Journal rankings · indicator year 2018
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Subfield ranking · 2018
Plant Science journal rankings 2018
571 ranked journals · Subfield in Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Plant Science has 571 ranked journals in 2018. The median journal has an OJR of 0.47, below the world average of 1.00, down 0.01 on 2017; Q1 starts at OJR 0.95. The top three are Food and Energy Security, Agronomy for Sustainable Development, and New Phytologist.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2018. 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 2015–2017, the window the 2018 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)
571 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 2017. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2015–2017, the window the 2018 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2015–2017 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 2009 to 2018. | Compare |
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1Food and Energy SecurityOAWiley · United Kingdom | 4.14Q1 | 5.54 0.98 up from 2017 | 55 | 100% | $4,190 | ||
2Agronomy for Sustainable DevelopmentSpringer Science+Business Media · France | 4.08Q1 | 5.69 0.15 down from 2017 | 197 | 100% | $2,990 | ||
3New PhytologistWiley · United Kingdom | 3.88Q1 | 7.22 0.05 up from 2017 | 1,615 | 67% | $5,790 | ||
4The Plant CellOxford University Press · United States | 3.78Q1 | 7.69 0.31 down from 2017 | 736 | 99% | $4,934 | ||
5Nature PlantsNature Portfolio · United Kingdom | 3.58Q1 | 7.48 1.12 up from 2017 | 631 | 27% | $12,690 | ||
6Molecular PlantElsevier BV · China | 3.42Q1 | 6.48 0.06 down from 2017 | 583 | 100% | $5,000 | ||
7Mobile DNAOABioMed Central · United Kingdom | 3.31Q1 | 4.19 3.06 down from 2017 | 70 | 100% | $3,290 | ||
8Plant Biotechnology JournalOAWiley · United Kingdom | 3.20Q1 | 6.92 0.20 down from 2017 | 524 | 100% | $4,320 | ||
9PLANT PHYSIOLOGYOxford University Press · United States | 2.99Q1 | 6.58 0.38 up from 2017 | 1,793 | 94% | $3,851 | ||
10Critical Reviews in Plant SciencesTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 2.95Q1 | 6.11 1.95 up from 2017 | 44 | 44% | — | ||
11Journal of Experimental BotanyOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 2.91Q1 | 5.31 0.46 down from 2017 | 1,632 | 91% | $4,341 | ||
12The Plant GenomeOACrop Science Society of America · United States | 2.88Q1 | 5.37 0.49 up from 2017 | 210 | 100% | $3,140 | ||
13Plant Cell & EnvironmentWiley · United Kingdom | 2.86Q1 | 5.56 0.63 up from 2017 | 647 | 79% | $5,440 | ||
14The Plant JournalWiley · United Kingdom | 2.86Q1 | 6.48 0.25 up from 2017 | 947 | 66% | $5,450 | ||
15PlantsOAMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute · Switzerland | 2.82Q1 | 3.90 0.57 down from 2017 | 145 | 100% | $3,258 | ||
16Field Crops ResearchElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.76Q1 | 4.09 0.62 up from 2017 | 851 | 25% | $3,680 | ||
17European Journal of AgronomyElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.73Q1 | 3.91 0.30 up from 2017 | 403 | 33% | $3,200 | ||
18Horticulture ResearchOANature Portfolio · China | 2.73Q1 | 4.75 0.50 up from 2017 | 109 | 100% | $2,960 | ||
19Frontiers in Plant ScienceOAFrontiers Media · Switzerland | 2.60Q1 | 5.26 0.31 up from 2017 | 5,480 | 100% | $3,801 | ||
20Pharmacognosy Reviews/Bioinformatics Trends/Pharmacognosy reviewMedknow · India | 2.54Q1 | 4.62 0.71 up from 2017 | 66 | 97% | — | ||
21NJAS - Wageningen Journal of Life SciencesElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.54Q1 | 3.01 0.63 up from 2017 | 88 | 96% | $2,500 | ||
22BMC Plant BiologyOABioMed Central · United Kingdom | 2.49Q1 | 4.85 0.56 down from 2017 | 823 | 100% | $3,090 | ||
23The Crop JournalOAKeAi · Netherlands | 2.47Q1 | 3.56 0.08 up from 2017 | 186 | 100% | $1,890 | ||
24Postharvest Biology and TechnologyElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.40Q1 | 4.30 0.39 up from 2017 | 610 | 24% | $4,280 | ||
25Plant MethodsOABioMed Central · United Kingdom | 2.37Q1 | 4.17 1.67 down from 2017 | 223 | 100% | $3,090 | ||
26Mycotoxin ResearchSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 2.37Q1 | 3.67 0.01 down from 2017 | 86 | 40% | $3,790 | ||
