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Best Agronomy and Crop Science journals

419 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Agronomy and Crop Science. All are listed below, ranked by CiteScore percentile — 106 of them sit in quartile Q1. Every title links to a full profile with Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, DOAJ and open-access details.

# Journal CiteScore Percentile Quartile WoS ABDC OA
1 Nature Food 33.2 99th Q1 SCIE – No
2 Information Processing in Agriculture 21.1 99th Q1 SCIE – Yes
3 Computers and Electronics in Agriculture 17.3 99th Q1 SCIE – No
4 New Crops 16.7 99th Q1 ESCI – No
5 Advances in Agronomy 16.4 98th Q1 – – No
6 Plant Biotechnology Journal 15.2 98th Q1 SCIE – Yes
7 International Soil and Water Conservation Research 15.1 98th Q1 SCIE – Yes
8 Agronomy for Sustainable Development 15 98th Q1 SCIE – No
9 Crop and Environment 14.6 97th Q1 ESCI – Yes
10 Soil and Tillage Research 13.6 97th Q1 SCIE – No
11 Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment 13 97th Q1 SCIE – No
12 Farming System 12.9 97th Q1 ESCI – Yes
13 Molecular Horticulture 12.7 97th Q1 SCIE – Yes
14 Agricultural Water Management 12.5 96th Q1 SCIE – Yes
15 Food Security 12.4 96th Q1 SCIE – No
16 Rice Science 12.4 96th Q1 SCIE – Yes
17 Field Crops Research 12.3 96th Q1 SCIE – No
18 Biology and Fertility of Soils 12 95th Q1 SCIE – No
19 Crop Journal 12 95th Q1 SCIE – Yes
20 Postharvest Biology and Technology 12 95th Q1 SCIE – No
21 Biosystems Engineering 11.7 95th Q1 SCIE – No
22 Plant Nano Biology 11.5 94th Q1 ESCI – Yes
23 Agricultural Systems 11.2 94th Q1 SCIE – No
24 Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 11.1 94th Q1 SCIE – No
25 Environmental and Experimental Botany 10.8 94th Q1 SCIE – Yes
26 Plant Phenomics 10.6 93rd Q1 SCIE – Yes
27 European Journal of Agronomy 10.3 93rd Q1 SCIE – No
28 Industrial Crops and Products 10.3 93rd Q1 SCIE – Yes
29 Journal of Plant Growth Regulation 9.9 93rd Q1 SCIE – No
30 Journal of Agriculture and Food Research 9.8 93rd Q1 ESCI – Yes
31 Agriculture and Food Security 9.6 92nd Q1 ESCI – Yes
32 Quality Assurance and Safety of Crops and Foods 9.6 92nd Q1 SCIE – No
33 Journal of Pest Science 9.2 92nd Q1 SCIE – No
34 Molecular Plant Pathology 9.2 92nd Q1 SCIE – Yes
35 GM Crops and Food 9.1 91st Q1 SCIE – Yes
36 Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture 9 91st Q1 SCIE – Yes
37 GCB Bioenergy 9 91st Q1 SCIE – Yes
38 Journal of Integrative Agriculture 9 91st Q1 SCIE – Yes
39 Biomass and Bioenergy 8.9 90th Q1 SCIE – No
40 Stress Biology 8.9 90th Q1 ESCI – Yes
41 Journal of Plant Physiology 8.8 90th Q1 SCIE – No
42 Plant Cell Reports 8.8 90th Q1 SCIE – No
43 ES Food and Agroforestry 8.8 89th Q1 – – Yes
44 Agriculture Communications 8.7 89th Q1 ESCI – Yes
45 Food and Energy Security 8.7 89th Q1 SCIE – Yes
46 International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability 8.6 89th Q1 SCIE – Yes
