Journal profile · Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
California Agriculture
ISSN 0008-0845 · eISSN 1097-0967 · California Agricultural Experiment Station · UNITED STATES · Quarterly · Founded 1946
California Agriculture: CAS Zone 4 · Agricultural & Forestry Sciences (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.26; diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review over 12 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 22 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
California Agriculture is published by California Agricultural Experiment Station 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 Insect-Plant Interactions and Control, Horticultural and Viticultural Research and Plant Physiology and Cultivation Studies, together about 23.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Plant Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Information not localized
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Insect-Plant Interactions and ControlAgricultural and Biological Sciences10.1%
- Horticultural and Viticultural ResearchAgricultural and Biological Sciences6.9%
- Plant Physiology and Cultivation StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences6.2%
- Irrigation Practices and Water ManagementAgricultural and Biological Sciences6%
- Forest Insect Ecology and ManagementEnvironmental Science5.1%
- Rangeland and Wildlife ManagementEnvironmental Science5.1%
- Insect and Pesticide ResearchAgricultural and Biological Sciences5%
- Plant Pathogens and Fungal DiseasesBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4.9%
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 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 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub
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
- 1.26LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.3LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.35LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.47LetPub ·
- h-index
- 19LetPub ·
- h-index
- 58OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 599OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.87OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 11LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,209 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 18 | 18 | 1 |
| 2025 | 22 | 22 | 6 |
| 2024 | 23 | 23 | 48 |
| 2023 | 19 | 19 | 41 |
| 2022 | 19 | 19 | 168 |
| 2021 | 15 | 15 | 104 |
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)
- over 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 20 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 | — |
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
- California Agricultural Experiment Station
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Founded
- 1946
- ISSN
- 0008-0845
- Electronic ISSN
- 1097-0967
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about California Agriculture
What CAS zone is California Agriculture in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, California Agriculture 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 California Agriculture?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.26; CiteScore 2.3, h-index 58.
How long does peer review take at California Agriculture?
Authors report an average review time of over 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 California Agriculture?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, California Agriculture is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is California Agriculture open access, and what is the APC?
California Agriculture 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; 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: .