Journal profile · Agronomy
Plant Production Science
ISSN 1343-943X · eISSN 1349-1008 · Taylor and Francis Ltd. · JAPAN · Quarterly · Founded 1998
Plant Production Science: CAS Zone 4 · Agricultural & Forestry Sciences (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.06; JCR Q2 (journal website); fully open access; APC charged, amount not published; median 148 days to acceptance (60 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: easy; 27 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Plant Production Science is published by Taylor and Francis Ltd. 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, Plant responses to water stress and Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism, together about 34.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Plant Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Plant Production Science is an international, open access journal publishing original research reports on field crops and resource plants, their production and related subjects. Plant Production Science is the official English journal of Crop Science Society of Japan. The journal spans the disciplines of physiology, biotechnology, morphology, ecology, cropping system, production technology and post-harvest management. Specific areas of interest include: field crops and resource plants, their production and related subjects plant production with special attention to resource management and the environment field surveys on cropping or farming system Articles with a background in other research areas such as soil science, meteorology, biometry, product process and plant protection will be accepted if they are significantly related to plant production. The journal accepts regular papers, reviews and short reports. Peer Review Policy All research articles in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymized refereeing by at least two anonymous referees.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Agronomy
Editor-in-chief Keisuke KatsuraPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Japan 4 (4 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Rice Cultivation and Yield ImprovementAgricultural and Biological Sciences16.6%
- Plant responses to water stressAgricultural and Biological Sciences10.5%
- Plant nutrient uptake and metabolismAgricultural and Biological Sciences7%
- GABA and Rice ResearchAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.8%
- Soybean genetics and cultivationAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.5%
- Crop Yield and Soil FertilityAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.2%
- Plant Stress Responses and ToleranceAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.1%
- Legume Nitrogen Fixing SymbiosisAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.8%
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 |
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 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Agronomy | Zone 3 |
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
SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Current ContentsPublisher website
Other: AgBiotechNet (CABI), Animal Science Database (CABI), Forest Science Database (CABI), Nutrition and Food Science Database (CABI), Journal Citation Reports/Science Edition (Thomson Reuters)
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
- 2.06LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.1Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.4Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.8LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 4.8Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.68LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.68Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.06LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 1.06Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 41LetPub ·
- h-index
- 73OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 899OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.48OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 4.8%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 27LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 3Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 255,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,488 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 28 | 28 | 5 |
| 2025 | 27 | 27 | 41 |
| 2024 | 36 | 36 | 180 |
| 2023 | 33 | 33 | 236 |
| 2022 | 32 | 32 | 241 |
| 2021 | 29 | 29 | 391 |
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
148 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 96 days – 207 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 14 days (60 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 161 days
- Sample
- 60 articles with submission and acceptance dates (63 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".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- over 36 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 24%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 36 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 62 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 19 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 31 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous 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
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | JPY 135,000 | Yes | CC BY, CC BY-NC | |
| OpenAlex | JPY 135,000 | — | — | |
| LetPub | JPY 135,000 | Yes | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
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 accepted3
- regular papersThe journal accepts regular papers, reviews and short reports.Length not stated
- reviewsThe journal accepts regular papers, reviews and short reports.Length not stated
- short reportsThe journal accepts regular papers, reviews and short reports.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access Open access
Plant Production Science 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 readers, not just thos…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review Policy
Peer review policy: All research articles undergo rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymized refereeing by at least two anonymous referees. Model summary
All research articles in this journal have undergone rigorous peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymized refereeing by at least two anonymous referees.
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 and Francis Ltd.
- Country or region
- JAPAN
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Founded
- 1998
- ISSN
- 1343-943X
- Electronic ISSN
- 1349-1008
- Society / sponsor
- Crop Science Society of Japan
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 29, Issue 3 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗DOAJ
- Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗DOAJ
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Plant Production Science
What CAS zone is Plant Production Science in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Plant Production Science is in Zone 4 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Agronomy. 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 Plant Production Science?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.06; CiteScore 4.8, h-index 73.
How long does peer review take at Plant Production Science?
Based on the dates recorded on 60 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 148 days (interquartile range 96–207 days); authors report an average review time of over 36 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 24%. 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 Plant Production Science 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 4 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences.
Where are the editorial board members of Plant Production Science based?
Of the 4 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Japan (4). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Plant Production Science?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Plant Production Science is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Plant Production Science open access, and what is the APC?
Plant Production Science is a fully open-access journal. APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex, DOAJ; 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: .