Journal profile · Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
CIENCIA E AGROTECNOLOGIA
ISSN 1413-7054 · eISSN 1981-1829 · Federal University of Lavras · BRAZIL · Bimonthly
CIENCIA E AGROTECNOLOGIA: CAS Zone 4 · Agricultural & Forestry Sciences (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.26; fully open access; APC charged, amount not published; review 6–12 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 52 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
CIENCIA E AGROTECNOLOGIA is published by Federal University of Lavras 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 Growth and nutrition in plants, Soil Management and Crop Yield and Agricultural and Food Sciences, together about 39.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Plant Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Publicar artigos científicos em áreas de Ciências Vegetais e Animais incluindo Agronomia, Ciência e Tecnologia de Alimentos, Economia e Administração do Agronegócio, Engenharia Rural, Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Growth and nutrition in plantsAgricultural and Biological Sciences19.6%
- Soil Management and Crop YieldAgricultural and Biological Sciences12.3%
- Agricultural and Food SciencesAgricultural and Biological Sciences7.3%
- Plant tissue culture and regenerationBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5.6%
- Banana Cultivation and ResearchAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.3%
- Seed Germination and PhysiologyAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.9%
- Animal Nutrition and PhysiologyAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.1%
- Postharvest Quality and Shelf Life ManagementAgricultural 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 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 4 |
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
- 2LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.3LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.58LetPub ·
- h-index
- 25LetPub ·
- h-index
- 54OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,262OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.35OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 23.1%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 96.95%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 52LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,877 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 35 | 35 | 1 |
| 2025 | 52 | 52 | 46 |
| 2024 | 53 | 53 | 142 |
| 2023 | 54 | 54 | 224 |
| 2022 | 34 | 34 | 192 |
| 2021 | 55 | 55 | 507 |
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 PubMed · to
Too few articlesOnly 1 articles from the last 24 months carry both submission and acceptance dates, too few for a median
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)
- 6–12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 12 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 | BRL 120 | No | CC BY | |
| OpenAlex | USD 240 | — | — | |
| LetPub | USD 240 | 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
- Federal University of Lavras
- Country or region
- BRAZIL
- Language
- Portuguese, English, Spanish
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- ISSN
- 1413-7054
- Electronic ISSN
- 1981-1829
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗DOAJ
- Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about CIENCIA E AGROTECNOLOGIA
What CAS zone is CIENCIA E AGROTECNOLOGIA in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, CIENCIA E AGROTECNOLOGIA 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 CIENCIA E AGROTECNOLOGIA?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.26; CiteScore 2, h-index 54.
How long does peer review take at CIENCIA E AGROTECNOLOGIA?
Authors report an average review time of 6–12 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 CIENCIA E AGROTECNOLOGIA?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, CIENCIA E AGROTECNOLOGIA is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is CIENCIA E AGROTECNOLOGIA open access, and what is the APC?
CIENCIA E AGROTECNOLOGIA is a fully open-access journal. APC charged, amount not published.
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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .