Journal rankings · indicator year 2006
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Subfield ranking · 2006
Plant Science journal rankings 2006
313 ranked journals · Subfield in Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Plant Science has 313 ranked journals in 2006. The median journal has an OJR of 0.32, below the world average of 1.00, up 0.03 on 2005; Q1 starts at OJR 0.88. The top three are The Plant Cell, Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences, and The Plant Journal.
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 of Agricultural and Biological Sciences (11)
313 ranked journals
Filters
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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1The Plant CellOxford University Press · United States | 5.80Q1 | 11.41 0.18 up from 2005 | 805 | 100% | $4,934 | ||
2Critical Reviews in Plant SciencesTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 4.25Q1 | 5.10 0.85 up from 2005 | 70 | 5% | — | ||
3The Plant JournalWiley · United Kingdom | 4.15Q1 | 8.40 0.57 up from 2005 | 980 | 56% | $5,450 | ||
4PLANT PHYSIOLOGYOxford University Press · United States | 3.59Q1 | 7.44 0.61 up from 2005 | 1,823 | 100% | $3,851 | ||
5New PhytologistWiley · United Kingdom | 3.24Q1 | 4.92 0.22 up from 2005 | 949 | 54% | $5,790 | ||
6Molecular Plant-Microbe InteractionsOAAmerican Phytopathological Society · United States | 3.17Q1 | 4.68 0.06 up from 2005 | 403 | 63% | $3,000 | ||
7Plant Cell & EnvironmentWiley · United Kingdom | 2.69Q1 | 4.40 0.06 down from 2005 | 507 | 56% | $5,440 | ||
8Molecular Plant PathologyOAWiley · United Kingdom | 2.44Q1 | 3.81 0.03 up from 2005 | 161 | 70% | $3,330 | ||
9Journal of Experimental BotanyOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 2.39Q1 | 4.52 0.79 up from 2005 | 937 | 74% | $4,341 | ||
10Plant Molecular BiologySpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 2.19Q1 | 4.74 0.76 up from 2005 | 636 | 12% | $4,590 | ||
11Annals of BotanyOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 2.18Q1 | 2.98 0.23 up from 2005 | 649 | 100% | $3,617 | ||
12Theoretical and Applied GeneticsSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 2.17Q1 | 3.51 0.17 down from 2005 | 1,153 | 11% | $5,190 | ||
13Annual Review of Plant BiologyAnnual Reviews · United States | 2.02Q1 | 24.56 4.21 up from 2005 | 72 | 16% | — | ||
14Plant and SoilSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 2.02Q1 | 2.16 0.38 down from 2005 | 1,043 | 9% | $4,790 | ||
15Plant Biotechnology JournalOAWiley · United Kingdom | 1.92Q1 | 3.66 0.46 down from 2005 | 161 | 68% | $4,320 | ||
16MycorrhizaSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 1.87Q1 | 2.05 0.11 down from 2005 | 200 | 8% | $3,990 | ||
17Plant and Cell PhysiologyOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 1.86Q1 | 3.75 0.28 up from 2005 | 691 | 28% | $3,085 | ||
18PlantaSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 1.83Q1 | 3.32 0.10 down from 2005 | 854 | 9% | $4,590 | ||
19Journal of Applied MicrobiologyOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 1.83Q1 | 2.79 0.07 up from 2005 | 967 | 11% | $3,777 | ||
20Weed ResearchWiley · United Kingdom | 1.73Q1 | 1.85 0.04 down from 2005 | 168 | 22% | $3,840 | ||
21Journal of Stored Products ResearchElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.72Q1 | 1.75 0.81 up from 2005 | 163 | 2% | $4,190 | ||
22BMC Plant BiologyOABioMed Central · United Kingdom | 1.70Q1 | 2.56 0.80 down from 2005 | 94 | 100% | $3,090 | ||
23Molecular BreedingSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 1.68Q1 | 2.83 0.52 up from 2005 | 211 | 11% | $3,990 | ||
24Journal of Plant Growth RegulationSpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 1.63Q1 | 2.22 0.17 up from 2005 | 109 | 25% | $3,890 | ||
25European Journal of AgronomyElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.63Q1 | 1.34 0.51 down from 2005 | 228 | 10% | $3,200 | ||
26Australian Journal of Grape and Wine ResearchOAWiley · United Kingdom | 1.63Q1 | 2.11 0.14 up from 2005 | 61 | 86% | $1,460 | ||
