Journal profile · Agronomy
Crop Science
ISSN 0011-183X · eISSN 1435-0653 · Crop Science Society of America · UNITED STATES · Bimonthly · Founded 1961
Crop Science: CAS Zone 3 · Agricultural & Forestry Sciences (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.39; hybrid open access; APC about USD 1,980; median 157 days to acceptance (91 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: about 50%; 237 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Crop Science is published by Crop Science Society of America and is in Zone 3 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Genetics and Plant Breeding, Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology and Soybean genetics and cultivation, together about 30.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Plant Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
<em>Crop Science</em> is an international journal publishing significant scientific advances in all aspects of crop science, including agronomy, physiology, and genetics.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Agronomy
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Genetics and Plant BreedingAgricultural and Biological Sciences12.3%
- Wheat and Barley Genetics and PathologyAgricultural and Biological Sciences11%
- Soybean genetics and cultivationAgricultural and Biological Sciences7.3%
- Crop Yield and Soil FertilityAgricultural and Biological Sciences6.5%
- Turfgrass Adaptation and ManagementEnvironmental Science6.4%
- Agronomic Practices and Intercropping SystemsAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.3%
- Legume Nitrogen Fixing SymbiosisAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.2%
- Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and AnimalsBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5.1%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Agronomy | 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 | Agronomy | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Agronomy | 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
- 2.39LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.4Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.9LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 3.9Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.58LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.98LetPub ·
- h-index
- 132LetPub ·
- h-index
- 246OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 13,311OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.62OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 8.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 46.55%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 214LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 205Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 797,874Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 24,536 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 154 | 101 | 34 |
| 2025 | 237 | 171 | 438 |
| 2024 | 271 | 201 | 1,260 |
| 2023 | 273 | 188 | 1,973 |
| 2022 | 209 | 106 | 1,742 |
| 2021 | 258 | 96 | 2,740 |
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
157 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 119 days – 233 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 35 days (92 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 195 days
- Sample
- 91 articles with submission and acceptance dates (472 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
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 1 monthLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- 50%LetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 21%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 13 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 154 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 38 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 1,980 / EUR 1,780 / GBP 1,550 | — | — |
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
- Crop Science Society of America
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- Founded
- 1961
- ISSN
- 0011-183X
- Electronic ISSN
- 1435-0653
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Crop Science
What CAS zone is Crop Science in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Crop Science is in Zone 3 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Agronomy. 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 Science?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.39; CiteScore 3.9, h-index 246.
How long does peer review take at Crop Science?
Based on the dates recorded on 91 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 157 days (interquartile range 119–233 days); authors report an average review time of about 1 month; the community-reported acceptance is “about 50%”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 21% (2025). 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 Science?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Crop Science is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Crop Science open access, and what is the APC?
Crop Science is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 1,980.
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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .