Journal profile · AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING
AgriEngineering
ISSN 2624-7402 · MDPI AG · Switzerland
AgriEngineering: CAS Zone 3 · Agricultural & Forestry Sciences (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 3.1 (journal website); JCR Q2 (journal website); fully open access; APC charged, amount not published; review about 11 weeks (community reports); 428 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
AgriEngineering is published by MDPI AG and is in Zone 3 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Smart Agriculture and AI, Remote Sensing in Agriculture and Spectroscopy and Chemometric Analyses, together about 42.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Plant Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
AgriEngineering (ISSN 2624-7402) is an international, peer-reviewed, open access, open-source, and cross-disciplinary scientific journal on the engineering science of agricultural and horticultural production. Our aim is to encourage scientists to publish their experimental and theoretical research, along with the full set of schematics, source-code, and mechanical design models leading to accelerated and rapid dissemination of leading-edge technologies emerging in agricultural, environmental, and agronomic engineering. AgriEngineering publishes articles, technical notes, reviews, commentaries, and case/field reports, as well as Special Issues on particular subjects. AgriEngineering encourages scientists to publish their experimental and theoretical results in as much detail as possible. Therefore, the journal has no restriction on the maximum length of the papers. Full experimental details should be provided so that results can be reproduced. Electronic files or software regarding the full details of the calculation and experimental procedure as well as source codes can be submitted as supplementary material. For more information on how to submit full experimental details, schematics, source-code, and design drawings, please see the section “Supplementary Materials, Data Deposit and Software Source Code” in the Instructions for Authors.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING
Editorial board by country: 2 in mainland China (about 6%); most named Italy 12, Brazil 7, United States 4, Mainland China 2, Spain 2 (31 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Smart Agriculture and AIAgricultural and Biological Sciences21%
- Remote Sensing in AgricultureEnvironmental Science13.1%
- Spectroscopy and Chemometric AnalysesChemistry8%
- Soil Mechanics and Vehicle DynamicsEngineering6.1%
- Greenhouse Technology and Climate ControlAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.6%
- Agricultural Engineering and MechanizationEngineering4.8%
- Soil Geostatistics and MappingEnvironmental Science3.7%
- Leaf Properties and Growth MeasurementAgricultural and Biological Sciences3.2%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Agricultural Engineering | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Agricultural Engineering | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- JCR Q2 · Agricultural Engineering
- CiteScore Q1 · Horticulture
Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website
Database indexing
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of ScienceCASPublisher website
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) 2025
- 3.1Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 3.4Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.7LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 4.7Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.55LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1LetPub ·
- h-index
- 42OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 289OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 3.76OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 9.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 436LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,499 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 409 | 409 | 186 |
| 2025 | 428 | 428 | 1,885 |
| 2024 | 289 | 289 | 2,166 |
| 2023 | 147 | 147 | 2,006 |
| 2022 | 80 | 80 | 1,548 |
| 2021 | 62 | 62 | 1,762 |
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 11 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to first decision
- 25.8 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 5.7 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication
- 62 daysPublisher website ·
- 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 | CHF 1,600 | Yes | CC BY | |
| OpenAlex | CHF 1,600 | — | — | |
| LetPub | CHF 1,600 | Yes | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
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)
Open calls for papers9, by deadline
- "Sky–Air–Land–Water" Cross-Domain Heterogeneous System: Unleashing the Agricultural Intelligent EcosystemDeadline
- The Application of Remote Sensing for Agricultural MonitoringDeadline
- Remote Sensing for Enhanced Agricultural Crop ManagementDeadline
- Smart Technologies for Sustainable Livestock Production and Animal FarmingDeadline
- Precision Farming: GIS and Remote Sensing for Crop Management OptimizationDeadline
- Applications of Computer Vision in AgricultureDeadline
- Computer Vision for Smart AgricultureDeadline
- Solar Energy Integration into Controlled-Environment AgricultureDeadline
- Sensors and Computer Vision for Quality Assessment of Agricultural ProductsDeadline
What to prepare7 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 200 words
- Reference style
- Author–date
- Templates
- LaTeX and Word
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Suggested reviewers
- Required
- Graphical abstract
- Optional
- Cover letter
- Required
Article types accepted20
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- case/field reportCase/Field Report: These present the details and evaluation of existing agricultural systems and will be published when the adequate background is available, an…Length not stated
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Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Preprints
- Authorship Authorship
MDPI follows the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) guidelines which state that, in order to qualify for authorship of a manuscript, the following criteria should be observed: Make substantial contributions to the conception or design of the work, or the acquisition, analysis, or interpretation of data for the work; Draft the work or review it critically for important intel…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Conflicts of Interest
According to The International Committee of Medical Journal Editors, “Authors should avoid entering into agreements with study sponsors, both for-profit and non-profit, that interfere with authors’ access to all of the study’s data or that interfere with their ability to analyze and interpret the data and to prepare and publish manuscripts independently when and where they choose.” All authors mus…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data availability statements
Data availability statements are required for all articles published with MDPI. Model summary
Data availability statements are required for all articles published with MDPI. During the peer review and editorial decision process, authors can be asked to share existing datasets or raw data that have been analyzed in the manuscript, and whether they will be made available to other researchers following publication. Authors will also be asked for the details of any existing datasets that have …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Publication Ethics Statement
MDPI is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). We fully adhere to its Code of Conduct and to its Best Practice Guidelines. The editors of this journal enforce a rigorous peer review process together with strict ethical policies and standards to ensure to add high quality scientific works to the field of scholarly publication. Unfortunately, cases of plagiarism, data falsification,…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright / Open Access
Articles published in AgriEngineering will be Open-Access articles distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The copyright is retained by the author(s). MDPI will insert the following note at the end of the published text: © 2026 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the term…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access publication fees
If you transfer your manuscript to another open access (OA) journal, you will be charged an Article Processing Charge (APC) if your article is accepted for publication. The APC for each journal can be found on the individual journal’s website. For more information about APCs, please see here.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Editorial Process and Peer Review
All submissions are thoroughly peer-reviewed by experts within the field and undergo a structured editorial workflow designed to ensure quality, transparency, and scientific integrity. The full editorial procedure is available on the Editorial Process page and is also provided below. Pre-check Pre-check consists of a technical pre-check performed by the Editorial Office and an editorial pre-check …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprints and Conference Papers
AgriEngineering accepts submissions that have previously been made available as preprints provided that they have not undergone peer review. A preprint is a draft version of a paper made available online before submission to a journal. MDPI operates Preprints, a preprint server to which submitted papers can be uploaded directly after completing journal submission. Note that Preprints operates inde…
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
- MDPI AG
- Country or region
- Switzerland
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2624-7402
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 8 (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 AgriEngineering
What CAS zone is AgriEngineering in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, AgriEngineering is in Zone 3 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Agricultural Engineering. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of AgriEngineering?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 3.1 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 4.7, h-index 42.
How long does peer review take at AgriEngineering?
Authors report an average review time of about 11 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 JCR quartile is AgriEngineering in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q2; by category, Agricultural Engineering Q2. JCR quartiles are Clarivate's to confirm and a different system from the CAS zones; in the CAS ranking the journal is in Zone 3 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences.
What are the manuscript requirements of AgriEngineering?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 200 words; Reference style: Author–date; Templates: LaTeX and Word; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Suggested reviewers: Required; Graphical abstract: Optional; Cover letter: 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 AgriEngineering based?
Of the 31 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 2 (about 6%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Italy (12), Brazil (7) and United States (4). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index AgriEngineering?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, AgriEngineering is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists Web of Science and CAS; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is AgriEngineering open access, and what is the APC?
AgriEngineering is a fully open-access journal. APC charged, amount not published.
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: .