Rising Agricultural and Biological Sciences journals compared with their field
These are the Agricultural and Biological Sciences journals whose OJR rose faster than the median journal of their field between 2022 and 2025, by +10% or more relative to that median and by at least 2 standard errors. 86 journals qualify.
Between indicator years 2022 and 2025, the median OJR change among 621 eligible Agricultural and Biological Sciences journals was about -12%, taking the median on a log scale (the group ratio below).
Ordered by the lower bound of the relative-change range at two standard errors, highest first, then higher z (the signed difference in standard errors), then title. How trajectory is calculated (traj-v1)
| Journal | OJR 2022 → 2025 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. | Change relative to Agricultural and Biological Sciences median (2 SE range) | z (standard errors) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan Veterinary Journal | 0.66 → 1.64 | +180.8% (+120.8% to +256.9%) | 8.6 |
| Journal of Food Protection | 0.69 → 1.16 | +90.7% (+62.7% to +123.5%) | 8.1 |
| EFSA Supporting Publications | 0.33 → 0.52 | +76.5% (+35.0% to +130.7%) | 4.2 |
| Soil Biology and Biochemistry | 3.13 → 4.18 | +52.4% (+35.0% to +72.1%) | 6.9 |
| International journal of agricultural and biological engineering | 0.46 → 0.64 | +59.5% (+32.6% to +91.8%) | 5.1 |
| Biosciences Biotechnology Research Asia | 0.22 → 0.34 | +78.3% (+31.0% to +142.6%) | 3.8 |
| International Journal of Food Properties | 1.36 → 1.84 | +54.7% (+29.4% to +84.8%) | 4.9 |
| Translational Animal Science | 0.68 → 0.93 | +56.0% (+28.8% to +88.9%) | 4.6 |
| International Journal of Sustainable Agricultural Management and Informatics | 0.18 → 0.40 | +146.8% (+27.5% to +377.6%) | 2.7 |
| Reviews in Aquaculture | 3.03 → 4.12 | +54.8% (+26.3% to +89.9%) | 4.3 |
| Animal Bioscience | 0.86 → 1.14 | +50.3% (+24.4% to +81.7%) | 4.3 |
| Cereal Research Communications | 0.58 → 0.78 | +53.0% (+20.4% to +94.4%) | 3.6 |
| Annals of Animal Science | 0.73 → 0.96 | +49.5% (+19.5% to +86.9%) | 3.6 |
| Food Hydrocolloids | 3.34 → 3.67 | +25.2% (+19.2% to +31.5%) | 9.1 |
| International Food Research Journal | 0.32 → 0.43 | +54.0% (+18.6% to +99.9%) | 3.3 |
| Plant Signaling & Behavior | 1.07 → 1.43 | +52.5% (+17.6% to +97.6%) | 3.3 |
| British Food Journal | 1.70 → 2.01 | +34.2% (+16.8% to +54.1%) | 4.2 |
| Systematic and Applied Acarology | 0.25 → 0.31 | +45.0% (+16.8% to +80.1%) | 3.4 |
| Current Journal of Applied Science and Technology | 0.17 → 0.22 | +51.1% (+15.9% to +97.1%) | 3.1 |
| Quality Assurance and Safety of Crops & Foods | 0.88 → 1.14 | +47.5% (+14.7% to +89.8%) | 3.1 |
| Current Nutrition & Food Science | 0.31 → 0.41 | +49.8% (+14.0% to +96.7%) | 3.0 |
| Food Science & Nutrition | 1.49 → 1.62 | +23.9% (+13.6% to +35.3%) | 4.9 |
| The Plant Cell | 2.40 → 2.73 | +29.6% (+13.3% to +48.4%) | 3.8 |
| Biochemical Systematics and Ecology | 0.48 → 0.58 | +38.4% (+12.9% to +69.8%) | 3.2 |
| Microbiological Research | 2.31 → 2.74 | +35.0% (+12.5% to +62.0%) | 3.3 |
| Journal of Food Process Engineering | 1.05 → 1.17 | +26.9% (+12.4% to +43.4%) | 3.9 |
| Microbes and Environments | 0.65 → 0.86 | +52.0% (+11.6% to +107.1%) | 2.7 |
| Advances in Horticultural Science | 0.23 → 0.34 | +65.9% (+11.4% to +147.2%) | 2.5 |
| Aquaculture Nutrition | 1.48 → 1.67 | +28.5% (+11.4% to +48.3%) | 3.5 |
| CATENA | 2.01 → 2.12 | +19.8% (+10.9% to +29.5%) | 4.7 |
| Journal of Dairy Science | 1.61 → 1.66 | +17.4% (+10.0% to +25.4%) | 4.9 |
| Seed Science and Technology | 0.37 → 0.58 | +80.1% (+9.8% to +195.6%) | 2.4 |
| Journal of Nematology | 0.45 → 0.57 | +44.3% (+9.5% to +90.1%) | 2.7 |
| LWT | 2.22 → 2.21 | +13.6% (+9.4% to +17.9%) | 6.7 |
| Jundishapur Journal of Natural Pharmaceutical Products | 0.28 → 0.38 | +55.6% (+9.3% to +121.4%) | 2.5 |
| International Journal of Food Microbiology | 1.75 → 1.86 | +21.1% (+9.1% to +34.3%) | 3.7 |
| Geoderma | 2.11 → 2.20 | +18.8% (+9.0% to +29.6%) | 4.0 |
| Journal of Fungi | 1.35 → 1.44 | +21.7% (+8.5% to +36.5%) | 3.4 |
| Food Chemistry | 2.75 → 2.69 | +11.5% (+7.9% to +15.2%) | 6.6 |
| Tarım Bilimleri Dergisi | 0.34 → 0.44 | +45.2% (+7.8% to +95.4%) | 2.5 |
| Journal of the American Oil Chemists Society | 0.69 → 0.82 | +34.6% (+7.3% to +68.9%) | 2.6 |
| Fungal Biology | 0.94 → 1.07 | +30.1% (+6.9% to +58.3%) | 2.7 |
| Computers and Electronics in Agriculture | 3.22 → 3.29 | +16.3% (+6.8% to +26.6%) | 3.5 |
| Aquaculture Research | 0.73 → 0.78 | +20.3% (+6.7% to +35.6%) | 3.1 |
| Journal of Thermal Biology | 1.05 → 1.10 | +19.8% (+6.6% to +34.7%) | 3.1 |
| Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment | 2.62 → 2.69 | +17.2% (+6.4% to +29.1%) | 3.3 |
| Food Control | 2.03 → 2.03 | +13.7% (+6.2% to +21.8%) | 3.8 |
| Foods | 1.97 → 1.93 | +11.3% (+5.9% to +16.9%) | 4.3 |
| Journal of the World Aquaculture Society | 1.19 → 1.65 | +58.3% (+5.8% to +136.8%) | 2.3 |
| Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition | 2.92 → 2.97 | +16.2% (+5.2% to +28.4%) | 3.0 |
| Journal of Applied Biology & Biotechnology | 0.37 → 0.43 | +35.2% (+5.2% to +73.7%) | 2.4 |
| European Journal of Nutrition & Food Safety | 0.20 → 0.25 | +45.3% (+5.2% to +100.7%) | 2.3 |
| Marine Drugs | 1.66 → 1.69 | +16.2% (+5.2% to +28.4%) | 3.0 |
| Polish Journal of Veterinary Sciences | 0.35 → 0.43 | +39.1% (+5.1% to +84.0%) | 2.4 |
| Journal of Economic Entomology | 0.85 → 0.93 | +24.1% (+4.7% to +47.1%) | 2.5 |
| Erwerbs-Obstbau | 0.50 → 0.56 | +29.2% (+4.7% to +59.5%) | 2.4 |
| Plant Growth Regulation | 1.27 → 1.47 | +32.3% (+4.6% to +67.3%) | 2.4 |
| Biosystems Engineering | 2.01 → 2.18 | +23.4% (+4.6% to +45.7%) | 2.5 |
| Food Research International | 2.80 → 2.71 | +10.4% (+4.4% to +16.7%) | 3.5 |
| Journal of Agricultural Economics | 2.20 → 2.83 | +46.6% (+4.2% to +106.3%) | 2.2 |
| PLANT PHYSIOLOGY | 1.84 → 1.83 | +12.9% (+3.6% to +23.0%) | 2.8 |
| Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science | 0.91 → 1.07 | +33.1% (+3.6% to +71.1%) | 2.3 |
| Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology | 1.09 → 1.22 | +26.5% (+3.3% to +54.8%) | 2.3 |
| Field Crops Research | 2.66 → 2.68 | +14.7% (+3.3% to +27.4%) | 2.6 |
| Agricultural Water Management | 2.15 → 2.09 | +11.1% (+3.2% to +19.6%) | 2.9 |
| The Canadian Entomologist | 0.35 → 0.47 | +54.8% (+3.1% to +132.4%) | 2.2 |
| CABI Reviews | 0.52 → 0.72 | +58.7% (+2.9% to +144.8%) | 2.1 |
| Aquaculture and Fisheries | 1.09 → 1.35 | +40.5% (+2.8% to +91.9%) | 2.2 |
| RENDICONTI LINCEI | 0.65 → 0.91 | +59.5% (+2.5% to +148.1%) | 2.1 |
| Food Science and Biotechnology | 1.12 → 1.20 | +22.1% (+2.5% to +45.5%) | 2.3 |
| Agriculture and Human Values | 1.87 → 2.05 | +25.0% (+2.4% to +52.5%) | 2.2 |
| Journal of Food Processing and Preservation | 0.89 → 0.87 | +10.7% (+2.2% to +19.9%) | 2.6 |
| Functional Ecology | 2.27 → 2.35 | +17.7% (+1.8% to +36.0%) | 2.2 |
| Nordic Journal of Botany | 0.27 → 0.33 | +38.0% (+1.4% to +87.9%) | 2.1 |
| Food Technology and Biotechnology | 0.89 → 1.05 | +34.6% (+1.1% to +79.3%) | 2.1 |
| Australian Veterinary Journal | 0.59 → 0.72 | +40.4% (+1.1% to +94.9%) | 2.1 |
| Journal of Plant Diseases and Protection | 0.91 → 1.00 | +26.4% (+1.0% to +58.2%) | 2.1 |
| Journal of Natural History | 0.29 → 0.32 | +26.3% (+0.8% to +58.1%) | 2.1 |
| Turkish Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences | 0.38 → 0.46 | +37.7% (+0.7% to +88.2%) | 2.0 |
| Canadian Journal of Plant Science | 0.35 → 0.45 | +45.2% (+0.7% to +109.3%) | 2.0 |
| Behavioural Processes | 0.66 → 0.73 | +24.7% (+0.6% to +54.6%) | 2.1 |
| Aquaculture International | 0.97 → 1.01 | +18.2% (+0.6% to +38.9%) | 2.1 |
| Journal of Environmental Biology | 0.28 → 0.33 | +33.6% (+0.5% to +77.5%) | 2.0 |
| European Journal of Agronomy | 2.46 → 2.45 | +13.6% (+0.3% to +28.7%) | 2.0 |
| Italian Journal of Food Science | 0.80 → 1.02 | +45.0% (+0.2% to +109.8%) | 2.0 |
| animal | 1.86 → 1.85 | +13.8% (+0.2% to +29.2%) | 2.0 |
How to read this list
Relative change = journal OJR ratio ÷ median group ratio − 1. The journal ratio is its OJR in 2025 divided by its OJR in 2022. The group ratio is the median of those ratios among eligible journals of the field, taken on a log scale: with an even number of journals, it is the geometric mean of the two middle ratios rather than their average.
Indicator year 2022 counts citations to papers published 2019–2021; indicator year 2025 counts citations to papers published 2022–2024. The two publication cohorts do not overlap.
A journal is listed when it is ranked, its relative change is +10% or more, and the change is at least 2 standard errors above zero (z ≥ 2), so the low end of its two-standard-error range is zero or above.
Large relative changes often start from low scores: the top journal’s OJR rose from 0.66 to 1.64, now above the world average of 1.00. Relative to the median journal of its field, its change was +180.8%.