Plant Sciences: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor

(The TQCC is the top quartile citation count: if all publications of a journal are sorted by citation count in descending order, then the TQCC is the citation count of the publication residing at the end of the top quartile; for example, given 100 publications, the TQCC is the citation count of the 25th ranked paper. The data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)

(Using publications from roughly 2021-07-01 to 2025-07-01)

Rank	Journal	TQCC
1	Annual Review Plant Biology	46
2	Annual Review of Phytopathology	34
3	Molecular Plant	31
4	Plant Cell	21
-	Current Opinion in Plant Biology	21
6	Plant Biotechnology Journal	18
7	New Phytologist	17
-	Trends in Plant Science	17
9	Phytomedicine	16
10	Plant Physiology	15
11	Journal of Integrative Plant Biology	14
-	Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences	14
13	Environmental and Experimental Botany	13
-	Journal of Experimental Botany	13
-	Pharmaceutical Biology	13
16	Molecular Plant Pathology	12
-	Plant Journal	12
18	Frontiers in Plant Science	11
-	Plant Physiology and Biochemistry	11
-	Journal of Ecology	11
-	Journal of Ethnopharmacology	11
22	Journal of Plant Physiology	10
-	Plant Methods	10
-	Plant Science	10
-	Plant and Cell Physiology	10
26	Journal of Plant Interactions	9
-	BMC Plant Biology	9
-	Plant Cell and Environment	9
-	Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine	9
-	Planta	9
-	Plant Genome	9
-	Plant Molecular Biology	9
-	Theoretical and Applied Genetics	9
34	Plant Growth Regulation	8
-	Plant Pathology Journal	8
-	South African Journal of Botany	8
-	Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions	8
-	Mycorrhiza	8
-	Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants	8
-	Phytochemistry	8
-	Phytochemistry Reviews	8
-	Phytopathology	8
-	Plant Cell Reports	8
-	Rice Science	8
-	Journal of Natural Products	8
46	Alpine Botany	7
-	Annals of Botany	7
-	Photosynthesis Research	7
-	Plant and Soil	7
-	Journal of Plant Growth Regulation	7

-	Plant Biology	7
-	Plant Foods for Human Nutrition	7
53	Journal of Phycology	6
-	American Journal of Botany	6
-	AoB Plants	6
-	Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology	6
-	Aquatic Botany	6
-	Botanical Studies	6
-	Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition	6
-	Molecular Breeding	6
-	Physiologia Plantarum	6
-	Applied Vegetation Science	6
-	Functional Plant Biology	6
64	Journal of Plant Research	5
-	Journal of Systematics and Evolution	5
-	Journal of Vegetation Science	5
-	Acta Physiologiae Plantarum	5
-	Perspectives in Plant Ecology Evolution and Systematics	5
-	Phytochemical Analysis	5
-	Plant Cell Tissue and Organ Culture	5
-	European Journal of Phycology	5
-	Journal of Plant Pathology	5
-	Algae	5
-	Photosynthetica	5
-	Plant Pathology	5
-	Protoplasma	5
-	Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology	5
-	Journal of Essential Oil Bearing Plants	5
79	Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology	4
-	Journal of Plant Diseases and Protection	4
-	Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science	4
-	Phytochemistry Letters	4
-	Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society	4
-	Plant Breeding	4
-	Plant Ecology	4
-	Czech Journal of Genetics and Plant Breeding	4
-	Flora	4
-	Seed Science Research	4
-	Vegetation History and Archaeobotany	4
-	Weed Science	4
-	Journal of Plant Biology	4
-	Australian Systematic Botany	4
-	Plant Biotechnology Reports	4
-	Plant Disease	4
-	European Journal of Plant Pathology	4
-	Indian Journal of Genetics and Plant Breeding	4
-	In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology-Plant	4
-	Soil Science and Plant Nutrition	4
99	Weed Technology	3
-	Phycologia	3
-	Biologia Plantarum	3
-	Phytoparasitica	3
-	Botanica Serbica	3
-	Brazilian Journal of Botany	3
-	Comparative Cytogenetics	3
-	Plant Ecology & Diversity	3
-	Grana	3
-	Plant Systematics and Evolution	3
-	Journal of Berry Research	3
-	Weed Research	3
-	Journal of Plant Nutrition	3
-	Notulae Botanicae Horti Agrobotanici Cluj-Napoca	3
-	Australasian Plant Pathology	3
-	Botanica Marina	3
-	Botany	3
-	Plant Biotechnology	3
-	Breeding Science	3
-	Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology	3
-	Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis	3
-	Plant Ecology and Evolution	3
-	Economic Botany	3
-	Euphytica	3
-	Folia Geobotanica	3
-	Plant Protection Science	3
-	International Journal of Plant Sciences	3
-	Seed Science and Technology	3
-	Journal of General Plant Pathology	3
128	Acta Amazonica	2
-	Acta Botanica Brasilica	2
-	Australian Journal of Botany	2
-	Phytocoenologia	2
-	Bothalia	2
-	Plant Biosystems	2
-	Canadian Journal of Plant Science	2
-	Cryptogamie Bryologie	2
-	Plant Genetic Resources-Characterization and Utilization	2
-	Plant Molecular Biology Reporter	2
-	Invasive Plant Science and Management	2
-	Russian Journal of Plant Physiology	2
-	Journal of Phytopathology	2
-	Willdenowia	2
-	Journal of Plant Registrations	2
-	New Zealand Journal of Botany	2
-	Palynology	2
-	Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden	2
-	Phytokeys	2
-	Botanical Sciences	2
-	Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution	2
-	Journal of Asian Natural Products Research	2
-	Journal of Bryology	2
-	Systematic Botany	2
-	Tropical Plant Biology	2
153	Acta Biológica Colombiana	1
-	Lichenologist	1
-	Nordic Journal of Botany	1
-	Nova Hedwigia	1
-	Pakistan Journal of Botany	1
-	Bangladesh Journal of Botany	1
-	Phytotaxa	1
-	Planta Medica	1
-	Brittonia	1
-	Caldasia	1
-	Gayana Botanica	1
-	Iheringia Serie Botanica	1
-	Records of Natural Products	1
-	Israel Journal of Plant Sciences	1
-	Taxon	1
-	Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society	1
-	Kew Bulletin	1
-	Acta Biologica Colombiana	1
-	Acta Botanica Mexicana	1
-	Novon	1
-	American Fern Journal	1
-	Annales Botanici Fennici	1
-	Blumea	1

-	Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany	1
-	Boletin de la Sociedad Argentina de Botanica	1
-	Bradleya	1
-	Bryologist	1
-	Candollea	1
-	Plant Species Biology	1
-	Herzogia	1
-	Weed Biology and Management	1
184	Castanea	0
-	Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge	0
-	Rhodora	0
-	Bangladesh Journal of Plant Taxonomy	0