New: Think Tank Rankings 2026

Plant Sciences

Journal Rankings
TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor
(The Journal Impact Factor, or JIF, denotes the average number of citations a paper of a given journal accrues within a two-year timespan, as calculated by Clarivate Analytics' database Web of Science; note that the journal coverage here at OOIR might deviate slightly from Web of Science's. The JIFs that used to have more than one decimal point are rounded here for copyright-related reasons.)
Rank Journal Impact Factor 2024
1 Molecular Plant ca. 32.7
2 Annual Review Plant Biology ca. 26.4
3 Trends in Plant Science ca. 21.2
4 Plant Cell ca. 13.5
5 Annual Review of Phytopathology ca. 13.2
6 Plant Biotechnology Journal ca. 12.8
7 Journal of Integrative Plant Biology ca. 12.5
8 Phytomedicine ca. 11.3
9 Horticulture Research ca. 9.5
10 New Phytologist ca. 8.7
11 Plant Phenomics ca. 8.2
- Plant Physiology ca. 8.2
13 Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences ca. 7.5
14 Rice Science ca. 7.4
15 Current Opinion in Plant Biology ca. 7.3
16 Plant Cell and Environment ca. 6.9
17 Journal of Ethnopharmacology ca. 6.8
18 Journal of Experimental Botany ca. 6.5
19 Journal of Ecology ca. 6.3
- Phytochemistry Reviews ca. 6.3
21 Plant Journal ca. 6.2
- Plant Physiology and Biochemistry ca. 6.2
23 Pharmaceutical Biology ca. 6
24 Frontiers in Plant Science ca. 5.9
25 BMC Plant Biology ca. 5.6
26 Plant Cell Reports ca. 5.3
27 Plant Methods ca. 5.2
28 Environmental and Experimental Botany ca. 5.1
- Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine ca. 5.1
30 Molecular Plant Pathology ca. 5
31 Journal of Plant Physiology ca. 4.8
- Plant and Soil ca. 4.8
33 Plants-Basel ca. 4.7
- Plant and Cell Physiology ca. 4.7
35 Plant Science ca. 4.6
36 Journal of Plant Ecology ca. 4.5
37 Planta ca. 4.4
38 Plant Genome ca. 4.3
- Gm Crops & Food-Biotechnology in Agriculture and the Food Chain ca. 4.3
40 Seed Science and Technology ca. 4.2
- Journal of Plant Growth Regulation ca. 4.2
42 Agronomy-Basel ca. 4.1
- Annals of Botany ca. 4.1
- Theoretical and Applied Genetics ca. 4.1
45 Plants People Planet ca. 4
- Plant Growth Regulation ca. 4
- Mycorrhiza ca. 4
- Physiologia Plantarum ca. 4
49 Alpine Botany ca. 3.9
- Rhizosphere ca. 3.9
- Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions ca. 3.9
52 Photosynthesis Research ca. 3.8
53 Plant Molecular Biology ca. 3.7
- Applied Vegetation Science ca. 3.7
- Journal of Natural Products ca. 3.7
56 Plant Foods for Human Nutrition ca. 3.6
- Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology ca. 3.6
- Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition ca. 3.6
- Molecular Breeding ca. 3.6
- Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants ca. 3.6
61 Applications in Plant Sciences ca. 3.5
62 Journal of Applied Research on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants ca. 3.4
- Phytochemistry ca. 3.4
- New Zealand Journal of Botany ca. 3.4
- Phytopathology ca. 3.4
- Plant Biology ca. 3.4
67 Journal of Plant Interactions ca. 3.3
- Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science ca. 3.3
- Journal of Vegetation Science ca. 3.3
- Algae ca. 3.3
- Botanical Studies ca. 3.3
72 Journal of Systematics and Evolution ca. 3.2
73 South African Journal of Botany ca. 3.1
- AoB Plants ca. 3.1
75 Functional Plant Biology ca. 2.9
- Phytochemical Analysis ca. 2.9
77 Plant Disease ca. 2.8
- Plant Pathology ca. 2.8
- American Journal of Botany ca. 2.8
- Phytobiomes Journal ca. 2.8
- Plant Cell Tissue and Organ Culture ca. 2.8
- Journal of Plant Diseases and Protection ca. 2.8
- Plant Direct ca. 2.8
84 Protoplasma ca. 2.7
- Journal of Plant Biology ca. 2.7
86 Plant Reproduction ca. 2.6
- Plant Pathology Journal ca. 2.6
88 Journal of Berry Research ca. 2.5
- Perspectives in Plant Ecology Evolution and Systematics ca. 2.5
- Vegetation History and Archaeobotany ca. 2.5