47 Bioenergy Research 8.6 88th Q1 SCIE – No
48 aBIOTECH 8.5 88th Q1 ESCI – No
49 Plant Growth Regulation 8.5 88th Q1 SCIE – No
50 Plant Science 8.5 88th Q1 SCIE – No
51 Rice 8.5 88th Q1 SCIE – Yes
52 Algal Research 8.2 87th Q1 SCIE – No
53 Annals of Agricultural Sciences 8.2 87th Q1 SCIE – Yes
54 Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture 8.1 87th Q1 SCIE – No
55 Soil Use and Management 8.1 87th Q1 SCIE – No
56 Agriculture (Switzerland) 7.8 86th Q1 SCIE – Yes
57 Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology 7.7 86th Q1 ESCI – No
58 Plant Molecular Biology 7.7 86th Q1 SCIE – No
59 Theoretical and Applied Genetics 7.6 86th Q1 SCIE – No
60 Agronomy 7.6 85th Q1 SCIE – Yes
61 Agriculture and Human Values 7.3 85th Q1 SCIE, SSCI B No
62 Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions 7.3 85th Q1 SCIE – Yes
63 Irrigation Science 7.2 85th Q1 SCIE – No
64 Pest Management Science 7.2 84th Q1 SCIE – No
65 Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science 7.1 84th Q1 SCIE – Yes
66 Biological Control 7.1 84th Q1 SCIE – Yes
67 Crop Design 7.1 84th Q1 ESCI – Yes
68 Insect Science 7 84th Q1 SCIE – No
69 Journal of the World Aquaculture Society 6.9 83rd Q1 SCIE – Yes
70 Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology 6.9 83rd Q1 SCIE – No
71 Frontiers in Agronomy 6.8 83rd Q1 ESCI – Yes
72 Plant Genome 6.8 83rd Q1 SCIE – Yes
73 Biomass (Switzerland) 6.7 82nd Q1 ESCI – Yes
74 Rhizosphere 6.7 82nd Q1 SCIE – No
75 Agricultural Economics (United Kingdom) 6.6 82nd Q1 SCIE, SSCI A No
76 Phytopathology 6.6 82nd Q1 SCIE – No
77 International Journal of Fruit Science 6.5 81st Q1 SCIE – Yes
78 Arab Gulf Journal of Scientific Research 6.4 81st Q1 – – No
79 Plant Phenome Journal 6.2 81st Q1 ESCI – Yes
80 Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition 6.1 81st Q1 SCIE – No
81 Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems 6 80th Q1 SCIE – Yes
82 Oil Crop Science 6 80th Q1 ESCI – Yes
83 Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control 5.9 80th Q1 SCIE – Yes
84 Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science 5.9 80th Q1 SCIE – No
85 Journal of Sustainable Agriculture and Environment 5.9 79th Q1 ESCI – Yes
86 Outlook on Agriculture 5.8 79th Q1 SCIE – No
87 Agribusiness 5.7 79th Q1 SCIE, SSCI C No
88 Seed Biology 5.7 79th Q1 ESCI – No
89 Molecular Breeding 5.4 79th Q1 SCIE – No
90 Crop and Pasture Science 5.3 78th Q1 SCIE – No
91 Food and Agricultural Immunology 5.3 78th Q1 SCIE – Yes
92 In Silico Plants 5.3 78th Q1 ESCI – Yes
93 Plant Pathology 5.3 78th Q1 SCIE – No
94 Journal of Natural Pesticide Research 5.3 77th Q1 – – Yes
95 Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems 5.2 77th Q1 SCIE – No
96 Journal of Plant Diseases and Protection 5.2 77th Q1 SCIE – No
97 Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems 5.2 77th Q1 SCIE – No
98 Crop Protection 5.1 76th Q1 SCIE – No
99 Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems 5.1 76th Q1 SCIE – Yes
100 Grass and Forage Science 5 76th Q1 SCIE – No
101 Sugar Tech 5 76th Q1 SCIE – No
102 ACS Agricultural Science and Technology 5 75th Q1 ESCI – No
103 BioControl 5 75th Q1 SCIE – No
104 Functional Plant Biology 5 75th Q1 SCIE – No
105 Phytobiomes Journal 4.9 75th Q1 SCIE – Yes
106 Plant Disease 4.9 75th Q1 SCIE – No
107 Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica Section B: Soil and Plant Science 4.9 74th Q2 SCIE – Yes
108 Advances in Agriculture 4.8 74th Q2 ESCI – Yes
109 Plant Pathology Journal 4.8 74th Q2 SCIE – Yes
110 Weed Research 4.8 74th Q2 SCIE – No
111 International Journal of Plant Production 4.8 73rd Q2 SCIE – No
112 Plant Production Science 4.8 73rd Q2 SCIE – Yes
113 Seed Science and Technology 4.8 73rd Q2 SCIE – No
114 Journal of Stored Products Research 4.7 73rd Q2 SCIE – No
115 AgriEngineering 4.7 72nd Q2 ESCI – Yes
116 Acta Physiologiae Plantarum 4.6 72nd Q2 SCIE – No
117 European Journal of Plant Pathology 4.6 72nd Q2 SCIE – No
118 Potato Research 4.5 72nd Q2 SCIE – No
119 Agrobiological Records 4.4 71st Q2 – – No
120 Agronomy Journal 4.4 71st Q2 SCIE – No
121 International Journal of Pest Management 4.4 71st Q2 SCIE – No
122 Italian Journal of Agronomy 4.4 71st Q2 SCIE – Yes
123 Cereal Research Communications 4.3 70th Q2 SCIE – No
124 Journal of Integrated Pest Management 4.3 70th Q2 SCIE – Yes
125 Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology 4.3 70th Q2 SCIE – No
126 Mycopathologia 4.3 70th Q2 SCIE – No
127 Paddy and Water Environment 4.3 70th Q2 SCIE – No
128 Annals of Applied Biology 4.3 69th Q2 SCIE – No
129 Theoretical and Experimental Plant Physiology 4.3 69th Q2 SCIE – No
130 Agricultural and Environmental Letters 4.2 69th Q2 SCIE – Yes
131 Aquaculture International 4.2 69th Q2 SCIE – No
132 Experimental Agriculture 4.2 68th Q2 SCIE – Yes
133 Journal of AOAC International 4.2 68th Q2 SCIE – No
134 Journal of Soil and Water Conservation 4.1 68th Q2 SCIE – No
135 Agroforestry Systems 4 68th Q2 SCIE – No
136 Journal of Plant Nutrition 4 67th Q2 SCIE – No
137 Weed Science 4 67th Q2 SCIE – No
138 Agricultural and Forest Entomology 3.9 67th Q2 SCIE – No
139 Canadian Journal of Plant Pathology 3.9 67th Q2 SCIE – No
140 Breeding Science 3.9 66th Q2 SCIE – No
141 Crop Science 3.9 66th Q2 SCIE – No
142 International Journal of Forest Engineering 3.8 66th Q2 SCIE – No
143 Tropical Plant Pathology 3.8 66th Q2 SCIE – No
144 Chinese Journal of Eco-Agriculture 3.8 65th Q2 – – Yes
145 Circular Agricultural Systems 3.8 65th Q2 – – Yes
146 Irrigation and Drainage 3.8 65th Q2 SCIE – No
147 Transgenic Research 3.8 65th Q2 SCIE – No
148 Grassland Research 3.7 65th Q2 ESCI – Yes
149 Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics 3.7 64th Q2 SCIE, SSCI A No
150 Journal of Agricultural Science 3.7 64th Q2 SCIE – No
151 Journal of Nematology 3.7 64th Q2 SCIE – Yes
152 Smart Agriculture 3.7 64th Q2 – – Yes
