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 2021-06-01 to 2025-06-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Frontiers in Plant Science	81
2	New Phytologist	71
3	Molecular Plant	67
4	Trends in Plant Science	61
5	Phytomedicine	59
6	Plant Cell	58
7	Journal of Ethnopharmacology	55
-	Plant Biotechnology Journal	55
9	Plant Physiology and Biochemistry	54
10	Plant Physiology	51
11	Plant Journal	50
-	Annual Review Plant Biology	50
13	Journal of Integrative Plant Biology	49
14	Journal of Experimental Botany	45
15	Current Opinion in Plant Biology	42
-	Plant Cell and Environment	42
17	Environmental and Experimental Botany	40
18	BMC Plant Biology	39
19	Plant and Soil	36
20	Journal of Plant Growth Regulation	35
-	South African Journal of Botany	35
22	Plant Science	34
23	Physiologia Plantarum	33
-	Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition	33
-	Journal of Ecology	33
26	Planta	32
-	Plant Cell Reports	32
28	Phytochemistry	31
-	Theoretical and Applied Genetics	31
30	Journal of Plant Physiology	30
31	Phytopathology	29
-	Plant Disease	29
-	Annual Review of Phytopathology	29
-	Plant Methods	29
-	Molecular Plant Pathology	29
36	Plant and Cell Physiology	27
-	Journal of Natural Products	27
-	Plant Growth Regulation	27
39	Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants	26
-	Phytochemistry Reviews	26
-	Plant Biology	26
-	Plant Molecular Biology	26
-	Annals of Botany	26
44	Pharmaceutical Biology	24
-	Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology	24
46	Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions	23
-	American Journal of Botany	23
48	Plant Genome	22
49	Rice Science	21
50	Plant Pathology	20

-	Plant Cell Tissue and Organ Culture	20
-	Journal of Phycology	20
-	Journal of Plant Diseases and Protection	20
54	Plant Foods for Human Nutrition	19
-	Functional Plant Biology	19
-	Journal of Plant Nutrition	19
-	Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine	19
-	Photosynthesis Research	19
59	Acta Physiologiae Plantarum	18
60	Journal of Systematics and Evolution	17
61	AoB Plants	16
-	Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution	16
-	Molecular Breeding	16
-	Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis	16
-	Journal of Plant Interactions	16
-	Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science	16
67	European Journal of Plant Pathology	15
-	Protoplasma	15
-	Mycorrhiza	15
-	Notulae Botanicae Horti Agrobotanici Cluj-Napoca	15
-	Phytochemical Analysis	15
-	Plant Pathology Journal	15
-	Taxon	15
-	Journal of Vegetation Science	15
75	Aquatic Botany	14
-	Botanical Studies	14
-	Brazilian Journal of Botany	14
-	Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology	14
-	In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology-Plant	14
-	Journal of Essential Oil Bearing Plants	14
-	Applied Vegetation Science	14
-	Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences	14
-	Flora	14
-	Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology	14
-	Journal of Plant Research	14
-	Perspectives in Plant Ecology Evolution and Systematics	14
87	Phytokeys	13
-	Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society	13
-	Plant Biotechnology Reports	13
-	Canadian Journal of Plant Science	13
-	Weed Science	13
-	Phytochemistry Letters	13
-	Planta Medica	13
-	Plant Ecology	13
95	Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany	12
-	Euphytica	12
-	Soil Science and Plant Nutrition	12
-	Photosynthetica	12
-	Plant Breeding	12
-	Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology	12
-	Weed Research	12
-	Weed Technology	12
103	Journal of Plant Biology	11
-	Journal of Plant Pathology	11
-	Phytoparasitica	11
-	Phytotaxa	11
-	Botanica Marina	11
-	Plant Biosystems	11
-	Russian Journal of Plant Physiology	11
-	Vegetation History and Archaeobotany	11
111	Plant Biotechnology	10
-	Seed Science and Technology	10
-	Journal of Phytopathology	10
-	Kew Bulletin	10
-	Alpine Botany	10
-	Phycologia	10
-	Breeding Science	10
118	Plant Protection Science	9
-	International Journal of Plant Sciences	9
-	Journal of Asian Natural Products Research	9
-	Journal of General Plant Pathology	9
-	Acta Amazonica	9
-	Palynology	9
-	Australasian Plant Pathology	9
-	Plant Molecular Biology Reporter	9
-	Plant Systematics and Evolution	9
-	Acta Botanica Mexicana	9
-	Algae	9
-	Pakistan Journal of Botany	9
130	Australian Journal of Botany	8
-	Economic Botany	8
-	Tropical Plant Biology	8
-	Journal of Plant Registrations	8
-	Botanical Sciences	8
-	Botany	8
-	Plant Genetic Resources-Characterization and Utilization	8
-	European Journal of Phycology	8
-	Seed Science Research	8
-	Nordic Journal of Botany	8
140	Journal of Bryology	7
-	Systematic Botany	7
-	Weed Biology and Management	7
-	Acta Botanica Brasilica	7
-	New Zealand Journal of Botany	7
-	Czech Journal of Genetics and Plant Breeding	7
-	Records of Natural Products	7
-	Invasive Plant Science and Management	7
-	Journal of Berry Research	7
-	Lichenologist	7
150	Bangladesh Journal of Botany	6
-	Biologia Plantarum	6
-	Botanica Serbica	6
-	Comparative Cytogenetics	6
-	Plant Ecology and Evolution	6
-	Folia Geobotanica	6
-	Plant Species Biology	6
-	Willdenowia	6
-	Australian Systematic Botany	6
-	Bryologist	6
-	Plant Ecology & Diversity	6
-	Grana	6
-	Nova Hedwigia	6
163	Bothalia	5
-	Caldasia	5
-	Cryptogamie Algologie	5
-	Herzogia	5
-	Indian Journal of Genetics and Plant Breeding	5
-	American Fern Journal	5
-	Annales Botanici Fennici	5
170	Brittonia	4
-	Phytocoenologia	4
-	Boletin de la Sociedad Argentina de Botanica	4
-	Candollea	4
-	Israel Journal of Plant Sciences	4
-	Acta Biológica Colombiana	4

-	Acta Biologica Colombiana	4
-	Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden	4
178	Castanea	3
-	Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society	3
-	Novon	3
-	Bangladesh Journal of Plant Taxonomy	3
-	Blumea	3
-	Bradleya	3
-	Cryptogamie Bryologie	3
-	Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge	3
-	Rhodora	3
187	Gayana Botanica	2
-	Iheringia Serie Botanica	2