Journal profile
Tropical Agricultural Research
ISSN 1016-1422 · eISSN 2706-0233 · Postgraduate Institute of Agriculture, University of Peradeniya · Sri Lanka
Tropical Agricultural Research: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 16 weeks (community reports); 25 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Tropical Agricultural Research is published by Postgraduate Institute of Agriculture, University of Peradeniya. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Agricultural Science and Fertilization, Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement and Genetics and Plant Breeding, together about 21.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Soil Science and Plant Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Tropical Agricultural Research publishes complete accounts of research of outstanding significance, together with critical review articles on all aspects of agriculture including agronomy and crop production, horticulture, agricultural biology, food and nutrition, soil and water resource management, agricultural engineering, agricultural economics, animal science, biotechnology, plant protection, genetics and plant breeding.All articles published in the journal are deposited with Crossref.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editor-in-chief D.V.P PrasadaPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 3, Sri Lanka 2, United Kingdom 1, Germany 1, Spain 1 (12 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Agricultural Science and FertilizationAgricultural and Biological Sciences8.2%
- Rice Cultivation and Yield ImprovementAgricultural and Biological Sciences8.1%
- Genetics and Plant BreedingAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.6%
- Insect-Plant Interactions and ControlAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.4%
- Agricultural Innovations and PracticesAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.3%
- Plant Growth and Agriculture TechniquesAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.3%
- Food and Agricultural SciencesAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.1%
- Flowering Plant Growth and CultivationAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.2%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
DOAJLetPub
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
- h-index
- 29OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 166OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.84OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 835 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 21 | 21 | 289 |
| 2025 | 25 | 25 | 463 |
| 2024 | 30 | 30 | 535 |
| 2023 | 31 | 31 | 508 |
| 2022 | 25 | 25 | 506 |
| 2021 | 58 | 58 | 581 |
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 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 | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
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 prepare2 items from the author guidelines
- Keywords
- ≤ 5
- Reference style
- APA
Article types accepted2
- editorialEditorial This section is peer reviewed.Length not stated
- research articlesResearch ArticlesLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteConflicts of interest, License & copyright, Open access
- Conflicts of interest Competing interests statement:
Authors are responsible for disclosing all financial and non-financial relationships that could influence, or be perceived to influence, their work.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright Notice
Authors can hold copyrights of articles published in TAR without any restrictions. From October 2019, all articles in the Tropical Agricultural Research are licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original author and source are credited.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access Policy
No fees are charged from the authors to publish in Tropical Agricultural Research journal. Model summary
This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.
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
- Postgraduate Institute of Agriculture, University of Peradeniya
- Country or region
- Sri Lanka
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1016-1422
- Electronic ISSN
- 2706-0233
- Society / sponsor
- Postgraduate Institute of Agriculture
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 37, Issue 3 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗DOAJ
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Tropical Agricultural Research
How long does peer review take at Tropical Agricultural Research?
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 Tropical Agricultural Research?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Keywords: ≤ 5; Reference style: APA. 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 Tropical Agricultural Research based?
Of the 12 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (3), Sri Lanka (2) and United Kingdom (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Tropical Agricultural Research?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Tropical Agricultural Research is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Tropical Agricultural Research open access, and what is the APC?
Tropical 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, 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .