Journal profile · AGRONOMY
Journal of Agricultural & Food Information
ISSN 1049-6505 · eISSN 1540-4722 · Taylor & Francis
Journal of Agricultural & Food Information: CAS Zone 4 · Agricultural & Forestry Sciences (2025 upgraded edition); subscription journal; median 120 days to acceptance (10 articles, last 24 months); 9 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus; flagged on an early-warning list or for an indexing change: check before submitting.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Agricultural & Food Information is published by Taylor & Francis 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 Agricultural Innovations and Practices, Diverse Educational Innovations Studies and Organic Food and Agriculture, together about 32.5% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Journal of Agricultural & Food Information serves as a quarterly forum for the exchange and dissemination of research, knowledge, and innovative practice among those involved in the dissemination of food and agricultural information: librarians and information specialists, extension personnel, agricultural communicators, educators, database producers, government policymakers, consultants, and others. Columns and peer-reviewed contributions focus on the interface between information science and the fields of agriculture, food, and nutrition. Relevant topics include, but are not limited to: New information/communication technologies Electronic publishing Teaching/distance learning Information literacy/instruction Information needs/end-user concerns User outreach Database/research comparisons Collection management and preservation Collection analysis and use Cataloging and classification/subject ontologies Additional topics include: cooperative and networking efforts, digitization/preservation initiatives, data curation/management, library and special collection profiles, and topical/thematic bibliographies/webliographies. Peer Review Statement: Submitted manuscripts are subject to initial appraisal by the Editor and, if found suitable for further consideration, to peer review through an anonymized review process. Manuscripts can only be submitted through the journal's ScholarOne Manuscripts site. Sorry, there are currently no metrics available for this journal.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): AGRONOMY
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Agricultural Innovations and PracticesAgricultural and Biological Sciences14%
- Diverse Educational Innovations StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences11%
- Organic Food and AgricultureAgricultural and Biological Sciences7.6%
- Library Collection Development and Digital ResourcesComputer Science6%
- Earthquake and Disaster Impact StudiesSocial Sciences5.4%
- Culinary Culture and TourismAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.7%
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering4.6%
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.3%
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 | Agronomy | 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 | Agronomy | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusLetPub
Early warning / risk: Marked as ceased in ESCI on 18 May 2026. CAS Early Warning Journal List: not listed in any of 6 editions.LetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
INSPECCAB AbstractsPublisher website
Other: ProQuest, OCLC
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.6LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.13LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.13LetPub ·
- h-index
- 28OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 101OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.44OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 3LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 5Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 900 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | 3 | 5 |
| 2024 | 7 | 2 | 2 |
| 2023 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| 2022 | 9 | 2 | 4 |
| 2021 | 18 | 6 | 32 |
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
120 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 111 days – 152 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 68 days (10 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 180 days
- Sample
- 10 articles with submission and acceptance dates (15 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".
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.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Article types accepted2
- editorialEditor Suzanne Stapleton George A. Smathers Libraries University of Florida Gainesville, FL, USA Column Editors Animal News You Can Use (The Hind Quarter): Shei…Length not stated
- reviewMarianne Stowell Bracke, Research Data Management Librarian, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI Leslie M. Delserone, Science, Data Services, and Government Inf…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access
- Open access Open access
Overview Open journals Open Select Dove Medical Press F1000Research
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 & Francis
- ISSN
- 1049-6505
- Electronic ISSN
- 1540-4722
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 26, Issue 1-4 (2025)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Agricultural & Food Information
What CAS zone is Journal of Agricultural & Food Information in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Agricultural & Food Information is in Zone 4 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Agronomy. 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.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Agricultural & Food Information?
Based on the dates recorded on 10 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 120 days (interquartile range 111–152 days). 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 Journal of Agricultural & Food Information?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Agricultural & Food Information is indexed in ESCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists INSPEC and CAB Abstracts; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Journal of Agricultural & Food Information open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Agricultural & Food Information 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, 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 2026-08-28). Last updated: .