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 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Frontiers in Plant Science	75
2	New Phytologist	70
-	Plants-Basel	70
4	Molecular Plant	63
-	Agronomy-Basel	63
6	Trends in Plant Science	61
7	Plant Physiology and Biochemistry	59
8	Phytomedicine	55
9	Journal of Ethnopharmacology	54
10	Plant Cell	52
-	Plant Journal	52
12	Plant Biotechnology Journal	50
13	Journal of Experimental Botany	47
14	Plant Physiology	46
15	Journal of Integrative Plant Biology	44
-	Physiologia Plantarum	44
17	Horticulture Research	43
18	Annual Review Plant Biology	42
-	Plant Cell and Environment	42
20	BMC Plant Biology	40
21	Current Opinion in Plant Biology	39
22	Environmental and Experimental Botany	38
23	Plant Science	37
24	Theoretical and Applied Genetics	34
-	Plant and Soil	34
-	Crop Journal	34
27	Journal of Ecology	33
-	Journal of Plant Growth Regulation	33
-	Plant Cell Reports	33
30	South African Journal of Botany	32
31	Plant Methods	31
-	Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition	31
33	Planta	30
34	Journal of Plant Physiology	29
35	Rhizosphere	28
36	Molecular Plant Pathology	27
-	Phytochemistry	27
-	Journal of Natural Products	27
39	Phytopathology	26
-	Plant Disease	26
-	Horticultural Plant Journal	26
42	Plant and Cell Physiology	25
-	Plant Biology	25
-	Plant Molecular Biology	25
45	Plant Growth Regulation	24
-	Pharmaceutical Biology	24
-	Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants	24
48	American Journal of Botany	23
-	Annals of Botany	23
50	Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology	22

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

-	Willdenowia	6
-	Herzogia	6
-	Indian Journal of Genetics and Plant Breeding	6
-	New Zealand Journal of Botany	6
-	Australian Systematic Botany	6
-	Comparative Cytogenetics	6
-	Grana	6
183	American Fern Journal	5
-	Annales Botanici Fennici	5
-	Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden	5
-	Cryptogamie Algologie	5
-	Acta Biologica Colombiana	5
-	Bothalia	5
-	Caldasia	5
-	Acta Biológica Colombiana	5
-	Folia Geobotanica	5
-	Israel Journal of Plant Sciences	5
193	Bradleya	4
-	Bangladesh Journal of Plant Taxonomy	4
-	Boletin de la Sociedad Argentina de Botanica	4
-	Brittonia	4
-	Cryptogamie Bryologie	4
198	Candollea	3
-	Gayana Botanica	3
-	Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society	3
-	Novon	3
-	Blumea	3
-	Phytocoenologia	3
-	Castanea	3
-	Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge	3
206	Rhodora	2
-	Iheringia Serie Botanica	2