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Highest-impact journals for Plant Science

The top Plant Science journals Scimago Q1-Q2 only, ranked by cites/paper, drawn from an17,538-venue index. Predatory venues are excluded. These are field-wide rankings — for a shortlist matched to your specific paper, paste your title and abstract into the free Journal Finder.

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  1. 1
    Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences
    10.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Taylor & Francis
    ScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  2. 2
    The Plant Cell
    9.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Oxford University Press
    ScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  3. 3
    Molecular Plant
    8.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    ScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  4. 4
    Computers and Electronics in Agriculture
    8.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    ScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  5. 5
    Nature Plants
    8.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Nature Portfolio
    ScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  6. 6
    Phytopathology
    7.6 cites/paper · Q1 · American Phytopathological Society
    ScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  7. 7
    Microbiological Research
    7.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    ScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  8. 8
    Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences
    6.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    ScopusPubMed
  9. 9
    Trends in Plant Science
    6.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    ScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  10. 10
    Journal of Integrative Plant Biology
    6.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Wiley
    ScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  11. 11
    Field Crops Research
    6.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    ScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  12. 12
    Precision Agriculture
    5.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business Media
    ScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  13. 13
    New Phytologist
    5.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Wiley
    ScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  14. 14
    Plant Stress
    5.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  15. 15
    Plant Biotechnology Journal
    5.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Wiley
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  16. 16
    Agronomy for Sustainable Development
    5.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business Media
    ScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  17. 17
    Horticulture Research
    5.5 cites/paper · Q1 · Nature Portfolio
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  18. 18
    Biosystems Engineering
    5.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    ScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  19. 19
    European Journal of Agronomy
    5.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    ScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  20. 20
    Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine
    5.3 cites/paper · Q1 · BioMed Central
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  21. 21
    PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
    5.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Oxford University Press
    ScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  22. 22
    Postharvest Biology and Technology
    5.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    ScopusWeb of Science
  23. 23
    Plant Cell & Environment
    5.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Wiley
    ScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  24. 24
    Current Opinion in Plant Biology
    5.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    ScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  25. 25
    Plant Methods
    5.0 cites/paper · Q1 · BioMed Central
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  26. 26
    The Crop Journal
    4.9 cites/paper · Q1 · KeAi
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  27. 27
    Journal of King Saud University - Science
    4.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    Open AccessScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  28. 28
    Environmental and Experimental Botany
    4.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  29. 29
    Journal of Experimental Botany
    4.8 cites/paper · Q1 · Oxford University Press
    ScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  30. 30
    Plant Physiology and Biochemistry
    4.5 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    ScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  31. 31
    Pharmaceutical Biology
    4.5 cites/paper · Q1 · Taylor & Francis
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  32. 32
    Journal of Ethnopharmacology
    4.5 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    ScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  33. 33
    Plant Cell Reports
    4.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business Media
    ScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  34. 34
    The Plant Journal
    4.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Wiley
    ScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  35. 35
    Frontiers in Plant Science
    4.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Frontiers Media
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  36. 36
    Rice
    4.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business Media
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  37. 37
    Smart Agricultural Technology
    4.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  38. 38
    Scientia Horticulturae
    4.1 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
  39. 39
    BMC Plant Biology
    4.0 cites/paper · Q1 · BioMed Central
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  40. 40
    Plant Growth Regulation
    3.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Science+Business Media
    ScopusWeb of SciencePubMed

“Cites/paper” is the OpenAlex 2-year citation rate — a transparent signal, not a licensed Impact Factor. Many regional and open-access journals are strong but aren’t covered by Scimago, so they show “no Scimago quartile”; that’s a coverage gap, not a quality judgement.

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