Journal profile · AGRONOMY
AGRONOMIA MESOAMERICANA
ISSN 2215-3608 · Universidad de Costa Rica · Costa Rica
AGRONOMIA MESOAMERICANA: CAS Zone 4 · Agricultural & Forestry Sciences (2025 upgraded edition); diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 10 weeks (community reports); 52 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
AGRONOMIA MESOAMERICANA is published by Universidad de Costa Rica 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 Plant and soil sciences, Agricultural and Food Production Studies and Banana Cultivation and Research, together about 42.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Plant Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Agronomía Mesoamericana is a continuous publication with an open issue that begins in January and closes in December, and was born on the XXXV Meeting of the Central American Strengthening of Crops and Animals Cooperative Program (PCCMCA, in Spanish), held in Honduras in 1989. Its purpose was to disseminate the research results that are presented in these annual meetings. The first volume was published and distributed in 1990, during the XXXVI Meeting of PCCMCA in El Salvador. Nowadays its objective is to disseminate scientific information through the publication original articles, short communications, technical notes and literature reviews, related with food and agriculture sciences from anywhere in the world, emphasized in tropical and subtropical zones. Aimed towards the area's scientific community, which includes researchers, academic professors and students. Agronomía Mesoamericana publishes original articles on basic and applied research in food science, technology and engineering; specifically in topics that link food science and engineering with primary agro-industrial production and agricultural and veterinary sciences. The works may be related to microbiological, chemical, sensory, nutritional and physiological aspects of food. All papers should focus on the novelty of the research performed. In accordance with the authors guidelines from the Agronomía Mesoamericana, the authors of the scientific works have the following rights over their published work: they can present them in public, prepare derivative works, reproduce and distribute them. Users of the journal can mention the information contained in the published material (as long as they cite them correctly, otherwise they recur in plagiarism) with teaching and research purposes.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): AGRONOMY
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Plant and soil sciencesAgricultural and Biological Sciences20.9%
- Agricultural and Food Production StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences14.7%
- Banana Cultivation and ResearchAgricultural and Biological Sciences6.6%
- Genetics and Plant BreedingAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.7%
- Plant pathogens and resistance mechanismsAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.4%
- Agroforestry and silvopastoral systemsAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.2%
- Crop Yield and Soil FertilityAgricultural and Biological Sciences3.9%
- Plant Pathogens and Fungal DiseasesBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3.8%
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 | Agronomy | 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 | Agronomy | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
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
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.4LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.2LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.42LetPub ·
- h-index
- 21OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 157OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.64OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 99.04%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 54LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,530 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 48 | 48 | 1 |
| 2025 | 52 | 52 | 14 |
| 2024 | 82 | 82 | 101 |
| 2023 | 75 | 75 | 229 |
| 2022 | 74 | 74 | 239 |
| 2021 | 95 | 95 | 406 |
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 10 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 10 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double 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
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY-NC-ND | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — | |
| Publisher website | No APC | — | — |
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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review, Plagiarism
- Open access Open Access Policy
This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle to make research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge. Proposed policy for open access journals Authors who publish in this journal accept the following conditions: a. Authors retain the copyright and assign to the journal the right to the first publication, with the work registere…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review Process
The responsible individuals for reviewing each work will be at least two external experts or referees with expertise in the subject matter. They are selected by the editors based on their academic background and publications in scientific journals. The referees analyze the works to determine the validity of the proposed objectives, the methodology employed, the obtained results, as well as their i…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism Plagiarism detection policy
Agronomía Mesoamericana journal utilizes the Turnitin® system for plagiarism detection. If a work is found to have complete or partial reproduction of other research, including the authors' own work, the proper process will be followed. The authors will be given the opportunity to provide evidence of originality or make necessary corrections to the work. Subsequently, the Editorial Committee will …
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
- Universidad de Costa Rica
- Country or region
- Costa Rica
- Language
- Spanish
- ISSN
- 2215-3608
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about AGRONOMIA MESOAMERICANA
What CAS zone is AGRONOMIA MESOAMERICANA in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, AGRONOMIA MESOAMERICANA is in Zone 4 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Agronomy. 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.
How long does peer review take at AGRONOMIA MESOAMERICANA?
Authors report an average review time of about 10 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.
Which databases index AGRONOMIA MESOAMERICANA?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, AGRONOMIA MESOAMERICANA is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is AGRONOMIA MESOAMERICANA open access, and what is the APC?
AGRONOMIA MESOAMERICANA is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
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: .