For those of you interested in the Impact Factor of Journals, the 2012 numbers have been just released. While Impact Factors are just one measure of research 'quality' - the number of citations is arguably a much more important indicator of research 'uptake' - it is clear that IF's affect where we publish our scientific work, and how it is perceived by funding bodies.
There are no surprises in the Top 10 (which include three review type journals), but some big movers up the list in 2012 include Global Ecology and Biogeography, Methods in Ecology and Evolution, Applied Vegetation Science.
Here's a selection of ecology journals that I follow (of the 136 classified under Ecology), and their IF for 2012:
1. Ecology Letters - 17.494
2. Trends in Ecology and Evolution - 15.389
3. Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution and Systematics - 10.375
5. Ecological Monographs - 8.085
6. Frontiers in Ecology and Environment - 7.615
8. Global Ecology and Biogeography - 7.223
9. Global Change Biology - 6.910
11. Diversity and Distributions - 6.122
12. Methods in Ecology and Evolution - 5.924
14. Journal of Ecology - 5.431
15. Ecology - 5.175
16. Ecography - 5.124
18. Journal of Biogeography - 4.863
19. Functional Ecology - 4.861
21. Journal of Applied Ecology - 4.740
23. Conservation Biology - 4.355
26. Ecological Applications - 3.815
27. Biological Conservation - 3.794
31. Biology Letters - 3.348
32. Oikos - 3.329
35. Ecosystems - 3.165
37. Oecologia - 3.011
46. Journal of Vegetation Science - 2.818
51. Basic and Applied Ecology - 2.696
54. Biological Invasions - 2.509
60. Biodiversity and Conservation - 2.264
61. Applied Vegetation Science - 2.263