91 Theoretical and Experimental Plant Physiology ca. 2.4
- Weed Science ca. 2.4
93 Weed Research ca. 2.3
- Acta Physiologiae Plantarum ca. 2.3
- Aquatic Botany ca. 2.3
- Cryptogamie Algologie ca. 2.3
97 European Journal of Phycology ca. 2.2
- In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology-Plant ca. 2.2
- Journal of Plant Research ca. 2.2
- Flora ca. 2.2
101 Czech Journal of Genetics and Plant Breeding ca. 2.1
- Seed Science Research ca. 2.1
- Tropical Plant Biology ca. 2.1
- Planta Medica ca. 2.1
- European Journal of Plant Pathology ca. 2.1
- Journal of Essential Oil Bearing Plants ca. 2.1
- Soil Science and Plant Nutrition ca. 2.1
- Journal of Plant Pathology ca. 2.1
- Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society ca. 2.1
110 Plant Molecular Biology Reporter ca. 2
- Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology ca. 2
- Photosynthetica ca. 2
113 Taxon ca. 1.9
- Phycologia ca. 1.9
- Economic Botany ca. 1.9
- Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution ca. 1.9
117 International Journal of Plant Sciences ca. 1.8
- Australian Systematic Botany ca. 1.8
- Plant Biosystems ca. 1.8
- Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology ca. 1.8
- Plant Ecology ca. 1.8
- Plant Ecology & Diversity ca. 1.8
- Euphytica ca. 1.8
- Journal of Plant Nutrition ca. 1.8
- Plant Biotechnology Reports ca. 1.8
126 Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology ca. 1.7
- Weed Biology and Management ca. 1.7
- Willdenowia ca. 1.7
- Breeding Science ca. 1.7
- Plant Breeding ca. 1.7
- Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis ca. 1.7
- Plant Systematics and Evolution ca. 1.7
- Notulae Botanicae Horti Agrobotanici Cluj-Napoca ca. 1.7
- Palynology ca. 1.7
- Phytochemistry Letters ca. 1.7
- Canadian Journal of Plant Science ca. 1.7
137 Acta Amazonica ca. 1.6
- Phytokeys ca. 1.6
- Phytoparasitica ca. 1.6
- Botanica Marina ca. 1.6
- Journal of Asian Natural Products Research ca. 1.6
142 Plant Ecology and Evolution ca. 1.5
- European Journal of Taxonomy ca. 1.5
- Invasive Plant Science and Management ca. 1.5
- Weed Technology ca. 1.5
146 Folia Geobotanica ca. 1.4
- Botany ca. 1.4
- Records of Natural Products ca. 1.4
- Journal of General Plant Pathology ca. 1.4
- Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden ca. 1.4
- Plant Biotechnology ca. 1.4
152 Russian Journal of Plant Physiology ca. 1.3
- Acta Botanica Brasilica ca. 1.3
- Bryologist ca. 1.3
- Australian Journal of Botany ca. 1.3
156 Journal of Phytopathology ca. 1.2
- Lichenologist ca. 1.2
- Australasian Plant Pathology ca. 1.2
- Phytotaxa ca. 1.2
- Plant Species Biology ca. 1.2
- Botany Letters ca. 1.2
162 Nordic Journal of Botany ca. 1.1
- Pakistan Journal of Botany ca. 1.1
- Botanical Sciences ca. 1.1
- Grana ca. 1.1
166 Nova Hedwigia ca. 1
- Bothalia ca. 1
- Plant Genetic Resources-Characterization and Utilization ca. 1
- Plant Protection Science ca. 1
- Botanica Serbica ca. 1
171 Herzogia ca. 0.9
- Indian Journal of Genetics and Plant Breeding ca. 0.9
- Systematic Botany ca. 0.9
- Biologia Plantarum ca. 0.9
- Phytocoenologia ca. 0.9
- Comparative Cytogenetics ca. 0.9
177 Journal of Plant Registrations ca. 0.8
178 Cryptogamie Bryologie ca. 0.7
- Bangladesh Journal of Plant Taxonomy ca. 0.7
- Candollea ca. 0.7
- Journal of Bryology ca. 0.7
- Kew Bulletin ca. 0.7
- Annales Botanici Fennici ca. 0.7
- Bradleya ca. 0.7
- Brittonia ca. 0.7
186 Boletin de la Sociedad Argentina de Botanica ca. 0.6
- Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge ca. 0.6
- Israel Journal of Plant Sciences ca. 0.6
189 Blumea ca. 0.5
- Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society ca. 0.5
- American Fern Journal ca. 0.5
- Novon ca. 0.5
- Caldasia ca. 0.5
194 Acta Biologica Colombiana ca. 0.4
- Bangladesh Journal of Botany ca. 0.4
196 Castanea ca. 0.3
197 Rhodora ca. 0.1
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