethology | 0179-1613 | 108 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Germany |
| Climate Risk Management | 2212-0963 | 105 | 1 | ≈ ₹3,35,223 to publish | Yes | Yes | Netherlands |
| Journal of Asia-Pacific Biodiversity | 2287-884X | 99 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | South Korea |
| Climate and Development | 1756-5529 | 98 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Journal of Insect Conservation | 1366-638X | 96 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| Climate Services | 2405-8807 | 91 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,29,262 to publish | Yes | Yes | Netherlands |
| Nelumbo | 0976-5069 | 88 | 1 | Fee not published | Yes | No | India |
| Acarologia | 0044-586X | 85 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | France |
| Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change | 1381-2386 | 84 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| Kew Bulletin | 0075-5974 | 83 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Palaeoentomology | 2624-2826 | 78 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | New Zealand |
| Taxonomy | 2673-6500 | 72 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,15,325 to publish | Yes | Yes | Switzerland |
| Plant Species Biology | 0913-557X | 68 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Japan |
| Revista Brasileira de Botânica | 0100-8404 | 67 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Brazil |
| Insect Systematics and Diversity | 2399-3421 | 64 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | |
| Austral Entomology | 2052-174X | 63 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Botanical Sciences | 2007-4298 | 63 | 1 | ≈ ₹14,449 to publish | Yes | Yes | Mexico |
| International Journal of Acarology | 0164-7954 | 63 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| New Zealand Journal of Botany | 0028-825X | 62 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | New Zealand |
| Biota Neotropica | 1676-0611 | 61 | 1 | ≈ ₹43,348 to publish | Yes | Yes | Brazil |
| Russian Journal of Ecology | 1067-4136 | 61 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | Russia |
| Acta Botanica Brasilica | 0102-3306 | 60 | 1 | ≈ ₹14,853 to publish | Yes | Yes | Brazil |
| Systematic Entomology | 0307-6970 | 58 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Journal of Hymenoptera Research | 1070-9428 | 56 | 1 | ≈ ₹87,066 to publish | Yes | Yes | Bulgaria |
| Botany Letters | 2381-8107 | 55 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Evolution Letters | 2056-3744 | 55 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,48,046 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management | 1756-8692 | 55 | 1 | ≈ ₹3,43,554 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| International Journal of Plant Sciences | 1058-5893 | 55 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Acta Botanica Mexicana | 0187-7151 | 54 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Mexico |
| Annales Botanici Fennici | 0003-3847 | 54 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | Finland |
| The Canadian Entomologist | 0008-347X | 53 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United States |
| BILT Student Research Journal 2025 - Issue 6 | 2976-8152 | 51 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| Boletín de la Asociación Española de Entomología/Boletín de la Asociación Española de Entomología/Suplementos del Boletín de la Asociación Española de Entomología | 0210-8984 | 51 | 1 | ≈ ₹8,707 to publish | Yes | Yes | |
| Integrative Organismal Biology | 2517-4843 | 49 | 1 | ≈ ₹1,95,643 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Pedobiologia | 0031-4056 | 49 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Germany |
| Ethology Ecology & Evolution | 0394-9370 | 48 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | Italy |
| Journal of Ethology | 0289-0771 | 48 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Japan |
| Systematics and Biodiversity | 1477-2000 | 47 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Tropical Natural History | 1513-9700 | 47 | 1 | Fee not published | Yes | No | Thailand |
| Acta Biológica Colombiana | 0120-548X | 46 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Colombia |
| Ecología Austral | 0327-5477 | 45 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Argentina |
| European Journal of Entomology | 1210-5759 | 45 | 1 | ≈ ₹32,650 to publish | Yes | Yes | Czechia |
| The Bryologist | 0007-2745 | 42 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Boletín de la Sociedad Argentina de Botánica | 0373-580X | 41 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Argentina |
| Plant Systematics and Evolution | 0029-8948 | 41 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Austria |
| Frontiers in Zoology | 1742-9994 | 40 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,92,758 to publish | Yes | Yes | United Kingdom |
| Revue d’élevage et de médecine vétérinaire des pays tropicaux | 0035-1865 | 40 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | France |
| Cahiers Agricultures | 1166-7699 | 38 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | France |
| Evolutionary Ecology | 0269-7653 | 38 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| Population Ecology | 0034-5466 | 38 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Japan |
| Journal of Bryology | 0373-6687 | 37 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Plant Ecology and Evolution | 2032-3913 | 37 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Belgium |
| The Lichenologist | 0024-2829 | 37 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | United Kingdom |
| Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny | 1863-7221 | 36 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Germany |
| Journal of Agriculture and Environment for International Development (JAEID) | 1590-7198 | 34 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Italy |
| Novosti sistematiki nizshikh rastenii | 0568-5435 | 33 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | Russia |
| Journal of Insect Behavior | 0892-7553 | 29 | 1 | Free via subscription (paywalled) | No | No | Netherlands |
| Systematic Botany | 0363-6445 | 29 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Caldasia | 0366-5232 | 28 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Colombia |
| Climate Resilience and Sustainability | 2692-4587 | 28 | 1 | ≈ ₹2,68,757 to publish | Yes | Yes | United States |
| Mesozoic | 3021-1859 | 28 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | New Zealand |
| Acta Chiropterologica | 1508-1109 | 27 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | Poland |
| Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics | 1543-592X | 27 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | United States |
| Journal of Pollination Ecology | 1920-7603 | 27 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes | Canada |
| Tropical Forest Issues | 2958-4426 | 27 | 1 | Fee not published | No | No | |
| Comprehensive Plant Biology | 3042-3201 | 26 | 1 | Free to publish — per DOAJ | Yes | Yes |
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