Journal rankings · indicator year 2006
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Field ranking · 2006
Agricultural and Biological Sciences journal rankings 2006
670 ranked journals · Field in Life Sciences
Agricultural and Biological Sciences has 670 ranked journals in 2006. The median journal has an OJR of 0.46, below the world average of 1.00, up 0.05 on 2005; Q1 starts at OJR 1.03. The top three are Ecology Letters, The Plant Cell, and Sociologia Ruralis.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2006. Journal access status and listed APC: source snapshot September 23, 2026.
Journals whose main subfield sits in this category and that published at least 30 citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) in 2003–2005, the window the 2006 score is computed on.
The OpenJournalRank Indicator (OJR) is a free, publicly available metric of a journal’s field-normalized citation impact, computed from open OpenAlex citation data. It compares citations to a journal’s papers from the previous three years with the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so 1.00 is the world average and values can be compared across fields. It is computed with the NCI3 method.
The middle OJR among ranked journals in this category: half score higher, half lower. 1.00 is the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type.
The dot is this category, the solid tick is the median of all ranked journals and the dashed line is the world average.
Share of ranked journals in this category that are fully open access, so every paper is free to read. Hybrid journals, which sell subscriptions and open single papers for a fee, are not counted.
Median list price of the article processing charge, in US dollars, among ranked journals in this category that list a price above zero. Journals with a listed APC of $0 and journals with no known price are left out of this median. The At a glance table below gives a second median that includes the $0 prices.
Subfields in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (11)
Up to Life Sciences670 ranked journals
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Rank is the position by OJR within the list on screen; 1 is the highest. | OJR is field-normalized 3-year citation impact: 1.00 is the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so values compare across fields. The badge is the journal’s quartile in this list. | Citations per paper over a two-year window, counted from OpenAlex. It is not field-normalized, so compare it only between journals of the same field. ▲ or ▼ is the change from 2005. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2003–2005, the window the 2006 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2003–2005 papers that are free to read in any open-access form. The green OA tag next to a title marks a fully open-access journal. | List price of the article processing charge in US dollars. “$0 listed” means the listed price is zero; a dash means no price is listed. | The line is the journal’s OJR from 2000 to 2006. | Compare |
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1Ecology LettersWiley · United Kingdom | 6.43Q1 | 9.62 2.93 up from 2005 | 447 | 21% | $5,300 | ||
2The Plant CellOxford University Press · United States | 5.80Q1 | 11.41 0.18 up from 2005 | 805 | 100% | $4,934 | ||
3Sociologia RuralisWiley · Netherlands | 5.35Q1 | 3.24 0.80 up from 2005 | 72 | 29% | $3,920 | ||
4Journal of Rural StudiesElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 5.07Q1 | 1.87 1.15 down from 2005 | 167 | 9% | $4,090 | ||
5Critical Reviews in Plant SciencesTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 4.25Q1 | 5.10 0.85 up from 2005 | 70 | 5% | — | ||
6The Plant JournalWiley · United Kingdom | 4.15Q1 | 8.40 0.57 up from 2005 | 980 | 56% | $5,450 | ||
7PLANT PHYSIOLOGYOxford University Press · United States | 3.59Q1 | 7.44 0.61 up from 2005 | 1,823 | 100% | $3,851 | ||
8The American NaturalistUniversity of Chicago Press · United States | 3.58Q1 | 4.75 0.40 up from 2005 | 611 | 11% | — | ||
9Perspectives in Plant Ecology Evolution and SystematicsElsevier BV · Germany | 3.44Q1 | 3.00 0.55 down from 2005 | 40 | 0% | $3,570 | ||
10The Quarterly Review of BiologyUniversity of Chicago Press · United States | 3.38Q1 | 2.70 0.95 down from 2005 | 70 | 0% | — | ||
11Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological SciencesRoyal Society · United Kingdom | 3.33Q1 | 4.66 0.18 down from 2005 | 1,409 | 99% | — | ||
12Critical Reviews in Food Science and NutritionTaylor & Francis · United States | 3.24Q1 | 5.27 1.10 up from 2005 | 97 | 5% | — | ||
13New PhytologistWiley · United Kingdom | 3.24Q1 | 4.92 0.22 up from 2005 | 949 | 54% | $5,790 | ||
14Molecular Plant-Microbe InteractionsOAAmerican Phytopathological Society · United States | 3.17Q1 | 4.68 0.06 up from 2005 | 403 | 63% | $3,000 | ||
15OikosWiley · United Kingdom | 3.10Q1 | 4.26 0.41 up from 2005 | 818 | 19% | $3,640 | ||
16Functional EcologyOAWiley · United Kingdom | 2.89Q1 | 3.99 0.21 up from 2005 | 355 | 49% | $3,000 | ||
17Plant Cell & EnvironmentWiley · United Kingdom | 2.69Q1 | 4.40 0.06 down from 2005 | 507 | 56% | $5,440 | ||
18Behavioral EcologyOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 2.56Q1 | 3.46 0.38 up from 2005 | 450 | 42% | $3,906 | ||
19American Journal of BotanyWiley · United States | 2.48Q1 | 3.86 0.70 up from 2005 | 624 | 29% | $2,660 | ||
20Biological Journal of the Linnean SocietyOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 2.48Q1 | 3.73 0.30 up from 2005 | 419 | 27% | $3,541 | ||
21International Journal of Food MicrobiologyElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.46Q1 | 3.02 0.01 up from 2005 | 924 | 7% | $4,090 | ||
22Molecular Plant PathologyOAWiley · United Kingdom | 2.44Q1 | 3.81 0.03 up from 2005 | 161 | 70% | $3,330 | ||
23Journal of Experimental BotanyOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 2.39Q1 | 4.52 0.79 up from 2005 | 937 | 74% | $4,341 | ||
24Journal of Evolutionary BiologyOxford University Press · Switzerland | 2.34Q1 | 3.28 0.39 down from 2005 | 558 | 45% | $3,123 | ||
25Aquaculture NutritionOAWiley · United Kingdom | 2.34Q1 | 2.07 0.02 up from 2005 | 146 | 60% | $2,350 | ||
26Journal of Agrarian ChangeWiley · United Kingdom | 2.32Q1 | 1.40 1.11 down from 2005 | 59 | 18% | $3,820 | ||
27Journal of Agricultural EconomicsWiley · United Kingdom | 2.29Q1 | 0.95 0.02 up from 2005 | 107 | 18% | $4,150 | ||
28Animal BehaviourElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.26Q1 | 3.03 0.13 up from 2005 | 933 | 6% | $2,740 | ||
29Annals of the Missouri Botanical GardenMissouri Botanical Garden · United States | 2.26Q1 | 1.63 0.91 down from 2005 | 40 | 97% | — | ||
30Soil Biology and BiochemistryElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.24Q1 | 2.60 0.10 down from 2005 | 854 | 7% | $4,950 | ||
31Molecular Phylogenetics and EvolutionElsevier BV · United States | 2.21Q1 | 4.06 0.20 up from 2005 | 845 | 6% | $3,830 | ||
32Plant Molecular BiologySpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 2.19Q1 | 4.74 0.76 up from 2005 | 636 | 12% | $4,590 | ||
33Annals of BotanyOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 2.18Q1 | 2.98 0.23 up from 2005 | 649 | 100% | $3,617 | ||
34Behavioral Ecology and SociobiologySpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 2.18Q1 | 2.82 0.37 up from 2005 | 509 | 10% | $3,590 | ||
35Basic and Applied EcologyOAElsevier BV · Germany | 2.18Q1 | 2.53 0.62 down from 2005 | 210 | 14% | $1,800 | ||
36Theoretical and Applied GeneticsSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 2.17Q1 | 3.51 0.17 down from 2005 | 1,153 | 11% | $5,190 | ||
37European Journal of Soil ScienceWiley · United Kingdom | 2.17Q1 | 2.12 0.18 down from 2005 | 273 | 8% | $4,490 | ||
38Trends in Food Science & TechnologyElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.15Q1 | 2.54 0.35 up from 2005 | 223 | 6% | $5,440 | ||
39Biology LettersOARoyal Society · United Kingdom | 2.13Q1 | 2.53 1.28 up from 2005 | 179 | 99% | — | ||
40GeodermaOAElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.12Q1 | 2.15 0.02 down from 2005 | 601 | 11% | $3,320 | ||
41CladisticsWiley · United States | 2.11Q1 | 4.47 1.56 up from 2005 | 166 | 38% | $3,960 | ||
42Agriculture and Human ValuesSpringer Nature (Netherlands) · Netherlands | 2.11Q1 | 1.60 0.64 up from 2005 | 107 | 10% | $3,990 | ||
43Agriculture Ecosystems & EnvironmentElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.10Q1 | 2.44 0.37 up from 2005 | 768 | 17% | $4,190 | ||
44Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food SafetyWiley · United States | 2.03Q1 | 2.44 0.22 up from 2005 | 52 | 12% | $5,000 | ||
45Annual Review of Plant BiologyAnnual Reviews · United States | 2.02Q1 | 24.56 4.21 up from 2005 | 72 | 16% | — | ||
46Plant and SoilSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 2.02Q1 | 2.16 0.38 down from 2005 | 1,043 | 9% | $4,790 | ||
47Plant Biotechnology JournalOAWiley · United Kingdom | 1.92Q1 | 3.66 0.46 down from 2005 | 161 | 68% | $4,320 | ||
48Soil Science Society of America JournalWiley · United States | 1.91Q1 | 2.31 0.47 up from 2005 | 950 | 5% | $2,020 | ||
49Ecological EntomologyWiley · United Kingdom | 1.90Q1 | 2.49no change | 266 | 10% | $4,410 | ||
50Soil and Tillage ResearchElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.88Q1 | 1.66 0.33 up from 2005 | 512 | 8% | $4,570 |
Subfields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, compared.