27Environmental and Experimental BotanyOAElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.36Q1 | 3.86 0.02 down from 2017 | 464 | 22% | $3,000 | ||
28Molecular Plant-Microbe InteractionsOAAmerican Phytopathological Society · United States | 2.36Q1 | 3.68 0.26 down from 2017 | 311 | 99% | $3,000 | ||
29Information Processing in AgricultureOAElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.35Q1 | 4.21 1.71 up from 2017 | 98 | 100% | $2,000 | ||
30Fungal Biology ReviewsElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.34Q1 | 6.00 1.38 up from 2017 | 57 | 32% | $3,000 | ||
31Annals of BotanyOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 2.33Q1 | 3.58 0.08 down from 2017 | 676 | 100% | $3,617 | ||
32GM crops & foodOALandes Bioscience · United States | 2.28Q1 | 4.52 0.88 up from 2017 | 44 | 100% | $2,650 | ||
33Computers and Electronics in AgricultureElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.27Q1 | 4.20 0.80 up from 2017 | 939 | 28% | $3,870 | ||
34Food Quality and SafetyOAOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 2.23Q1 | 3.72no 2017 value | 36 | 100% | $1,855 | — | |
35Annual Review of Plant BiologyAnnual Reviews · United States | 2.22Q1 | 20.45 0.53 down from 2017 | 70 | 60% | — | ||
36Journal of the Saudi Society of Agricultural SciencesOAElsevier BV · Saudi Arabia | 2.19Q1 | 3.19 0.97 up from 2017 | 159 | 100% | — | ||
37Journal of Agronomy and Crop ScienceWiley · Germany | 2.17Q1 | 3.02 0.11 down from 2017 | 135 | 19% | $4,780 | ||
38Theoretical and Applied GeneticsSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 2.16Q1 | 4.04 0.21 down from 2017 | 619 | 34% | $5,190 | ||
39AgronomyOAMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute · Switzerland | 2.15Q1 | 3.46 1.17 up from 2017 | 184 | 100% | $3,137 | ||
40Fungal ecologyElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.14Q1 | 2.81 1.67 down from 2017 | 303 | 32% | $3,500 | ||
41RiceOASpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 2.14Q1 | 4.45 0.10 up from 2017 | 154 | 100% | $3,090 | ||
42Journal of Ethnobiology and EthnomedicineOABioMed Central · United Kingdom | 2.14Q1 | 3.22 0.89 down from 2017 | 206 | 100% | $3,590 | ||
43Plant and SoilSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 2.13Q1 | 3.51 0.01 down from 2017 | 1,144 | 31% | $4,790 | ||
44Plant ScienceElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.11Q1 | 3.32 0.63 down from 2017 | 706 | 27% | $3,760 | ||
45Molecular Plant PathologyOAWiley · United Kingdom | 2.09Q1 | 4.01 0.22 up from 2017 | 391 | 91% | $3,330 | ||
46Microbiological ResearchElsevier BV · Germany | 2.09Q1 | 3.67no change | 382 | 99% | $4,470 | ||
47Plant Physiology and BiochemistryElsevier BV · France | 2.04Q1 | 4.37 0.88 up from 2017 | 975 | 17% | $3,990 | ||
48Plant Molecular BiologySpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 2.03Q1 | 4.06 0.17 down from 2017 | 412 | 17% | $4,590 | ||
49Chemical and Biological Technologies in AgricultureOASpringer Nature · Germany | 1.99Q1 | 4.15 1.78 up from 2017 | 81 | 100% | $2,790 | ||
50MycorrhizaSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 1.99Q1 | 3.39 0.22 down from 2017 | 191 | 32% | $3,990 |
Subfields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with Plant Science highlighted.
- Plant Science571
- Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics148
- Food Science146
- Animal Science and Zoology59
- Insect Science54
- Aquatic Science44
- Agronomy and Crop Science39
- Soil Science39
- General Agricultural and Biological Sciences32
- Forestry1
- Horticulture0
Journals
Citations made in 2018. Corpus-wide, 81.5% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
172 additional Plant Science journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2015–2017, 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: 2018. Publication window: 2015–2017. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 571
- Window papers (baseline)
- 226,801 +0.4% from indicator year 2015
- Median OJR
- 0.466 -6.7% from indicator year 2015
- Rising journals (2025)
- 31
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2015–2017 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.