Journal profile · AGRONOMY
Rice
ISSN 1939-8425 · eISSN 1939-8433 · Springer US · UNITED STATES · Founded 2008
Rice: CAS Zone 1 · Agricultural & Forestry Sciences (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal); impact factor 5.71; fully open access; APC about USD 3,190; median 100 days to acceptance (104 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: fairly easy; 123 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Rice is published by Springer US and is in Zone 1 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals, Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement and Plant Molecular Biology Research, together about 35.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Plant Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Rice aims to fill a glaring void in basic and applied plant science journal publishing. This journal is the world's only high-quality serial publication for reporting current advances in rice genetics, structural and functional genomics, comparative genomics, molecular biology and physiology, molecular breeding and comparative biology. Rice welcomes review articles and original papers in all of the aforementioned areas and serves as the primary source of newly published information for researchers and students in rice and related research.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): AGRONOMY
Editor-in-chief Takuji SasakiPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 8 in mainland China (about 11%); most named Japan 21, United States 16, Mainland China 8, France 6, India 5 (73 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and AnimalsBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology13.7%
- Rice Cultivation and Yield ImprovementAgricultural and Biological Sciences13.4%
- Plant Molecular Biology ResearchAgricultural and Biological Sciences8.8%
- GABA and Rice ResearchAgricultural and Biological Sciences8.8%
- Plant Stress Responses and ToleranceAgricultural and Biological Sciences7.1%
- Plant-Microbe Interactions and ImmunityAgricultural and Biological Sciences6.2%
- Plant responses to water stressAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.1%
- Plant nutrient uptake and metabolismAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.5%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Agronomy | Zone 2 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Agronomy | Zone 2 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Agronomy | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
CASCAB AbstractsCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, EBSCO, ProQuest, Dimensions, CNKI, Baidu, AGRICOLA, Astrophysics Data System, 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
- 5.71LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 5.8Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 6.3Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 8.5LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.52LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.53LetPub ·
- h-index
- 37LetPub ·
- h-index
- 107OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 843OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 5.57OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 5.2%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 118LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 1,100,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,220 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 81 | 81 | 25 |
| 2025 | 123 | 123 | 601 |
| 2024 | 75 | 75 | 927 |
| 2023 | 61 | 61 | 1,109 |
| 2022 | 70 | 70 | 1,935 |
| 2021 | 105 | 105 | 3,285 |
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
100 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 72 days – 139 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 16 days (104 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 118 days
- Sample
- 104 articles with submission and acceptance dates (211 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)
- Fairly easyLetPub ·
- Submission to first decision
- 6 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 13 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single 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 | EUR 2,690 / USD 3,190 / GBP 2,290 | Yes | CC BY, CC BY-NC-ND | |
| OpenAlex | USD 3,090 / EUR 2,590 / GBP 2,190 | — | — | |
| LetPub | GBP 2,090 / USD 2,990 / EUR 2,490 | Yes | — |
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 papers1, by deadline
Publisher websiteExcerpts 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 US
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Founded
- 2008
- ISSN
- 1939-8425
- Electronic ISSN
- 1939-8433
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Rice
What CAS zone is Rice in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Rice is in Zone 1 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Agronomy; it is a Top journal. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 1 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Rice?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 5.71; CiteScore 8.5, h-index 107.
How long does peer review take at Rice?
Based on the dates recorded on 104 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 100 days (interquartile range 72–139 days); authors report an average review time of over 12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Fairly 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Rice based?
Of the 73 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 8 (about 11%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Japan (21), United States (16) and Mainland China (8). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Rice?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Rice is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists CAS, CAB Abstracts and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Rice open access, and what is the APC?
Rice is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 3,190.
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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .