Journal profile · Agricultural and Biological Sciences-Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)
Natural and Engineering Sciences
ISSN 2458-8989 · Natural and Engineering Sciences · Turkey
Natural and Engineering Sciences: fully open access; no APC; review about 10 weeks (community reports); 179 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Natural and Engineering Sciences is published by Natural and Engineering Sciences. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Fish Biology and Ecology Studies, Marine and fisheries research and Ichthyology and Marine Biology, together about 36% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Natural and Engineering Sciences (NESciences) is a multidisciplinary single-blind peer-reviewed journal that provides publication of research articles in topical areas of Natural and Engineering Sciences. Natural and Engineering Sciences (NESciences) aims to contribute to the literature by publishing manuscripts at the highest scientific level on all fields of Natural Science and Engineering Science. NESciences is published trimesterly and does not charge any processing and publication fee. The publication language of the journal is English and continues publication since 2016. The goal of this journal is to provide a platform for researchers, students, professionals and academicians all over the world to combine, promote, share, and discuss new ideas, issues, developments and its application in different areas of Natural and Engineering Sciences. The journal publishes original research articles, short communications, technical notes, reports and review articles. Scope NESciences welcomes the submission of manuscripts that meet the general criteria of significance and scientific excellence, and publishes single-blind peer reviewed articals covering topical areas with a global impact; Conservation biology Environmental pollution Marine and freshwater biodiversity Fisheries biology Fisheries Earth and Planetary Science Environmental Science Insect Science Plant Science Soil Science Aquaculture Alien invasion Molecular ecology Biotechnology Food processing in Natural Science Application of the same in Biosensors Biochemistry Biomedical Natural medicine Genetic algorithms Artificial intelligence and applications Innovative computations Machine learning Deep learning Materials in Engineering Science in the form of original research articles, case studies, reviews and essays on the determined topics at the scope.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Agricultural and Biological Sciences-Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Fish Biology and Ecology StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences16%
- Marine and fisheries researchEnvironmental Science10.4%
- Ichthyology and Marine BiologyEnvironmental Science9.6%
- Marine Ecology and Invasive SpeciesEnvironmental Science7.2%
- Environmental Toxicology and EcotoxicologyEnvironmental Science5.3%
- Fish Ecology and Management StudiesEnvironmental Science5.1%
- Heavy metals in environmentEnvironmental Science4.1%
- Marine Biology and Ecology ResearchEarth and Planetary Sciences4.1%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Animal Science and Zoology | Q1 | 46/520 | 91st |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous) | Q1 | 42/253 | 83rd |
| Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics | Q1 | 124/736 | 83rd |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous) | Q1 | 36/144 | 75th |
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
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 5.4LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 3.29Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.37LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 3.54LetPub ·
- h-index
- 19OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 58OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.69OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 616 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 114 | 114 | 413 |
| 2025 | 179 | 179 | 428 |
| 2024 | 62 | 62 | 616 |
| 2023 | 19 | 19 | 175 |
| 2022 | 30 | 30 | 180 |
| 2021 | 24 | 24 | 171 |
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)
- about 10 weeksLetPub ·
- 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
Fully open accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publisher website | No APC | — | — |
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)
Article types accepted8
- case studiesOriginal research articles, case studies, reviews and essays on the determined topics at the scope.Length not stated
- essaysOriginal research articles, case studies, reviews and essays on the determined topics at the scope.Length not stated
- original research articlesOriginal research articles, case studies, reviews and essays on the determined topics at the scope.Length not stated
- reportsThe journal publishes original research articles, short communications, technical notes, reports and review articles.Length not stated
- review articlesThe journal publishes original research articles, short communications, technical notes, reports and review articles.Length not stated
- reviewsOriginal research articles, case studies, reviews and essays on the determined topics at the scope.Length not stated
- short communicationsThe journal publishes original research articles, short communications, technical notes, reports and review articles.Length not stated
- technical notesThe journal publishes original research articles, short communications, technical notes, reports and review articles.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePublication ethics, Open access, Peer review
- Publication ethics
Publication Ethics and Malpractice Policies Model summary
Publication Ethics and Malpractice Policies
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access
Open access Model summary
NESciences is fully committed to the Open Access Initiative and provides free access to all articles as soon as they are published.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Peer review Model summary
Fair peer review from two or more expert peer reviewers
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
- Natural and Engineering Sciences
- Country or region
- Turkey
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2458-8989
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Natural and Engineering Sciences
How long does peer review take at Natural and Engineering Sciences?
Authors report an average review time of about 10 weeks. 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 Natural and Engineering Sciences?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Natural and Engineering Sciences is indexed in Scopus.
Is Natural and Engineering Sciences open access, and what is the APC?
Natural and Engineering Sciences is a fully open-access journal. It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website; 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: .