Journal profile · Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Semina-Ciencias Agrarias
ISSN 1676-546X · eISSN 1679-0359 · Universidade Estadual de Londrina · BRAZIL · Quarterly
Semina-Ciencias Agrarias: CAS Zone 4 · Agricultural & Forestry Sciences (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.41; fully open access; APC charged, amount not published; review 3–6 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 99 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Semina-Ciencias Agrarias is published by Universidade Estadual de Londrina 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 Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology, together about 37% of its articles. Its main subfields are Plant Science and Animal Science and Zoology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Journal Semina: Ciências Agrárias (Semina: Cien. Agrar.) is a continuous publication journal promoting Science and Technology and is associated with the State University of Londrina. It publishes original articles, reviews and communications in the field of Agricultural Sciences, Animal Science, Food Sciences and Veterinary Medicine.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Growth and nutrition in plantsAgricultural and Biological Sciences14.5%
- Soil Management and Crop YieldAgricultural and Biological Sciences13%
- Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive PhysiologyAgricultural and Biological Sciences9.6%
- Animal Nutrition and PhysiologyAgricultural and Biological Sciences7%
- Agricultural and Food SciencesAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.4%
- Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestockBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4.6%
- Meat and Animal Product QualityAgricultural and Biological Sciences3.8%
- Seed Germination and PhysiologyAgricultural and Biological Sciences3.7%
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
MIAR: ICDS 2021: 11.0, JCR -2023 - 0,4, SJR - 0,5, H index - 18Publisher website
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
- 0.41LetPub ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher)
- 18Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 11Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.19LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher)
- 5Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.35LetPub ·
- h-index
- 21LetPub ·
- h-index
- 39OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 923OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.39OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 20%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 85.41%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 120LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 5,489 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 38 | 38 | 2 |
| 2025 | 99 | 99 | 36 |
| 2024 | 163 | 163 | 80 |
| 2023 | 140 | 140 | 192 |
| 2022 | 121 | 121 | 2,495 |
| 2021 | 309 | 309 | 1,014 |
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)
- 3–6 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 8 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
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | BRL 700 | No | Publisher's own license | |
| OpenAlex | BRL 700 | — | — | |
| LetPub | BRL 700 | No | — | |
| Publisher website | USD 200 / USD 800 | — | — |
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Page charges
- BRL 800
- Submission fee
- BRL 200
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 prepare4 items from the author guidelines
- Keywords
- ≤ 6
- Reference style
- APA
- Highlights
- Required
- Not considered
- Case Reports; survey/questionnaire data
Article types accepted2
- bibliographic review articlesOnly manuscripts for literature reviews will be accepted upon official and written invitation from a member of the editorial committee of the Journal.Length not stated
- scientific articleScientific article:Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, License & copyright, Plagiarism
- AI use
Generative AI usage statement required Model summary
The author should indicate whether generative AI was used to write this manuscript. Generative AI is not considered an author.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright Notice
CC-BY-NC license, copyright held by author Model summary
Semina: Ciências Agrárias adopts the CC-BY-NC license for its publications, the copyright being held by the author, in cases of republication we recommend that authors indicate first publication in this journal. This license allows you to copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format, remix, transform and develop the material, as long as it is not for commercial purposes. And due cred…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism Plagiarism and Self-Plagiarism
Plagiarism detection using Turnitin Model summary
Starting in 2025, the journal Semina: Agrarian Sciences has adopted software and services to detect similarity or plagiarism in submitted and approved scientific articles for publication, using the Turnitin platform as a basis.
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 Estadual de Londrina
- Country or region
- BRAZIL
- Language
- Portuguese, English
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- ISSN
- 1676-546X
- Electronic ISSN
- 1679-0359
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 47, Issue 2 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- 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 Semina-Ciencias Agrarias
What CAS zone is Semina-Ciencias Agrarias in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Semina-Ciencias Agrarias 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 Semina-Ciencias Agrarias?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.41; CiteScore 1, h-index 39.
How long does peer review take at Semina-Ciencias Agrarias?
Authors report an average review time of 3–6 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 Semina-Ciencias Agrarias?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Keywords: ≤ 6; Reference style: APA; Highlights: 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.
Which databases index Semina-Ciencias Agrarias?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Semina-Ciencias Agrarias is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Semina-Ciencias Agrarias open access, and what is the APC?
Semina-Ciencias Agrarias is a fully open-access journal. APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website, 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: .