Journal profile · AGRICULTURE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Agrarforschung Schweiz
ISSN 1663-7852 · eISSN 1663-7909 · Recherche agronomique suisse · SWITZERLAND
Agrarforschung Schweiz: CAS Zone 4 · Agricultural & Forestry Sciences (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.18; subscription journal; review 6–12 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 19 articles a year; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Agrarforschung Schweiz is published by Recherche agronomique suisse and is in Zone 4 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Agriculture and Rural Development Research, Horticultural and Viticultural Research and French Urban and Social Studies, together about 51.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Plant Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Swiss Agricultural Research publishes topical scientific articles of the project partners on a variety of Agricultural and Food Economics subjects. It is an open access publication of Agroscope, AGRIDEA the centre for agricultural advisory and extension services, the ETH Zurich, the Research Institute of Organic Agriculture FiBL, the School of Agricultural, Forestry and Food Sciences HAFL and the ZHAW.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): AGRICULTURE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Agriculture and Rural Development ResearchAgricultural and Biological Sciences33.8%
- Horticultural and Viticultural ResearchAgricultural and Biological Sciences10.1%
- French Urban and Social StudiesSocial Sciences7.9%
- Plant Physiology and Cultivation StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences3.9%
- Agroforestry and silvopastoral systemsAgricultural and Biological Sciences3.7%
- African Botany and Ecology StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences3.6%
- Agricultural Economics and PolicyAgricultural and Biological Sciences3.5%
- Botany and Plant Ecology StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences3.5%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Agriculture, Multidisciplinary | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Agriculture, Multidisciplinary | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Agriculture, Multidisciplinary | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
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
- 0.18LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.4LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.2LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.33LetPub ·
- h-index
- 8LetPub ·
- h-index
- 7OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 3OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 50%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 19LetPub ·
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)
- 6–12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
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
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Recherche agronomique suisse
- Country or region
- SWITZERLAND
- Language
- Multi-Language
- ISSN
- 1663-7852
- Electronic ISSN
- 1663-7909
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Agrarforschung Schweiz
What CAS zone is Agrarforschung Schweiz in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Agrarforschung Schweiz is in Zone 4 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Agriculture, Multidisciplinary. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Agrarforschung Schweiz?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.18; CiteScore 0.4, h-index 7.
How long does peer review take at Agrarforschung Schweiz?
Authors report an average review time of 6–12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”. 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.
Which databases index Agrarforschung Schweiz?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Agrarforschung Schweiz is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Agrarforschung Schweiz open access, and what is the APC?
Agrarforschung Schweiz is a subscription journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .