Journal profile · AGRICULTURE, DAIRY & ANIMAL SCIENCE
Fourrages
ISSN 0429-2766 · Association Francaise pour la Production Fourragere · FRANCE · Quarterly · Founded 1960
Fourrages: CAS Zone 4 · Agricultural & Forestry Sciences (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.65; subscription journal; review over 12 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 46 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Fourrages is published by Association Francaise pour la Production Fourragere 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 Agriculture and Rural Development Research, Botany and Plant Ecology Studies and Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology, together about 44.8% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Les thèmes couverts par la revue déclinent les diverses facettes rencontrées dans le domaine des fourrages : -L'organisation de la production : économie et macro-économie, statistiques, politique agricole, gestion des territoires, évolution des filières, apports des sciences humaines... -Les systèmes fourragers (fonctionnement, diversité, autonomie...) ; leurs relations avec les systèmes d'élevage et d'exploitation -La production fourragère : agronomie (sens large) des cultures fourragères et des prairies, gestion du pâturage des prairies et des parcours, agroécologie... -L'utilisation et la valorisation par les animaux des ressources fourragères : valeurs alimentaires, systèmes d'alimentation et de production, méthodes de récolte et conservation... -La prise en compte de l'environnement : services écosystémiques des prairies, qualité des eaux, GES, biodiversité des couverts à différentes échelles, paysage, autonomie énergétique, évaluation multicritères... -La sélection : espèces et variétés, prairies multispécifiques, adaptation aux contextes ; l'installation des prairies -Développement et applications : points de vue, témoignages, outils...
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): AGRICULTURE, DAIRY & ANIMAL SCIENCE
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Agriculture and Rural Development ResearchAgricultural and Biological Sciences26%
- Botany and Plant Ecology StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences10.8%
- Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive PhysiologyAgricultural and Biological Sciences8%
- Agroforestry and silvopastoral systemsAgricultural and Biological Sciences6.3%
- Sustainable Agricultural Systems AnalysisEnvironmental Science5.7%
- Horticultural and Viticultural ResearchAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.5%
- French Urban and Social StudiesSocial Sciences4.1%
- African Botany and Ecology StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences3.9%
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, Dairy & Animal Science | 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, Dairy & Animal Science | 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, Dairy & Animal Science | Zone 4 |
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
- 0.65LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.7LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.19LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.33LetPub ·
- h-index
- 1LetPub ·
- h-index
- 5OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.08OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 50%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 30LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 312 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 27 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 46 | 5 | 3 |
| 2024 | 28 | 1 | 5 |
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
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 ·
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
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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
- Association Francaise pour la Production Fourragere
- Country or region
- FRANCE
- Language
- French
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Founded
- 1960
- ISSN
- 0429-2766
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Fourrages
What CAS zone is Fourrages in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Fourrages is in Zone 4 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science. 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 Fourrages?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.65; CiteScore 0.7, h-index 5.
How long does peer review take at Fourrages?
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 Fourrages?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Fourrages is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Fourrages open access, and what is the APC?
Fourrages is a subscription 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: .