Journal profile · Agricultural and Biological Sciences-Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)
Revista Facultad Nacional de Agronomia Medellin
ISSN 0304-2847 · eISSN 2248-7026 · Universidad Nacional de Colombia · Colombia
Revista Facultad Nacional de Agronomia Medellin: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 16 weeks (community reports); 43 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Revista Facultad Nacional de Agronomia Medellin is published by Universidad Nacional de Colombia. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Plant Growth and Agriculture Techniques, Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases and Genetics and Plant Breeding, together about 19.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Plant Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Journal Revista Facultad Nacional de Agronomía Medellín (RFNAM) is a publication of the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences of the Universidad Nacional de Colombia – Sede Medellín (National University of Colombia - Medellín Headquarters). It is aimed at professors, researchers, students, rural development agents, and all those professionals who generate knowledge and articulate science and technology to make the countryside more productive at the business level, thus improving the peasant economy. The Journal aims to disseminate research results through original, unpublished and arbitrated articles (peer review) of a scientific nature that answers specific questions and that provide support and evidence to a hypothesis, in aspects related to Agronomic Sciences, Animal Production, Forestry, Agricultural, Food and other related Sciences that contribute to the solution of agricultural constraints at national, regional and international levels. The Journal receives and publishes, free of APCs, research articles, short articles, reviews, criticism, letters to the editor, and editorials.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Agricultural and Biological Sciences-Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)
Editor-in-chief Ph.D AlbeiroPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Colombia 13, United States 1, Brazil 1, Belgium 1, Tunisia 1 (17 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Plant Growth and Agriculture TechniquesAgricultural and Biological Sciences7.1%
- Plant Pathogens and Fungal DiseasesBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology6.3%
- Genetics and Plant BreedingAgricultural and Biological Sciences6.1%
- Agricultural Engineering and MechanizationEngineering5.7%
- Insect-Plant Interactions and ControlAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.9%
- Postharvest Quality and Shelf Life ManagementAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.9%
- Food and Agricultural SciencesAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.8%
- Agriculture and Agroindustry StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.6%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
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CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
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CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
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CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous) | Q3 | 163/253 | — |
| Animal Science and Zoology | Q3 | 343/520 | — |
| Forestry | Q3 | 122/181 | — |
| Agronomy and Crop Science | Q3 | 304/422 | — |
| Horticulture | Q3 | 92/125 | — |
| Food Science | Q3 | 312/420 | — |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ScopusDOAJLetPub
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.4LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.22LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.37LetPub ·
- h-index
- 26OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 149OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.27OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 60Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,043 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 60 | 60 | 300 |
| 2025 | 43 | 43 | 407 |
| 2024 | 40 | 40 | 494 |
| 2023 | 37 | 37 | 551 |
| 2022 | 37 | 37 | 486 |
| 2021 | 43 | 43 | 500 |
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 16 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 16 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-ND | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — | |
| 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)
What to prepare5 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 250 words
- Keywords
- ≤ 6
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 5,200 words
- Templates
- Word
- Suggested reviewers
- Required
Article types accepted5, with length limits
- editorialwords depending on the type of article: Editorial: the maximum length must be 1500 words. Letters to the Editor: the maximum length must be 1500 wormain text ≤ 1,500 words
- letters to the editorthe maximum length must be 1500 words. Letters to the Editor: the maximum length must be 1500 words. Research articles: the maximum length should be 5,200 wordmain text ≤ 1,500 words
- research articlethe maximum length must be 1500 words. Research articles: the maximum length should be 5,200 words, excluding figures, tables, references, and appendices. Revmain text ≤ 5,200 words
- review articlees, tables, references, and appendices. Review articles: the maximum length should be 6,000 words, excluding figures, tables, references, and appendices. 14)main text ≤ 6,000 words · references ≤ 50
- short articlesShort articles It presents original, preliminary, or partial results of scientific or technological research, which usually require a quick diffusion. Like the …Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Data availability, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism
- Authorship 2. Authorship
Criteria:1) An "author" is a person that has made a significant intellectual contribution to an article; all the individuals that are named as authors must fulfill the requirements for authorship, and all of those individuals that do so must be explicitly named.2) Three essential criteria must be met in order to be considered an author:a. A substantial contribution to the study concept, design, an…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data Sharing Policy
The journal encourages authors to share raw data, processed data, software, algorithms, protocols, methods, materials, and other artifacts supporting the results in their paper by archiving it in an public repository. However, this practice is not mandatory to publish an article in the journal. The authors are free to decide whether to share experimental data or not. The authors that share scienti…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics
The journal has a plagiarism prevention procedure. Model summary
The journal has a procedure to prevent plagiarism; therefore, it is recommended to make ethical use of the data used in the research and preparation of the manuscript.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright Notice
Authors assign printing and reprinting rights to the journal. Model summary
The journal allows the author(s) to maintain the exploitation rights (copyright) of their articles without restrictions. The author(s) accept the distribution of their articles on the web and in paper support (25 copies per issue) under open access at local, regional, and international levels. The full paper will be included and disseminated through the Portal of Journals and Institutional Reposit…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access Policy
Copyright: authors maintain exploitation rights; articles distributed open access on web and paper (25 copies per issue). Model summary
The Journal provides open access to its contents, for which users can search, read, link, download, copy, distribute, print, remix, transform and create from their articles under the following terms only: Attribution: You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licen…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review Process
The Editorial Board, supported by a team of associate editors, will evaluate the scientific quality of the manuscript and then submit it for a double-blind peer-review process –the reviewers do not know the author’s identity and vice versa. Two reviewers specialized in the manuscript area, preferably one national and one international, will assess it through the format established by the Journal. …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism 7. Plagiarism
The Turnitin software will be used for the detection and prevention of plagiarism in the scientific publication
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 Nacional de Colombia
- Country or region
- Colombia
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 0304-2847
- Electronic ISSN
- 2248-7026
- Society / sponsor
- National Faculty of Agronomy
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 79 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Revista Facultad Nacional de Agronomia Medellin
How long does peer review take at Revista Facultad Nacional de Agronomia Medellin?
Authors report an average review time of about 16 weeks. 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 Revista Facultad Nacional de Agronomia Medellin?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 250 words; Keywords: ≤ 6; Manuscript length: ≤ 5,200 words; Templates: Word; Suggested reviewers: Required. 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 Revista Facultad Nacional de Agronomia Medellin 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 (13), United States (1) and Brazil (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Revista Facultad Nacional de Agronomia Medellin?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Revista Facultad Nacional de Agronomia Medellin is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Revista Facultad Nacional de Agronomia Medellin open access, and what is the APC?
Revista Facultad Nacional de Agronomia Medellin 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .