Journal profile · AGRONOMY
Crop Forage & Turfgrass Management
ISSN 2374-3832 · Wiley-Blackwell
Crop Forage & Turfgrass Management: CAS Zone 4 · Agricultural & Forestry Sciences (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC about USD 1,800; median 100 days to acceptance (97 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 39% (journal website); 69 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Crop Forage & Turfgrass Management is published by Wiley-Blackwell 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 Turfgrass Adaptation and Management, Weed Control and Herbicide Applications and Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems, together about 32% of its articles. Its main subfields are Plant Science and Agronomy and Crop Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
<em>Crop, Forage & Turfgrass Management</em> is an international journal publishing applied research and guides for managing crops, forages and grazing lands, and turfgrass.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): AGRONOMY
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Turfgrass Adaptation and ManagementEnvironmental Science16.1%
- Weed Control and Herbicide ApplicationsAgricultural and Biological Sciences8.5%
- Agronomic Practices and Intercropping SystemsAgricultural and Biological Sciences7.4%
- Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive PhysiologyAgricultural and Biological Sciences6.8%
- Crop Yield and Soil FertilityAgricultural and Biological Sciences6.2%
- Rangeland and Wildlife ManagementEnvironmental Science5.9%
- Soybean genetics and cultivationAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.5%
- Soil Carbon and Nitrogen DynamicsAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.9%
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 | 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
ESCIScopusLetPub
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 (publisher)
- 1Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.7LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 1.7Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.28LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.6LetPub ·
- h-index
- 22OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 114OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.96OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 20%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 60.32%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 63LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 787 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 70 | 58 | 14 |
| 2025 | 69 | 53 | 88 |
| 2024 | 70 | 52 | 99 |
| 2023 | 54 | 35 | 184 |
| 2022 | 65 | 35 | 285 |
| 2021 | 55 | 26 | 190 |
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 Crossref · to
100 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 73 days – 147 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 67 days (97 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 177 days
- Sample
- 97 articles with submission and acceptance dates (156 in the window); the latest was accepted on
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
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 39%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 9 daysPublisher website ·
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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 1,800 / EUR 1,630 / GBP 1,410 | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
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
- Wiley-Blackwell
- ISSN
- 2374-3832
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 12, Issue 2 (December 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Crop Forage & Turfgrass Management
What CAS zone is Crop Forage & Turfgrass Management in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Crop Forage & Turfgrass Management 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.
What is the impact factor of Crop Forage & Turfgrass Management?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 1; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 1.7, h-index 22.
How long does peer review take at Crop Forage & Turfgrass Management?
Based on the dates recorded on 97 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 100 days (interquartile range 73–147 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 39%. 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 Crop Forage & Turfgrass Management?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Crop Forage & Turfgrass Management is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Crop Forage & Turfgrass Management open access, and what is the APC?
Crop Forage & Turfgrass Management is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 1,800.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex; 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: .