New: Think Tank Rankings 2025

Plant & Animal Science

Journal Rankings
TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor
(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 Average citations
1 Annual Review Plant Biology56.526
2 Fungal Diversity42.346
3 Human Reproduction Update31.728
4 Annual Review of Marine Science27.946
5 Cell Host & Microbe27.427
6 Annual Review of Pharmacology and Toxicology26.678
7 Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics25.806
8 Molecular Plant25.680
9 Annual Review of Phytopathology25.233
10 Drugs22.756
11 Landscape and Urban Planning20.499
12 Global Change Biology18.730
13 Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health-Part B-Critical Reviews17.618
14 Particle and Fibre Toxicology17.317
15 Trends in Plant Science17.168
16 Plant Cell16.965
17 Trends in Ecology & Evolution16.934
18 Computers and Electronics in Agriculture16.873
19 ISME Journal16.539
20 Nature Ecology & Evolution16.315
21 Agronomy for Sustainable Development15.361
22 Current Opinion in Plant Biology15.023
23 Cell Biology and Toxicology14.582
24 Mycosphere14.134
25 Phytomedicine14.109
26 Brain Structure & Function14.098
27 Annual Review of Animal Biosciences14.037
28 Animal Nutrition13.998
29 Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences13.815
30 Ecosystem Services13.678
31 International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology13.511
32 Ecological Monographs13.134
33 Journal of Integrative Plant Biology13.105
34 Precision Agriculture13.029
35 Environmental Health Perspectives13.005
36 New Phytologist12.876
37 Ecological Informatics12.468
38 Phytopathology12.465
39 Archives of Toxicology12.435
40 Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment12.399
41 Field Crops Research12.297
42 Ecological Economics12.281
43 Plant Biotechnology Journal12.269
44 Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology12.152
45 Agricultural Water Management11.739
46 Animal Health Research Reviews11.576
47 Ecology Letters11.569
48 Biosystems Engineering11.554
49 Postharvest Biology and Technology11.520
50 Pharmaceutical Biology11.410
51 Infectious Diseases of Poverty11.391
52 Landscape Ecology11.202
53 Plant Phenomics11.045
54 Crop Journal10.916
55 Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety10.797
56 Environmental and Experimental Botany10.758
57 Plant Physiology10.751
58 Industrial Crops and Products10.651
59 Agricultural and Forest Meteorology10.598
60 Microbial Ecology10.592
61 European Journal of Agronomy10.416
62 Agricultural Systems10.257
63 Journal of Experimental Botany10.247
64 Frontiers in Plant Science10.199
65 Chemico-Biological Interactions10.041
66 Global Ecology and Biogeography10.008
67 Journal of Ethnopharmacology9.839
68 Water Resources Research9.708
69 Plant Diversity9.610
70 Human Reproduction Open9.516
71 Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry9.460
72 Methods in Ecology and Evolution9.410
73 Marine Pollution Bulletin9.335
74 Fungal Biology Reviews9.237
75 Gesunde Pflanzen9.208
76 Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology9.126
77 Molecular Ecology Resources9.120
78 Plant Methods9.053
79 Plant Journal9.051
80 Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences9.002
81 Fire Ecology8.986
82 Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology8.932
83 Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture8.855
84 Toxics8.789
85 Gm Crops & Food-Biotechnology in Agriculture and the Food Chain8.721
86 Horticultural Plant Journal8.693
87 Plant Physiology and Biochemistry8.688
88 Scientia Horticulturae8.627
89 Plant Cell and Environment8.614
90 International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability8.543
91 Drug Safety8.438
92 Journal of Ecology8.386
93 Plants-Basel8.355
94 Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology8.333
95 Journal of Evolutionary Biology8.266
96 Toxicological Sciences8.263
97 Critical Reviews in Toxicology8.258
98 Toxins8.240
99 Journal of Fungi8.227
100 Toxicology8.183
101 Rice8.159
102 Phytochemistry Reviews8.126
103 Inflammopharmacology8.116
104 Ecological Applications8.074
105 Plant Growth Regulation8.029
106 Plant Pathology Journal8.008
107 Ecological Engineering7.969
108 Annals of Agricultural Sciences7.957
109 Cladistics7.927
110 Biological Conservation7.909
111 Journal of Plant Physiology7.880
112 Aquatic Toxicology7.869
113 Functional Ecology7.857
114 Ecography7.780
115 Plant Science7.730
116 Animal Frontiers7.705
117 Current Opinion in Insect Science7.703
118 Aquaculture7.661
119 Agriculture-Basel7.617
120 Plant and Cell Physiology7.600
121 Animal Cognition7.591
122 Rice Science7.530
123 Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine7.514
124 Agronomy-Basel7.443
125 Journal of Plant Interactions7.418
126 Fish & Shellfish Immunology7.409
127 Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation7.372
128 Molecular Plant Pathology7.325
129 Planta7.234
130 Ecology7.221
131 Journal of Applied Ecology7.207
132 Limnology and Oceanography Letters7.206
- Mutation Research-Reviews in Mutation Research7.206
134 People and Nature7.168
135 Journal of Dairy Science7.148
136 Neurotoxicology7.118
137 Conservation Biology7.108
138 Molecular Ecology7.090
139 Frontiers in Forests and Global Change7.080
140 Conservation Letters7.046
141 Plant Cell Reports6.980
142 Harmful Algae6.974
143 Environmental Pollutants and Bioavailability6.966
144 Ecological Processes6.914
145 Rhizosphere6.890
146 Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology6.845
- Veterinary Quarterly6.845
148 Food and Chemical Toxicology6.796
149 Chemical Research in Toxicology6.784
150 Phytochemistry6.773
151 Theoretical and Applied Genetics6.770
152 Basic and Applied Ecology6.705
153 Malaria Journal6.700
154 Biogeosciences6.689
155 Journal of Ovarian Research6.683
156 Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases6.677
157 European Journal of Soil Biology6.666
158 Phytopathology Research6.653
159 Botanical Studies6.622
160 Global Change Biology Bioenergy6.619
161 Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution6.614
162 Expert Opinion on Drug Metabolism & Toxicology6.573
163 Journal of Plant Growth Regulation6.564
164 BMC Plant Biology6.534
165 Frontiers in Marine Science6.520
166 Parasites & Vectors6.492
- South African Journal of Botany6.492
168 Plant Genome6.435
169 Animal6.425
170 Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture6.408
171 Journal of Integrative Agriculture6.371
172 Trends in Parasitology6.350
173 International Journal for Parasitology-Drugs and Drug Resistance6.347
174 Reproduction6.313
175 Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions6.300
176 Nanotoxicology6.287
177 Plant Reproduction6.277
178 Poultry Science6.251
179 Annals of Botany6.227
180 Environmental Toxicology6.214
181 PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases6.165
182 Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology C-Toxicology & Pharmacology6.158
183 Journal of Sea Research6.110
184 Mycorrhiza6.059
185 Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology6.056
186 Plant Molecular Biology6.050
187 American Naturalist6.010
188 Photosynthesis Research5.973
189 Horticulturae5.945
190 Agriculture and Human Values5.940
191 Pathogens and Global Health5.930
192 ICES Journal of Marine Science5.919
193 Journal of Animal Ecology5.918
194 Mammal Review5.905
195 Food and Agricultural Immunology5.902
196 Pest Management Science5.899
197 Frontiers in Neuroanatomy5.895
198 Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries5.889
199 Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease5.867
200 Plant and Soil5.823
(This list is limited to max. 200 journals; click here to see the full list)
1.5987470149994