Agricultural 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 2022-07-01 to 2026-07-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Bioresource Technology	93
2	Agriculture-Basel	73
-	Industrial Crops and Products	73
-	Agronomy-Basel	73
5	Soil Biology & Biochemistry	71
6	CATENA	60
7	Geoderma	59
8	Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment	58
9	Animals	57
10	Agricultural Water Management	54
11	Field Crops Research	52
-	Soil & Tillage Research	52
13	Postharvest Biology and Technology	50
14	Scientia Horticulturae	48
15	Applied Soil Ecology	46
-	Biomass & Bioenergy	46
-	Agricultural and Forest Meteorology	46
-	Horticulturae	46
19	Biosystems Engineering	44
20	Journal of Dairy Science	43
21	Agricultural Systems	42
22	Poultry Science	41
23	Crop Journal	40
-	Animal Nutrition	40
25	Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture	38
-	Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology	38
27	Food Policy	37
-	Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition	37
29	Journal of Integrative Agriculture	36
30	Agronomy for Sustainable Development	35
-	Land Degradation & Development	35
32	Precision Agriculture	34
33	Pest Management Science	33
-	Plant and Soil	33
-	Horticultural Plant Journal	33
-	Plant Phenomics	33
37	British Food Journal	32
38	Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture	31
39	Rhizosphere	30
-	Animal	30
41	Biology and Fertility of Soils	29
-	Pedosphere	29
-	European Journal of Soil Science	29
-	International Soil and Water Conservation Research	29
45	Theoretical and Applied Genetics	28
46	Journal of Soils and Sediments	27
47	Biochar	26
-	Agriculture and Human Values	26
49	Rice Science	25
-	Animal Frontiers	25

-	Annual Review of Resource Economics	25
-	Cogent Food & Agriculture	25
-	Global Change Biology Bioenergy	25
54	Animal Feed Science and Technology	24
-	Crop Protection	24
-	Aquacultural Engineering	24
-	Crop Science	24
-	Rice	24
59	Animal Bioscience	23
-	Animal Reproduction Science	23
61	Plant Pathology	22
-	Soil Use and Management	22
-	Agronomy Journal	22
-	Soil	22
65	International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability	21
-	American Journal of Agricultural Economics	21
-	Applied Animal Behaviour Science	21
-	Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis	21
69	Journal of Animal Science and Technology	20
-	Potato Research	20
-	Agricultural Economics	20
-	European Journal of Soil Biology	20
-	Tropical Animal Health and Production	20
74	Agroforestry Systems	19
-	Annual Review of Animal Biosciences	19
-	Gesunde Pflanzen	19
-	Soil Science Society of America Journal	19
-	Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy	19
-	Journal of Plant Diseases and Protection	19
-	Molecular Breeding	19
-	Geoderma Regional	19
82	Journal of Agricultural Economics	18
-	Livestock Science	18
-	Cereal Research Communications	18
-	European Journal of Plant Pathology	18
-	Journal of Animal Physiology and Animal Nutrition	18
-	China Agricultural Economic Review	18
88	Horticulture Environment and Biotechnology	17
-	Worlds Poultry Science Journal	17
-	Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems	17
-	Agribusiness	17
92	Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science	16
-	Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution	16
-	Sugar Tech	16
-	Vadose Zone Journal	16
-	Irrigation Science	16
-	Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems	16
98	Irrigation and Drainage	15
-	Animal Genetics	15
-	Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science	15
-	Journal of Animal Science	15
-	Aquaculture Economics & Management	15
-	Reproduction in Domestic Animals	15
-	Grass and Forage Science	15
-	Journal of Applied Animal Research	15
-	Plant Breeding	15
-	Crop & Pasture Science	15
-	European Review of Agricultural Economics	15
-	Weed Science	15
110	Animal Production Science	14
-	Journal of Applied Poultry Research	14
-	Outlook on Agriculture	14
-	Plant Soil and Environment	14
-	Small Ruminant Research	14
-	Journal of Horticultural Science & Biotechnology	14
-	Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics	14
-	Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems	14
118	International Journal of Plant Production	13
-	Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science	13
-	Mycobiology	13
-	International Journal of Fruit Science	13
-	Animal Biotechnology	13
-	Journal of Soil and Water Conservation	13
-	Paddy and Water Environment	13
-	Phytoparasitica	13
126	International Food and Agribusiness Management Review	12
-	Australian Journal of Grape and Wine Research	12
-	British Poultry Science	12
-	Canadian Journal of Soil Science	12
-	Domestic Animal Endocrinology	12
-	Euphytica	12
-	Weed Technology	12
-	Annals of Applied Biology	12
-	New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research	12
-	Pedobiologia	12
-	Revista Brasileira de Engenharia Agricola e Ambiental	12
-	Erwerbs-Obstbau	12
-	Soil Science and Plant Nutrition	12
139	Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics	11
-	Annals of Agricultural Sciences	11
-	Journal of Land Use Science	11
-	Clays and Clay Minerals	11
-	Czech Journal of Animal Science	11
-	Seed Science and Technology	11
-	Soil Research	11
-	Tree Genetics & Genomes	11
-	Weed Research	11
-	Journal of Animal and Feed Sciences	11
-	Animal Science Journal	11
-	Archives Animal Breeding	11
-	Canadian Journal of Plant Science	11
-	Ciencia Rural	11
153	Breeding Science	10
-	Experimental Agriculture	10
-	Agricultural & Environmental Letters	10
-	Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences	10
-	International Agrophysics	10
-	International Journal of Agricultural and Biological Engineering	10
-	Journal of Agricultural Engineering	10
-	Journal of Dairy Research	10
-	Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering	10
-	Journal of Reproduction and Development	10
-	Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics-Revue Canadienne d'Agroeconomie	10
164	Horttechnology	9
-	American Journal of Potato Research	9
-	Italian Journal of Agronomy	9
-	New Zealand Journal of Crop and Horticultural Science	9
-	Chilean Journal of Agricultural Research	9
-	Plant Production Science	9
-	Agrekon	9
-	Journal of Wine Economics	9
-	Agricultural Economics-Zemedelska Ekonomika	9
173	Journal of Agricultural & Environmental Ethics	8
-	Arid Land Research and Management	8
-	Journal of Poultry Science	8

-	Bragantia	8
-	Canadian Journal of Animal Science	8
-	Soil and Water Research	8
-	Horticulture Journal	8
-	American Journal of Enology and Viticulture	8
-	Archives of Animal Nutrition	8
-	Journal of Plant Registrations	8
-	Plant Protection Science	8
-	Czech Journal of Genetics and Plant Breeding	8
-	Horticultural Science	8
186	Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science	7
-	Ciencia e Agrotecnologia	7
-	Engenharia Agricola	7
-	Acta Scientiarum-Agronomy	7
-	Journal of Agricultural Sciences-Tarim Bilimleri Dergisi	7
-	Biological Agriculture & Horticulture	7
-	Bioscience Journal	7
-	Brazilian Journal of Poultry Science	7
-	Cahiers Agricultures	7
-	Emirates Journal of Food and Agriculture	7
-	Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Pecuarias	7
-	Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica Section B-Soil and Plant Science	7
-	Acta Scientiarum Polonorum-Hortorum Cultus	7
-	Grassland Science	7
-	World Rabbit Science	7

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