Journal profile · Agricultural and Biological Sciences-Agronomy and Crop Science
Journal of Biopesticides
ISSN 0974-391X · eISSN 2230-8385 · Crop Protection Research Centre
Journal of Biopesticides: subscription journal; 23 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Biopesticides is published by Crop Protection Research Centre. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Insect Pest Control Strategies, Insect-Plant Interactions and Control and Entomopathogenic Microorganisms in Pest Control, together about 50.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Insect Science and Plant Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): Agricultural and Biological Sciences-Agronomy and Crop Science
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Insect Pest Control StrategiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences23.7%
- Insect-Plant Interactions and ControlAgricultural and Biological Sciences16.3%
- Entomopathogenic Microorganisms in Pest ControlAgricultural and Biological Sciences10.6%
- Insect Resistance and GeneticsBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology6.6%
- Insect behavior and control techniquesAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.1%
- Plant-Microbe Interactions and ImmunityAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.4%
- Plant Disease Management TechniquesAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.3%
- Fungal Plant Pathogen ControlAgricultural and Biological Sciences3.8%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agronomy and Crop Science | Q4 | 372/422 | 11th |
| Plant Science | Q4 | 488/541 | 9th |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
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Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.7LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.17LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.18LetPub ·
- h-index
- 36OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 211OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.55OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 755 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 273 |
| 2025 | 23 | 21 | 458 |
| 2024 | 19 | 13 | 654 |
| 2023 | 17 | 14 | 669 |
| 2022 | 23 | 19 | 722 |
| 2021 | 22 | 20 | 697 |
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.
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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Crop Protection Research Centre
- ISSN
- 0974-391X
- Electronic ISSN
- 2230-8385
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Biopesticides
Which databases index Journal of Biopesticides?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Biopesticides is indexed in Scopus.
Is Journal of Biopesticides open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Biopesticides 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, 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: .