Journal rankings · indicator year 2016
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Field ranking · 2016
Agricultural and Biological Sciences journal rankings 2016
1,098 ranked journals · Field in Life Sciences
Agricultural and Biological Sciences has 1,098 ranked journals in 2016. The median journal has an OJR of 0.56, below the world average of 1.00, down 0.03 on 2015; Q1 starts at OJR 1.13. The top three are Ecology Letters, SOIL, and The Journal of Peasant Studies.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2016. 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 2013–2015, the window the 2016 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 Sciences1,098 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 2015. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2013–2015, the window the 2016 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2013–2015 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 2007 to 2016. | Compare |
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1Ecology LettersWiley · United Kingdom | 8.31Q1 | 11.36 1.53 down from 2015 | 465 | 46% | $5,300 | ||
2SOILOACopernicus Publications · Germany | 8.05Q1 | 10.86no 2015 value | 49 | 100% | $1,110 | — | |
3The Journal of Peasant StudiesTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 7.65Q1 | 5.35 0.24 up from 2015 | 224 | 29% | — | ||
4Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food SafetyWiley · United States | 5.23Q1 | 8.66 0.80 up from 2015 | 165 | 16% | $5,000 | ||
5Critical Reviews in Plant SciencesTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 5.14Q1 | 8.98 3.00 up from 2015 | 55 | 40% | — | ||
6Trends in Food Science & TechnologyElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 4.63Q1 | 7.52 0.33 up from 2015 | 283 | 14% | $5,440 | ||
7Journal of Rural StudiesElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 4.47Q1 | 3.51 0.19 up from 2015 | 282 | 40% | $4,090 | ||
8New PhytologistWiley · United Kingdom | 4.36Q1 | 7.29 0.44 up from 2015 | 1,603 | 64% | $5,790 | ||
9The Plant CellOxford University Press · United States | 4.33Q1 | 8.46 0.27 down from 2015 | 1,017 | 100% | $4,934 | ||
10Agronomy for Sustainable DevelopmentSpringer Science+Business Media · France | 4.30Q1 | 5.30 0.94 up from 2015 | 209 | 97% | $2,990 | ||
11Journal of Agrarian ChangeWiley · United Kingdom | 4.22Q1 | 2.60 1.16 up from 2015 | 95 | 21% | $3,820 | ||
12Microbial Ecology in Health and DiseaseTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 4.05Q1 | 8.78 5.40 up from 2015 | 51 | 100% | $1,725 | ||
13Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological SciencesRoyal Society · United Kingdom | 4.00Q1 | 6.56 0.28 up from 2015 | 1,760 | 100% | — | ||
14Land Degradation and DevelopmentWiley · United Kingdom | 3.93Q1 | 6.35 0.21 down from 2015 | 257 | 31% | $5,230 | ||
15Journal of Experimental BotanyOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 3.69Q1 | 6.40 0.04 down from 2015 | 1,595 | 85% | $4,341 | ||
16Soil Biology and BiochemistryElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 3.57Q1 | 5.63 1.02 up from 2015 | 1,004 | 46% | $4,950 | ||
17PLANT PHYSIOLOGYOxford University Press · United States | 3.51Q1 | 6.58 0.64 down from 2015 | 1,539 | 93% | $3,851 | ||
18Plant Biotechnology JournalOAWiley · United Kingdom | 3.50Q1 | 6.93 0.46 up from 2015 | 435 | 100% | $4,320 | ||
19Functional EcologyOAWiley · United Kingdom | 3.48Q1 | 5.15 0.09 up from 2015 | 572 | 62% | $3,000 | ||
20Journal of Agricultural EconomicsWiley · United Kingdom | 3.46Q1 | 1.74 0.12 down from 2015 | 146 | 39% | $4,150 | ||
21Nature PlantsNature Portfolio · United Kingdom | 3.40Q1 | 5.12no 2015 value | 214 | 30% | $12,690 | — | |
22The Plant GenomeOACrop Science Society of America · United States | 3.39Q1 | 4.33 2.09 down from 2015 | 133 | 100% | $3,140 | ||
23Food Engineering ReviewsSpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 3.37Q1 | 4.57 0.02 up from 2015 | 71 | 19% | $3,090 | ||
24Plant Cell & EnvironmentWiley · United Kingdom | 3.37Q1 | 5.80 0.10 up from 2015 | 641 | 59% | $5,440 | ||
25RiceOASpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 3.28Q1 | 5.32 0.66 down from 2015 | 111 | 100% | $3,090 | ||
26The Plant JournalWiley · United Kingdom | 3.25Q1 | 6.30 0.20 down from 2015 | 986 | 51% | $5,450 | ||
27European Journal of AgronomyElsevier BV · Netherlands | 3.23Q1 | 3.86 0.33 down from 2015 | 325 | 37% | $3,200 | ||
28Agriculture Ecosystems & EnvironmentElsevier BV · Netherlands | 3.23Q1 | 4.34 0.27 up from 2015 | 978 | 39% | $4,190 | ||
29Food Quality and PreferenceElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 3.18Q1 | 4.48 0.75 up from 2015 | 492 | 23% | $4,420 | ||
30Molecular Plant-Microbe InteractionsOAAmerican Phytopathological Society · United States | 3.15Q1 | 4.35 0.10 up from 2015 | 369 | 99% | $3,000 | ||
31Perspectives in Plant Ecology Evolution and SystematicsElsevier BV · Germany | 3.14Q1 | 3.74 0.32 down from 2015 | 112 | 40% | $3,570 | ||
32Food MicrobiologyElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 3.10Q1 | 4.87 0.96 up from 2015 | 596 | 20% | $4,210 | ||
33Food HydrocolloidsElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 3.07Q1 | 5.14 0.59 up from 2015 | 1,079 | 18% | $4,990 | ||
34Plant MethodsOABioMed Central · United Kingdom | 3.05Q1 | 4.91 0.12 down from 2015 | 144 | 100% | $3,090 | ||
35Agricultural SystemsElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 3.04Q1 | 3.56 0.02 up from 2015 | 325 | 50% | $4,000 | ||
36Molecular PlantElsevier BV · China | 3.03Q1 | 5.92 0.35 up from 2015 | 544 | 93% | $5,000 | ||
37Annals of BotanyOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 3.02Q1 | 4.46 0.30 up from 2015 | 729 | 100% | $3,617 | ||
38Environmental and Experimental BotanyOAElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.97Q1 | 4.36 0.41 up from 2015 | 391 | 19% | $3,000 | ||
39Journal of Ethnobiology and EthnomedicineOABioMed Central · United Kingdom | 2.97Q1 | 3.43 0.78 down from 2015 | 250 | 100% | $3,590 | ||
40Agriculture and Human ValuesSpringer Nature (Netherlands) · Netherlands | 2.92Q1 | 2.29 0.02 up from 2015 | 215 | 21% | $3,990 | ||
41EvolutionOxford University Press · United States | 2.90Q1 | 4.58 0.18 down from 2015 | 763 | 36% | $3,214 | ||
42Soil and Tillage ResearchElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.89Q1 | 3.54 0.52 up from 2015 | 504 | 22% | $4,570 | ||
43The American NaturalistUniversity of Chicago Press · United States | 2.89Q1 | 4.60 0.55 up from 2015 | 530 | 36% | — | ||
44Horticulture ResearchOANature Portfolio · China | 2.88Q1 | 4.97 0.18 up from 2015 | 67 | 100% | $2,960 | ||
45Fungal Biology ReviewsElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.86Q1 | 4.22 1.14 down from 2015 | 38 | 36% | $3,000 | ||
46BMC Plant BiologyOABioMed Central · United Kingdom | 2.86Q1 | 5.06 0.43 up from 2015 | 916 | 100% | $3,090 | ||
47Frontiers in Plant ScienceOAFrontiers Media · Switzerland | 2.83Q1 | 5.13 0.39 down from 2015 | 2,553 | 100% | $3,801 | ||
48Agriculture & Food SecurityOABioMed Central · United Kingdom | 2.83Q1 | 2.63 0.13 down from 2015 | 62 | 100% | $2,290 | ||
49Pharmacognosy Reviews/Bioinformatics Trends/Pharmacognosy reviewMedknow · India | 2.79Q1 | 5.00 0.63 up from 2015 | 67 | 100% | — | ||
50GCB BioenergyOAWiley · United Kingdom | 2.78Q1 | 4.28 0.36 up from 2015 | 288 | 100% | $3,180 |
Subfields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, compared.
- Plant Science570
- Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics144
- Food Science132
- Insect Science56
- Animal Science and Zoology51
- Aquatic Science39
- Agronomy and Crop Science38
- Soil Science37
- General Agricultural and Biological Sciences30
- Forestry1
- Horticulture0
Journals
Citations made in 2016. Corpus-wide, 77.2% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
290 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 2013–2015, 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: 2016. Publication window: 2013–2015. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 1,098
- Window papers (baseline)
- 593,779 +14.1% from indicator year 2013
- Median OJR
- 0.557 -12.3% from indicator year 2013
- Rising journals (2025)
- 86Comparison-group list (86)
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2013–2015 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.