New: Think Tank Rankings 2026

Plant Sciences

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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01)
Rank Journal H4-Index
1 Frontiers in Plant Science103
2 Plants-Basel92
3 New Phytologist75
4 Agronomy-Basel73
5 Phytomedicine72
6 Molecular Plant68
7 Plant Cell66
8 Journal of Ethnopharmacology63
9 Trends in Plant Science61
10 Plant Physiology58
11 Journal of Integrative Plant Biology55
12 Plant Physiology and Biochemistry54
- Plant Biotechnology Journal54
14 Journal of Experimental Botany50
15 Plant Journal49
16 Plant Cell and Environment48
17 BMC Plant Biology47
18 Environmental and Experimental Botany44
19 Current Opinion in Plant Biology43
20 Crop Journal42
21 South African Journal of Botany41
22 Annual Review Plant Biology40
23 Journal of Plant Growth Regulation39
- Phytopathology39
25 Plant and Soil37
26 Plant Science36
- Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition36
- Journal of Ecology36
29 Planta35
30 Plant Phenomics34
- Physiologia Plantarum34
- Plant Methods34
33 Horticultural Plant Journal32
34 Journal of Plant Physiology31
35 Plant Cell Reports30
- Rhizosphere30
- Molecular Plant Pathology30
- Annual Review of Phytopathology30
39 Pharmaceutical Biology29
- Annals of Botany29
- Phytochemistry29
- Phytochemistry Reviews29
- Plant Growth Regulation29
44 Plant and Cell Physiology28
- Theoretical and Applied Genetics28
- Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology28
47 Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine27
48 Plant Genome26
49 Journal of Natural Products25
- Rice Science25
- Plant Disease25
52 Plants People Planet24
- Plant Diversity24
54 Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants23
55 Plant Pathology22
- Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions22
57 Plant Biology21
- Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis21
- Journal of Phycology21
- Journal of Plant Nutrition21
- American Journal of Botany21
- Plant Cell Tissue and Organ Culture21
63 Plant Molecular Biology20
- Gm Crops & Food-Biotechnology in Agriculture and the Food Chain20
- Molecular Breeding20
- Phytopathology Research20
- Plant Foods for Human Nutrition20
68 Journal of Plant Diseases and Protection19
69 Acta Physiologiae Plantarum18
- Aquatic Botany18
- Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences18
- Plant Direct18
- European Journal of Plant Pathology18
- Photosynthesis Research18
- Functional Plant Biology18
76 Protoplasma17
- Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science17
- Applications in Plant Sciences17
- Phytochemical Analysis17
- Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution17
- Journal of Systematics and Evolution17
- AoB Plants17
83 Taxon16
- Flora16
- Plant Pathology Journal16
- Journal of Applied Research on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants16
- Journal of Plant Research16
- Phytobiomes Journal16
89 Russian Journal of Plant Physiology15
- Journal of Plant Interactions15
- Applied Vegetation Science15
- Plant Breeding15
- Weed Science15
94 Plant Reproduction14
- Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology14
- Mycorrhiza14
- Botanical Studies14
- Journal of Vegetation Science14
- Phytokeys14
100 Journal of Essential Oil Bearing Plants13
- Notulae Botanicae Horti Agrobotanici Cluj-Napoca13
- Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society13
- Phytochemistry Letters13
- In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology-Plant13
- Perspectives in Plant Ecology Evolution and Systematics13
- Phyton-International Journal of Experimental Botany13
- Planta Medica13
- Plant Ecology13
109 Journal of Plant Biology12
- Theoretical and Experimental Plant Physiology12
- Photosynthetica12
- Phytoparasitica12
- Euphytica12
- Vegetation History and Archaeobotany12
- Weed Technology12
- Plant Molecular Biology Reporter12
- Soil Science and Plant Nutrition12
- Phytotaxa12
119 Journal of Phytopathology11
- Algae11
- New Zealand Journal of Botany11
- Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology11
- Plant Biotechnology Reports11
- Weed Research11
- Seed Science and Technology11
- Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology11
- Pakistan Journal of Botany11
- Brazilian Journal of Botany11
- Canadian Journal of Plant Science11
- Plant Biosystems11
- European Journal of Taxonomy11
132 Breeding Science10
- Plant Biotechnology10
- Phycologia10
135 Journal of Asian Natural Products Research9
- Journal of General Plant Pathology9
- Seed Science Research9
- Acta Amazonica9
- Palynology9
- Australian Journal of Botany9
- Economic Botany9
- International Journal of Plant Sciences9
- Plant Systematics and Evolution9
- Acta Botanica Mexicana9
- Alpine Botany9
- Botanical Sciences9
- Botanica Marina9
- Botany9
- European Journal of Phycology9
150 Tropical Plant Biology8
- Journal of Plant Registrations8
- Kew Bulletin8
- Botany Letters8
- Bryologist8
- Plant Protection Science8
- Journal of Berry Research8
- Records of Natural Products8
- Lichenologist8
- Nordic Journal of Botany8
- Australasian Plant Pathology8
- Czech Journal of Genetics and Plant Breeding8
- Plant Ecology & Diversity8
- Plant Genetic Resources-Characterization and Utilization8
164 Invasive Plant Science and Management7
- Biologia Plantarum7
- Botanica Serbica7
- Plant Ecology and Evolution7
- Grana7
- Plant Species Biology7
- Systematic Botany7
- Folia Geobotanica7
172 Herzogia6
- Journal of Bryology6
- Acta Botanica Brasilica6
- Annales Botanici Fennici6
- Bangladesh Journal of Botany6
- Cryptogamie Algologie6
- Nova Hedwigia6
- Australian Systematic Botany6
- Comparative Cytogenetics6
- Weed Biology and Management6
- Willdenowia6
183 Journal of Plant Ecology5
- Boletin de la Sociedad Argentina de Botanica5
- Caldasia5
186 Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge4
- Rhodora4
- Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society4
- American Fern Journal4
- Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden4
- Novon4
- Phytocoenologia4
- Candollea4
- Acta Biológica Colombiana4
- Acta Biologica Colombiana4
- Bangladesh Journal of Plant Taxonomy4
- Blumea4
- Bothalia4
- Brittonia4
200 Gayana Botanica3
- Iheringia Serie Botanica3
- Israel Journal of Plant Sciences3
- Bradleya3
- Cryptogamie Bryologie3
205 Castanea2
206 Indian Journal of Genetics and Plant Breeding1
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