Journal profile · Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Journal of the Faculty of Agriculture Kyushu University
ISSN 0023-6152 · Kyushu University, Faculty of Science · JAPAN · Semiannual
Journal of the Faculty of Agriculture Kyushu University: CAS Zone 4 · Agricultural & Forestry Sciences (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.28; fully open access; review 18–36 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 17 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of the Faculty of Agriculture Kyushu University is published by Kyushu University, Faculty of Science 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 Agriculture, Soil, Plant Science, Ecology and Conservation Studies and Insect-Plant Interactions and Control, together about 20.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Plant Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Journal of the Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University is an academic journal published by Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University.
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Agriculture, Soil, Plant ScienceAgricultural and Biological Sciences9.3%
- Ecology and Conservation StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences6%
- Insect-Plant Interactions and ControlAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.6%
- Plant Physiology and Cultivation StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.6%
- Rice Cultivation and Yield ImprovementAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.6%
- Plant and animal studiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.2%
- Flowering Plant Growth and CultivationAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.6%
- Plant tissue culture and regenerationBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4.5%
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 | Agriculture, Multidisciplinary | 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 | Agriculture, Multidisciplinary | 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 | Agriculture, Multidisciplinary | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIELetPub
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
- 0.28LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.6LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.14LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.26LetPub ·
- h-index
- 14LetPub ·
- h-index
- 30OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 313OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.17OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 36.73%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 17LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,519 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 7 | 7 | 0 |
| 2025 | 17 | 17 | 4 |
| 2024 | 12 | 12 | 2 |
| 2023 | 20 | 20 | 22 |
| 2022 | 29 | 29 | 52 |
| 2021 | 19 | 19 | 38 |
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
- Average review time (community reports)
- 18–36 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
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
Fully open accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
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
- Kyushu University, Faculty of Science
- Country or region
- JAPAN
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Semiannual
- ISSN
- 0023-6152
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of the Faculty of Agriculture Kyushu University
What CAS zone is Journal of the Faculty of Agriculture Kyushu University in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of the Faculty of Agriculture Kyushu University is in Zone 4 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Agriculture, Multidisciplinary. 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 the Faculty of Agriculture Kyushu University?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.28; CiteScore 0.6, h-index 30.
How long does peer review take at Journal of the Faculty of Agriculture Kyushu University?
Authors report an average review time of 18–36 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”. 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 the Faculty of Agriculture Kyushu University?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of the Faculty of Agriculture Kyushu University is indexed in SCIE.
Is Journal of the Faculty of Agriculture Kyushu University open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of the Faculty of Agriculture Kyushu University is a fully open-access 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: .