Agricultural 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Bioresource Technology	92
2	Computers and Electronics in Agriculture	91
3	Agronomy-Basel	72
-	Agriculture-Basel	72
5	Industrial Crops and Products	71
6	Soil Biology & Biochemistry	70
7	Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry	66
8	CATENA	59
9	Geoderma	58
10	Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment	56
-	Animals	56
12	Agricultural Water Management	55
13	Field Crops Research	52
-	Soil & Tillage Research	52
15	Biomass & Bioenergy	48
-	Postharvest Biology and Technology	48
17	Agricultural and Forest Meteorology	47
18	Horticulturae	46
-	Scientia Horticulturae	46
20	Applied Soil Ecology	45
21	Biosystems Engineering	43
22	Journal of Dairy Science	42
23	Animal Nutrition	41
-	European Journal of Agronomy	41
25	Poultry Science	40
-	Agricultural Systems	40
-	Crop Journal	40
28	Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology	39
29	Agronomy for Sustainable Development	38
30	Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture	37
-	Plant and Soil	37
32	Journal of Integrative Agriculture	36
-	Food Policy	36
34	Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition	35
-	Land Degradation & Development	35
36	Precision Agriculture	34
37	Pest Management Science	33
38	Plant Phenomics	32
-	Animal	32
-	Horticultural Plant Journal	32
41	British Food Journal	31
42	Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture	30
-	International Soil and Water Conservation Research	30
44	Biology and Fertility of Soils	29
-	Pedosphere	29
-	Rhizosphere	29
47	Theoretical and Applied Genetics	28
-	Biochar	28
-	Journal of Soils and Sediments	28
-	European Journal of Soil Science	28

51	Journal of Animal Science	26
52	Annual Review of Resource Economics	25
-	Global Change Biology Bioenergy	25
-	Agriculture and Human Values	25
-	Crop Protection	25
-	Animal Feed Science and Technology	25
57	Aquacultural Engineering	24
-	Cogent Food & Agriculture	24
-	Animal Frontiers	24
-	Rice	24
-	Rice Science	24
62	Animal Reproduction Science	23
-	Animal Bioscience	23
64	Crop Science	22
-	Agronomy Journal	22
-	Soil Use and Management	22
67	International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability	21
-	Soil	21
-	Applied Animal Behaviour Science	21
-	Plant Pathology	21
71	Journal of Plant Diseases and Protection	20
-	European Journal of Soil Biology	20
-	Tropical Animal Health and Production	20
-	Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis	20
-	Agricultural Economics	20
-	American Journal of Agricultural Economics	20
77	China Agricultural Economic Review	19
-	Geoderma Regional	19
-	Annual Review of Animal Biosciences	19
-	Journal of Animal Science and Technology	19
-	Potato Research	19
-	Gesunde Pflanzen	19
-	Agroforestry Systems	19
84	Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy	18
-	Journal of Animal Physiology and Animal Nutrition	18
-	Molecular Breeding	18
-	Journal of Agricultural Economics	18
-	Livestock Science	18
-	Cereal Research Communications	18
-	Soil Science Society of America Journal	18
91	Agribusiness	17
-	Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems	17
-	Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science	17
-	European Journal of Plant Pathology	17
-	Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution	17
-	Horticulture Environment and Biotechnology	17
-	Worlds Poultry Science Journal	17
98	Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems	16
-	Eurasian Soil Science	16
-	Irrigation Science	16
-	Sugar Tech	16
-	Vadose Zone Journal	16
103	Crop & Pasture Science	15
-	European Review of Agricultural Economics	15
-	Weed Science	15
-	Animal Genetics	15
-	Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science	15
-	Aquaculture Economics & Management	15
-	Journal of Applied Poultry Research	15
-	Reproduction in Domestic Animals	15
111	Irrigation and Drainage	14
-	Annals of Applied Biology	14
-	Journal of Applied Animal Research	14
-	Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics	14
-	Journal of Horticultural Science & Biotechnology	14
-	Plant Breeding	14
-	Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems	14
-	Annals of Agricultural Sciences	14
-	Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science	14
-	Plant Soil and Environment	14
-	Grass and Forage Science	14
-	Hortscience	14
-	Small Ruminant Research	14
124	Journal of Soil and Water Conservation	13
-	Paddy and Water Environment	13
-	Phytoparasitica	13
-	Animal Biotechnology	13
-	International Journal of Plant Production	13
-	Animal Production Science	13
-	Journal of Agricultural Science	13
-	Canadian Journal of Soil Science	13
-	Outlook on Agriculture	13
-	Euphytica	13
-	International Journal of Fruit Science	13
135	Canadian Journal of Plant Science	12
-	New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research	12
-	Pedobiologia	12
-	Erwerbs-Obstbau	12
-	Revista Brasileira de Engenharia Agricola e Ambiental	12
-	British Poultry Science	12
-	Mycobiology	12
-	Weed Technology	12
143	Archives Animal Breeding	11
-	International Food and Agribusiness Management Review	11
-	Soil Science and Plant Nutrition	11
-	Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics	11
-	Australian Journal of Grape and Wine Research	11
-	Clays and Clay Minerals	11
-	Czech Journal of Animal Science	11
-	Domestic Animal Endocrinology	11
-	International Agrophysics	11
-	Seed Science and Technology	11
-	Soil Research	11
-	Tree Genetics & Genomes	11
-	Weed Research	11
156	Animal Science Journal	10
-	Journal of Agricultural Engineering	10
-	Journal of Animal and Feed Sciences	10
-	Journal of Dairy Research	10
-	Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering	10
-	Journal of Reproduction and Development	10
-	Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics-Revue Canadienne d'Agroeconomie	10
-	Ciencia Rural	10
-	Journal of Land Use Science	10
-	Breeding Science	10
-	Plant Production Science	10
-	Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences	10
168	Italian Journal of Agronomy	9
-	Journal of Wine Economics	9
-	Agricultural Economics-Zemedelska Ekonomika	9
-	Horttechnology	9
-	Canadian Journal of Animal Science	9
-	Chilean Journal of Agricultural Research	9
-	New Zealand Journal of Crop and Horticultural Science	9
-	Experimental Agriculture	9

-	Agrekon	9
-	Agricultural & Environmental Letters	9
-	International Journal of Agricultural and Biological Engineering	9
-	Revista Caatinga	9
180	Archives of Animal Nutrition	8
-	Czech Journal of Genetics and Plant Breeding	8
-	Plant Protection Science	8
-	Horticultural Science	8
-	Horticulture Journal	8
-	American Journal of Enology and Viticulture	8
-	Arid Land Research and Management	8
-	Bragantia	8
-	Acta Scientiarum-Agronomy	8
-	American Journal of Potato Research	8
-	Soil and Water Research	8
191	Journal of Agricultural Sciences-Tarim Bilimleri Dergisi	7
-	Biological Agriculture & Horticulture	7
-	Bioscience Journal	7
-	Journal of Plant Registrations	7
-	Brazilian Journal of Poultry Science	7
-	Cahiers Agricultures	7
-	Emirates Journal of Food and Agriculture	7
-	Acta Scientiarum Polonorum-Hortorum Cultus	7
-	Turkish Journal of Field Crops	7
-	Journal of Agricultural & Environmental Ethics	7

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