Journal profile · AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING
International Journal of Agricultural and Biological Engineering
ISSN 1934-6344 · eISSN 1934-6352 · Chinese Society of Agricultural Engineering · PEOPLES R CHINA · Bi-monthly · Founded 2008
International Journal of Agricultural and Biological Engineering: CAS Zone 3 · Agricultural & Forestry Sciences (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 3.07; fully open access; APC about USD 1,000; review about 24 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: 24%; 186 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
International Journal of Agricultural and Biological Engineering is published by Chinese Society of Agricultural Engineering 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 Soil Mechanics and Vehicle Dynamics, Agricultural Engineering and Mechanization and Smart Agriculture and AI, together about 43.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Plant Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
International Journal of Agricultural and Biological Engineering (IJABE) is an international peer-reviewed open-access journal co-sponsored and published by the US-based Association of Overseas Chinese Agricultural, Biological and Food Engineers (AOCABFE) and the Chinese Society of Agricultural Engineering (CSAE). Registered print ISSN 1934-6344 and online eISSN 1934-6352. The journal issues both online full-text versions and printed hard copies. As an open-access journal, IJABE facilitates unrestricted global knowledge sharing, improves article accessibility, visibility, and citation impact, and benefits authors, readers, and the whole academic community. IJABE aims at facilitating the development of agricultural and biological engineering, promoting the prosperity of academics, and improving international academic exchange and cooperation. This journal strives to publish the latest high-quality research from a diverse array of topics from the international community. Our readers are from the international scientific community as well as educators, policy makers, agricultural engineers and scientists, and interested members of the public around the world.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING
Editor-in-chief Wang YingkuanPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 59 in mainland China (about 82%); most named Mainland China 59, United States 3, Japan 2, India 2, South Korea 1 (72 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Soil Mechanics and Vehicle DynamicsEngineering18.3%
- Agricultural Engineering and MechanizationEngineering13%
- Smart Agriculture and AIAgricultural and Biological Sciences12.2%
- Spectroscopy and Chemometric AnalysesChemistry6.2%
- Plant Surface Properties and TreatmentsAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.6%
- Remote Sensing and Land UseEarth and Planetary Sciences4.9%
- Greenhouse Technology and Climate ControlAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.5%
- Irrigation Practices and Water ManagementAgricultural and Biological Sciences4%
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 | Agricultural Engineering | 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 | Agricultural Engineering | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Agricultural Engineering | Zone 3 |
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
- 3.07LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 3.1Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.8LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.57LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.8LetPub ·
- h-index
- 22LetPub ·
- h-index
- 56OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 812OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.41OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 12.9%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 98.91%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 186LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,942 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 93 | 93 | 14 |
| 2025 | 186 | 186 | 132 |
| 2024 | 245 | 245 | 595 |
| 2023 | 186 | 186 | 1,007 |
| 2022 | 182 | 182 | 1,669 |
| 2021 | 302 | 302 | 2,733 |
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)
- about 24 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- 24%LetPub ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 56 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 24 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Unspecified 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 | USD 1,000 | Yes | CC BY | |
| OpenAlex | USD 1,000 | — | — | |
| LetPub | USD 1,000 | Yes | — | |
| Publisher website | USD 1,000 / USD 150 | — | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Open calls for papers4, by deadline
- Special Collection on Key Technologies and Equipment for Agricultural Machinery in Hilly and Mountainous AreasDeadline
- Special Collection on Agricultural Robots, Intelligent Equipment, and Cluster Cooperative Control SystemsDeadline
- Special Collection on Green Soil Improvement, Soil Remediation, and Sustainable FarmingDeadline
- Special Collection on Intelligent Perception and Multi-Modal Data Fusion Agricultural Large Model SystemsDeadline
What to prepare5 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 300 words
- Keywords
- ≥ 3
- Reference style
- Vancouver
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Cover letter
- Required
Article types accepted14
- book and media reviewsCover Caption, Editorial, Review, Research Articles, Forum, Perspectives, Commentary, Brief Communications, Book and Media Reviews, Corrections, Correspondence,…Length not stated
- brief communicationCover Caption, Editorial, Review, Research Articles, Forum, Perspectives, Commentary, Brief Communications, Book and Media Reviews, Corrections, Correspondence,…Length not stated
- brief communicationsCover Caption, Editorial, Review, Research Articles, Forum, Perspectives, Commentary, Brief Communications, Book and Media Reviews, Corrections, Correspondence,…Length not stated
- commentaryCover Caption, Editorial, Review, Research Articles, Forum, Perspectives, Commentary, Brief Communications, Book and Media Reviews, Corrections, Correspondence,…Length not stated
- correctionsCover Caption, Editorial, Review, Research Articles, Forum, Perspectives, Commentary, Brief Communications, Book and Media Reviews, Corrections, Correspondence,…Length not stated
- correspondenceCover Caption, Editorial, Review, Research Articles, Forum, Perspectives, Commentary, Brief Communications, Book and Media Reviews, Corrections, Correspondence,…Length not stated
- cover captionCover Caption, Editorial, Review, Research Articles, Forum, Perspectives, Commentary, Brief Communications, Book and Media Reviews, Corrections, Correspondence,…Length not stated
- editorialCover Caption, Editorial, Review, Research Articles, Forum, Perspectives, Commentary, Brief Communications, Book and Media Reviews, Corrections, Correspondence,…Length not stated
- forumCover Caption, Editorial, Review, Research Articles, Forum, Perspectives, Commentary, Brief Communications, Book and Media Reviews, Corrections, Correspondence,…Length not stated
- perspectiveCover Caption, Editorial, Review, Research Articles, Forum, Perspectives, Commentary, Brief Communications, Book and Media Reviews, Corrections, Correspondence,…Length not stated
- perspectivesCover Caption, Editorial, Review, Research Articles, Forum, Perspectives, Commentary, Brief Communications, Book and Media Reviews, Corrections, Correspondence,…Length not stated
- research articleCover Caption, Editorial, Review, Research Articles, Forum, Perspectives, Commentary, Brief Communications, Book and Media Reviews, Corrections, Correspondence,…Length not stated
- research articlesCover Caption, Editorial, Review, Research Articles, Forum, Perspectives, Commentary, Brief Communications, Book and Media Reviews, Corrections, Correspondence,…Length not stated
- reviewCover Caption, Editorial, Review, Research Articles, Forum, Perspectives, Commentary, Brief Communications, Book and Media Reviews, Corrections, Correspondence,…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- Authorship Authorship criteria
Each author should have participated sufficiently in the work to take public responsibility for appropriate portions of the content. One or more authors should take responsibility for the integrity of the work as a whole, from inception to the published article. Authorship credit should be based only on 1) substantial contributions to conception and design, or acquisition of data, or analysis and …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright Notice
Copyright retained by authors; licensed under Creative Commons Attribution License. Model summary
IJABE is an international peer reviewed open access journal, adopting Creative Commons Copyright Notices as follows. Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms: Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgeme…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access IJABE is an international peer reviewed open access journal, adopting Creative Commons Copyright Notices as follows.
Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms: Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.Authors are able to enter into separate, addition…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review 6 Peer-review & editorial process
Our aim is to provide all authors with an efficient, courteous, and constructive editorial process. To ensure the fairest and most objective decision-making, the editorial process is run as a partnership between the IJABE professional editors and the editorial board, which is comprised of leaders in all fields of agricultural, biological, and food engineering.
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Chinese Society of Agricultural Engineering
- Country or region
- PEOPLES R CHINA
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Bi-monthly
- Founded
- 2008
- ISSN
- 1934-6344
- Electronic ISSN
- 1934-6352
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 19, Issue 4 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about International Journal of Agricultural and Biological Engineering
What CAS zone is International Journal of Agricultural and Biological Engineering in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, International Journal of Agricultural and Biological Engineering is in Zone 3 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Agricultural Engineering. 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 International Journal of Agricultural and Biological Engineering?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 3.07; CiteScore 4.8, h-index 56.
How long does peer review take at International Journal of Agricultural and Biological Engineering?
Authors report an average review time of about 24 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “24%”. 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.
What are the manuscript requirements of International Journal of Agricultural and Biological Engineering?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 300 words; Keywords: ≥ 3; Reference style: Vancouver; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Cover letter: Required. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of International Journal of Agricultural and Biological Engineering based?
Of the 72 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 59 (about 82%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Mainland China (59), United States (3) and Japan (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index International Journal of Agricultural and Biological Engineering?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, International Journal of Agricultural and Biological Engineering is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is International Journal of Agricultural and Biological Engineering open access, and what is the APC?
International Journal of Agricultural and Biological Engineering is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 1,000.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex, DOAJ; 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: .