Journal profile · AGRONOMY
Potato Research
ISSN 0014-3065 · eISSN 1871-4528 · Springer Netherlands · NETHERLANDS · 4 issues per year · Founded 1958
Potato Research: CAS Zone 3 · Agricultural & Forestry Sciences (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 3.14; hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,390; median 156 days to acceptance (110 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: easy; 112 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Potato Research is published by Springer Netherlands 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 Potato Plant Research, Plant Pathogens and Resistance and Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics, together about 55.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Plant Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Potato Research, the journal of the European Association for Potato Research (EAPR), promotes the exchange of information on all aspects of this fast-evolving global industry. It offers the latest developments in innovative research to scientists active in research on the potato crop (i.e., crops from the Solanum genus). The journal includes authoritative coverage of new scientific developments, publishing original research, review papers, minireviews, and perspectives from all continents. The word limit is 15,000 words including all elements of the submission for original research and review papers. For minireviews and perspectives this word limit is 6,000 words. Potato Research welcomes contributions in traditional and emerging fields of study on potato, including but not limited to ⦿ agronomy, including fertilizer use, control of stem and tuber numbers, crop protection, irrigation, crop rotation, etc. ⦿ crop modelling, including modelling of climate change effects, yield prediction, decision support systems, pest and disease development etc. ⦿ seed production and seed systems, including seed degeneration, early generation seed, minituber production on aeroponics, apical rooted cuttings, quality-declared seed, true seed, etc. ⦿ breeding and variety assessment, including genetic diversity, resistance breeding, participatory variety selection, etc. ⦿ plant and crop physiology, including tuberization, abiotic stress, dormancy, physiological disorders, sink-source relations, etc. ⦿ pathology, including soil-borne pathogens, late blight, early blight, storage diseases, etc. ⦿ entomology and nematology, including aphids, Colorado potato beetles, cutworms, potato cyst nematodes, root knot nematodes, etc. ⦿ virology, including viruses, viroids, vectors, etc. ⦿ molecular sciences, including metabolomics, proteomics, biochemical pathways, etc. ⦿ storage, including sprout control, storage pests, storage diseases, cold storage, etc. ⦿ engineering, including mechanization, equipment for soil tillage, crop protection and harvesting, etc. ⦿ processing and utilization, including acrylamide, Maillard reaction, starch, proteins, novel food, waste management, etc. ⦿ field, glasshouse and phytotron trials related to the above. Papers reporting on field studies should include at least two seasons or contrasting environments. The journal particularly encourages contributions on Springer Nature’s Sustainable Development Goals. Potato as a hunger-breaking crop plays a key role
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): AGRONOMY
Editor-in-chief Paul StruikPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 4 in mainland China (about 10%); most named Mainland China 4, United States 4, Canada 4, United Kingdom 3, India 3 (42 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Potato Plant ResearchAgricultural and Biological Sciences27%
- Plant Pathogens and ResistanceAgricultural and Biological Sciences18.8%
- Plant Disease Resistance and GeneticsAgricultural and Biological Sciences10.2%
- Plant Virus Research StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.5%
- Plant Pathogens and Fungal DiseasesBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3.7%
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance3.1%
- Plant Disease Management TechniquesAgricultural and Biological Sciences3%
- Plant tissue culture and regenerationBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.8%
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 | Agronomy | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Agronomy | Zone 3 |
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
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
CASCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, EBSCO, ProQuest, Dimensions, CNKI, Baidu, AGRICOLA, Naver, OCLC, Portico, CLOCKSS
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
- 3.14LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 3.4Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 3.4Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.5LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.54LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.19LetPub ·
- h-index
- 38LetPub ·
- h-index
- 80OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,404OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 3.74OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 14.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 27.71%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 112LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 367,400Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 3,515 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 199 | 56 | 90 |
| 2025 | 112 | 37 | 344 |
| 2024 | 152 | 55 | 1,299 |
| 2023 | 72 | 15 | 572 |
| 2022 | 78 | 27 | 888 |
| 2021 | 42 | 20 | 909 |
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
156 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 84 days – 238 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 29 days (110 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 188 days
- Sample
- 110 articles with submission and acceptance dates (344 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 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Submission to first decision
- 5 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Double 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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 3,390 / EUR 2,690 / GBP 2,390 | — | — |
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)
