Journal profile · AGRICULTURE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
NJAS-Impact in Agricultural and Life Sciences
ISSN 2768-5241 · Taylor & Francis
NJAS-Impact in Agricultural and Life Sciences: CAS Zone 3 · Agricultural & Forestry Sciences (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.44; JCR Q2 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC charged, amount not published; median 297 days to acceptance (40 articles, last 24 months); 22 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
NJAS-Impact in Agricultural and Life Sciences is published by Taylor & Francis and is in Zone 3 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Agricultural Innovations and Practices, Organic Food and Agriculture and Climate change impacts on agriculture, together about 37% of its articles. Its main subfields are Plant Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The provision of healthy food in dynamic market environments, the viability of agricultural production systems affected by risk and shocks, or natural resource management under uncertain conditions, represent some of the multi-dimensional challenges central to NJAS: Impact in Agricultural and Life Sciences . This journal offers a platform for multi-disciplinary and impact-driven research that addresses these agricultural and societal challenges. As a journal fostering integrative research, NJAS recognises that this requires opportunities to jointly travel uncharted terrains, to synthesise empirical research and to accept the uncertainties of working across boundaries within the natural and social sciences and between science and society. We encourage papers that demonstrate the value of versatile research in topical domains, evaluate the methodological choices enabling integrative research, show the workings of creatively combined methods, or discuss innovative conceptualisations conducive to integrating multiple dimensions of major societal challenges. The journal aims to do so through the publication of: research papers with a clear empirical, methodological, or conceptual contribution to the field of integrative studies in agricultural and life sciences; special issues focusing on a complex problem in life science through a combination of disciplinary and/or multi-disciplinary papers with a strong editorial to place the papers in a broader societal and scientific context; review papers that provide a multi-perspective view on a current issue in agricultural and life sciences, and; synthesis papers building on a set of research papers (e.g. from a PhD thesis) where the synthesis has an added value by providing a multi-dimensional view on a complex problem in agricultural and life sciences. The journal also aims to build communities of scholars around special issues. We welcome proposals for special issues that collect papers, which, individually or collectively, display how to do collaborative research and address major agricultural and societal challenges. The journal also pro-actively encourages young scholars (including PhD candidates) to propose and organise special issues and offers organisational and editorial support for realising these. Please note that NJAS converted to full Open Access from Volume 93 (2021). Archive content from Volume 48 onward have been made free to access.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): AGRICULTURE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Editor-in-chief Sietze VellemaPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Netherlands 3 (3 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Agricultural Innovations and PracticesAgricultural and Biological Sciences21.9%
- Organic Food and AgricultureAgricultural and Biological Sciences10.1%
- Climate change impacts on agricultureAgricultural and Biological Sciences5%
- Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental ImpactEnvironmental Science5%
- Agricultural risk and resilienceAgricultural and Biological Sciences5%
- Smart Agriculture and AIAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.2%
- Rangeland Management and Livestock EcologyEnvironmental Science4.2%
- Animal Disease Management and EpidemiologyAgricultural and Biological Sciences3.4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Agriculture, Multidisciplinary | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Agriculture, Multidisciplinary | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Agriculture, Multidisciplinary | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- JCR Q2 · best quartile · 2025
- CiteScore Q2 · 2025
Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of ScienceGeoRefCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: ProQuest, OCLC, BIOBASE, Biological Abstracts (online), BIOSIS Previews, CABI, Cotton and Tropical Fibres, EBSCOhost, Gale, GEOBASE, INIS Repository, OCLC ArticleFirst, Personal Alert
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
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
- 2.44LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.4Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.8Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.8LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 1.8Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.51LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.51Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.48LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 0.48Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 12OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 12OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.98OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 85.94%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 23LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 1,953Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 151,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 94 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 12 | 12 | 1 |
| 2025 | 22 | 22 | 30 |
| 2024 | 18 | 18 | 72 |
| 2023 | 24 | 24 | 275 |
| 2022 | 10 | 10 | 109 |
| 2021 | 8 | 8 | 172 |
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
297 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 209 days – 532 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 9 days (40 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 310 days
- Sample
- 40 articles with submission and acceptance dates (40 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".
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Article types accepted5
- research articlesresearch papers with a clear empirical, methodological, or conceptual contribution to the field of integrative studies in agricultural and life sciencesLength not stated
- research papersresearch papers with a clear empirical, methodological, or conceptual contribution to the field of integrative studies in agricultural and life sciencesLength not stated
- review papersreview papers that provide a multi-perspective view on a current issue in agricultural and life sciencesLength not stated
- special issuesspecial issues focusing on a complex problem in life science through a combination of disciplinary and/or multi-disciplinary papers with a strong editorial to p…Length not stated
- synthesis paperssynthesis papers building on a set of research papers (e.g. from a PhD thesis) where the synthesis has an added value by providing a multi-dimensional view on a…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access
- Open access Open access
Open access journal, only publishes open access articles. Model summary
NJAS: Impact in Agricultural and Life Sciences is an open access journal and only publishes open access articles. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research. Why choose open access? Increase the discoverability and readership of your article Make an impact and reach new …
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
- Taylor & Francis
- ISSN
- 2768-5241
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 98, Issue 1 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about NJAS-Impact in Agricultural and Life Sciences
What CAS zone is NJAS-Impact in Agricultural and Life Sciences in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, NJAS-Impact in Agricultural and Life Sciences is in Zone 3 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Agriculture, Multidisciplinary. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of NJAS-Impact in Agricultural and Life Sciences?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.44; CiteScore 1.8, h-index 12.
How long does peer review take at NJAS-Impact in Agricultural and Life Sciences?
Based on the dates recorded on 40 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 297 days (interquartile range 209–532 days). 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 JCR quartile is NJAS-Impact in Agricultural and Life Sciences in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q2 (best quartile). JCR quartiles are Clarivate's to confirm and a different system from the CAS zones; in the CAS ranking the journal is in Zone 3 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences.
Where are the editorial board members of NJAS-Impact in Agricultural and Life Sciences based?
Of the 3 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Netherlands (3). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index NJAS-Impact in Agricultural and Life Sciences?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, NJAS-Impact in Agricultural and Life Sciences is indexed in SCIE and Scopus. The journal's website also lists Web of Science, GeoRef and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is NJAS-Impact in Agricultural and Life Sciences open access, and what is the APC?
NJAS-Impact in Agricultural and Life Sciences is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC charged, amount not published.
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: .