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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Frontiers in Plant Science	86
2	Plants-Basel	83
3	New Phytologist	71
4	Molecular Plant	70
5	Agronomy-Basel	66
6	Phytomedicine	63
7	Plant Cell	62
8	Journal of Ethnopharmacology	59
-	Trends in Plant Science	59
10	Plant Biotechnology Journal	54
11	Plant Physiology	51
-	Journal of Integrative Plant Biology	51
13	Plant Journal	50
14	Plant Physiology and Biochemistry	49
15	Journal of Experimental Botany	47
16	Plant Cell and Environment	45
17	Environmental and Experimental Botany	43
18	BMC Plant Biology	42
19	Current Opinion in Plant Biology	41
-	Annual Review Plant Biology	41
21	Plant and Soil	39
22	Crop Journal	38
23	Phytopathology	37
-	South African Journal of Botany	37
-	Journal of Plant Growth Regulation	37
26	Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition	35
27	Plant Science	34
28	Journal of Ecology	33
29	Planta	32
30	Theoretical and Applied Genetics	31
-	Physiologia Plantarum	31
32	Plant Growth Regulation	30
-	Horticultural Plant Journal	30
-	Journal of Plant Physiology	30
-	Phytochemistry	30
36	Plant Methods	29
-	Plant Cell Reports	29
-	Plant Phenomics	29
39	Journal of Natural Products	28
-	Molecular Plant Pathology	28
-	Phytochemistry Reviews	28
-	Pharmaceutical Biology	28
43	Plant and Cell Physiology	27
44	Plant Disease	26
-	Rhizosphere	26
-	Plant Biology	26
47	Annals of Botany	25
-	Annual Review of Phytopathology	25
49	Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology	24
-	Plant Diversity	24

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

-	Grana	6
-	Invasive Plant Science and Management	6
-	Records of Natural Products	6
-	Weed Biology and Management	6
-	Journal of Berry Research	6
-	Annales Botanici Fennici	6
-	Biologia Plantarum	6
-	Bryologist	6
184	Cryptogamie Algologie	5
-	Herzogia	5
-	Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden	5
187	Israel Journal of Plant Sciences	4
-	Acta Biologica Colombiana	4
-	Blumea	4
-	Boletin de la Sociedad Argentina de Botanica	4
-	Brittonia	4
-	Caldasia	4
-	Rhodora	4
-	Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society	4
-	American Fern Journal	4
-	Phytocoenologia	4
-	Acta Biológica Colombiana	4
198	Castanea	3
-	Cryptogamie Bryologie	3
-	Iheringia Serie Botanica	3
-	Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge	3
-	Bangladesh Journal of Plant Taxonomy	3
-	Bothalia	3
-	Candollea	3
-	Novon	3
-	Bradleya	3
207	Gayana Botanica	2
208	Journal of Plant Ecology	1