153 International Journal of Vegetable Science 3.7 63rd Q2 ESCI – No
154 Biological Agriculture and Horticulture 3.6 63rd Q2 SCIE – No
155 OCL - Oilseeds and Fats, Crops and Lipids 3.6 63rd Q2 ESCI – Yes
156 Open Agriculture Journal 3.6 63rd Q2 – – No
157 Technology in Agronomy 3.6 63rd Q2 – – Yes
158 Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis 3.5 62nd Q2 SCIE – No
159 Journal of Applied Entomology 3.5 62nd Q2 SCIE – No
160 Revista Brasileira de Ciencia do Solo 3.5 62nd Q2 SCIE – Yes
161 Agricultural Research 3.4 61st Q2 ESCI – No
162 Arboricultural Journal 3.4 61st Q2 – – No
163 Bulletin of Entomological Research 3.4 61st Q2 SCIE – No
164 Journal of Crop Science and Biotechnology 3.4 61st Q2 ESCI – No
165 Plant Breeding 3.4 61st Q2 SCIE – No
166 Journal of Berry Research 3.4 60th Q2 SCIE – No
167 Journal of Crop Improvement 3.4 60th Q2 ESCI – No
168 Journal fur Verbraucherschutz und Lebensmittelsicherheit 3.3 60th Q2 SCIE – No
169 Journal of Applied Biology and Biotechnology 3.3 60th Q2 – – No
170 Chilean Journal of Agricultural Research 3.3 59th Q2 SCIE – No
171 EPPO Bulletin 3.3 59th Q2 – – No
172 International Journal of Agronomy 3.3 59th Q2 ESCI – Yes
173 Discover Food 3.2 59th Q2 ESCI – Yes
174 Archives Animal Breeding 3.2 58th Q2 SCIE – Yes
175 Archives of Phytopathology and Plant Protection 3.2 58th Q2 ESCI – No
176 Hungarian Geographical Bulletin 3.2 58th Q2 ESCI – Yes
177 Plant Protection Science 3.2 58th Q2 SCIE – Yes
178 New Zealand Journal of Crop and Horticultural Science 3.2 57th Q2 SCIE – No
179 Advances in Weed Science 3.1 57th Q2 SCIE – Yes
180 npj Sustainable Agriculture 3.1 57th Q2 ESCI – Yes
181 Phytopathologia Mediterranea 3.1 57th Q2 SCIE – Yes
182 Caraka Tani: Journal of Sustainable Agriculture 3.1 56th Q2 ESCI – Yes
183 Euphytica 3.1 56th Q2 SCIE – No
184 Irish Journal of Agricultural and Food Research 3.1 56th Q2 SCIE – Yes
185 Bio-based and Applied Economics 3 56th Q2 ESCI C Yes
186 Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution 3 56th Q2 SCIE – No
187 Agrekon 3 55th Q2 SCIE – No
188 New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research 3 55th Q2 SCIE – No
189 Revista Brasileira de Engenharia Agricola e Ambiental 3 55th Q2 SCIE – Yes
190 Scientia Agricola 3 55th Q2 SCIE – Yes
191 Crops 2.9 54th Q2 ESCI – Yes
192 Italian Review of Agricultural Economics 2.9 54th Q2 – – No
193 Recent Advances in Food, Nutrition and Agriculture 2.9 54th Q2 – – No
194 Weed Technology 2.9 54th Q2 SCIE – Yes
195 Eurasian Journal of Soil Science 2.9 53rd Q2 – – No
196 JSFA reports 2.9 53rd Q2 ESCI – No
197 Notulae Botanicae Horti Agrobotanici Cluj-Napoca 2.9 53rd Q2 SCIE – Yes
198 Weed Biology and Management 2.9 53rd Q2 SCIE – No
199 Agricultural and Resource Economics Review 2.8 52nd Q2 ESCI B Yes
200 American Journal of Potato Research 2.8 52nd Q2 SCIE – No
201 Annual Plant Reviews Online 2.8 52nd Q2 ESCI – No
202 Grassland Science 2.8 52nd Q2 SCIE – No
203 Phytochemistry Letters 2.8 52nd Q2 SCIE – No
204 Anbar Journal of Agricultural Sciences 2.7 51st Q2 – – Yes
205 Biocontrol Science and Technology 2.7 51st Q2 SCIE – No
206 Journal of Plant Nutrition and Fertilizers 2.7 51st Q2 – – No
207 Journal of the ASABE 2.7 51st Q2 SCIE – No
208 Journal of Oil Palm Research 2.7 50th Q2 – – No
209 Sabrao Journal of Breeding and Genetics 2.6 50th Q2 ESCI – No
210 Tarim Bilimleri Dergisi 2.6 50th Q2 SCIE – Yes
211 Urban Agriculture and Regional Food Systems 2.6 50th Q2 – – Yes
212 Journal of Ecology and Rural Environment 2.6 49th Q3 – – No
213 Arthropod-Plant Interactions 2.5 49th Q3 SCIE – No
214 Journal of General Plant Pathology 2.5 49th Q3 SCIE – No
215 Journal of Plant Protection Research 2.5 49th Q3 ESCI – Yes
216 Acta Agronomica Sinica (China) 2.5 48th Q3 – – Yes
217 Acta Technologica Agriculturae 2.5 48th Q3 ESCI – Yes
218 Agriculture and Forestry 2.5 48th Q3 – – Yes
219 Journal of Agrometeorology 2.5 48th Q3 – – Yes
220 Journal of Seed Science 2.5 47th Q3 SCIE – Yes
221 Canadian Journal of Plant Science 2.4 47th Q3 SCIE – No
222 Emirates Journal of Food and Agriculture 2.4 47th Q3 SCIE – Yes
223 Revista Brasileira de Fruticultura 2.4 47th Q3 SCIE – Yes
224 Plant Biotechnology 2.3 47th Q3 SCIE – No
225 Acta Prataculturae Sinica 2.3 46th Q3 – – No
226 California Agriculture 2.3 46th Q3 SCIE – Yes
227 Sains Tanah 2.3 46th Q3 ESCI – Yes
228 Chinese Journal of Rice Science 2.2 46th Q3 – – Yes
229 Acta Scientiarum - Agronomy 2.2 45th Q3 SCIE – Yes
230 Chinese Journal of Agrometeorology 2.2 45th Q3 – – No
231 Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development in the Tropics and Subtropics 2.2 45th Q3 – – Yes
232 Acta Agrobotanica 2.1 45th Q3 ESCI – Yes
233 Austral Entomology 2.1 44th Q3 SCIE – No
234 Journal of Horticultural Research 2.1 44th Q3 – – Yes
235 Journal of Irrigation and Drainage 2.1 44th Q3 – – Yes
236 Tropical Grasslands-Forrajes Tropicales 2.1 44th Q3 SCIE – Yes
237 Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 2 43rd Q3 SCIE, SSCI A Yes
238 Basrah Journal of Agricultural Sciences 2 43rd Q3 – – Yes
239 Grasses 2 43rd Q3 ESCI – Yes
240 Journal of Phytopathology 2 43rd Q3 SCIE – No
241 Legume Research 2 43rd Q3 SCIE – No
242 Ciencia e Agrotecnologia 2 42nd Q3 SCIE – Yes
243 Research in Agricultural Engineering 2 42nd Q3 – – Yes
244 Research on Crops 2 42nd Q3 – – No
245 Scientia Agropecuaria 2 42nd Q3 ESCI – Yes
246 International Journal of Phytopathology 2 41st Q3 ESCI – No
247 Cahiers Agricultures 1.9 41st Q3 SCIE – Yes
248 Current Applied Science and Technology 1.9 41st Q3 – – No
249 Journal of Nuts 1.9 41st Q3 – – Yes
250 Asian Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development 1.9 40th Q3 – – No
251 Cryo-Letters 1.9 40th Q3 SCIE – No
252 Italian Journal of Agrometeorology 1.9 40th Q3 SCIE – No
253 Poljoprivreda 1.9 40th Q3 ESCI – Yes
254 Indian Phytopathology 1.9 39th Q3 ESCI – No
255 Journal of Agricultural Meteorology 1.9 39th Q3 SCIE – No
256 Agricultural Biotechnology Journal 1.8 39th Q3 – – Yes
257 Revista Ciencia Agronomica 1.8 39th Q3 SCIE – Yes
258 Agronomy Research 1.8 38th Q3 – – Yes
259 Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences 1.8 38th Q3 SCIE – Yes
260 Journal of Plant Protection 1.8 38th Q3 – – No
261 Pakistan Journal of Agricultural Sciences 1.8 38th Q3 SCIE – No
262 Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research 1.8 38th Q3 SCIE – Yes
263 Crop, Forage and Turfgrass Management 1.7 37th Q3 ESCI – No
264 Electronic Journal of Plant Breeding 1.7 37th Q3 – – Yes
265 Journal of Agro-Environment Science 1.7 37th Q3 – – No
266 Nematology 1.7 37th Q3 SCIE – No
267 Hellenic Plant Protection Journal 1.7 36th Q3 – – No
268 Journal of Plant Registrations 1.7 36th Q3 SCIE – No
269 Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences 1.7 36th Q3 – – No
270 Pesquisa Agropecuaria Tropical 1.7 36th Q3 ESCI – Yes
271 Crop Breeding and Applied Biotechnology 1.6 35th Q3 SCIE – Yes
272 Journal of Global Innovations in Agricultural Sciences 1.6 35th Q3 – – Yes
273 Journal of Plant Biotechnology 1.6 35th Q3 – – No
274 Organic Farming 1.6 35th Q3 – – No
275 Asian Journal of Plant Sciences 1.6 34th Q3 – – No
276 Ciencia Rural 1.6 34th Q3 SCIE – Yes
277 Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development in the Tropics and Subtropics, Supplement 1.6 34th Q3 – – Yes
278 Plant Genetic Resources: Characterisation and Utilisation 1.6 34th Q3 SCIE – No
279 Water Saving Irrigation 1.6 34th Q3 – – Yes
280 Genetic Resources 1.6 33rd Q3 – – Yes
281 Jurnal Pengolahan Hasil Perikanan Indonesia 1.6 33rd Q3 – – No
282 Turkish Journal of Field Crops 1.6 33rd Q3 SCIE – No
283 Agrivita 1.5 33rd Q3 ESCI – No
284 Agricultural Research in the Arid Areas 1.5 32nd Q3 – – No
285 Agronomia Colombiana 1.5 32nd Q3 – – Yes
286 Chinese Journal of Applied and Environmental Biology 1.5 32nd Q3 – – No
287 Natural Sciences Education 1.5 32nd Q3 – – No
288 Agriculture (Pol'nohospodarstvo) 1.5 31st Q3 – – Yes
289 Crop Research 1.5 31st Q3 – – No
290 Notulae Scientia Biologicae 1.5 31st Q3 – – Yes
291 Revista de la Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias 1.5 31st Q3 SCIE – Yes
292 Revista de Economia e Sociologia Rural 1.5 30th Q3 – C Yes
293 Bulletin of the Transilvania University of Brasov, Series II: Forestry, Wood Industry, Agricultural Food Engineering 1.5 30th Q3 – – No
294 Environmental Control in Biology 1.5 30th Q3 – – No
295 New Zealand Plant Protection 1.5 30th Q3 – – No
296 Agronomia Mesoamericana 1.4 29th Q3 ESCI – Yes
297 Biotechnology, Agronomy, Society and Environment 1.4 29th Q3 SCIE – Yes
298 Journal of Tropical Plant Pests and Diseases 1.4 29th Q3 – – Yes
299 Pertanika Journal of Tropical Agricultural Science 1.4 29th Q3 ESCI – No
300 Pratacultural Science 1.4 29th Q3 – – No

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