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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Bioresource Technology	105
2	Computers and Electronics in Agriculture	82
3	Industrial Crops and Products	72
4	Soil Biology & Biochemistry	71
5	Agronomy-Basel	68
6	Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry	63
7	Agriculture-Basel	60
8	CATENA	58
9	Geoderma	57
10	Agricultural Water Management	54
11	Animals	52
12	Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment	51
13	Agricultural and Forest Meteorology	49
14	Scientia Horticulturae	48
15	Soil & Tillage Research	47
-	Applied Soil Ecology	47
17	Postharvest Biology and Technology	46
18	Horticulturae	44
19	Poultry Science	43
-	Animal Nutrition	43
21	Biomass & Bioenergy	42
-	Field Crops Research	42
23	Journal of Dairy Science	40
-	Biosystems Engineering	40
25	Agricultural Systems	39
26	Plant and Soil	38
27	Crop Journal	37
28	Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture	36
-	European Journal of Agronomy	36
30	Biochar	35
-	Animal	35
32	Food Policy	34
-	Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition	34
-	Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology	34
35	Journal of Integrative Agriculture	33
-	Land Degradation & Development	33
-	British Food Journal	33
38	Pest Management Science	32
-	Agronomy for Sustainable Development	32
-	International Soil and Water Conservation Research	32
-	Precision Agriculture	32
42	Theoretical and Applied Genetics	30
-	Horticulture Research	30
44	Pedosphere	29
-	Horticultural Plant Journal	29
46	Biology and Fertility of Soils	27
-	Plant Phenomics	27
-	Rhizosphere	27
49	Journal of Soils and Sediments	26
-	Global Change Biology Bioenergy	26

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

-	Agricultural Economics-Zemedelska Ekonomika	9
-	Journal of Agricultural Engineering	9
-	Journal of Animal and Feed Sciences	9
179	Bragantia	8
-	New Zealand Journal of Crop and Horticultural Science	8
-	Engenharia Agricola	8
-	American Journal of Potato Research	8
-	Journal of Dairy Research	8
-	Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Pecuarias	8
-	Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica Section B-Soil and Plant Science	8
-	Horticulture Journal	8
-	Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences	8
-	Italian Journal of Agronomy	8
-	Archives of Animal Nutrition	8
190	Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science	7
-	Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia-Brazilian Journal of Animal Science	7
-	Acta Scientiarum-Agronomy	7
-	Turkish Journal of Field Crops	7
-	World Rabbit Science	7
-	Journal of Agricultural & Environmental Ethics	7
-	Arid Land Research and Management	7
-	Biological Agriculture & Horticulture	7
-	Journal of Plant Registrations	7
-	Journal of Wine Economics	7
-	Czech Journal of Genetics and Plant Breeding	7

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