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 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Frontiers in Plant Science	91
2	Plants-Basel	85
3	New Phytologist	73
4	Molecular Plant	70
-	Agronomy-Basel	70
6	Phytomedicine	64
-	Plant Cell	64
8	Journal of Ethnopharmacology	61
9	Trends in Plant Science	60
10	Plant Physiology	53
11	Plant Biotechnology Journal	52
-	Journal of Integrative Plant Biology	52
13	Plant Journal	50
-	Plant Physiology and Biochemistry	50
15	Journal of Experimental Botany	47
16	Plant Cell and Environment	46
17	Environmental and Experimental Botany	44
18	BMC Plant Biology	43
19	Annual Review Plant Biology	42
-	Current Opinion in Plant Biology	42
21	Plant and Soil	41
-	Journal of Plant Growth Regulation	41
23	Crop Journal	39
-	South African Journal of Botany	39
25	Phytopathology	36
26	Journal of Ecology	34
-	Plant Science	34
-	Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition	34
29	Journal of Plant Physiology	32
-	Planta	32
-	Plant Phenomics	32
32	Horticultural Plant Journal	31
-	Physiologia Plantarum	31
34	Phytochemistry	30
-	Plant Growth Regulation	30
-	Plant Methods	30
-	Theoretical and Applied Genetics	30
-	Plant Cell Reports	30
39	Molecular Plant Pathology	29
-	Phytochemistry Reviews	29
-	Pharmaceutical Biology	29
42	Rhizosphere	27
-	Plant and Cell Physiology	27
-	Journal of Natural Products	27
45	Annals of Botany	26
-	Annual Review of Phytopathology	26
-	Plant Disease	26
48	Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology	25
49	Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions	24
-	Plant Diversity	24

-	Plant Genome	24
52	Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine	23
-	Rice Science	23
54	Journal of Plant Diseases and Protection	22
-	Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants	22
-	Plant Biology	22
57	Plant Cell Tissue and Organ Culture	21
-	Plant Molecular Biology	21
-	Plants People Planet	21
60	American Journal of Botany	20
-	Plant Foods for Human Nutrition	20
-	Gm Crops & Food-Biotechnology in Agriculture and the Food Chain	20
63	Journal of Phycology	19
-	Journal of Plant Nutrition	19
-	Phytopathology Research	19
-	Plant Pathology	19
67	Functional Plant Biology	18
-	Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis	18
-	Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science	18
70	Photosynthesis Research	17
-	Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution	17
-	Aquatic Botany	17
-	Plant Direct	17
-	European Journal of Plant Pathology	17
-	Protoplasma	17
-	Journal of Plant Interactions	17
-	Acta Physiologiae Plantarum	17
-	Molecular Breeding	17
79	Applied Vegetation Science	16
-	Phytobiomes Journal	16
-	Plant Pathology Journal	16
-	Journal of Systematics and Evolution	16
-	Applications in Plant Sciences	16
-	Phytochemical Analysis	16
-	Botanical Studies	16
-	Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences	16
87	AoB Plants	15
-	Phytokeys	15
-	Journal of Applied Research on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants	15
-	Notulae Botanicae Horti Agrobotanici Cluj-Napoca	15
-	Flora	15
-	Taxon	15
93	Journal of Plant Research	14
-	Journal of Vegetation Science	14
-	Weed Science	14
-	Mycorrhiza	14
-	Euphytica	14
98	Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany	13
-	Brazilian Journal of Botany	13
-	Planta Medica	13
-	Plant Ecology	13
-	In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology-Plant	13
-	Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology	13
-	Phytochemistry Letters	13
-	Breeding Science	13
-	Plant Biotechnology Reports	13
-	Plant Reproduction	13
-	Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology	13
-	Journal of Essential Oil Bearing Plants	13
110	Weed Technology	12
-	Perspectives in Plant Ecology Evolution and Systematics	12
-	Canadian Journal of Plant Science	12
-	Plant Breeding	12
-	Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society	12
-	Phytoparasitica	12
-	Russian Journal of Plant Physiology	12
-	Theoretical and Experimental Plant Physiology	12
118	Vegetation History and Archaeobotany	11
-	Weed Research	11
-	Pakistan Journal of Botany	11
-	Phytotaxa	11
-	Plant Biosystems	11
-	European Journal of Taxonomy	11
-	Plant Molecular Biology Reporter	11
-	Seed Science and Technology	11
-	Photosynthetica	11
-	Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology	11
-	Journal of Phytopathology	11
-	Journal of Plant Biology	11
130	Botany	10
-	Soil Science and Plant Nutrition	10
-	Journal of General Plant Pathology	10
-	Algae	10
134	Phycologia	9
-	Botanica Marina	9
-	Plant Protection Science	9
-	International Journal of Plant Sciences	9
-	Acta Botanica Mexicana	9
-	New Zealand Journal of Botany	9
-	Palynology	9
-	Botany Letters	9
-	Plant Biotechnology	9
-	Economic Botany	9
-	Seed Science Research	9
-	Kew Bulletin	9
146	Alpine Botany	8
-	Nordic Journal of Botany	8
-	Australasian Plant Pathology	8
-	Botanical Sciences	8
-	Czech Journal of Genetics and Plant Breeding	8
-	European Journal of Phycology	8
-	Plant Systematics and Evolution	8
-	Systematic Botany	8
-	Lichenologist	8
-	Australian Journal of Botany	8
-	Journal of Asian Natural Products Research	8
-	Tropical Plant Biology	8
-	Acta Amazonica	8
159	Nova Hedwigia	7
-	Australian Systematic Botany	7
-	Plant Ecology & Diversity	7
-	Plant Genetic Resources-Characterization and Utilization	7
-	Indian Journal of Genetics and Plant Breeding	7
-	Plant Species Biology	7
-	Journal of Berry Research	7
-	Bangladesh Journal of Botany	7
-	Biologia Plantarum	7
-	Botanica Serbica	7
-	Bryologist	7
-	Journal of Bryology	7
-	Journal of Plant Registrations	7
-	Acta Botanica Brasilica	7
173	Folia Geobotanica	6
-	Grana	6
-	Records of Natural Products	6

-	Weed Biology and Management	6
-	Willdenowia	6
-	Annales Botanici Fennici	6
-	Cryptogamie Algologie	6
-	Plant Ecology and Evolution	6
-	Invasive Plant Science and Management	6
182	Brittonia	5
-	Comparative Cytogenetics	5
-	Herzogia	5
185	Bangladesh Journal of Plant Taxonomy	4
-	Blumea	4
-	Boletin de la Sociedad Argentina de Botanica	4
-	Caldasia	4
-	American Fern Journal	4
-	Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden	4
-	Novon	4
-	Phytocoenologia	4
-	Bradleya	4
-	Candollea	4
-	Iheringia Serie Botanica	4
-	Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge	4
-	Israel Journal of Plant Sciences	4
-	Rhodora	4
-	Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society	4
200	Acta Biológica Colombiana	3
-	Bothalia	3
-	Castanea	3
-	Cryptogamie Bryologie	3
-	Acta Biologica Colombiana	3
-	Gayana Botanica	3
206	Journal of Plant Ecology	2