Journal profile · AGRICULTURE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Crop & Pasture Science
ISSN 1836-0947 · eISSN 1836-5795 · CSIRO Publishing · Australia · 12 issues per year · Founded 1950
Crop & Pasture Science: CAS Zone 4 · Agricultural & Forestry Sciences (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.76; hybrid open access; review 6–12 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: 21%; 72 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Crop & Pasture Science is published by CSIRO Publishing 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 Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology, Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock and Pasture and Agricultural Systems, together about 30.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Agronomy and Crop Science and Plant Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Publishes original research on advances in plant sciences, sustainable farming systems, and food quality.
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): AGRICULTURE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive PhysiologyAgricultural and Biological Sciences14.4%
- Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestockBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology8.2%
- Pasture and Agricultural SystemsAgricultural and Biological Sciences7.9%
- Agronomic Practices and Intercropping SystemsAgricultural and Biological Sciences6.2%
- Wheat and Barley Genetics and PathologyAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.8%
- Soil Carbon and Nitrogen DynamicsAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.7%
- Legume Nitrogen Fixing SymbiosisAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.8%
- Crop Yield and Soil FertilityAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.8%
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 | Agriculture, Multidisciplinary | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 3 |
| 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 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
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
- 1.76LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 5.3LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.5LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.69LetPub ·
- h-index
- 78LetPub ·
- h-index
- 150OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 5,358OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.9OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 5.6%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 39.9%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 67LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 7,803 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 27 | 10 | 4 |
| 2025 | 72 | 38 | 100 |
| 2024 | 60 | 30 | 198 |
| 2023 | 76 | 35 | 456 |
| 2022 | 149 | 52 | 1,612 |
| 2021 | 110 | 29 | 1,083 |
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)
- 6–12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- 21%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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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
- CSIRO Publishing
- Country or region
- Australia
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- 12 issues per year
- Founded
- 1950
- ISSN
- 1836-0947
- Electronic ISSN
- 1836-5795
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Crop & Pasture Science
What CAS zone is Crop & Pasture Science in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Crop & Pasture Science is in Zone 4 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Agriculture, Multidisciplinary. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Crop & Pasture Science?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.76; CiteScore 5.3, h-index 150.
How long does peer review take at Crop & Pasture Science?
Authors report an average review time of 6–12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “21%”. 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 & Pasture Science?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Crop & Pasture Science is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Crop & Pasture Science open access, and what is the APC?
Crop & Pasture Science is a hybrid journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .