Journal profile · Agricultural and Biological Sciences-Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)
Advanced Agrochem
ISSN 2773-2371 · KeAi Communications Co., Ltd. · China
Advanced Agrochem: impact factor 9.2 (journal website); fully open access; APC about USD 1,000; review about 6 weeks (community reports); 46 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Advanced Agrochem is published by KeAi Communications Co., Ltd.. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Fungal Plant Pathogen Control, Polymer-Based Agricultural Enhancements and Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity, together about 26% of its articles. Its main subfields are Plant Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Advanced Agrochem is devoted to a wide range of sub-fields in agricultural chemistry. Articles of an interdisciplinary nature are particularly welcome. The journal publishes timely and in-depth reviews, insightful perspectives, highlights, high-quality original research results and communications. Topics covered by Advanced Agrochem include, but are not limited to: Agrochemicals Agricultural analytic chemistry and food safety Agriculture biochemistry Chemical biology Agriculture biotransformation Agriculture biotechnology Pesticide science and plant protection High-value transformation and use of agricultural outputs The journal also encourages submissions on the application of emerging science and biotechnology in agriculture, including nanotechnology, gene editing, chemical probes, proteomics, fluorescent labelling, mass spectrometry and in vivo imaging.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Agricultural and Biological Sciences-Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)
Editor-in-chief Guang-Fu YangPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 20 in mainland China (about 48%); most named Mainland China 20, United States 5, Canada 4, United Kingdom 3, Germany 2 (42 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Fungal Plant Pathogen ControlAgricultural and Biological Sciences9.4%
- Polymer-Based Agricultural EnhancementsEngineering8.8%
- Plant-Microbe Interactions and ImmunityAgricultural and Biological Sciences7.8%
- Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniquesBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5.5%
- Pesticide and Herbicide Environmental StudiesEnvironmental Science5.5%
- Insect-Plant Interactions and ControlAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.9%
- Biosensors and Analytical DetectionEngineering4.6%
- Plant Parasitism and ResistanceAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.6%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
PubMedPublisher website
Other: Crossref
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 9.2Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 14.9LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 14.9Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.25LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.98LetPub ·
- h-index
- 29OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 81OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 4.56OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 4.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 43LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 1,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 247 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 73 | 73 | 31 |
| 2025 | 46 | 46 | 251 |
| 2024 | 46 | 46 | 471 |
| 2023 | 55 | 55 | 1,248 |
| 2022 | 27 | 27 | 1,721 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 6 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 6 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | USD 1,000 | Yes | CC BY, CC BY-NC-ND | |
| OpenAlex | USD 0 | — | — | |
| LetPub | USD 1,000 | Yes | — | |
| Publisher website | USD 1,000 | — | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
What to prepare2 items from the author guidelines
- Reference style
- Numbered, in order of citation
- Highlights
- Required
Article types accepted12, with length limits
- editorialFull-length/ Research Article A complete report on original research and/or clinical studies A structured abstract is required. A clear structure is required, w…Length not stated
- full-length/ research articleFull-length/ Research Article A complete report on original research and/or clinical studies A structured abstract is required.Length not stated
- hypothesisFull-length/ Research Article A complete report on original research and/or clinical studies A structured abstract is required. A clear structure is required, w…Length not stated
- meeting reports, news & announcementsMeeting Reports, News & Announcements Meeting reports Summary of a relevant symposium, workshop, etc.Length not stated
- mini reviewFull-length/ Research Article A complete report on original research and/or clinical studies A structured abstract is required. A clear structure is required, w…Length not stated
- opinionFull-length/ Research Article A complete report on original research and/or clinical studies A structured abstract is required. A clear structure is required, w…Length not stated
- original researchFull-length/ Research Article A complete report on original research and/or clinical studies A structured abstract is required. A clear structure is required, w…Length not stated
- perspectiveFull-length/ Research Article A complete report on original research and/or clinical studies A structured abstract is required. A clear structure is required, w…main text ≤ 3,000 words · figures and tables ≤ 4 · references ≤ 30
- research articleFull-length/ Research Article A complete report on original research and/or clinical studies A structured abstract is required. A clear structure is required, w…Length not stated
- review articleFull-length/ Research Article A complete report on original research and/or clinical studies A structured abstract is required. A clear structure is required, w…Length not stated
- short communicationFull-length/ Research Article A complete report on original research and/or clinical studies A structured abstract is required. A clear structure is required, w…Length not stated
- viewpointFull-length/ Research Article A complete report on original research and/or clinical studies A structured abstract is required. A clear structure is required, w…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, Conflicts of interest, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Preprints
- AI use Declaration of generative AI use
Authors must declare the use of generative AI tools in the manuscript preparation process upon submission of the paper. Generative AI and AI-assisted technologies (“AI tools”) have been rapidly adopted in research and scholarly publishing, offering significant benefits while requiring clear standards for responsible and transparent use. Authors preparing a manuscript for this journal may use AI to…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Authorship Changes to authorship
This policy concerns the addition, deletion, or rearrangement of author names in the authorship of accepted manuscripts: Before the accepted manuscript is published in an online issue: Requests to add or remove an author, or to rearrange the author names, must be sent to the Journal Manager from the corresponding author of the accepted manuscript and must include: (a) the reason the name should be…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Declaration of competing interest
All authors must disclose any financial and personal relationships with other people or organizations that could inappropriately influence (bias) their work. Examples of potential conflicts of interest include employment, consultancies, stock ownership, honoraria, paid expert testimony, patent applications/registrations, and grants or other funding. Authors should complete the declaration of compe…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright
This journal is a peer reviewed, fully open access journal owned by Central China Normal University, who retains copyright of the overall compiled journal and the compiled issues. For open access publishing, this journal uses a licensing agreement. For the single article, Authors will retain copyright alongside scholarly usage rights, and KeAi Communications Co., Ltd. and Central China Normal Univ…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access
Every peer-reviewed research article appearing in this journal will be published open access. This means that the article is universally and freely accessible via the internet in perpetuity, in an easily readable format immediately after publication. To provide open access, this journal has an open access fee (also known as an article publishing charge APC) which needs to be paid by the authors or…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review
Double-blind peer review Model summary
This journal operates a double-blind review process. All contributions will be initially assessed by the editor for suitability for the journal. Papers deemed suitable are then typically sent to a minimum of two independent expert reviewers to assess the scientific quality of the paper. The Editor is responsible for the final decision regarding acceptance or rejection of articles. The Editor's dec…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprints
Please note that preprints can be shared anywhere at any time, in line with Elsevier's sharing policy. Sharing your preprints e.g. on a preprint server will not count as prior publication (see 'Multiple, redundant or concurrent publication' for more information).
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- KeAi Communications Co., Ltd.
- Country or region
- China
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2773-2371
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Advanced Agrochem
What is the impact factor of Advanced Agrochem?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 9.2; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 14.9, h-index 29.
How long does peer review take at Advanced Agrochem?
Authors report an average review time of about 6 weeks. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
What are the manuscript requirements of Advanced Agrochem?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Reference style: Numbered, in order of citation; Highlights: Required. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of Advanced Agrochem based?
Of the 42 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 20 (about 48%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Mainland China (20), United States (5) and Canada (4). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Advanced Agrochem?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Advanced Agrochem is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists PubMed; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Advanced Agrochem open access, and what is the APC?
Advanced Agrochem is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 1,000.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, Publisher website; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-24). Last updated: .