- Plant Science313
- Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics103
- Food Science74
- Insect Science45
- Animal Science and Zoology42
- Soil Science26
- Agronomy and Crop Science25
- Aquatic Science21
- General Agricultural and Biological Sciences20
- Forestry1
- Horticulture0
Journals
Citations made in 2006. Corpus-wide, 71.3% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
250 additional Agricultural and Biological Sciences journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2003–2005, at least 80% of them with a subfield, and a positive world-average expectation. Ranks are within the whole category; filters hide rows without re-ranking. OJR excludes self-citations.
At a glance
Indicator year: 2006. Publication window: 2003–2005. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 670
- Window papers (baseline)
- 297,451 +12.5% from indicator year 2003
- Median OJR
- 0.462 +1.8% from indicator year 2003
- Rising journals (2025)
- 86Comparison-group list (86)
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2003–2005 in all journals of the world-average baseline, including non-core journals, counted by each paper’s own subfield. They are not the papers of the ranked journals alone.
| Measure | Year series | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ranked journals | 511 | 569 | 595 | 631 | 627 | 643 | 670 | 696 | 707 | 755 | 809 | 857 | 902 | 956 | 1,007 | 1,066 | 1,098 | 1,119 | 1,133 | 1,134 | 1,130 | 1,117 | 1,114 | 1,105 | 1,094 | 1,096 | |
| Window papers (baseline) | 200,144 | 231,427 | 246,134 | 264,449 | 261,081 | 277,391 | 297,451 | 323,008 | 349,012 | 381,325 | 425,469 | 471,184 | 501,593 | 520,260 | 541,091 | 572,424 | 593,779 | 602,980 | 613,440 | 635,565 | 669,420 | 715,658 | 750,083 | 770,538 | 777,286 | 816,566 | |
| Median OJR | 0.448 | 0.412 | 0.409 | 0.454 | 0.450 | 0.414 | 0.462 | 0.463 | 0.556 | 0.53 | 0.54 | 0.65 | 0.66 | 0.63 | 0.6241 | 0.587 | 0.557 | 0.563 | 0.55 | 0.594 | 0.62487 | 0.62485 | 0.615 | 0.6243 | 0.61 | 0.617 |
| Measure | Category statistic | Eligible population |
|---|---|---|
| Journal self-citation share | Median: 3.8% | 812 journals |
| Retracted papers per 1,000 | Pooled rate: 0.681 per 1,000 | 783 journals |
| Output growth | Median: -5.7% | 996 journals |
| Open access share | Median: 100.0% | 1,096 journals |
| Listed APC (USD) | Median including $0 listed prices: $3,000 | 600 ranked journals with a known listed price, including $0 listed prices |
| International collaboration share | Median: 25.7% | 1,043 journals |
| Review share | Median: 0.0% | 1,096 journals |
| Articles-only OJR | Median: 0.62 | 1,087 journals |
| Uncited share | Median: 34.5% | 1,096 journals |
| Citation concentration | Median: 43.9% | 1,095 journals |
How to read these rankings
- OJR, the OpenJournalRank Indicator
- A field-normalized 3-year citation impact, computed from OpenAlex with the NCI3 method. It divides the citations a journal’s papers received by the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so 1.00 is the world average and 2.00 means twice as many citations as expected. Because it is normalized, it can be compared across fields. Read the methodology
- Quartiles
- Q1 to Q4 split the ranked journals of the list you are viewing into four equal groups by OJR. A journal’s quartile depends on the list: the same journal can be Q1 in its subfield and Q2 among all journals.
- Impact factor (2-year)
- Citations per paper over a two-year window, counted from OpenAlex. It is easy to compare with familiar impact factors but is not field-normalized, so compare it only within a field. It is not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. Why it differs from the Journal Impact Factor
- Rank ranges
- Each rank in the latest year carries a likely range from 1,000 resamples of the journal’s papers. Where two journals’ ranges overlap, the data cannot tell them apart, so treat neighbouring ranks as ties.