Journal profile · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology-Biochemistry
Journal of Berry Research
ISSN 1878-5093 · eISSN 1878-5123 · SAGE Publications (formerly IOS Press) · Netherlands
Journal of Berry Research: CAS Zone 4 · Agricultural & Forestry Sciences (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.37; subscription journal; APC about USD 4,150; 31 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Berry Research is published by SAGE Publications (formerly IOS Press) 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 Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities, Berry genetics and cultivation research and Horticultural and Viticultural Research, together about 42.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Plant Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The main objective of the Journal of Berry Research is to improve the knowledge about quality and production of berries to benefit health of the consumers and maintain profitable production using sustainable systems. View full journal description
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology-Biochemistry
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Phytochemicals and Antioxidant ActivitiesMedicine21.2%
- Berry genetics and cultivation researchAgricultural and Biological Sciences12.7%
- Horticultural and Viticultural ResearchAgricultural and Biological Sciences8.9%
- Postharvest Quality and Shelf Life ManagementAgricultural and Biological Sciences7.5%
- Plant Physiology and Cultivation StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences7.4%
- Plant Gene Expression AnalysisBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4.8%
- Fermentation and Sensory AnalysisAgricultural and Biological Sciences4%
- Antioxidant Activity and Oxidative StressMedicine3.4%
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 | Plant Sciences | 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 | Plant Sciences | 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 | Plant Sciences | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
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
- 2.37LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 2.5Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher)
- 1.6Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.4LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.38LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.41LetPub ·
- h-index
- 19LetPub ·
- h-index
- 43OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 210OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.48OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 8%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 2.78%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 31LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 3Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 479 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 37 | 5 | 1 |
| 2025 | 31 | 5 | 37 |
| 2024 | 19 | 5 | 91 |
| 2023 | 20 | 1 | 130 |
| 2022 | 24 | 4 | 117 |
| 2021 | 51 | 10 | 339 |
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 PubMed · to
Too few articlesOnly 1 articles from the last 24 months carry both submission and acceptance dates, too few for a median
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
- 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
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 4,150 / GBP 3,043 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
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 prepare5 items from the author guidelines
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 1,000 words
- Reference style
- Vancouver
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
- Cover letter
- Required
Article types accepted17, with length limits
- brief communicationResearch Papers Original research papers. The journal considers all original research manuscripts of work that contains scientifically valid experiments and pro…Length not stated
- commentariesCommentaries Commentaries can be around 1000 words with an abstract and no other subdivisions.Length not stated
- commentaryResearch Papers Original research papers. The journal considers all original research manuscripts of work that contains scientifically valid experiments and pro…main text ≤ 1,000 words
- editoriall. There is no abstract required and an editorial should not exceed 1000 words, have a maximum of 2 figures or tables and have no more thamain text ≤ 1,000 words
- full articleResearch Papers Original research papers. The journal considers all original research manuscripts of work that contains scientifically valid experiments and pro…Length not stated
- hypothesisResearch Papers Original research papers. The journal considers all original research manuscripts of work that contains scientifically valid experiments and pro…Length not stated
- letters to the editorles and have no more than 5 references. Letters to the Editor Authors can submit comments of 1000 words or less concerning prior articles published in the journ…main text ≤ 1,000 words
- original researchResearch Papers Original research papers. The journal considers all original research manuscripts of work that contains scientifically valid experiments and pro…Length not stated
- original research paperResearch Papers Original research papers. The journal considers all original research manuscripts of work that contains scientifically valid experiments and pro…Length not stated
- protocolResearch Papers Original research papers. The journal considers all original research manuscripts of work that contains scientifically valid experiments and pro…Length not stated
- research articleResearch Papers Original research papers. The journal considers all original research manuscripts of work that contains scientifically valid experiments and pro…Length not stated
- research paperResearch Papers Original research papers. The journal considers all original research manuscripts of work that contains scientifically valid experiments and pro…Length not stated
- research papersResearch Papers Original research papers. The journal considers all original research manuscripts of work that contains scientifically valid experiments and pro…Length not stated
- reviewResearch Papers Original research papers. The journal considers all original research manuscripts of work that contains scientifically valid experiments and pro…Length not stated
- reviewsReviews Reviews should be authoritative and topical and provide comprehensive and balanced coverage of a timely and/or controversial issue.Length not stated
- study protocolsStudy Protocols Study protocol articles can be for proposed or ongoing prospective clinical research, and should provide a detailed account of the hypothesis, r…Length not stated
- systematic reviewResearch Papers Original research papers. The journal considers all original research manuscripts of work that contains scientifically valid experiments and pro…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Data availability, Publication ethics, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism, Preprints, Trial registration / reporting guidelines
- Authorship Author contributions
As part of our commitment to ensuring an ethical, transparent and fair peer review and publication process, this journal has adopted CRediT (Contributor Roles Taxonomy). CRediT is a high-level taxonomy, including 14 roles, which is used to describe each author’s individual contributions to the work. You will be asked to list the contribution of each author as part of the submission process. Please…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data availability
The Journal is committed to facilitating openness, transparency and reproducibility of research, and has the following research data sharing policy. For more information, including FAQs please visit the Sage Research Data policy pages. Subject to appropriate ethical and legal considerations, authors are encouraged to: Share your research data in a relevant public data repository Include a data ava…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Ethical considerations
Please include your ethics approval statements under this heading, even if you have already included ethics approval information in your methods section. If ethical approval was not required, you need to explicitly state this. All papers reporting studies involving human participants, human data or human tissue must state that the relevant Ethics Committee or Institutional Review Board approved th…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Publishing fees and open access
There are no fees payable to submit or publish in this journal. Optional open access publishing is available for a fee via the Sage Choice program, and Open Access agreements, where authors can publish open access either discounted or free of charge depending on the agreement with Sage. Find out if your institution is participating by visiting Open Access Agreements at Sage. Open Access agreement …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review policy
The following summary describes the peer review process for this journal: Identity transparency: Single-anonymized Reviewer interacts with: Editor Review information published: None Your manuscript will undergo an initial evaluation. If it does not conform to the requirements laid out in these guidelines, it will be returned to you for amendments prior to peer review. Manuscripts may be desk rejec…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism Plagiarism
The journal and Sage take issues of copyright infringement, plagiarism or other breaches of best practice in publication very seriously. Please read Sage's complete policy on plagiarism and the actions we may take.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprints
The journal will consider submissions of manuscripts that have been posted on preprint servers. Please enter the preprint DOI in the designated field when submitting your manuscript. We advise that you inform the Journal Editorial office about your posted preprint at submission. Note that you should not post an updated version of your manuscript on a preprint server while it is being peer reviewed…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Trial registration / reporting guidelines Clinical trial registration
The journal endorses the ICMJE requirement that clinical trials are registered in a WHO-approved public trials registry at or before the time of first participant enrollment. However, consistent with the AllTrials campaign, retrospectively registered trials will be considered if the justification for late registration is acceptable. The trial registry name and URL, and registration number must be …
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
- SAGE Publications (formerly IOS Press)
- Country or region
- Netherlands
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1878-5093
- Electronic ISSN
- 1878-5123
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Berry Research
What CAS zone is Journal of Berry Research in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Berry Research is in Zone 4 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Plant Sciences. 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.
What is the impact factor of Journal of Berry Research?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.37; CiteScore 3.4, h-index 43.
What are the manuscript requirements of Journal of Berry Research?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Manuscript length: ≤ 1,000 words; Reference style: Vancouver; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Suggested reviewers: Optional; 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.
Which databases index Journal of Berry Research?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Berry Research is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Journal of Berry Research open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Berry Research is a subscription journal. APC about USD 4,150.
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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .