Journal profile · Agronomy
Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science
ISSN 0931-2250 · eISSN 1439-037X · Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd · GERMANY · Bimonthly · Founded 1986
Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science: CAS Zone 2 · Agricultural & Forestry Sciences (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 3.21; hybrid open access; APC about USD 4,780; median 125 days to acceptance (104 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: fairly easy; 149 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science is published by Wiley-Blackwell Publishing 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 Crop Yield and Soil Fertility, Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems and Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance, together about 27% of its articles. Its main subfields are Plant Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The impact of abiotic stress on agricultural crop performance and productivity will be of paramount importance in the 21st century fired by the drastic progression of climate change. The Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science aims to increase understanding of the processes of crop stress responses, in order to characterize genotypes x environment interactions and to find efficient solutions by employing agronomic practices. The frequency and intensity of extreme weather events such as extreme temperatures and water conditions, are predicted to increase and negatively impact crop yields and yield stability globally. As such, gauging the impact of abiotic stress on the performance and productivity of agricultural crops will be of paramount importance in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN Agenda 2030.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Agronomy
Editor-in-chief Jordana RiveroPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 1, United Kingdom 1, Germany 1, Finland 1, Thailand 1 (6 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Crop Yield and Soil FertilityAgricultural and Biological Sciences10.2%
- Agronomic Practices and Intercropping SystemsAgricultural and Biological Sciences8.9%
- Plant Stress Responses and ToleranceAgricultural and Biological Sciences7.9%
- Rice Cultivation and Yield ImprovementAgricultural and Biological Sciences6.1%
- Plant nutrient uptake and metabolismAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.9%
- Legume Nitrogen Fixing SymbiosisAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.8%
- Wheat and Barley Genetics and PathologyAgricultural and Biological Sciences5%
- Plant responses to water stressAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.5%
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 | Agronomy | Zone 2 |
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 | Agronomy | 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 | Agronomy | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
PubMedINSPECCASCAB AbstractsCurrent ContentsPublisher 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
- 3.21LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 3.2Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 3.2Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 5.9LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 5.9Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 5.9Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.76LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.94LetPub ·
- h-index
- 60LetPub ·
- h-index
- 117OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,612OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.99OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 3.1%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 25.43%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 132LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 132Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 177,413Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 3,390 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 106 | 44 | 23 |
| 2025 | 149 | 76 | 379 |
| 2024 | 124 | 56 | 732 |
| 2023 | 65 | 39 | 597 |
| 2022 | 56 | 21 | 713 |
| 2021 | 111 | 30 | 2,464 |
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
125 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 78 days – 176 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 14 days (104 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 141 days
- Sample
- 104 articles with submission and acceptance dates (273 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)
- about 10 monthsLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- Fairly easyLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 10%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 10%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 3 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 3 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 137 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 13 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous peer reviewPublisher website
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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 4,780 / EUR 3,980 / GBP 3,190 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | No APC | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Other fees
- No other fees
- Page charges
- No page charges
- Submission fee
- No submission fee
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 prepare2 items from the author guidelines
- Reference style
- APA
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
Article types accepted8
- meta-analysisArticle Type Description Word Limit Abstract / Structure Other Requirements Original Article reports of new research findings or conceptual analyses that make a…Length not stated
- narrative reviewArticle Type Description Word Limit Abstract / Structure Other Requirements Original Article reports of new research findings or conceptual analyses that make a…Length not stated
- original articleArticle Type Description Word Limit Abstract / Structure Other Requirements Original Article reports of new research findings or conceptual analyses that make a…Length not stated
- research reportArticle Type Description Word Limit Abstract / Structure Other Requirements Original Article reports of new research findings or conceptual analyses that make a…Length not stated
- reviewArticle Type Description Word Limit Abstract / Structure Other Requirements Original Article reports of new research findings or conceptual analyses that make a…Length not stated
- review articleArticle Type Description Word Limit Abstract / Structure Other Requirements Original Article reports of new research findings or conceptual analyses that make a…Length not stated
- short communicationArticle Type Description Word Limit Abstract / Structure Other Requirements Original Article reports of new research findings or conceptual analyses that make a…Length not stated
- systematic reviewArticle Type Description Word Limit Abstract / Structure Other Requirements Original Article reports of new research findings or conceptual analyses that make a…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Data availability, License & copyright, Peer review, Preprints, Trial registration / reporting guidelines
- Authorship Authorship
All listed authors should have contributed to the manuscript substantially and have agreed to the final submitted version. Review editorial standards and scroll down for a description of authorship criteria.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data Sharing and Data Availability
This journal expects data sharing. Review Wiley’s Data Sharing policy where you will be able to see and select the data availability statement that is right for your submission.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Reproduction of Copyright Material
If excerpts from copyrighted works owned by third parties are included, credit must be shown in the contribution. It is your responsibility to also obtain written permission for reproduction from the copyright owners. For more information visit Wiley’s Copyright Terms & Conditions FAQ.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review 1. Submission and Peer Review Process
Once the submission materials have been prepared in accordance with the Author Guidelines, manuscripts should be submitted online at https://authors.wiley.com/journal/JAC. For help with submissions, please contact: jacs.office@wiley.com This journal does not charge submission fees. Article Preparation Support Wiley Editing Services offers expert help with English Language Editing, as well as trans…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprint policy:
This journal accepts articles previously published on preprint servers. Please find the Wiley preprint policy here.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Trial registration / reporting guidelines Clinical Trial Registration
The journal requires that clinical trials are prospectively registered in a publicly accessible database and clinical trial registration numbers should be included in all papers that report their results. Authors are asked to include the name of the trial register and the clinical trial registration number at the end of the abstract. If the trial is not registered, or was registered retrospectivel…
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
- Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd
- Country or region
- GERMANY
- Language
- Multi-Language
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- Founded
- 1986
- ISSN
- 0931-2250
- Electronic ISSN
- 1439-037X
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 212, Issue 5 (September 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science
What CAS zone is Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science is in Zone 2 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Agronomy. 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 Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 3.21; CiteScore 5.9, h-index 117.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science?
Based on the dates recorded on 104 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 125 days (interquartile range 78–176 days); authors report an average review time of about 10 months; the community-reported acceptance is “Fairly easy”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 10% (2025). 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 Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Reference style: APA; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not 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 Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science based?
Of the 6 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (1), United Kingdom (1) and Germany (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science is indexed in SCIE and Scopus. The journal's website also lists PubMed, INSPEC, CAS, CAB Abstracts and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 4,780.
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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .