Journal profile · Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Irish Journal of Agricultural and Food Research
ISSN 0791-6833 · eISSN 2009-9029 · Teagasc · IRELAND · Semiannual
Irish Journal of Agricultural and Food Research: CAS Zone 4 · Agricultural & Forestry Sciences (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.24; fully open access; no APC; review over 36 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 10 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Irish Journal of Agricultural and Food Research is published by Teagasc 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 Meat and Animal Product Quality, together about 35.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Agronomy and Crop Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Irish Journal of Agricultural and Food Research is a peer reviewed open access scientific journal published by Compuscript on behalf of Teagasc (Agriculture and Food Development Authority, Ireland). Manuscripts on any aspect of research of direct relevance to Irish agriculture and food production, including plant and animal sciences, food science, agri-environmental science, soils, engineering, buildings, economics and sociology, will be considered for publication. The work must demonstrate novelty and relevance to the field of research. Papers published or offered for publication elsewhere will not be considered, but the publication of an abstract does not preclude the publication of the full paper in this journal.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Ireland 18 (18 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive PhysiologyAgricultural and Biological Sciences17%
- Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestockBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology9.3%
- Meat and Animal Product QualityAgricultural and Biological Sciences8.7%
- Animal Nutrition and PhysiologyAgricultural and Biological Sciences6.1%
- Soil Carbon and Nitrogen DynamicsAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.5%
- Reproductive Physiology in LivestockAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.2%
- Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental ImpactEnvironmental Science5%
- Soil and Water Nutrient DynamicsEnvironmental Science4.6%
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 4 |
| Minor | Food Science & Technology | Zone 4 |
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 |
| Minor | Food Science & Technology | 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, Multidisciplinary | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Food Science & Technology | Zone 4 |
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
- 1.24LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.2Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.6Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.1LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 3.1Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.28LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.71LetPub ·
- h-index
- 26LetPub ·
- h-index
- 30OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 113OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.86OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 82.76%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 8LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 344 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 8 | 8 | 1 |
| 2025 | 10 | 10 | 9 |
| 2024 | 10 | 10 | 42 |
| 2023 | 7 | 7 | 17 |
| 2022 | 28 | 28 | 187 |
| 2021 | 27 | 27 | 167 |
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 36 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Peer review
- Anonymous peer reviewLetPub
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 accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LetPub | No APC | No | — | |
| Publisher website | No APC | — | — |
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 prepare1 items from the author guidelines
- Cover letter
- Required
Article types accepted6, with length limits
- original research papersOriginal research papers – These are original articles reporting cutting-edge research of international relevance that has clear implications for the agri-food …Length not stated
- perspectiveno longer than 10,000 to 12,000 words. Perspective papers – Contributions up to 8,000 words in length that present research-based work that informs polmain text ≤ 8,000 words
- perspective papersPerspective papers – Contributions up to 8,000 words in length that present research-based work that informs policy.Length not stated
- research notesResearch notes – these are original articles reporting original research from limited investigations which will not be included in a full-length paper.Length not stated
- review articleReview ArticleLength not stated
- review papersReview papers – Relevant and appropriate critical review papers will be considered.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteConflicts of interest, Publication ethics, License & copyright
- Conflicts of interest Conflicts of interest
Authors must disclose actual or potential conflicts of interest and complete a standard conflict of interests/competing interests form. Model summary
All authors are requested to disclose any actual or potential conflict of interest including any financial, personal or other relationships with other people or organizations within three years of beginning the submitted work that could inappropriately influence, or be perceived to influence, their work.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics
Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement Model summary
Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright
Authors retain copyright; non-commercial use governed by CC BY-NC-SA 4.0; journal holds exclusive commercial-use license via License to Publish. Model summary
All authors retain copyright. The non-commercial use of each article will be governed by the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/). The corresponding author grants the journal the exclusive license to commercial use of the article, by signing the License to Publish. Upon acceptance of t…
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
- Teagasc
- Country or region
- IRELAND
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Semiannual
- ISSN
- 0791-6833
- Electronic ISSN
- 2009-9029
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Irish Journal of Agricultural and Food Research
What CAS zone is Irish Journal of Agricultural and Food Research in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Irish Journal of Agricultural and Food Research is in Zone 4 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Agriculture, Multidisciplinary / Food Science & Technology. 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 Irish Journal of Agricultural and Food Research?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.24; CiteScore 3.1, h-index 30.
How long does peer review take at Irish Journal of Agricultural and Food Research?
Authors report an average review time of over 36 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Irish Journal of Agricultural and Food Research based?
Of the 18 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Ireland (18). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Irish Journal of Agricultural and Food Research?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Irish Journal of Agricultural and Food Research is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Irish Journal of Agricultural and Food Research open access, and what is the APC?
Irish Journal of Agricultural and Food Research is a fully open-access journal. It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website; 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: .