Journal profile · Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
PHILIPPINE AGRICULTURAL SCIENTIST
ISSN 0031-7454 · University of the Philippines Los Banos · PHILIPPINES · Quarterly
PHILIPPINE AGRICULTURAL SCIENTIST: CAS Zone 4 · Agricultural & Forestry Sciences (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.43; subscription journal; review over 36 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 56 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
PHILIPPINE AGRICULTURAL SCIENTIST is published by University of the Philippines Los Banos 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 Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement, Insect-Plant Interactions and Control and Plant tissue culture and regeneration, together about 20.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Plant Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Philippine Agricultural Scientist (ISSN 0031-7454), an international journal of tropical agriculture and related sciences, is published quarterly by the College of Agriculture and Food Science, University of the Philippines Los Baños, 4031 College, Laguna, Philippines. Articles may be papers and notes on original fundamental or applied research and, to a limited extent, critical research reviews, professorial chair lectures or book reviews on tropical agricultural science and related areas including environmental science, food science, engineering, biotechnology, economics, extension, rural sociology, development communication, agroforestry and silviculture and marine and fishery sciences.
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Rice Cultivation and Yield ImprovementAgricultural and Biological Sciences9%
- Insect-Plant Interactions and ControlAgricultural and Biological Sciences6.4%
- Plant tissue culture and regenerationBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5.3%
- Postharvest Quality and Shelf Life ManagementAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.1%
- GABA and Rice ResearchAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.8%
- Plant Physiology and Cultivation StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.6%
- Insect Pest Control StrategiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.4%
- Insect Resistance and GeneticsBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4.2%
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
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
- 0.43LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.8LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.16LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.17LetPub ·
- h-index
- 12LetPub ·
- h-index
- 15OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 41OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.44OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 20%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0.85%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 40LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 834 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 22 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 56 | 29 | 14 |
| 2024 | 50 | 37 | 170 |
| 2023 | 46 | 36 | 67 |
| 2022 | 44 | 21 | 72 |
| 2021 | 44 | 36 | 60 |
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)
- over 36 weeksLetPub ·
- 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
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
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
- University of the Philippines Los Banos
- Country or region
- PHILIPPINES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- ISSN
- 0031-7454
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about PHILIPPINE AGRICULTURAL SCIENTIST
What CAS zone is PHILIPPINE AGRICULTURAL SCIENTIST in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, PHILIPPINE AGRICULTURAL SCIENTIST 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 PHILIPPINE AGRICULTURAL SCIENTIST?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.43; CiteScore 0.8, h-index 15.
How long does peer review take at PHILIPPINE AGRICULTURAL SCIENTIST?
Authors report an average review time of over 36 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.
Which databases index PHILIPPINE AGRICULTURAL SCIENTIST?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, PHILIPPINE AGRICULTURAL SCIENTIST is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is PHILIPPINE AGRICULTURAL SCIENTIST open access, and what is the APC?
PHILIPPINE AGRICULTURAL SCIENTIST is a subscription 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: .