Journal profile · Agronomy
Journal of Plant Registrations
ISSN 1936-5209 · eISSN 1940-3496 · Crop Science Society of America · UNITED STATES · Tri-annual · Founded 2007
Journal of Plant Registrations: CAS Zone 4 · Agricultural & Forestry Sciences (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.83; hybrid open access; APC about USD 1,740; median 113 days to acceptance (75 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: about 50%; 57 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Plant Registrations is published by Crop Science Society of America 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 Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology, Soybean genetics and cultivation and Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics, together about 25.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Plant Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
<em>Journal of Plant Registrations</em> is the offical CSSA registration publication, covering new plant cultivar descriptions, germplasms, parental lines, genetic stocks, and mapping populations.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Agronomy
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Wheat and Barley Genetics and PathologyAgricultural and Biological Sciences12.9%
- Soybean genetics and cultivationAgricultural and Biological Sciences6.9%
- Plant Disease Resistance and GeneticsAgricultural and Biological Sciences6%
- Genetics and Plant BreedingAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.7%
- Turfgrass Adaptation and ManagementEnvironmental Science5.7%
- Agricultural pest management studiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.6%
- Legume Nitrogen Fixing SymbiosisAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.3%
- Rice Cultivation and Yield ImprovementAgricultural and Biological Sciences5%
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 |
| 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 | Agronomy | 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 | Agronomy | 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
- 0.83LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 0.8Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.7LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 1.7Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.32LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.46LetPub ·
- h-index
- 17LetPub ·
- h-index
- 40OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 356OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.94OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 12.5%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 43.02%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 52LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 52Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 58,036Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,480 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 43 | 18 | 2 |
| 2025 | 57 | 42 | 42 |
| 2024 | 74 | 51 | 120 |
| 2023 | 67 | 39 | 161 |
| 2022 | 78 | 33 | 212 |
| 2021 | 92 | 21 | 371 |
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
113 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 82 days – 157 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 118 days (77 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 252 days
- Sample
- 75 articles with submission and acceptance dates (106 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 2 monthsLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- 50%LetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 68%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 54 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 117 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 90 daysPublisher 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 1,740 / EUR 1,580 / GBP 1,370 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
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 Science Society of America
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Tri-annual
- Founded
- 2007
- ISSN
- 1936-5209
- Electronic ISSN
- 1940-3496
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Plant Registrations
What CAS zone is Journal of Plant Registrations in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Plant Registrations is in Zone 4 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Agronomy / 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 Plant Registrations?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.83; CiteScore 1.7, h-index 40.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Plant Registrations?
Based on the dates recorded on 75 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 113 days (interquartile range 82–157 days); authors report an average review time of about 2 months; the community-reported acceptance is “about 50%”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 68% (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.
Which databases index Journal of Plant Registrations?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Plant Registrations is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Journal of Plant Registrations open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Plant Registrations is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 1,740.
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: .