Journal profile · Multiple
Agricultural & Environmental Letters
ISSN 2471-9625 · WILEY · UNITED STATES
Agricultural & Environmental Letters: CAS Zone 4 · Agricultural & Forestry Sciences (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 3.27; fully open access; APC about USD 2,130; median 96 days to acceptance (89 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 32% (journal website); 50 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Agricultural & Environmental Letters is published by WILEY 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 Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics, Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics and Crop Yield and Soil Fertility, together about 41.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Soil Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Agricultural & Environmental Letters is an open access journal that publishes high-impact, broad-reaching, exceptionally interesting, and timely research on major scientific advances in the entire range of the agricultural and environmental sciences. Papers are communications length (2,500 words or fewer). They should have broad and immediate implications in their discipline and/or across agricultural and environmental sciences, elicit discussion within the agricultural community, and/or provide information to policymakers. Agricultural & Environmental Letters uses an expedited review and publication process. With this goal, the Editorial Board evaluates manuscripts submitted to A&EL according to the following criteria: High-impact innovative results with broad implications at the forefront of one or several agricultural or environmental disciplines; Results with immediate impact on the research of others; Instrument or methods manuscript introducing an innovative technique that makes new science advance possible, with immediate applications to agricultural and/or environmental disciplines. Manuscripts describing cross-disciplinary research or addressing emerging issues are of particular interest. Also accepted are manuscripts that provide commentary on relevant issues (e.g., issues related to science, policy, research trends, exciting new discoveries, food security, climate change).
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Editor-in-chief David E. ClayPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 1 in mainland China (about 3%); most named United States 34, Canada 2, Mainland China 1, Denmark 1, Argentina 1 (40 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Soil Carbon and Nitrogen DynamicsAgricultural and Biological Sciences20.8%
- Soil and Water Nutrient DynamicsEnvironmental Science15.4%
- Crop Yield and Soil FertilityAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.1%
- Soil and Unsaturated FlowEngineering4.5%
- Soil Geostatistics and MappingEnvironmental Science4.5%
- Hydrology and Watershed Management StudiesEnvironmental Science3.6%
- Soil erosion and sediment transportAgricultural and Biological Sciences3.6%
- Soil Management and Crop YieldAgricultural and Biological Sciences3.6%
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 3 |
| Minor | Environmental Sciences | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Agriculture, Multidisciplinary | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Environmental Sciences | Zone 3 |
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 3 |
| Minor | Environmental Sciences | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of ScienceCASCAB AbstractsCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: Astrophysics Data System
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
- 3.27LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 3.3Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 3.3Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.2LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 4.2Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 4.2Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.61LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.9LetPub ·
- h-index
- 34OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 115OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.83OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 36LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 43Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 110,663Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 375 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 44 | 44 | 11 |
| 2025 | 50 | 50 | 97 |
| 2024 | 36 | 36 | 130 |
| 2023 | 24 | 24 | 237 |
| 2022 | 41 | 41 | 405 |
| 2021 | 23 | 23 | 166 |
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
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
96 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 70 days – 136 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 27 days (91 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 128 days
- Sample
- 89 articles with submission and acceptance dates (98 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 16 weeksLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 32%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 32%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 11 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 11 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 98 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 30 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 16 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 2,130 / GBP 1,670 / EUR 1,950 | Yes | CC BY, CC BY-NC-ND | |
| OpenAlex | USD 1,900 / EUR 1,740 / GBP 1,490 | — | — | |
| LetPub | USD 1,520 / GBP 1,190 / EUR 1,390 | Yes | — |
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
- WILEY
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2471-9625
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 11, Issue 2 (December 2026)
- 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 Agricultural & Environmental Letters
What CAS zone is Agricultural & Environmental Letters in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Agricultural & Environmental Letters is in Zone 4 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Agriculture, Multidisciplinary / Environmental Sciences. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Agricultural & Environmental Letters?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 3.27; CiteScore 4.2, h-index 34.
How long does peer review take at Agricultural & Environmental Letters?
Based on the dates recorded on 89 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 96 days (interquartile range 70–136 days); authors report an average review time of about 16 weeks; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 32% (2025). 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Agricultural & Environmental Letters based?
Of the 40 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 1 (about 3%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (34), Canada (2) and Mainland China (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Agricultural & Environmental Letters?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Agricultural & Environmental Letters is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists Web of Science, CAS, CAB Abstracts and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Agricultural & Environmental Letters open access, and what is the APC?
Agricultural & Environmental Letters is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 2,130.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex, DOAJ; 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: .