New: Think Tank Rankings 2026

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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01)
Rank Journal Average citations
1 Annual Review Plant Biology44.357
2 Fungal Diversity35.741
3 Human Reproduction Update32.514
4 Annual Review of Marine Science31.418
5 Annual Review of Pharmacology and Toxicology30.161
6 Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics28.000
7 Cell Host & Microbe27.156
8 Molecular Plant27.105
9 Annual Review of Phytopathology24.260
10 Drugs22.358
11 Landscape and Urban Planning21.505
12 Global Change Biology18.919
13 Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health-Part B-Critical Reviews18.238
14 Particle and Fibre Toxicology18.222
15 Cell Biology and Toxicology17.521
16 Trends in Ecology & Evolution17.114
17 Trends in Plant Science17.049
18 Plant Cell17.035
19 Computers and Electronics in Agriculture17.019
20 Annual Review of Animal Biosciences16.524
21 ISME Journal16.446
22 Nature Ecology & Evolution16.380
23 Mycosphere16.092
24 Brain Structure & Function14.857
25 Phytomedicine14.554
26 Current Opinion in Plant Biology14.466
27 Ecological Monographs14.371
28 Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences13.892
29 Environmental Health Perspectives13.869
30 Journal of Integrative Plant Biology13.824
31 Agronomy for Sustainable Development13.687
32 International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology13.483
33 Ecosystem Services13.404
34 Archives of Toxicology13.383
35 Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment13.372
36 Animal Nutrition13.187
37 New Phytologist13.020
38 Plant Biotechnology Journal12.999
39 Phytopathology12.867
40 Field Crops Research12.723
41 Ecological Informatics12.501
42 Ecological Economics12.496
43 Biosystems Engineering12.298
44 Plant Phenomics12.232
45 Landscape Ecology12.225
46 Postharvest Biology and Technology12.176
47 Precision Agriculture12.140
48 Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology12.066
49 Ecology Letters11.897
50 Pharmaceutical Biology11.863
51 Agricultural Water Management11.742
52 Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety11.433
53 Crop Journal11.341
54 Environmental and Experimental Botany11.270
55 Agricultural and Forest Meteorology11.079
56 Microbial Ecology11.029
57 Industrial Crops and Products11.020
58 European Journal of Agronomy11.005
59 Agricultural Systems10.952
60 Infectious Diseases of Poverty10.936
61 Plant Physiology10.477
62 Frontiers in Plant Science10.391
63 Human Reproduction Open10.306
64 Journal of Experimental Botany10.221
65 Journal of Ethnopharmacology10.191
66 Chemico-Biological Interactions10.144
67 Water Resources Research10.018
68 International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability9.828
69 Plant Methods9.764
- Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry9.764
71 Global Ecology and Biogeography9.651
72 Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology9.590
73 Fungal Biology Reviews9.545
74 Marine Pollution Bulletin9.544
75 Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences9.524
76 Gm Crops & Food-Biotechnology in Agriculture and the Food Chain9.399
77 Gesunde Pflanzen9.306
78 Toxics9.241
79 Plant Journal9.178
80 Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture9.158
81 Plant Physiology and Biochemistry9.138
82 Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology9.131
83 Horticultural Plant Journal9.102
84 Toxicological Sciences9.078
85 Journal of Evolutionary Biology9.059
86 Plant Cell and Environment8.997
87 Animal Cognition8.914
88 Methods in Ecology and Evolution8.912
89 Critical Reviews in Toxicology8.910
90 Scientia Horticulturae8.808
91 Plant Pathology Journal8.780
92 Plants-Basel8.752
93 Toxicology8.741
94 Animal Frontiers8.669
95 Molecular Ecology Resources8.665
96 Biological Conservation8.587
97 Fire Ecology8.582
98 Aquatic Toxicology8.384
99 Toxins8.329
100 Plant Growth Regulation8.317
101 Inflammopharmacology8.301
102 Plant Diversity8.294
103 Journal of Plant Physiology8.237
104 Journal of Ecology8.168
105 Phytochemistry Reviews8.157
106 Journal of Fungi8.098
107 Cladistics8.089
108 Current Opinion in Insect Science8.079
109 Drug Safety8.072
110 Rice8.071
111 Ecography8.008
112 Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology7.999
- Agriculture-Basel7.999
114 Functional Ecology7.990
115 Aquaculture7.983
116 Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine7.981
117 Ecological Engineering7.977
118 Agronomy-Basel7.948
119 Plant Science7.732
120 Rice Science7.516
121 Ecological Applications7.481
122 Annals of Botany7.465
123 Animal Health Research Reviews7.387
124 Conservation Biology7.383
125 Journal of Dairy Science7.364
126 Fish & Shellfish Immunology7.324
127 Ecological Processes7.319
128 Plant and Cell Physiology7.312
129 Limnology and Oceanography Letters7.272
130 Frontiers in Forests and Global Change7.258
131 People and Nature7.250
132 Planta7.178
133 Journal of Ovarian Research7.133
134 Environmental Pollutants and Bioavailability7.132
135 Expert Opinion on Drug Metabolism & Toxicology7.093
136 Harmful Algae7.091
137 Journal of Plant Interactions7.071
138 Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology7.059
139 Molecular Ecology7.057
140 European Journal of Soil Biology7.051
141 Journal of Applied Ecology7.028
142 Plant Cell Reports6.989
143 Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology6.982
144 Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation6.978
145 Ecology6.935
146 Biogeosciences6.909
147 Chemical Research in Toxicology6.883
148 Global Change Biology Bioenergy6.867
149 Molecular Plant Pathology6.787
150 Nanotoxicology6.782
151 Plant Genome6.742
152 Basic and Applied Ecology6.727
153 Mutation Research-Reviews in Mutation Research6.724
154 Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases6.718
155 Rhizosphere6.713
156 Neurotoxicology6.709
157 Botanical Studies6.707
158 Theoretical and Applied Genetics6.703
159 Journal of Sea Research6.695
160 Phytochemistry6.673
161 Conservation Letters6.669
162 Phytopathology Research6.658
163 Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution6.643
164 Frontiers in Marine Science6.617
165 Malaria Journal6.543
166 Poultry Science6.539
167 Animal6.531
168 South African Journal of Botany6.528
169 Annals of Agricultural Sciences6.525
170 Journal of Plant Growth Regulation6.516
171 Korean Journal of Parasitology6.500
172 International Journal for Parasitology-Drugs and Drug Resistance6.498
173 BMC Plant Biology6.479
174 Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries6.459
175 Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions6.453
- Trends in Parasitology6.453
177 Photosynthesis Research6.448
178 Pathogens and Global Health6.447
179 Parasites & Vectors6.441
180 Agriculture and Human Values6.436
181 Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture6.424
182 Journal of Integrative Agriculture6.410
183 DNA Repair6.360
184 Reproduction6.346
185 Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology C-Toxicology & Pharmacology6.332
186 Food and Chemical Toxicology6.314
187 PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases6.240
188 Food and Agricultural Immunology6.202
189 Ecological Modelling6.134
190 Plants People Planet6.133
191 Environmental Toxicology6.102
192 Plant Reproduction6.072
193 Veterinary Quarterly6.052
194 Horticulturae6.024
195 Journal of Animal Ecology6.003
196 Frontiers in Neuroanatomy5.994
197 American Naturalist5.932
198 ICES Journal of Marine Science5.913
199 Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants5.905
200 Ecology and Society5.897
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