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JSFA Reports
ISSN 2573-5098 · John Wiley & Sons
JSFA Reports: CAS Zone 4 · Agricultural & Forestry Sciences (2026 Xinrui edition); impact factor 1.9 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC about USD 2,700; median 188 days to acceptance (76 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 39% (journal website); 56 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
JSFA Reports is published by John Wiley & Sons and is classed under Agricultural & Forestry Sciences in the CAS Journal Ranking. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies, Human auditory perception and evaluation and Educational Robotics and Engineering, together about 39.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Food Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
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From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Editor-in-chief Matt BellPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 2 in mainland China (about 14%); most named United Kingdom 4, Italy 3, Mainland China 2, United States 2, Spain 1 (14 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance13.1%
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering13.1%
- Educational Robotics and EngineeringComputer Science13.1%
- Phytochemicals and Antioxidant ActivitiesMedicine9.3%
- Food composition and propertiesNursing6%
- Essential Oils and Antimicrobial ActivityAgricultural and Biological Sciences5%
- Meat and Animal Product QualityAgricultural and Biological Sciences3.3%
- Food Drying and ModelingAgricultural and Biological Sciences2.9%
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)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Agriculture, Multidisciplinary | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Chemistry, Applied | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Food Science & Technology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusLetPub
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 (publisher)
- 1.9Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.9Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.9LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 2.9Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 2.9Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.32LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.47LetPub ·
- h-index
- 11OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 17OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.86OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 61.48%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 31LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 31Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 67,339Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 370 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 71 | 55 | 6 |
| 2025 | 56 | 44 | 43 |
| 2024 | 55 | 39 | 108 |
| 2023 | 94 | 52 | 282 |
| 2022 | 84 | 13 | 286 |
| 2021 | 10 | 4 | 33 |
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
188 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 118 days – 252 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 16 days (76 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 207 days
- Sample
- 76 articles with submission and acceptance dates (117 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
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 39%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 39%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 97 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 97 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 159 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 19 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 2,700 / EUR 2,350 / GBP 2,000 | — | — | |
| 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.
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
- Abstract
- ≤ 250 words
- Keywords
- ≥ 4
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 6,000 words
- Reference style
- Vancouver
- Cover letter
- Required
Article types accepted11, with length limits
- commentComment: Comment articles are usually highly topical, authoritative opinion pieces on issues pertaining to scientific research and/or its political, ethical, an…Length not stated
- editorialThe acceptance criteria for all papers are the quality and originality of the research and its significance to our readership. Manuscripts are single-blind peer…Length not stated
- full research paperFront Matter Front Matter is usually commissioned. Please note that all manuscript types require an abstract. Comment: Comment articles are usually highly topic…Length not stated
- mini-reviewMini-Review: A sharply focused, selectively referenced summary and assessment of the relevant literature.Length not stated
- opinionFront Matter Front Matter is usually commissioned. Please note that all manuscript types require an abstract. Comment: Comment articles are usually highly topic…Length not stated
- perspectiveFront Matter Front Matter is usually commissioned. Please note that all manuscript types require an abstract. Comment: Comment articles are usually highly topic…main text ≤ 6,000 words
- research articleFront Matter Front Matter is usually commissioned. Please note that all manuscript types require an abstract. Comment: Comment articles are usually highly topic…main text ≤ 6,000 words
- research paperFront Matter Front Matter is usually commissioned. Please note that all manuscript types require an abstract. Comment: Comment articles are usually highly topic…Length not stated
- reviewFront Matter Front Matter is usually commissioned. Please note that all manuscript types require an abstract. Comment: Comment articles are usually highly topic…main text ≤ 6,000 words
- short communicationFront Matter Front Matter is usually commissioned. Please note that all manuscript types require an abstract. Comment: Comment articles are usually highly topic…main text ≤ 4,000 words
- spotlightSpotlight: A brief, lightly referenced article about an outstanding area, newsworthy advance or other event.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Preprints, Trial registration / reporting guidelines
- Authorship Authorship
Please refer to the journal’s authorship policy in the Editorial Policies and Ethical Considerations section for details on eligibility for author listing.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Conflict of Interest Statement
You will be asked to provide a conflict of interest statement during the submission process. See the section ‘Conflict of Interest’ in the Editorial Policies and Ethical Considerations section for details on what to include in this section. Please ensure you liaise with all co-authors to confirm agreement with the final statement.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data availability statement
Data sharing expected where possible. Model summary
You must include a data availability statement with your submission. When submitting the manuscript on Research Exchange Submission, you will be asked to select from several pre-written statements, or you can use the text editor to tell us about data availability. You can review Data Sharing Policy | Wiley to understand which data availability statement is right for your submission.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics 4. EDITORIAL POLICIES AND ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS
Editorial Review and Acceptance The acceptance criteria for all papers are the quality and originality of the research and its significance to our readership. Manuscripts are single-blind peer reviewed and sent to at least two anonymous reviewers. Papers will only be sent to review if the Editorial Board determines that the paper meets the appropriate quality and relevance requirements. Wiley's po…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright & Licensing
JSFA Reports joined Wiley’s Open Access portfolio as of January 1, 2024. Authors of papers accepted from 1st November 2023 pay an Article Publication Charge and their papers are published under a Creative Commons license. This journal uses the CC-BY Creative Commons License. Note that certain funders mandate a particular type of CC license be used. The journal does not charge any submission fees. …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access 5. OPEN ACCESS
JSFA Reports joined Wiley’s Open Access portfolio as of January 1, 2024. As a result, all submissions received from 1st November 2023 are subject to an Article Publication Charge if accepted and published in the journal (unless a waiver is applied). The journal does not charge any submission fees. For more information on the fees, please click here: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal/257…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Single-blind peer review with at least two anonymous reviewers. Model summary
Manuscripts are single-blind peer reviewed and sent to at least two anonymous reviewers.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprints
Preprints allowed. Model summary
Please find the Wiley preprint policy here. JSFA Reports will consider for review articles previously available as preprints. You may also post the submitted version of a manuscript to a preprint server at any time. You are requested to update any pre-publication versions with a link to the final published article.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Trial registration / reporting guidelines Clinical Trial Registration
We require 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. Please include the name of the trial register and your clinical trial registration number at the end of your abstract. If your trial is not registered, or was registered retrospectively, please explain the…
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
- John Wiley & Sons
- ISSN
- 2573-5098
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 6, Issue 9 (September 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about JSFA Reports
What CAS zone is JSFA Reports in?
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 JSFA Reports?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 1.9 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 2.9, h-index 11.
How long does peer review take at JSFA Reports?
Based on the dates recorded on 76 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 188 days (interquartile range 118–252 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 39% (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 JSFA Reports?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 250 words; Keywords: ≥ 4; Manuscript length: ≤ 6,000 words; Reference style: Vancouver; 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.
Where are the editorial board members of JSFA Reports based?
Of the 14 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 2 (about 14%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United Kingdom (4), Italy (3) and Mainland China (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index JSFA Reports?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, JSFA Reports is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is JSFA Reports open access, and what is the APC?
JSFA Reports is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 2,700.
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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .