Journal profile · AGRICULTURE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY-GREEN & SUSTAINABLE SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability
ISSN 1473-5903 · eISSN 1747-762X · Taylor and Francis Ltd. · ENGLAND · Tri-annual
International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability: CAS Zone 2 · Agricultural & Forestry Sciences (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 5.83; JCR Q1 (journal website); fully open access; APC about USD 2,630; median 328 days to acceptance (96 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: easy; 59 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability is published by Taylor and Francis Ltd. and is in Zone 2 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Agricultural Innovations and Practices, Organic Food and Agriculture and Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development, together about 37.2% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
*Please note that International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability (IJAS) converted to a full Open Access journal from Volume 21 (2023). Previous volumes will continue to provide access through a Pay to Read model. The International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability ( IJAS) is the leading cross-disciplinary, peer-reviewed journal dedicated to advancing the understanding and practice of sustainability in agricultural and food systems worldwide.It is clear that major challenges still face communities and countries across the world: food poverty is pervasive, biodiversity loss widespread, and the climate crisis is already influencing agricultural and land management systems. Agriculture plays an important role in shaping natural and social systems, both for the good and bad.Over 18 years and volumes of publication, IJAS has published more than 350 papers addressing positive transformations towards sustainable agricultural systems. Our priorities are to set out how transitions can be made: at farm, community, regional, national and international levels, and across whole supply chains. We are interested in critical appraisals of new evidence, and as well as new models of understanding. We are committed to the clear and consistent use of language and logic, and the use of appropriate evidence to substantiate practical and policy conclusions.IJAS thus aims to increase knowledge on what technologies and processes are contributing to agricultural sustainability, what policies, institutions and economic structures are preventing or promoting sustainability, and what relevant lessons should be learned. IJAS tends not to publish technical or experimental findings, derived from field or laboratory based studies, unless they explicitly and comprehensively discuss the sustainability aspects of the research.We encourage authors to submit papers from all countries and institutional contexts. Researchers and potential authors are encouraged to reference recent published papers to include the year of submission.Topics in IJAS include: Agriculture-environment interactions (such as through agroecology and ecosystem services) Agriculture and rural economy interactions The role of social capital in agricultural transformations (including digital transformations) Institutional and policy Issues, including novel policy developments Technology, nano-technology, and bio-technology development, adoption and evaluation in sustainable agriculture Food systems and food security
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): AGRICULTURE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY-GREEN & SUSTAINABLE SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Editor-in-chief Sylvia VetterPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Agricultural Innovations and PracticesAgricultural and Biological Sciences22.4%
- Organic Food and AgricultureAgricultural and Biological Sciences7.5%
- Agriculture, Land Use, Rural DevelopmentAgricultural and Biological Sciences7.3%
- Agriculture and Rural Development ResearchAgricultural and Biological Sciences6.2%
- Sustainable Agricultural Systems AnalysisEnvironmental Science5.6%
- Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental ImpactEnvironmental Science5.5%
- Climate change impacts on agricultureAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.8%
- Agricultural risk and resilienceAgricultural and Biological Sciences3.6%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Agriculture, Multidisciplinary | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Green & Sustainable Science & Technology | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Agriculture, Multidisciplinary | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Green & Sustainable Science & Technology | Zone 4 |
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 | Agriculture, Multidisciplinary | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Green & Sustainable Science & Technology | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- JCR Q1 · best quartile · 2025
- CiteScore Q1 · 2025
Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website
Database indexing
SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
CAB AbstractsPublisher website
Other: EBSCO, AGRICOLA
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
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
- 5.83LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 5.9Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 5Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 8.6LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 8.6Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.06LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 1.06Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.49LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 1.49Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 32LetPub ·
- h-index
- 75OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 596OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 7.39OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 11.9%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 54LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 2,023Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 316,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 888 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 46 | 46 | 24 |
| 2025 | 59 | 59 | 292 |
| 2024 | 52 | 52 | 844 |
| 2023 | 66 | 66 | 1,119 |
| 2022 | 35 | 15 | 479 |
| 2021 | 72 | 37 | 1,464 |
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
328 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 263 days – 442 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 16 days (96 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 352 days
- Sample
- 96 articles with submission and acceptance dates (113 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)
- over 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 12%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 15 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 148 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 10 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 8 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous 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 | AUD 3,655 / EUR 2,520 / GBP 2,100 / USD 2,630 | Yes | CC BY, CC BY-NC | |
| Publisher website | USD 3,230 / GBP 2,392 / EUR 2,875 / AUD 4,495 | — | — |
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)
What to prepare6 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 200 words
- Keywords
- ≥ 1
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 10,000 words
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
- Highlights
- Optional
- Cover letter
- Optional
Article types accepted5, with length limits
- data noteResearch Article Should be written with the following elements in the following order: title page; abstract; keywords; main text introduction, materials and met…main text ≤ 4,000 words · abstract ≤ 200 words
- methodInternational Journal of Agricultural Sustainability accepts the following types of article: Research Article Data Note Registered report Rapid communication Me…Length not stated
- rapid communicationShould be written with the following elements in the following order: title page; abstract; keywords; main text introduction, materials and methods, results, di…main text ≤ 6,000 words · abstract ≤ 200 words
- registered reportResearch Article Should be written with the following elements in the following order: title page; abstract; keywords; main text introduction, materials and met…main text ≤ 10,000 words · abstract ≤ 200 words
- research articleResearch Article Should be written with the following elements in the following order: title page; abstract; keywords; main text introduction, materials and met…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteData availability, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- Data availability Data Sharing Policy
Data sharing policy: share upon reasonable request Model summary
This journal applies the Taylor & Francis share upon reasonable request data sharing policy. Authors agree to make data and materials supporting the results or analyses presented in their paper available upon reasonable request. It is up to the author to determine whether a request is reasonable. Authors are required to cite any data sets referenced in the article and provide a Data Availability S…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright Options
Copyright allows you to protect your original material, and stop others from using your work without your permission. Taylor & Francis offers a number of different license and reuse options, including Creative Commons licenses when publishing open access. Read more on publishing agreements.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access
Language: English only Model summary
Overview Open journals Open Select Dove Medical Press F1000Research
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review and Ethics
Peer review model: single anonymous peer review Model summary
Taylor & Francis is committed to peer-review integrity and upholding the highest standards of review. Once your paper has been assessed for suitability by the editor, it will then be single anonymous peer reviewed by two independent, anonymous expert. If you have shared an earlier version of your Author’s Original Manuscript on a preprint server, please be aware that anonymity cannot be guaranteed…
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
- Taylor and Francis Ltd.
- Country or region
- ENGLAND
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Tri-annual
- ISSN
- 1473-5903
- Electronic ISSN
- 1747-762X
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 24, Issue 1 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗DOAJ
- Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗DOAJ
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability
What CAS zone is International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability is in Zone 2 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Agriculture, Multidisciplinary / Green & Sustainable Science & Technology. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 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 Sustainability?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 5.83; CiteScore 8.6, h-index 75.
How long does peer review take at International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability?
Based on the dates recorded on 96 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 328 days (interquartile range 263–442 days); authors report an average review time of over 12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 12%. 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 JCR quartile is International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q1 (best quartile). JCR quartiles are Clarivate's to confirm and a different system from the CAS zones; in the CAS ranking the journal is in Zone 2 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences.
What are the manuscript requirements of International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 200 words; Keywords: ≥ 1; Manuscript length: ≤ 10,000 words; Suggested reviewers: Optional; Highlights: Optional; Cover letter: Optional. 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.
Which databases index International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists CAB Abstracts; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability open access, and what is the APC?
International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 2,630.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, DOAJ, 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .