Journal profile · Agronomy
Australian Journal of Crop Science
ISSN 1835-2693 · eISSN 1835-2707 · Southern Cross Publishing and Printing Pty Ltd · AUSTRALIA · Bimonthly · Founded 2008
Australian Journal of Crop Science: fully open access; review about 3.6 months (community reports); community-reported acceptance: about 68.75%; 152 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Australian Journal of Crop Science is published by Southern Cross Publishing and Printing Pty Ltd. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Genetics and Plant Breeding, Agricultural Science and Fertilization and Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance, together about 26.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Plant Science and Soil Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Australian Journal of Crop Science (AJCS) is an open access international peer-reviewed publication that gathers and disseminates fundamental and applied knowledge in almost all area of plant and particularly crop sciences. Coverage extends to every corner of the plant field, including such topics as molecular biology, taxonomy, genetics, plant breeding, morphology, physiology, developmental biology, cell biology, plant biochemistry, biophysics, bioinformatics, and new technologies like biofuels and plant vaccines. The journal presents full-length research articles that describe original and fundamental findings of significance that contribute to understanding of plants, as well as shorter communications reporting significant new findings, technical notes on new methodology. Review articles are also warmly welcomed.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Agronomy
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 5, Iran 4, Canada 2, Australia 2, Greece 2 (18 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Genetics and Plant BreedingAgricultural and Biological Sciences11.4%
- Agricultural Science and FertilizationAgricultural and Biological Sciences7.8%
- Plant Stress Responses and ToleranceAgricultural and Biological Sciences7.7%
- Growth and nutrition in plantsAgricultural and Biological Sciences7.1%
- Plant Growth and Agriculture TechniquesAgricultural and Biological Sciences6%
- Crop Yield and Soil FertilityAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.1%
- Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and AnimalsBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4%
- Rice Cultivation and Yield ImprovementAgricultural and Biological Sciences3.9%
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.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agronomy and Crop Science | Q4 | 330/422 | — |
| Plant Science | Q4 | 442/541 | — |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ScopusLetPub
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
- 1.1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.21LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.21Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.36LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2024
- 0.3Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 34LetPub ·
- h-index
- 64OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,078OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.69OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 169LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 3,254 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 75 | 75 | 1,153 |
| 2025 | 152 | 152 | 2,258 |
| 2024 | 133 | 133 | 3,094 |
| 2023 | 131 | 131 | 3,744 |
| 2022 | 159 | 159 | 3,759 |
| 2021 | 219 | 219 | 4,596 |
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 3.6 monthsLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- 68.75%LetPub ·
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 accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
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.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access
Open access licence: CC-BY-NC. Model summary
The current Open access licence is CC-BY-NC.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Supports DORA; does not promote Impact Factor. Model summary
AJCS does not believe and consider Impact Factor published as Citation Report to be a reliable or useful metric to assess the performance of individual articles. AJCS supports DORA – the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment – and does not promote journal Impact Factor system calculated by Thomson Reuters (Currently Clarivate Analytics Company).
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
- Southern Cross Publishing and Printing Pty Ltd
- Country or region
- AUSTRALIA
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- Founded
- 2008
- ISSN
- 1835-2693
- Electronic ISSN
- 1835-2707
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Australian Journal of Crop Science
How long does peer review take at Australian Journal of Crop Science?
Authors report an average review time of about 3.6 months; the community-reported acceptance is “about 68.75%”. 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 Australian Journal of Crop Science based?
Of the 18 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (5), Iran (4) and Canada (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Australian Journal of Crop Science?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Australian Journal of Crop Science is indexed in Scopus.
Is Australian Journal of Crop Science open access, and what is the APC?
Australian Journal of Crop Science is a fully open-access 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .