New: Think Tank Rankings 2025

Plant & Animal Science

Journal Rankings
TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor
(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 Average citations
1 Annual Review Plant Biology39.036
2 Fungal Diversity37.417
3 Human Reproduction Update31.220
4 Annual Review of Marine Science29.290
5 Annual Review of Pharmacology and Toxicology27.702
6 Cell Host & Microbe26.802
7 Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics26.691
8 Molecular Plant26.003
9 Annual Review of Phytopathology24.505
10 Drugs22.397
11 Landscape and Urban Planning20.718
12 Global Change Biology18.657
13 Particle and Fibre Toxicology17.624
14 Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health-Part B-Critical Reviews17.577
15 Computers and Electronics in Agriculture17.094
16 Trends in Plant Science16.998
17 Trends in Ecology & Evolution16.803
18 Plant Cell16.769
19 ISME Journal16.594
20 Nature Ecology & Evolution16.235
21 Agronomy for Sustainable Development15.422
22 Cell Biology and Toxicology15.345
23 Mycosphere15.151
24 Current Opinion in Plant Biology15.018
25 Annual Review of Animal Biosciences14.646
26 Brain Structure & Function14.316
27 Phytomedicine14.183
28 Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences14.094
29 Animal Nutrition13.503
30 Ecosystem Services13.211
31 Environmental Health Perspectives13.108
32 International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology13.094
33 Journal of Integrative Plant Biology13.090
34 Ecological Monographs13.005
35 New Phytologist12.824
36 Precision Agriculture12.788
37 Phytopathology12.770
38 Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment12.725
39 Archives of Toxicology12.594
40 Field Crops Research12.428
41 Plant Biotechnology Journal12.354
42 Ecological Informatics12.316
43 Ecological Economics11.927
44 Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology11.834
45 Biosystems Engineering11.729
46 Postharvest Biology and Technology11.561
47 Agricultural Water Management11.523
48 Landscape Ecology11.452
49 Ecology Letters11.392
50 Crop Journal11.126
51 Infectious Diseases of Poverty11.066
52 Environmental and Experimental Botany10.959
53 Pharmaceutical Biology10.933
54 Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety10.919
55 Animal Health Research Reviews10.757
56 Microbial Ecology10.705
57 Industrial Crops and Products10.678
58 Plant Physiology10.631
59 Plant Phenomics10.584
60 Agricultural and Forest Meteorology10.553
61 European Journal of Agronomy10.384
62 Agricultural Systems10.248
63 Frontiers in Plant Science10.148
64 Journal of Experimental Botany10.073
65 Chemico-Biological Interactions9.962
66 Journal of Ethnopharmacology9.777
67 Water Resources Research9.724
68 Human Reproduction Open9.462
69 Plant Diversity9.420
70 Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry9.415
71 Global Ecology and Biogeography9.380
72 Marine Pollution Bulletin9.314
73 Methods in Ecology and Evolution9.308
74 Plant Methods9.113
75 Molecular Ecology Resources9.072
76 Plant Journal9.064
77 Fungal Biology Reviews9.050
78 Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology9.046
79 Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences8.986
80 Toxics8.966
81 Gm Crops & Food-Biotechnology in Agriculture and the Food Chain8.917
82 Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture8.873
83 International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability8.871
84 Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology8.850
85 Gesunde Pflanzen8.815
86 Fire Ecology8.725
87 Scientia Horticulturae8.683
88 Plant Physiology and Biochemistry8.674
89 Horticultural Plant Journal8.651
90 Plant Cell and Environment8.648
91 Toxicological Sciences8.596
92 Critical Reviews in Toxicology8.507
93 Plants-Basel8.443
94 Plant Growth Regulation8.308
95 Toxicology8.284
96 Plant Pathology Journal8.252
97 Journal of Evolutionary Biology8.251
98 Journal of Fungi8.246
99 Toxins8.209
100 Rice8.125
101 Inflammopharmacology8.123
102 Animal Frontiers8.080
103 Journal of Ecology8.040
104 Animal Cognition8.036
105 Biological Conservation7.986
106 Cladistics7.967
107 Ecological Applications7.956
108 Aquatic Toxicology7.949
109 Annals of Agricultural Sciences7.877
110 Drug Safety7.868
111 Ecological Engineering7.862
112 Functional Ecology7.860
113 Phytochemistry Reviews7.822
114 Journal of Plant Physiology7.806
115 Current Opinion in Insect Science7.791
116 Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology7.767
117 Ecography7.687
118 Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine7.682
119 Agriculture-Basel7.677
120 Journal of Plant Interactions7.568
121 Agronomy-Basel7.556
122 Aquaculture7.533
123 Plant Science7.526
124 Plant and Cell Physiology7.479
125 Mutation Research-Reviews in Mutation Research7.408
126 Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation7.391
127 Rice Science7.385
128 Fish & Shellfish Immunology7.307
129 People and Nature7.143
130 Planta7.117
131 Ecological Processes7.073
132 Molecular Ecology7.066
133 Ecology7.063
134 Conservation Letters7.058
135 Conservation Biology7.048
136 Journal of Applied Ecology7.046
137 Molecular Plant Pathology7.041
138 Frontiers in Forests and Global Change7.029
139 Journal of Dairy Science7.019
140 Limnology and Oceanography Letters6.986
141 Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology6.918
142 Environmental Pollutants and Bioavailability6.905
143 Harmful Algae6.849
144 Plant Cell Reports6.833
145 Phytopathology Research6.818
146 Neurotoxicology6.790
147 Food and Chemical Toxicology6.744
148 Journal of Ovarian Research6.738
- Chemical Research in Toxicology6.738
150 Biogeosciences6.736
151 Global Change Biology Bioenergy6.691
152 Theoretical and Applied Genetics6.678
153 Veterinary Quarterly6.670
154 Phytochemistry6.666
155 Annals of Botany6.642
156 Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution6.639
157 International Journal for Parasitology-Drugs and Drug Resistance6.557
158 Expert Opinion on Drug Metabolism & Toxicology6.551
159 Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases6.541
160 Frontiers in Marine Science6.530
161 Malaria Journal6.525
162 Basic and Applied Ecology6.513
163 Rhizosphere6.502
164 Botanical Studies6.496
165 European Journal of Soil Biology6.487
166 BMC Plant Biology6.485
167 Parasites & Vectors6.451
168 Plant Genome6.444
169 Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions6.440
170 Journal of Plant Growth Regulation6.413
171 Animal6.386
172 Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology C-Toxicology & Pharmacology6.372
173 South African Journal of Botany6.368
174 Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture6.364
175 Journal of Sea Research6.341
176 Nanotoxicology6.301
177 Poultry Science6.282
- Trends in Parasitology6.282
179 Journal of Integrative Agriculture6.258
180 Plant Reproduction6.235
181 Agriculture and Human Values6.220
182 Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology6.215
183 Reproduction6.190
184 Environmental Toxicology6.165
185 Pathogens and Global Health6.148
186 Photosynthesis Research6.147
187 PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases6.099
188 Food and Agricultural Immunology6.040
189 American Naturalist6.010
190 Horticulturae5.996
191 Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries5.973
192 Frontiers in Neuroanatomy5.938
193 DNA Repair5.919
194 Journal of Animal Ecology5.851
195 ICES Journal of Marine Science5.849
196 Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease5.839
197 Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment5.803
198 Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants5.794
199 Plant and Soil5.750
200 Pest Management Science5.739
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