Journal profile · Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
PESQUISA AGROPECUARIA BRASILEIRA
ISSN 0100-204X · eISSN 1678-3921 · Embrapa · BRAZIL · Monthly · Founded 1977
PESQUISA AGROPECUARIA BRASILEIRA: CAS Zone 4 · Agricultural & Forestry Sciences (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.56; diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review 9–18 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 68 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
PESQUISA AGROPECUARIA BRASILEIRA is published by Embrapa 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 Growth and nutrition in plants, Soil Management and Crop Yield and Banana Cultivation and Research, together about 40.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Plant Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Basic information Pesquisa Agropecuária Brasileira PAB is issued monthly by Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária EMBRAPA, affiliated to Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply. PAB publishes original scientific-technological articles on Plant Physiology, Plant Pathology, Crop Science, Genetics, Soil Science, Food Technology and Animal Science. Its abbreviated title is Pesq. agropec. bras., and it should be used in bibliographies, footnotes, references and bibliographic strips. Information services The journal is indexed in: ISI (Web of Science e Current Contents: Agriculture, Biology & Enviromental Science) Scopus CAB Abstracts AGRIS Intellectual Property All content of the journal, except where identified, is licensed under a Creative Commons attribution type BY. Financial support The journal is financed by Embrapa and receives financial support from CNPq and CAPES.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Editor-in-chief Edemar Joaquim CorazzaPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Brazil 2, Singapore 1 (3 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Growth and nutrition in plantsAgricultural and Biological Sciences17.1%
- Soil Management and Crop YieldAgricultural and Biological Sciences16.2%
- Banana Cultivation and ResearchAgricultural and Biological Sciences7.4%
- Genetics and Plant BreedingAgricultural and Biological Sciences6.3%
- Crop Yield and Soil FertilityAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.5%
- Agricultural and Food SciencesAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.4%
- Agronomic Practices and Intercropping SystemsAgricultural and Biological Sciences3.3%
- Soybean genetics and cultivationAgricultural and Biological Sciences3.2%
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
SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of ScienceCAB AbstractsCurrent ContentsPublisher website
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
- 0.56LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.3LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.23LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.41LetPub ·
- h-index
- 49LetPub ·
- h-index
- 79OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 3,207OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.67OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 96.34%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 72LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 8,413 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 48 | 48 | 3 |
| 2025 | 68 | 68 | 36 |
| 2024 | 73 | 73 | 88 |
| 2023 | 96 | 96 | 233 |
| 2022 | 101 | 101 | 400 |
| 2021 | 113 | 113 | 404 |
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)
- 9–18 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 28 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Unspecified peer reviewDOAJ
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
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
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
- Embrapa
- Country or region
- BRAZIL
- Language
- Portuguese, English, Spanish
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Founded
- 1977
- ISSN
- 0100-204X
- Electronic ISSN
- 1678-3921
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about PESQUISA AGROPECUARIA BRASILEIRA
What CAS zone is PESQUISA AGROPECUARIA BRASILEIRA in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, PESQUISA AGROPECUARIA BRASILEIRA 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 PESQUISA AGROPECUARIA BRASILEIRA?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.56; CiteScore 1.3, h-index 79.
How long does peer review take at PESQUISA AGROPECUARIA BRASILEIRA?
Authors report an average review time of 9–18 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.
Where are the editorial board members of PESQUISA AGROPECUARIA BRASILEIRA 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 Brazil (2) and Singapore (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index PESQUISA AGROPECUARIA BRASILEIRA?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, PESQUISA AGROPECUARIA BRASILEIRA is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists Web of Science, CAB Abstracts and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is PESQUISA AGROPECUARIA BRASILEIRA open access, and what is the APC?
PESQUISA AGROPECUARIA BRASILEIRA is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, 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: .