Open calls for papers2, by deadline
Publisher websiteWhat to prepare5 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- 150–250 words
- Keywords
- ≥ 4
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 15,000 words
- Reference style
- Author–date
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
Article types accepted1, with length limits
- perspectiveand review papers. For minireviews and perspectives this word limit is 6,000 words. For minireviews the limit of references is 50 and for persmain text ≤ 6,000 words
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Plagiarism, Trial registration / reporting guidelines
- AI use Generative AI Images
LLMs do not satisfy authorship criteria; use of an LLM must be documented in the Methods section or suitable alternative part. Model summary
Please check Springer’s policy on generative AI images and make sure your work adheres to the principles described therein. Back to top
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Authorship Authorship principles
These guidelines describe authorship principles and good authorship practices to which prospective authors should adhere to. Authorship clarified The Journal and Publisher assume all authors agreed with the content and that all gave explicit consent to submit and that they obtained consent from the responsible authorities at the institute/organization where the work has been carried out, before th…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Disclosures and declarations
All authors are requested to include information regarding sources of funding, financial or non-financial interests, study-specific approval by the appropriate ethics committee for research involving humans and/or animals, informed consent if the research involved human participants, and a statement on welfare of animals if the research involved animals (as appropriate). The decision whether such …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data availability statements
Authors should ensure data, materials, software and code support published claims; journals may have individual research data sharing policies. Model summary
All original research must include a data availability statement. This statement should explain how to access data supporting the results and analysis in the article, including links/citations to publicly archived datasets analysed or generated during the study. Please see our full policy here. If it is not possible to share research data publicly, for instance when individual privacy could be com…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Compliance with Ethical Standards
The journal is a member of COPE and follows COPE guidelines on misconduct. Model summary
To ensure objectivity and transparency in research and to ensure that accepted principles of ethical and professional conduct have been followed, authors should include information regarding sources of funding, potential conflicts of interest (financial or non-financial), informed consent if the research involved human participants, and a statement on welfare of animals if the research involved an…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright transfer
Authors will be asked to transfer copyright of the article to the Publisher (or grant the Publisher exclusive publication and dissemination rights). This will ensure the widest possible protection and dissemination of information under copyright laws.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access publishing
To find out more about publishing your work Open Access in Potato Research, including information on fees, funding and licences, visit our Open access publishing page. Back to top
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism
The journal may use software to screen for plagiarism. Model summary
Important note: the journal may use software to screen for plagiarism.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Trial registration / reporting guidelines Clinical Trial Registration
The World Health Organization (WHO) definition of a clinical trial is "any research study that prospectively assigns human participants or groups of humans to one or more health-related interventions to evaluate the effects on health outcomes". The WHO defines health interventions as “A health intervention is an act performed for, with or on behalf of a person or population whose purpose is to ass…
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
- Springer Netherlands
- Country or region
- NETHERLANDS
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- 4 issues per year
- Founded
- 1958
- ISSN
- 0014-3065
- Electronic ISSN
- 1871-4528
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Potato Research
What CAS zone is Potato Research in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Potato Research is in Zone 3 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Agronomy. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Potato Research?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 3.14; CiteScore 4.5, h-index 80.
How long does peer review take at Potato Research?
Based on the dates recorded on 110 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 156 days (interquartile range 84–238 days); authors report an average review time of over 12 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.
What are the manuscript requirements of Potato Research?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: 150–250 words; Keywords: ≥ 4; Manuscript length: ≤ 15,000 words; Reference style: Author–date; Suggested reviewers: Optional. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of Potato Research based?
Of the 42 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 4 (about 10%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Mainland China (4), United States (4) and Canada (4). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Potato Research?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Potato Research is indexed in SCIE and Scopus. The journal's website also lists CAS and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Potato Research open access, and what is the APC?
Potato Research is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,390.
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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .