Journal profile · Agronomy
Maydica
ISSN 0025-6153 · eISSN 2279-8013 · Experimental Institute for Cereal Research · ITALY · Quarterly · Founded 1956
Maydica: CAS Zone 4 · Agricultural & Forestry Sciences (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.37; fully open access; community-reported acceptance: easy; 2 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Maydica is published by Experimental Institute for Cereal Research 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 Genetics and Plant Breeding, Crop Yield and Soil Fertility and Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals, together about 58.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Plant Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
MAYDICA (founded by L.Fenaroli in 1956 and renewed in the actual form in 1989) publishes quarterly original paper in the field of genetics, molecular biology, biochemistry, physiology, breeding and agronomy of maize and allied species.
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): Agronomy
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Genetics and Plant BreedingAgricultural and Biological Sciences23%
- Crop Yield and Soil FertilityAgricultural and Biological Sciences20.3%
- Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and AnimalsBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology14.9%
- Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestockBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3.5%
- Insect Resistance and GeneticsBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3.5%
- Wheat and Barley Genetics and PathologyAgricultural and Biological Sciences3.2%
- Plant Disease Resistance and GeneticsAgricultural and Biological Sciences2.8%
- Plant Genetic and Mutation StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences2.5%
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 | 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
- 0.37LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.4LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.13LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.37LetPub ·
- h-index
- 32LetPub ·
- h-index
- 43OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 249OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 11LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 657 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2021 | 20 | 0 | 34 |
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 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 accessLetPub
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
- Experimental Institute for Cereal Research
- Country or region
- ITALY
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Founded
- 1956
- ISSN
- 0025-6153
- Electronic ISSN
- 2279-8013
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Maydica
What CAS zone is Maydica in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Maydica 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 Maydica?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.37; CiteScore 0.4, h-index 43.
Which databases index Maydica?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Maydica is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Maydica open access, and what is the APC?
Maydica 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .