Journal rankings · indicator year 2016
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Subfield ranking · 2016
Plant Science journal rankings 2016
570 ranked journals · Subfield in Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Plant Science has 570 ranked journals in 2016. The median journal has an OJR of 0.48, below the world average of 1.00, down 0.02 on 2015; Q1 starts at OJR 0.95. The top three are Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences, New Phytologist, and The Plant Cell.
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 of Agricultural and Biological Sciences (11)
570 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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1Critical Reviews in Plant SciencesTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 5.14Q1 | 8.98 3.00 up from 2015 | 55 | 40% | — | ||
2New PhytologistWiley · United Kingdom | 4.36Q1 | 7.29 0.44 up from 2015 | 1,603 | 64% | $5,790 | ||
3The Plant CellOxford University Press · United States | 4.33Q1 | 8.46 0.27 down from 2015 | 1,017 | 100% | $4,934 | ||
4Agronomy for Sustainable DevelopmentSpringer Science+Business Media · France | 4.30Q1 | 5.30 0.94 up from 2015 | 209 | 97% | $2,990 | ||
5Journal of Experimental BotanyOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 3.69Q1 | 6.40 0.04 down from 2015 | 1,595 | 85% | $4,341 | ||
6PLANT PHYSIOLOGYOxford University Press · United States | 3.51Q1 | 6.58 0.64 down from 2015 | 1,539 | 93% | $3,851 | ||
7Plant Biotechnology JournalOAWiley · United Kingdom | 3.50Q1 | 6.93 0.46 up from 2015 | 435 | 100% | $4,320 | ||
8Nature PlantsNature Portfolio · United Kingdom | 3.40Q1 | 5.12no 2015 value | 214 | 30% | $12,690 | — | |
9The Plant GenomeOACrop Science Society of America · United States | 3.39Q1 | 4.33 2.09 down from 2015 | 133 | 100% | $3,140 | ||
10Plant Cell & EnvironmentWiley · United Kingdom | 3.37Q1 | 5.80 0.10 up from 2015 | 641 | 59% | $5,440 | ||
11RiceOASpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 3.28Q1 | 5.32 0.66 down from 2015 | 111 | 100% | $3,090 | ||
12The Plant JournalWiley · United Kingdom | 3.25Q1 | 6.30 0.20 down from 2015 | 986 | 51% | $5,450 | ||
13European Journal of AgronomyElsevier BV · Netherlands | 3.23Q1 | 3.86 0.33 down from 2015 | 325 | 37% | $3,200 | ||
14Molecular Plant-Microbe InteractionsOAAmerican Phytopathological Society · United States | 3.15Q1 | 4.35 0.10 up from 2015 | 369 | 99% | $3,000 | ||
15Plant MethodsOABioMed Central · United Kingdom | 3.05Q1 | 4.91 0.12 down from 2015 | 144 | 100% | $3,090 | ||
16Molecular PlantElsevier BV · China | 3.03Q1 | 5.92 0.35 up from 2015 | 544 | 93% | $5,000 | ||
17Annals of BotanyOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 3.02Q1 | 4.46 0.30 up from 2015 | 729 | 100% | $3,617 | ||
18Environmental and Experimental BotanyOAElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.97Q1 | 4.36 0.41 up from 2015 | 391 | 19% | $3,000 | ||
19Journal of Ethnobiology and EthnomedicineOABioMed Central · United Kingdom | 2.97Q1 | 3.43 0.78 down from 2015 | 250 | 100% | $3,590 | ||
20Horticulture ResearchOANature Portfolio · China | 2.88Q1 | 4.97 0.18 up from 2015 | 67 | 100% | $2,960 | ||
21Fungal Biology ReviewsElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.86Q1 | 4.22 1.14 down from 2015 | 38 | 36% | $3,000 | ||
22BMC Plant BiologyOABioMed Central · United Kingdom | 2.86Q1 | 5.06 0.43 up from 2015 | 916 | 100% | $3,090 | ||
23Frontiers in Plant ScienceOAFrontiers Media · Switzerland | 2.83Q1 | 5.13 0.39 down from 2015 | 2,553 | 100% | $3,801 | ||
24Pharmacognosy Reviews/Bioinformatics Trends/Pharmacognosy reviewMedknow · India | 2.79Q1 | 5.00 0.63 up from 2015 | 67 | 100% | — | ||
25Molecular Plant PathologyOAWiley · United Kingdom | 2.72Q1 | 3.67 0.74 down from 2015 | 331 | 94% | $3,330 | ||
26AgronomyOAMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute · Switzerland | 2.67Q1 | 3.07 1.01 down from 2015 | 113 | 100% | $3,137 | ||
27Field Crops ResearchElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.65Q1 | 3.55 0.27 up from 2015 | 723 | 26% | $3,680 | ||
28Theoretical and Applied GeneticsSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 2.58Q1 | 4.41 0.20 down from 2015 | 600 | 22% | $5,190 | ||
29Annual Review of Plant BiologyAnnual Reviews · United States | 2.55Q1 | 24.39 1.50 down from 2015 | 90 | 41% | — | ||
30Plant ScienceElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.50Q1 | 4.15 0.10 up from 2015 | 605 | 25% | $3,760 | ||
31Plant and Cell PhysiologyOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 2.46Q1 | 5.26 0.50 up from 2015 | 627 | 46% | $3,085 | ||
32MycorrhizaSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 2.45Q1 | 3.57 0.45 up from 2015 | 198 | 30% | $3,990 | ||
33Plant and SoilSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 2.39Q1 | 3.29 0.03 down from 2015 | 1,183 | 31% | $4,790 | ||
34Plant Molecular BiologySpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 2.36Q1 | 3.88 0.83 down from 2015 | 406 | 27% | $4,590 | ||
35Food and Energy SecurityOAWiley · United Kingdom | 2.29Q1 | 2.58 0.31 down from 2015 | 44 | 100% | $4,190 | ||
36Computers and Electronics in AgricultureElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.24Q1 | 3.16 0.21 up from 2015 | 650 | 24% | $3,870 | ||
37Fungal ecologyElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.22Q1 | 3.88 1.02 up from 2015 | 241 | 18% | $3,500 | ||
38Postharvest Biology and TechnologyElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.12Q1 | 3.48 0.15 up from 2015 | 663 | 16% | $4,280 | ||
39Mobile DNAOABioMed Central · United Kingdom | 2.09Q1 | 4.82 1.30 up from 2015 | 81 | 100% | $3,290 | ||
40Microbiological ResearchElsevier BV · Germany | 2.09Q1 | 3.09no change | 331 | 99% | $4,470 | ||
41PlantaSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 2.07Q1 | 3.71 0.07 down from 2015 | 603 | 24% | $4,590 | ||
42Journal of Plant PhysiologyElsevier BV · Germany | 2.01Q1 | 3.55 0.29 up from 2015 | 621 | 20% | $3,370 | ||
43Australian Journal of Grape and Wine ResearchOAWiley · United Kingdom | 1.96Q1 | 2.45 0.08 down from 2015 | 193 | 68% | $1,460 | ||
44Plant Physiology and BiochemistryElsevier BV · France | 1.88Q1 | 3.48no change | 840 | 10% | $3,990 | ||
45ToxinsOAMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute · Switzerland | 1.88Q1 | 3.83 0.84 down from 2015 | 702 | 100% | $3,258 | ||
46AgricultureOAMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute · Switzerland | 1.87Q1 | 2.09 0.89 down from 2015 | 130 | 100% | $3,137 | ||
46ScientificaOAHindawi Publishing Corporation · United Kingdom | 1.87Q1 | 2.45 2.37 down from 2015 | 150 | 100% | $1,000 | ||
48Journal of Integrative Plant BiologyWiley · United Kingdom | 1.83Q1 | 2.98 0.56 down from 2015 | 369 | 45% | $3,000 | ||
49PhytopathologyAmerican Phytopathological Society · United States | 1.82Q1 | 2.88 0.13 up from 2015 | 511 | 90% | — | ||
50Journal of King Saud University - ScienceElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.82Q1 | 2.48 0.13 down from 2015 | 165 | 100% | $1,600 |
Subfields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with Plant Science highlighted.
- 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.
160 additional Plant Science 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
- 570
- Window papers (baseline)
- 230,311 +8.9% from indicator year 2013
- Median OJR
- 0.476 -16.3% from indicator year 2013
- Rising journals (2025)
- 31
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 | 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.