Plant Sciences: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor

(A journal has H4-Index of h when h of its past four year's publications has h citations, whereby h is the highest possible number that renders the former statement true. The citation data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)

(Using publications from roughly 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Frontiers in Plant Science	83
2	Plants-Basel	81
3	Molecular Plant	70
-	New Phytologist	70
5	Agronomy-Basel	68
6	Phytomedicine	62
7	Plant Cell	61
8	Trends in Plant Science	59
9	Journal of Ethnopharmacology	58
10	Plant Physiology and Biochemistry	56
11	Plant Biotechnology Journal	53
12	Plant Physiology	52
13	Plant Journal	50
-	Journal of Integrative Plant Biology	50
15	Journal of Experimental Botany	45
16	Plant Cell and Environment	43
17	Environmental and Experimental Botany	41
-	BMC Plant Biology	41
-	Current Opinion in Plant Biology	41
20	Plant and Soil	38
21	Crop Journal	37
-	South African Journal of Botany	37
-	Annual Review Plant Biology	37
24	Journal of Plant Growth Regulation	36
25	Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition	34
26	Plant Science	33
27	Phytochemistry	32
-	Planta	32
-	Journal of Ecology	32
30	Physiologia Plantarum	31
31	Theoretical and Applied Genetics	30
-	Journal of Plant Physiology	30
-	Horticulture Research	30
34	Plant Methods	29
-	Horticultural Plant Journal	29
-	Plant Cell Reports	29
37	Phytopathology	28
-	Plant Growth Regulation	28
-	Molecular Plant Pathology	28
40	Phytochemistry Reviews	27
-	Plant Disease	27
-	Rhizosphere	27
-	Journal of Natural Products	27
-	Plant and Cell Physiology	27
-	Plant Phenomics	27
-	Pharmaceutical Biology	27
47	Annals of Botany	26
-	Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants	26
-	Plant Biology	26
50	Plant Molecular Biology	25

51	Annual Review of Phytopathology	24
-	Plant Diversity	24
53	Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology	23
-	Plant Genome	23
55	Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions	22
56	Rice Science	21
-	Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine	21
-	Journal of Plant Diseases and Protection	21
59	Functional Plant Biology	20
-	American Journal of Botany	20
-	Plant Pathology	20
-	Plants People Planet	20
63	Plant Cell Tissue and Organ Culture	19
-	Plant Foods for Human Nutrition	19
-	Gm Crops & Food-Biotechnology in Agriculture and the Food Chain	19
66	Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science	18
-	Photosynthesis Research	18
-	Phytopathology Research	18
-	Journal of Phycology	18
-	Journal of Plant Nutrition	18
71	Journal of Plant Interactions	17
-	European Journal of Plant Pathology	17
73	Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution	16
-	Plant Pathology Journal	16
-	Journal of Systematics and Evolution	16
-	Journal of Vegetation Science	16
-	Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis	16
-	Plant Direct	16
-	Protoplasma	16
-	Acta Physiologiae Plantarum	16
-	Molecular Breeding	16
82	AoB Plants	15
-	Applied Vegetation Science	15
-	Phytochemical Analysis	15
-	Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences	15
-	Flora	15
-	Journal of Applied Research on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants	15
-	Taxon	15
-	Notulae Botanicae Horti Agrobotanici Cluj-Napoca	15
-	Aquatic Botany	15
91	Phytokeys	14
-	Brazilian Journal of Botany	14
-	Journal of Essential Oil Bearing Plants	14
-	Journal of Plant Research	14
-	Botanical Studies	14
-	Phytochemistry Letters	14
-	Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology	14
-	Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology	14
-	Mycorrhiza	14
-	Applications in Plant Sciences	14
101	Phytobiomes Journal	13
-	Plant Ecology	13
-	Weed Technology	13
-	Perspectives in Plant Ecology Evolution and Systematics	13
-	Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society	13
-	Plant Biotechnology Reports	13
-	Euphytica	13
-	In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology-Plant	13
-	Weed Science	13
110	Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany	12
-	Planta Medica	12
-	Soil Science and Plant Nutrition	12
-	Weed Research	12
-	Breeding Science	12
-	Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology	12
-	Russian Journal of Plant Physiology	12
-	Theoretical and Experimental Plant Physiology	12
118	Phytotaxa	11
-	Canadian Journal of Plant Science	11
-	Plant Biosystems	11
-	Plant Breeding	11
-	European Journal of Taxonomy	11
-	Journal of Plant Biology	11
-	Photosynthetica	11
-	Phytoparasitica	11
-	Plant Reproduction	11
127	Phycologia	10
-	Botanica Marina	10
-	Plant Protection Science	10
-	Journal of General Plant Pathology	10
-	Seed Science and Technology	10
-	Journal of Phytopathology	10
-	Vegetation History and Archaeobotany	10
-	Pakistan Journal of Botany	10
-	Plant Biotechnology	10
-	Kew Bulletin	10
-	Algae	10
138	Botany	9
-	Plant Molecular Biology Reporter	9
-	Plant Systematics and Evolution	9
-	Systematic Botany	9
-	Acta Botanica Mexicana	9
-	Alpine Botany	9
-	Botany Letters	9
-	International Journal of Plant Sciences	9
-	Journal of Plant Pathology	9
147	Botanical Sciences	8
-	European Journal of Phycology	8
-	Journal of Asian Natural Products Research	8
-	Lichenologist	8
-	Nordic Journal of Botany	8
-	Australasian Plant Pathology	8
-	Economic Botany	8
-	Seed Science Research	8
-	Acta Amazonica	8
-	Acta Botanica Brasilica	8
-	Palynology	8
-	Australian Journal of Botany	8
159	Czech Journal of Genetics and Plant Breeding	7
-	Plant Genetic Resources-Characterization and Utilization	7
-	Invasive Plant Science and Management	7
-	Plant Species Biology	7
-	Journal of Bryology	7
-	Nova Hedwigia	7
-	Australian Systematic Botany	7
-	Botanica Serbica	7
-	Tropical Plant Biology	7
-	Journal of Plant Registrations	7
-	New Zealand Journal of Botany	7
-	Bangladesh Journal of Botany	7
171	Comparative Cytogenetics	6
-	Plant Ecology & Diversity	6
-	Folia Geobotanica	6
-	Grana	6
-	Records of Natural Products	6

-	Biologia Plantarum	6
-	Bryologist	6
-	Plant Ecology and Evolution	6
-	Indian Journal of Genetics and Plant Breeding	6
-	Journal of Berry Research	6
-	Willdenowia	6
-	Annales Botanici Fennici	6
183	Cryptogamie Algologie	5
-	Herzogia	5
-	Weed Biology and Management	5
186	Blumea	4
-	Boletin de la Sociedad Argentina de Botanica	4
-	Brittonia	4
-	Caldasia	4
-	Israel Journal of Plant Sciences	4
-	Acta Biológica Colombiana	4
-	Acta Biologica Colombiana	4
-	Phytocoenologia	4
-	Rhodora	4
-	Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society	4
-	Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden	4
197	Bangladesh Journal of Plant Taxonomy	3
-	Bothalia	3
-	Cryptogamie Bryologie	3
-	Iheringia Serie Botanica	3
-	Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge	3
-	Bradleya	3
-	Candollea	3
-	American Fern Journal	3
-	Novon	3
206	Castanea	2
-	Gayana Botanica	2
208	Journal of Plant Ecology	0