New: Think Tank Rankings 2026

Plant & Animal Science

Journal Rankings
TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor
(The 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 Papers
1 Plants-Basel15618
2 Frontiers in Plant Science15590
3 Animals15244
4 Agronomy-Basel11940
5 Agriculture-Basel9973
6 Zootaxa9644
7 Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry9544
8 Industrial Crops and Products8692
9 Frontiers in Veterinary Science7628
10 Frontiers in Marine Science7553
11 Journal of Animal Science7292
12 Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety6681
13 Ecology and Evolution6670
14 Fertility and Sterility6426
15 Journal of Ethnopharmacology5776
16 BMC Plant Biology5762
17 Horticulturae5750
18 Human Reproduction5618
19 Marine Pollution Bulletin5491
20 Poultry Science5223
21 Veterinary Record5212
22 Aquaculture5183
23 Plant Disease4537
24 Phytotaxa4507
25 Computers and Electronics in Agriculture4410
26 Toxicology Letters4217
27 Phytomedicine4166
28 Toxics4095
29 Journal of Fungi4061
30 Plant Physiology and Biochemistry4001
31 Diversity-Basel3866
32 Journal of Dairy Science3762
33 New Phytologist3683
34 Veterinary Sciences3675
35 Scientia Horticulturae3544
36 Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture3334
37 PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases3288
38 Plant and Soil3285
39 Pest Management Science3100
40 Fish & Shellfish Immunology3084
41 European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology2991
42 Plant Physiology2842
43 South African Journal of Botany2788
44 Agricultural Water Management2785
45 Water Resources Research2732
46 Regional Studies in Marine Science2689
47 Food and Chemical Toxicology2594
48 Toxins2555
49 Plant Journal2552
50 Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution2544
51 Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition2512
52 Fishes2456
53 Global Change Biology2386
54 BMC Veterinary Research2350
55 Marine Environmental Research2220
56 Placenta2213
57 Ecological Informatics2174
58 Parasites & Vectors2164
59 Journal of Experimental Botany2160
60 Global Ecology and Conservation2146
61 Plant Cell and Environment2111
62 Postharvest Biology and Technology2081
63 Tropical Animal Health and Production2013
64 Zookeys1990
65 Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment1973
66 Physiologia Plantarum1964
67 Biological Conservation1938
68 Toxicon1870
69 Fire-Switzerland1868
70 Javma-Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association1832
71 Molecular Ecology1823
72 Agricultural and Forest Meteorology1813
73 Malaria Journal1793
74 Veterinary Medicine and Science1780
75 Reproductive Biomedicine Online1779
76 Journal of Biochemical and Molecular Toxicology1766
77 Phytochemistry Letters1753
78 Journal of Integrative Agriculture1752
79 Chemico-Biological Interactions1719
80 Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease1689
81 Applied Ecology and Environmental Research1678
82 Field Crops Research1637
83 Acta Tropica1621
84 Journal of Plant Growth Regulation1617
85 Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science1615
86 Ecosphere1584
87 Theriogenology1576
- Plant Science1576
89 Journal of Fish Biology1574
90 Plant Biotechnology Journal1525
91 Tissue & Cell1523
92 Journal of Equine Veterinary Science1509
93 Veterinary Research Communications1461
94 Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution1434
95 Cogent Food & Agriculture1416
96 Journal of Assisted Reproduction and Genetics1386
97 Phytochemistry1383
98 Research in Veterinary Science1379
99 Hydrobiologia1364
100 European Journal of Agronomy1339
101 Planta Medica1337
102 Crop Protection1327
103 Biogeosciences1325
104 Plant Cell1321
105 Aquatic Toxicology1317
106 Journal of Natural Products1313
107 Nature Ecology & Evolution1308
108 Inflammopharmacology1303
109 Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology1300
- Pakistan Journal of Zoology1300
111 Ecological Modelling1279
112 Veterinary Microbiology1278
113 Indian Journal of Animal Research1266
114 Ecology1261
115 Environmental and Experimental Botany1259
116 Hortscience1253
117 American Journal of Veterinary Research1233
118 Ecological Economics1227
119 Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology1226
120 Journal of Reproductive Immunology1224
121 Limnology and Oceanography1216
122 Animal1209
123 Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences1206
124 Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry1199
125 Plant Cell Tissue and Organ Culture1198
126 Journal of Applied Ecology1196
127 Marine Ecology Progress Series1195
128 Restoration Ecology1184
129 Reproduction Fertility and Development1182
130 Journal of Applied Phycology1175
- Journal of Ovarian Research1175
- Environmental Toxicology1175
133 Archives of Toxicology1166
- Animal Behaviour1166
135 Biodiversity Data Journal1162
136 Animal Feed Science and Technology1151
137 Theoretical and Applied Genetics1140
138 Agronomy Journal1135
139 Planta1134
140 Journal of Thermal Biology1123
141 Reproductive Sciences1117
142 Agricultural Systems1102
143 Frontiers in Forests and Global Change1100
144 Functional Ecology1087
145 Parasitology Research1085
146 Journal of Integrative Plant Biology1083
147 Journal of Comparative Pathology1072
148 Equine Veterinary Journal1066
149 Journal of Applied Toxicology1059
- Medical Mycology1059
151 ISME Journal1049
152 Applied Animal Behaviour Science1048
153 Anatomical Record-Advances in Integrative Anatomy and Evolutionary Biology1042
154 Journal of Biogeography1031
155 Crop Science1025
156 Biological Invasions1018
- Ecological Engineering1018
158 Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences1011
159 Plant Cell Reports1005
- Methods in Ecology and Evolution1005
161 Journal of Ecology999
162 Ecology Letters995
163 Russian Journal of Plant Physiology994
164 Evolution978
165 Pakistan Journal of Botany971
166 Developmental and Comparative Immunology966
167 Biodiversity and Conservation963
168 Water Environment Research962
169 Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology959
170 Conservation Science and Practice957
171 Phytopathology941
172 Journal for Nature Conservation938
173 Transboundary and Emerging Diseases921
174 Animal Bioscience911
- Phytokeys911
176 ICES Journal of Marine Science903
177 Microscopy Research and Technique902
178 Toxicology900
179 Conservation Biology899
180 Trends in Plant Science893
181 Biology of Reproduction892
182 Aquatic Conservation-Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems888
183 Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology C-Toxicology & Pharmacology885
184 Cell Host & Microbe880
185 Equine Veterinary Education879
186 Biosystems Engineering875
187 Preventive Veterinary Medicine874
- Ciencia Rural874
189 Landscape and Urban Planning869
190 People and Nature868
191 Oikos867
192 International Journal of Morphology863
- Animal Reproduction Science863
194 Chemical Research in Toxicology860
195 Reproduction in Domestic Animals859
- Journal of Animal Ecology859
- Journal of Veterinary Medical Science859
198 Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia852
199 Crop Journal848
200 Environmental Health Perspectives847
(This list is limited to max. 200 journals; click here to see the full list)
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