Journal profile · Agricultural and Biological Sciences-Horticulture
Revista Ciencia Agronomica
ISSN 0045-6888 · eISSN 1806-6690 · Universidade Federal do Ceara · BRAZIL
Revista Ciencia Agronomica: CAS Zone 4 · Agricultural & Forestry Sciences (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.81; fully open access; APC charged, amount not published; review about 14 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 38 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Revista Ciencia Agronomica is published by Universidade Federal do Ceara 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 Seed Germination and Physiology, together about 42% of its articles. Its main subfields are Plant Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Revista Ciência Agronômica - RCA journal (ISSN 0045-6888 printed and 1806-6690 online), of continuous publication, has the mission of publishing high-quality and original scientific articles that have not been submitted to another journal, involving unpublished research and new technologies of interest in areas related to Agricultural Sciences, Food Engineering, Fisheries Resources, Animal Science and Natural Resources. Papers that are technical or pertinent to routine analyses, preliminary studies, technical notes, and those that merely report laboratory analyses employing traditional methodologies will not be accepted for publication. RCA is open to higher education professionals, professors, researchers and students linked to the areas of Agricultural Sciences, Food Engineering, Fisheries Resources and Animal Science and Natural Resources
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Agricultural and Biological Sciences-Horticulture
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Growth and nutrition in plantsAgricultural and Biological Sciences19.2%
- Soil Management and Crop YieldAgricultural and Biological Sciences15.3%
- Seed Germination and PhysiologyAgricultural and Biological Sciences7.6%
- Banana Cultivation and ResearchAgricultural and Biological Sciences6.4%
- Agricultural and Food SciencesAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.5%
- Genetics and Plant BreedingAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.3%
- Soybean genetics and cultivationAgricultural and Biological Sciences3.5%
- Crop Yield and Soil FertilityAgricultural and Biological Sciences3.3%
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 ScienceSciELOPublisher website
Other: EBSCO, AGRICOLA, Latindex
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
- 0.81LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.8LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.29LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.63LetPub ·
- h-index
- 20LetPub ·
- h-index
- 43OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 635OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.84OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 11.1%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 98.42%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 72LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,598 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 17 | 17 | 1 |
| 2025 | 38 | 38 | 24 |
| 2024 | 62 | 62 | 73 |
| 2023 | 68 | 68 | 145 |
| 2022 | 75 | 75 | 272 |
| 2021 | 92 | 92 | 394 |
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)
- about 14 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 14 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous 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
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | BRL 450 | No | CC BY | |
| OpenAlex | BRL 450 | — | — | |
| LetPub | BRL 450 | No | — |
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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteConflicts of interest, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Preprints
- Conflicts of interest Conflict of Interest Policy
Commitment to Transparency and Scientific Integrity RCA adopts a strict policy of management and transparency of conflicts of interest, with the aim of ensuring the impartiality, credibility and ethical integrity of the entire editorial and scientific process. This policy applies to authors, reviewers, editors, and members of the editorial board involved in any stage of submission, evaluation, or …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Ethics and Misconduct Policy, Erratum and Retraction
The Revista Ciência Agronômica (RCA) journal adopts good practices of ethics, integrity and transparency in scientific publication, in accordance with the Guide to Best Practices for Strengthening Ethics in Scientific Publication and with the Guidelines for the Registration, Marking and Publication of Erratum, Retraction and Addendum. RCA does not tolerate plagiarism, self-plagiarism, fabrication …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright
The Revista Ciência Agronômica journal adopts the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license, which allows the use, sharing, distribution, reproduction and adaptation of published articles, including for commercial purposes, as long as the original work is properly cited. The CC BY 4.0 license ensures wide circulation of scientific knowledge in open access, preserving the i…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access
This journal follows the Open Access model, allowing virtual access, without restriction (including financial restrictions), to all scientific texts published. Open access is the condition under which the copyright holder of an academic work grants rights of use to third parties using an open license (Creative Commons Attribution, CC-BY ), allowing immediate free access to the work and authorizing…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review Process
The Revista Ciência Agronômica (RCA) journal adopts the double-blind evaluation system, in which authors and reviewers have their identities preserved. The evaluation flow involves: Preliminary analysis: verification of compliance with the journal’s standards and guidelines. Evaluation of merit and scope: initial analysis for scientific relevance and thematic suitability, which may result in accep…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprints
RCA accepts for evaluation manuscripts previously deposited on preprint servers for review, such as SciELO Preprints and EmeRI, provided that: The manuscript has not been published in a scientific journal; The deposit is clearly marked as a preprint; The author(s) must inform, at the time of submission, the DOI or link to access the preprint; It is assured that there is no conflict with copyright …
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
- Universidade Federal do Ceara
- Country or region
- BRAZIL
- Language
- Portuguese, English, Spanish
- ISSN
- 0045-6888
- Electronic ISSN
- 1806-6690
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- 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 Revista Ciencia Agronomica
What CAS zone is Revista Ciencia Agronomica in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Revista Ciencia Agronomica 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 Revista Ciencia Agronomica?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.81; CiteScore 1.8, h-index 43.
How long does peer review take at Revista Ciencia Agronomica?
Authors report an average review time of about 14 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 Revista Ciencia Agronomica?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Revista Ciencia Agronomica is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists Web of Science and SciELO; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Revista Ciencia Agronomica open access, and what is the APC?
Revista Ciencia Agronomica is a fully open-access journal. APC charged, amount not published.
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: .