| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | |
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1 | Journal Name | Impact Factor | Page Fees (for members) | OA APC (for members) | OA Delay | Society affiliation | Additional perks | ||||||||||||||
2 | Nature | 49.962 | $0 | $11,390 | Forever | ||||||||||||||||
3 | Science | 47.728 | $0 | No OA Option | 1 year | American Association for the Advancement of Science | |||||||||||||||
4 | Nature Climate Change | 25.290 | $0 | $11,390 | Forever | ||||||||||||||||
5 | Trends in Ecology and Evolution | 17.712 | $0 | $6,700 | Forever | ||||||||||||||||
6 | Nature Ecology and Evolution | 15.460 | $0 | $11,390 | Forever | ||||||||||||||||
7 | Nature Communications | 14.919 | APC | $5,790 | None | ||||||||||||||||
8 | Science Advances | 14.136 | APC | $4,500 | None | American Association for the Advancement of Science | |||||||||||||||
9 | Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics | 13.915 | $0 | No OA Option | Forever | ||||||||||||||||
10 | Biological Reviews | 12.820 | $0 | $4,750 | Forever | Cambridge Philosophical Society | |||||||||||||||
11 | PNAS | 11.205 | $2,575 | $4,975 | 6 months | National Academy of Sciences (USA) | |||||||||||||||
12 | Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment | 11.123 | $75 | $2,500 | None (Green) | Ecological Society of America | |||||||||||||||
13 | Global Change Biology | 10.863 | $0 | $4,000 | Forever | ||||||||||||||||
14 | Current Biology | 10.834 | $0 | $6,700 | 1 year | ||||||||||||||||
15 | Ecological Monographs | 10.315 | $75 | $2,500 | None (Green) | Ecological Society of America | |||||||||||||||
16 | Ecology Letters | 9.492 | $0 | $4,900 | Forever | ||||||||||||||||
17 | BioScience | 8.589 | $80 | $4,546 | Forever | American Institute of Biological Sciences | |||||||||||||||
18 | eLife | 8.146 | APC | $3,000 | None | ||||||||||||||||
19 | PLOS Biology | 8.029 | APC | $5,300 | None | ||||||||||||||||
20 | Science of the Total Environment | 7.963 | $0 | $3,500 | Forever | ||||||||||||||||
21 | Methods in Ecology and Evolution | 7.781 | $0 | $2,475 | 2 years | British Ecological Society | Covers Dryad fees for up to 20 GB of archived data | ||||||||||||||
22 | Global Ecology and Biogeography | 7.148 | $0 | $4,400 | Forever | ||||||||||||||||
23 | Environmental Research Letters | 6.800 | APC | $2,545 | None | ||||||||||||||||
24 | Ecography | 6.800 | APC | $2,450 | None | Nordic Society Oikos | |||||||||||||||
25 | Ecology | 6.433 | $75 | $2,500 | None (Green) | Ecological Society of America | |||||||||||||||
26 | Communications Biology | 6.268 | APC | $2,390 | None | ||||||||||||||||
27 | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B | 6.238 | $0 | $2,380 | Forever | Royal Society | |||||||||||||||
28 | Functional Ecology | 5.608 | $0 | $2,475 | 2 years | British Ecological Society | Covers Dryad fees for up to 20 GB of archived data | ||||||||||||||
29 | Journal of Animal Ecology | 5.600 | $0 | $2,475 | 2 years | British Ecological Society | Covers Dryad fees for up to 20 GB of archived data | ||||||||||||||
30 | Ecology (Reports) | 5.499 | $75 | $75/pg | None | Ecological Society of America | |||||||||||||||
31 | Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation | 5.481 | APC | $3,000 | ? | ||||||||||||||||
32 | Proceedings of the Royal Society B | 5.349 | $266 after 6 pgs | $2,380 | Forever | Royal Society | |||||||||||||||
33 | Diversity and Distributions | 5.139 | APC | $2,160 | None | International Biogeography Society | 20% discount on referrals from GEB and IBS members | ||||||||||||||
34 | Global and Planetary Change | 5.114 | $0 | $3,150 | Forever | ||||||||||||||||
35 | Scientific Reports | 4.379 | APC | $2,090 | None | ||||||||||||||||
36 | Journal of Biogeography | 4.327 | $0 | $4,700 | Forever | ||||||||||||||||
37 | Ecosystems | 4.217 | $0 | $4,190 | Forever | ||||||||||||||||
38 | Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution | 4.171 | APC | $2,490 | None | ||||||||||||||||
39 | American Naturalist | 3.926 | $75 | $1,000 | Forever | American Society of Naturalists | Subscriptions are donated to 5,000+ non-OECD institutions, covers Dryad fees, page fee discounts for ASN members | ||||||||||||||
40 | Oikos | 3.903 | $0 | $3,200 | Forever | Nordic Society Oikos | |||||||||||||||
41 | Landscape Ecology | 3.851 | $0 | $4,190 | Forever | ||||||||||||||||
42 | Biology Letters | 3.703 | $0 | $1,190 | Forever | Royal Society | |||||||||||||||
43 | Movement Ecology | 3.600 | APC | $2,590 | None | ||||||||||||||||
44 | Biodiversity and Conservation | 3.551 | $0 | $3,390 | Forever | ||||||||||||||||
45 | Basic and Applied Ecology | 3.414 | APC | $1,800 | Forever | Gesellschaft fur Okologie | |||||||||||||||
46 | Global Ecology and Conservation | 3.380 | APC | $1,820 | Forever | ||||||||||||||||
47 | Integrative and Comparative Biology | 3.326 | $180 after 12 pgs | $3,819 | Forever | Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology | |||||||||||||||
48 | Journal of Experimental Biology | 3.312 | $0 | £2,750.00 | 6 months | ||||||||||||||||
49 | Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society | 3.286 | $0 | $3,564 | Forever | The Linnean Society | |||||||||||||||
50 | PLOS One | 3.240 | APC | $1,749 | None | ||||||||||||||||
51 | Oecologia | 3.225 | $0 | $3,390 | Forever | ||||||||||||||||
52 | Frontiers in Zoology | 3.172 | APC | $2,790 | None | Deutsche Zoologische Gesellschaft | |||||||||||||||
53 | Ecosphere | 3.171 | APC | $1,650 | None | Ecological Society of America | |||||||||||||||
54 | Biological Invasions | 3.133 | $0 | $3,280 | Forever | ||||||||||||||||
55 | PeerJ | 2.984 | APC | $1,395 (or $399/author) | None | $399 covers lifetime publishing membership (subsequent articles are free for members) | |||||||||||||||
56 | Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology | 2.980 | $0 | $3,390 | Forever | ||||||||||||||||
57 | Ecological Modelling | 2.974 | $0 | $2,780 | Forever | ||||||||||||||||
58 | BMC Ecology and Evolution | 2.964 | APC | $2,490 | None | ||||||||||||||||
59 | Royal Society Open Science | 2.963 | APC | $1,680 | None | Royal Society | |||||||||||||||
60 | Ecology and Evolution | 2.881 | APC | $2,200 | None | ||||||||||||||||
61 | Ecological Processes | 2.849 | $0 | $0 | None | Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences | |||||||||||||||
62 | BMC Zoology | 2.773 | APC | $1,690 | None | ||||||||||||||||
63 | Evolutionary Ecology | 2.707 | $0 | $3,390 | Forever | ||||||||||||||||
64 | Behavioral Ecology | 2.671 | $0 | $2,792 | Forever | International Society for Behavioral Ecology | |||||||||||||||
65 | Current Zoology | 2.624 | APC | $0 | None | ||||||||||||||||
66 | Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A | 2.553 | $0 | $4,000 | Forever | ||||||||||||||||
67 | FACETS | 2.535 | APC | $1,350 | None | ||||||||||||||||
68 | Wildlife Research | 2.511 | $0 | $2,700 | Forever | ||||||||||||||||
69 | Biotropica | 2.508 | $0 | $2,500 | Forever | Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation | Pays Dryad fees, offers extra copyediting at no cost to authors from non-English-speaking countries | ||||||||||||||
70 | Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution | 2.416 | APC | $2,490 | None | ||||||||||||||||
71 | Journal of Zoology | 2.322 | $0 | $3,600 | Forever | Zoological Society of London | |||||||||||||||
72 | Polar Biology | 2.310 | $0 | $2,780 | Forever | ||||||||||||||||
73 | Physiological and Biochemical Zoology | 2.247 | $0 | $1,000 | Forever | Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology | |||||||||||||||
74 | Journal of Comparative Physiology B | 2.200 | $0 | $3,280 | Forever | ||||||||||||||||
75 | Biological Journal of the Linnean Society | 2.138 | $0 | $3,564 | Forever | The Linnean Society | |||||||||||||||
76 | Environmental Research Communications | 2.104 | APC | $1,570 | None | ||||||||||||||||
77 | Austral Ecology | 2.087 | $0 | $3,150 | Forever | Ecological Society of Australia | |||||||||||||||
78 | European Journal of Wildlife Research | 1.983 | $0 | $3,390 | Forever | ||||||||||||||||
79 | The Science of Nature (Naturwissenschaften) | 1.954 | $0 | $3,390 | Forever | ||||||||||||||||
80 | Ecoscience | 1.950 | $0 | $3,085 | Forever | ||||||||||||||||
81 | Canadian Journal of Zoology | 1.597 | $0 | $3,000 | Forever | ||||||||||||||||
82 | Journal of Wildlife Diseases | 1.535 | $1,220 | $2,220 | 18 months | Wildlife Disease Association | |||||||||||||||
83 | African Journal of Ecology | 1.426 | $0 | $3,150 | Forever | East African Wild Life Society | |||||||||||||||
84 | Journal of Tropical Ecology | 1.394 | $0 | $3,255 | Forever | ||||||||||||||||
85 | Ethology Ecology and Evolution | 1.321 | $0 | $3,085 | Forever | ||||||||||||||||
86 | Raffles Bulletin of Zoology | 1.267 | $0 | $0 | None | ||||||||||||||||
87 | Tropical Ecology | 0.850 | $0 | $2,890 | Forever | ||||||||||||||||
88 | American Midland Naturalist | 0.735 | $65 | No OA option | Forever | ||||||||||||||||
89 | Northeastern Naturalist | 0.575 | $80 | No OA option | Forever | ||||||||||||||||
90 | Western North American Naturalist | 0.569 | $55 | No OA option | Forever | ||||||||||||||||
91 | Southeastern Naturalist | 0.547 | $80 | No OA option | Forever | ||||||||||||||||
92 | Southwestern Naturalist | 0.267 | $80 | No OA option | Forever | ||||||||||||||||
93 | Northwestern Naturalist | NA | $70 | No OA option | Forever | Society for Northwestern Vertebrate Biology | |||||||||||||||
94 | Integrative Organismal Biology | NA | APC | $1,260 | None | Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology | |||||||||||||||
95 | Ideas in Ecology and Evolution | NA | APC | $200 | None | ||||||||||||||||
96 | Frontiers of Biogeography | NA | APC | $150 | None | International Biogeography Society | |||||||||||||||
97 | Environmental Research: Ecology | NA | APC | $0 | None | ||||||||||||||||
98 | Canadian Field-Naturalist | NA | $110 | Page fees + $500 | Green | Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club | |||||||||||||||
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