Journal profile · Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research
ISSN 1695-971X · eISSN 2171-9292 · Instituto Nacional de Investigacion y Tecnologia Agraria y Alimentaria · SPAIN · Quarterly · Founded 2003
Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research: CAS Zone 4 · Agricultural & Forestry Sciences (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1; diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 6 months (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 34 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research is published by Instituto Nacional de Investigacion y Tecnologia Agraria y Alimentaria 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 Animal Nutrition and Physiology, Horticultural and Viticultural Research and Irrigation Practices and Water Management, together about 21.6% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research is a quarterly international journal that accepts research articles, reviews and short communications of content related to agriculture. Research articles and short communications must report original work not previously published in any language and not under consideration for publication elsewhere. The main aim of SJAR is to publish papers that report research findings on the following topics: agricultural economics; agricultural engineering; agricultural environment and ecology; animal breeding, genetics and reproduction; animal health and welfare; animal production; plant breeding, genetics and genetic resources; plant physiology; plant production (field and horticultural crops); plant protection; soil science; and water management. Original research on genetic association studies must report variance estimates explained by those genetic variants/alleles in study. Articles on local research will only be publishable if they show methodological innovation or results that can be relevant to other areas. Descriptive bibliometric studies are not accepted. SJAR is not publishing articles on “food science and technology”, “postharvest”, or “socioeconomic studies”. Authors are asked to carefully follow the Instructions below concerning preparation of the manuscripts and use the article templates available for authors in SUBMISSIONS (Author Guidelines) to format the articles. If in doubt, authors are urged to contact the Editorial Office (publinia@inia.csic.es) prior to submitting the manuscripts, in order to facilitate the editing process.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Editor-in-chief José LuisPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Spain 67, Italy 3, France 2, United Kingdom 1, Brazil 1 (76 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Animal Nutrition and PhysiologyAgricultural and Biological Sciences8%
- Horticultural and Viticultural ResearchAgricultural and Biological Sciences7%
- Irrigation Practices and Water ManagementAgricultural and Biological Sciences6.6%
- Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestockBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology6.5%
- Plant Physiology and Cultivation StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.9%
- Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive PhysiologyAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.8%
- Meat and Animal Product QualityAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.7%
- Plant Pathogens and Fungal DiseasesBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3.9%
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
Eigenfactor Score 2025 0.00038, Article influence score 2025 0.153Publisher 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
- 1LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 1Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.8LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.25LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher)
- 0Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.56LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher)
- 0.21Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 28LetPub ·
- h-index
- 64OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,024OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.88OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 99.25%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 51LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,099 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 51 | 51 | 6 |
| 2025 | 34 | 34 | 27 |
| 2024 | 36 | 36 | 74 |
| 2023 | 49 | 49 | 158 |
| 2022 | 66 | 66 | 285 |
| 2021 | 90 | 90 | 867 |
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 6 monthsLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 45 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
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 | |
| LetPub | No APC | 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)
Article types accepted5, with length limits
- research articled template to prepare their manuscript. Research articles should not be longer than 8,500 words, including front page, references, tables and figures, andmain text ≤ 8,500 words
- research articlesaccepts research articles, reviews and short communicationsLength not stated
- reviewsaccepts research articles, reviews and short communicationsLength not stated
- short communicationes; and supplementary material, if any. Short communication template Review or minireview articles (typically invited by the Editor) should be no longer than 10…main text ≤ 10,000 words
- short communicationsaccepts research articles, reviews and short communicationsLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright, Peer review, Plagiarism, Self-archiving
- License & copyright Copyright Notice
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence Model summary
© CSIC. Manuscripts published in both the print and online versions of this journal are the property of the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, and quoting this source is a requirement for any partial or full reproduction. All contents of this electronic edition, except where otherwise noted, are distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence. Y…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review 2. Plagiarism policy, peer review and editing
Single-blind peer review. Model summary
Upon submission, the manuscript will be cursorily inspected in the editorial office for compliance with the author instructions. Manuscripts that do not achieve the prerequisites for publication (please refer to these guidelines) will be immediately rejected. The submitted manuscript must not be under consideration for publication elsewhere and the work described has not been published previously …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism 2. Plagiarism policy, peer review and editing
iThenticate software is used to detect instances of overlapping and similar text in submitted or published papers. Model summary
Upon submission, the manuscript will be cursorily inspected in the editorial office for compliance with the author instructions. Manuscripts that do not achieve the prerequisites for publication (please refer to these guidelines) will be immediately rejected. The submitted manuscript must not be under consideration for publication elsewhere and the work described has not been published previously …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Self-archiving
Self-archiving of any version other than the final version of the work produced by the publisher is not allowed. Model summary
Self-archiving in repositories, personal webpages or similar, of any version other than the final version of the work produced by the publisher, is not allowed.
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
- Instituto Nacional de Investigacion y Tecnologia Agraria y Alimentaria
- Country or region
- SPAIN
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Founded
- 2003
- ISSN
- 1695-971X
- Electronic ISSN
- 2171-9292
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 24, Issue 1 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗DOAJ
- Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗DOAJ
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research
What CAS zone is Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research 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 Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1; CiteScore 1.8, h-index 64.
How long does peer review take at Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research?
Authors report an average review time of about 6 months; 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research based?
Of the 76 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Spain (67), Italy (3) and France (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research open access, and what is the APC?
Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research 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, 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .