Journal profile · AGRONOMY
Revista de Ciencias Agricolas
ISSN 0120-0135 · eISSN 2256-2273 · Universidad de Nariño · Colombia
Revista de Ciencias Agricolas: CAS Zone 4 · Agricultural & Forestry Sciences (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.5 (journal website); diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 36 weeks (community reports); acceptance rate 25% (journal website); 36 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Revista de Ciencias Agricolas is published by Universidad de Nariño 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 Plant and soil sciences, Agricultural and Food Production Studies and Soil Science and Environmental Management, together about 56% of its articles. Its main subfields are Plant Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Revista de Ciencias Agrícolas covers the following topics: Precision agriculture, remote sensing, data analysis, and crop modeling Biology, physics, and chemistry applied to agricultural and forestry crops Biotechnology, plant breeding, genomics, and genetic resources Economics, marketing, and agricultural and rural development Crop diseases, weeds, and pests Interactions among agricultural, forestry, and livestock systems Plant and seed breeding, food production, and agro-industrial products Environment, sustainability, biodiversity, and ecosystem services related to crops Agricultural, agro-industrial, forestry, agroforestry, pasture, and forage systems Water and soil management, agricultural climatology, plant nutrition, and plant physiology
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): AGRONOMY
Editor-in-chief Ph.D. EugênioPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Colombia 10, Brazil 2, Argentina 2, United States 1, Mexico 1 (17 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Plant and soil sciencesAgricultural and Biological Sciences32%
- Agricultural and Food Production StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences16.2%
- Soil Science and Environmental ManagementAgricultural and Biological Sciences7.8%
- Agroforestry and silvopastoral systemsAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.4%
- Banana Cultivation and ResearchAgricultural and Biological Sciences3.1%
- Growth and nutrition in plantsAgricultural and Biological Sciences2.7%
- Plant Pathogens and Fungal DiseasesBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.6%
- Soil Management and Crop YieldAgricultural and Biological Sciences2.5%
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)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIDOAJLetPub
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 (publisher) 2025
- 0.5Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 13OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 20OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.41OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 20%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 87.95%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 35LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 655 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 26 | 26 | 1 |
| 2025 | 36 | 36 | 12 |
| 2024 | 24 | 24 | 22 |
| 2023 | 25 | 25 | 29 |
| 2022 | 26 | 26 | 50 |
| 2021 | 31 | 31 | 128 |
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 PubMed · to
Too few articlesOnly 1 articles from the last 24 months carry both submission and acceptance dates, too few for a median
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)
- about 36 weeksLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 25%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 30 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 26 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
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-NC | |
| LetPub | No APC | Yes | — | |
| Publisher website | No APC | — | — |
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 accepted1
- editorial noteEditorial note. Reserved for editors and members of the Revista de Ciencias Agrícolas Editorial Board. This article expresses an opinion, analysis, or synthesis…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright, Peer review
- License & copyright Copyright Notice
Authors retain all publication rights to their articles. The publication of an article in the Revista de Ciencias Agrícolas does not imply the assignment or transfer of those rights to the journal or to the University of Nariño. Authors grant the Revista de Ciencias Agrícola the right of first publication of the article.The Revista de Ciencias Agrícolas adopts the Diamond Open Access model (Diamon…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Peer review: peer-reviewed journal Model summary
The Revista de Ciencias Agrícolas is an international, peer-reviewed quarterly journal
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
- Universidad de Nariño
- Country or region
- Colombia
- Language
- English, Spanish, Portuguese
- ISSN
- 0120-0135
- Electronic ISSN
- 2256-2273
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 43, Issue 2 (August 2026)
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Revista de Ciencias Agricolas
What CAS zone is Revista de Ciencias Agricolas in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Revista de Ciencias Agricolas 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 Revista de Ciencias Agricolas?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 0.5 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; h-index 13.
How long does peer review take at Revista de Ciencias Agricolas?
Authors report an average review time of about 36 weeks; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 25%. 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 Revista de Ciencias Agricolas based?
Of the 17 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Colombia (10), Brazil (2) and Argentina (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Revista de Ciencias Agricolas?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Revista de Ciencias Agricolas is indexed in ESCI and DOAJ.
Is Revista de Ciencias Agricolas open access, and what is the APC?
Revista de Ciencias Agricolas 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, 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: .