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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01)

Rank	Journal	H4-Index
1	Bioresource Technology	93
2	Computers and Electronics in Agriculture	90
3	Soil Biology & Biochemistry	72
4	Agriculture-Basel	71
5	Agronomy-Basel	70
-	Industrial Crops and Products	70
7	Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry	66
8	CATENA	61
9	Geoderma	57
10	Animals	56
11	Agricultural Water Management	55
-	Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment	55
13	Soil & Tillage Research	52
14	Field Crops Research	51
15	Postharvest Biology and Technology	48
16	Biomass & Bioenergy	46
-	Scientia Horticulturae	46
-	Agricultural and Forest Meteorology	46
19	Applied Soil Ecology	45
-	Horticulturae	45
21	Journal of Dairy Science	43
22	Biosystems Engineering	41
-	European Journal of Agronomy	41
-	Animal Nutrition	41
25	Crop Journal	40
-	Poultry Science	40
-	Agricultural Systems	40
28	Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology	39
29	Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture	38
-	Plant and Soil	38
-	Agronomy for Sustainable Development	38
32	Journal of Integrative Agriculture	36
-	Food Policy	36
34	Land Degradation & Development	35
35	Pest Management Science	34
-	Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition	34
37	Precision Agriculture	33
38	Horticultural Plant Journal	32
-	Animal	32
40	British Food Journal	31
41	Biochar	30
-	Plant Phenomics	30
43	Rhizosphere	29
-	International Soil and Water Conservation Research	29
-	Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture	29
46	Biology and Fertility of Soils	28
-	Journal of Soils and Sediments	28
-	Pedosphere	28
-	European Journal of Soil Science	28
-	Theoretical and Applied Genetics	28

51	Journal of Animal Science	26
52	Crop Protection	25
-	Rice Science	25
-	Annual Review of Resource Economics	25
-	Agriculture and Human Values	25
56	Animal Feed Science and Technology	24
-	Aquacultural Engineering	24
-	Global Change Biology Bioenergy	24
59	Cogent Food & Agriculture	23
-	Rice	23
61	Soil Use and Management	22
-	Animal Bioscience	22
-	Crop Science	22
-	Animal Frontiers	22
-	Animal Reproduction Science	22
66	Plant Pathology	21
-	Gesunde Pflanzen	21
-	Agronomy Journal	21
-	International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability	21
70	Applied Animal Behaviour Science	20
-	Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis	20
-	Agricultural Economics	20
-	American Journal of Agricultural Economics	20
-	Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy	20
-	Journal of Plant Diseases and Protection	20
-	Soil	20
-	European Journal of Soil Biology	20
-	Tropical Animal Health and Production	20
79	Journal of Agricultural Economics	19
-	Annual Review of Animal Biosciences	19
-	Journal of Animal Science and Technology	19
-	Potato Research	19
-	Agroforestry Systems	19
-	China Agricultural Economic Review	19
-	Geoderma Regional	19
86	Livestock Science	18
-	Soil Science Society of America Journal	18
-	Worlds Poultry Science Journal	18
-	Journal of Animal Physiology and Animal Nutrition	18
-	Molecular Breeding	18
91	Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science	17
-	Cereal Research Communications	17
-	European Journal of Plant Pathology	17
-	Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution	17
-	Horticulture Environment and Biotechnology	17
-	Crop & Pasture Science	17
-	Agribusiness	17
-	Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems	17
99	Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science	16
-	Sugar Tech	16
-	Irrigation Science	16
-	Eurasian Soil Science	16
-	Weed Science	16
104	Aquaculture Economics & Management	15
-	Reproduction in Domestic Animals	15
-	Vadose Zone Journal	15
-	Animal Genetics	15
-	Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems	15
-	European Review of Agricultural Economics	15
110	Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science	14
-	Journal of Applied Poultry Research	14
-	Small Ruminant Research	14
-	Grass and Forage Science	14
-	Hortscience	14
-	Animal Production Science	14
-	Journal of Applied Animal Research	14
-	Journal of Horticultural Science & Biotechnology	14
-	Paddy and Water Environment	14
-	Plant Breeding	14
-	Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems	14
121	Annals of Agricultural Sciences	13
-	Journal of Agricultural Science	13
-	Outlook on Agriculture	13
-	Plant Soil and Environment	13
-	Euphytica	13
-	International Journal of Fruit Science	13
-	Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics	13
-	Animal Biotechnology	13
-	International Journal of Plant Production	13
-	Irrigation and Drainage	13
131	British Poultry Science	12
-	Canadian Journal of Soil Science	12
-	Mycobiology	12
-	Weed Technology	12
-	Annals of Applied Biology	12
-	Journal of Soil and Water Conservation	12
-	Revista Brasileira de Engenharia Agricola e Ambiental	12
-	Pedobiologia	12
-	Phytoparasitica	12
-	Erwerbs-Obstbau	12
141	Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics	11
-	Australian Journal of Grape and Wine Research	11
-	Clays and Clay Minerals	11
-	Czech Journal of Animal Science	11
-	Domestic Animal Endocrinology	11
-	Seed Science and Technology	11
-	Soil Research	11
-	Tree Genetics & Genomes	11
-	Weed Research	11
-	International Agrophysics	11
-	Archives Animal Breeding	11
-	Canadian Journal of Plant Science	11
-	New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research	11
-	Soil Science and Plant Nutrition	11
-	International Food and Agribusiness Management Review	11
156	Journal of Land Use Science	10
-	Breeding Science	10
-	Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences	10
-	Animal Science Journal	10
-	Journal of Agricultural Engineering	10
-	Journal of Animal and Feed Sciences	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
-	Ciencia Rural	10
167	Chilean Journal of Agricultural Research	9
-	New Zealand Journal of Crop and Horticultural Science	9
-	Revista Caatinga	9
-	Plant Production Science	9
-	Experimental Agriculture	9
-	Agricultural & Environmental Letters	9
-	International Journal of Agricultural and Biological Engineering	9
-	Agricultural Economics-Zemedelska Ekonomika	9
175	Arid Land Research and Management	8

-	Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science	8
-	Canadian Journal of Animal Science	8
-	Soil and Water Research	8
-	Acta Scientiarum-Agronomy	8
-	Agrekon	8
-	American Journal of Potato Research	8
-	Archives of Animal Nutrition	8
-	Journal of Wine Economics	8
-	Czech Journal of Genetics and Plant Breeding	8
-	Plant Protection Science	8
-	Horticultural Science	8
-	Horticulture Journal	8
-	Horttechnology	8
-	American Journal of Enology and Viticulture	8
-	Italian Journal of Agronomy	8
191	Journal of Agricultural & Environmental Ethics	7
-	Journal of Poultry Science	7
-	Bragantia	7
-	Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Pecuarias	7
-	Indian Journal of Animal Sciences	7
-	Journal of Agricultural Sciences-Tarim Bilimleri Dergisi	7
-	Biological Agriculture & Horticulture	7
-	Bioscience Journal	7
-	Journal of Plant Registrations	7
-	Brazilian Journal of Poultry Science	7

(This list is limited to max. 200 journals; click here to see the full list)