27Functional Plant BiologyCSIRO Publishing · Australia | 1.62Q1 | 2.63 0.17 up from 2005 | 368 | 19% | — | ||
28Food Additives & ContaminantsTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 1.60Q1 | 2.20 0.31 up from 2005 | 460 | 48% | — | ||
29Field Crops ResearchElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.59Q1 | 1.58 0.19 up from 2005 | 507 | 4% | $3,680 | ||
30Postharvest Biology and TechnologyElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.52Q1 | 1.98 0.27 down from 2005 | 469 | 7% | $4,280 | ||
31Seed Science ResearchOACambridge University Press · United Kingdom | 1.48Q1 | 2.13 1.02 down from 2005 | 106 | 9% | $3,550 | ||
32Chromosome ResearchSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 1.46Q1 | 2.77 0.02 down from 2005 | 271 | 13% | $4,390 | ||
33GenomeNRC Research Press · Canada | 1.46Q1 | 2.54 0.08 up from 2005 | 392 | 7% | — | ||
34Agronomy JournalWiley · United States | 1.44Q1 | 1.67 0.05 up from 2005 | 778 | 4% | $1,800 | ||
35Physiologia PlantarumWiley · United Kingdom | 1.40Q1 | 2.79 0.28 up from 2005 | 579 | 43% | $4,150 | ||
36Biosystems EngineeringElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.39Q1 | 1.62 0.20 up from 2005 | 464 | 11% | $3,350 | ||
37PhytopathologyAmerican Phytopathological Society · United States | 1.37Q1 | 2.19 0.46 up from 2005 | 652 | 15% | — | ||
38European Journal of Plant PathologySpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 1.36Q1 | 2.06 0.30 up from 2005 | 338 | 16% | $2,590 | ||
39Plant BiologyWiley · Germany | 1.34Q1 | 2.49 0.34 up from 2005 | 256 | 9% | $3,400 | ||
40Computers and Electronics in AgricultureElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.28Q1 | 1.27 0.12 up from 2005 | 210 | 5% | $3,870 | ||
41Australian Journal of Agricultural ResearchCSIRO Publishing · Australia | 1.26Q1 | 1.57 0.21 up from 2005 | 411 | 14% | — | ||
42Weed ScienceCambridge University Press · United States | 1.26Q1 | 1.84 0.01 down from 2005 | 409 | 1% | $3,550 | ||
43Folia GeobotanicaSpringer Nature (Netherlands) · Netherlands | 1.26Q1 | 1.45 0.46 up from 2005 | 110 | 3% | $2,490 | ||
44The Journal of the Torrey Botanical SocietyUnited States | 1.24Q1 | 1.56 0.03 up from 2005 | 137 | 3% | — | ||
45Environmental and Experimental BotanyOAElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.24Q1 | 1.37 0.41 down from 2005 | 293 | 8% | $3,000 | ||
46Pest Management ScienceWiley · United Kingdom | 1.22Q1 | 1.90 0.55 up from 2005 | 489 | 9% | $5,360 | ||
47Plant Physiology and BiochemistryElsevier BV · France | 1.20Q1 | 2.42 0.46 up from 2005 | 403 | 8% | $3,990 | ||
48Transactions of the ASAEUnited States | 1.19Q1 | 1.09 0.14 up from 2005 | 671 | — | — | ||
49Environmental Biosafety ResearchEDP Sciences · France | 1.18Q1 | 2.21 0.79 down from 2005 | 54 | 97% | — | ||
50Phytochemistry ReviewsSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 1.16Q1 | 2.04 0.44 up from 2005 | 83 | 21% | $4,790 |
Subfields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with Plant Science highlighted.
- 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.
134 additional Plant Science 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
- 313
- Window papers (baseline)
- 129,649 +10.6% from indicator year 2003
- Median OJR
- 0.3222 +15.1% from indicator year 2003
- Rising journals (2025)
- 31
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 | 215 | 251 | 265 | 281 | 281 | 296 | 313 | 328 | 337 | 365 | 403 | 431 | 463 | 489 | 518 | 554 | 570 | 576 | 571 | 570 | 577 | 570 | 571 | 557 | 550 | 551 | |
| Window papers (baseline) | 88,671 | 102,845 | 108,798 | 117,271 | 114,833 | 122,027 | 129,649 | 140,330 | 149,628 | 162,470 | 178,755 | 195,978 | 206,307 | 211,540 | 217,656 | 225,949 | 230,311 | 226,813 | 226,801 | 231,348 | 243,835 | 258,777 | 269,536 | 277,532 | 278,967 | 292,920 | |
| Median OJR | 0.35 | 0.262 | 0.265 | 0.28 | 0.3220 | 0.29 | 0.3222 | 0.37 | 0.41 | 0.45 | 0.484 | 0.58 | 0.573 | 0.569 | 0.5473 | 0.50 | 0.476 | 0.472 | 0.466 | 0.49 | 0.51 | 0.550 | 0.518 | 0.523 | 0.5469 | 0.56 |
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.