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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Frontiers in Plant Science	79
2	Plants-Basel	76
3	New Phytologist	70
4	Agronomy-Basel	69
5	Molecular Plant	66
6	Phytomedicine	61
7	Trends in Plant Science	59
8	Plant Cell	58
9	Plant Physiology and Biochemistry	57
10	Journal of Ethnopharmacology	55
11	Plant Biotechnology Journal	53
12	Plant Journal	50
13	Plant Physiology	49
14	Annual Review Plant Biology	48
15	Journal of Integrative Plant Biology	47
16	Journal of Experimental Botany	45
17	Current Opinion in Plant Biology	42
-	Horticulture Research	42
19	Plant Cell and Environment	41
20	Environmental and Experimental Botany	39
21	BMC Plant Biology	38
-	Crop Journal	38
23	Physiologia Plantarum	36
24	Plant and Soil	35
-	Plant Cell Reports	35
26	Plant Science	34
-	Journal of Plant Growth Regulation	34
28	Theoretical and Applied Genetics	32
-	Planta	32
-	South African Journal of Botany	32
-	Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition	32
32	Journal of Ecology	31
33	Phytochemistry	30
34	Plant Methods	29
-	Journal of Plant Physiology	29
36	Molecular Plant Pathology	28
37	Phytopathology	27
-	Plant Disease	27
-	Plant and Cell Physiology	27
-	Plant Biology	27
-	Horticultural Plant Journal	27
42	Phytochemistry Reviews	26
-	Plant Growth Regulation	26
-	Rhizosphere	26
-	Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants	26
-	Journal of Natural Products	26
47	Annual Review of Phytopathology	25
48	Annals of Botany	24
49	Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology	23
-	Pharmaceutical Biology	23

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

176	Nova Hedwigia	5
-	Bangladesh Journal of Botany	5
-	Biologia Plantarum	5
-	Botanica Serbica	5
-	Bradleya	5
-	Herzogia	5
-	Plant Ecology and Evolution	5
-	Folia Geobotanica	5
184	Acta Biológica Colombiana	4
-	Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden	4
-	Cryptogamie Algologie	4
-	Indian Journal of Genetics and Plant Breeding	4
-	American Fern Journal	4
-	Annales Botanici Fennici	4
-	Boletin de la Sociedad Argentina de Botanica	4
-	Brittonia	4
-	Caldasia	4
-	Israel Journal of Plant Sciences	4
-	Acta Biologica Colombiana	4
195	Candollea	3
-	Novon	3
-	Bangladesh Journal of Plant Taxonomy	3
-	Blumea	3
-	Phytocoenologia	3
-	Bothalia	3
-	Castanea	3
-	Cryptogamie Bryologie	3
-	Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge	3
-	Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society	3
205	Gayana Botanica	2
-	Iheringia Serie Botanica	2
-	Rhodora	2