Journal profile · Agricultural and Biological Sciences-Agricultural and Biological Sciences (all)
Tropicultura
ISSN 0771-3312 · eISSN 2295-8010 · Agri-Overseas · Belgium
Tropicultura: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 30 weeks (community reports); 0 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Tropicultura is published by Agri-Overseas. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Agricultural Innovations and Practices, African Botany and Ecology Studies and Livestock Farming and Management, together about 21% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Tropicultura is a multidisciplinary journal that publishes original articles and research and synthesis notes on all areas related to rural development and sustainable management of the overseas environment. Since January 2020, Tropicultura is published by the Presses agronomiques de Gembloux (members of CARE Presses universitaires de Liège). Tropicultura fulfils the role played before 1963 by the Bulletin agricole du Congo belge et du Ruanda-Urundi. The first volume of Tropicultura was published in 1983 in paper form (ISSN 0771-3312). An electronic version took over in 2013 (eISSN 2295-8010). Scientific fields Tropicultura publishes articles related to rural development and sustainable environmental management in developing countries: plant and animal production, veterinary sciences, forestry sciences, soil and earth sciences, rural engineering, environmental sciences, fisheries and fish farming, bio-industries, agri-food, sociology and economics. Support Tropicultura is published with the financial support of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of the University of Ghent since 2013 (https://www.ugent.be/di/en), of the University of Liège since 2017 (https://www.gembloux.uliege.be) and since its creation. Tropicultura has also been supported by the Belgian Cooperation until 2012 (https://diplomatie.belgium.be/fr/politique/cooperation_au_developpement), by a donation from BEDIM (Bureau for Exchange and Distribution of Information on MiniLivestock) managed by the NGO ADG, by the Regional Post-Graduate School of Integrated Management of Tropical Forests and Territories (ERAIFT: www.eraift-rdc.org) and by the Brussels-Capital Region (be.brussels.be) until 2019. Since 2020 the journal is supported by the FNRS. Tropicultura and CAMES Publications in Tropicultura are recognized by the African and Malagasy Council for Higher Education for the Promotion and Advancement of Teachers - Researchers (CAMES: www.lecames.org). Regularity Tropicultura is published quarterly in March, June, September and December. Articles prior to 2017 are available at http://www.tropicultura.org/eng/content/. Published in Open Access. All the articles of Tropicultura since its creation in 1983 are published with free access. Full text and abstracts are free of charge. The articles are distributed under the Creative Commons license (CC BY-NC 4.0 - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/deed.en). The author retains his rights and can self-archive his article publicly (greenway) in th
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Agricultural and Biological Sciences-Agricultural and Biological Sciences (all)
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Agricultural Innovations and PracticesAgricultural and Biological Sciences7.4%
- African Botany and Ecology StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences7.1%
- Livestock Farming and ManagementAgricultural and Biological Sciences6.5%
- Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource ManagementEnvironmental Science6.2%
- Insect-Plant Interactions and ControlAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.5%
- Agricultural economics and policiesSocial Sciences5.5%
- Agricultural Science and FertilizationAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.5%
- Land Use and Ecosystem ServicesEnvironmental Science4.5%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| General Agricultural and Biological Sciences | Q2 | 113/235 | — |
| General Environmental Science | Q3 | 165/249 | — |
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
Indexing the journal's website claims
AGRICOLAPublisher 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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.8LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.16LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.56LetPub ·
- h-index
- 14OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 22OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 2,173Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 277 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 23 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 59 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 65 |
| 2023 | 5 | 5 | 61 |
| 2022 | 14 | 14 | 45 |
| 2021 | 25 | 25 | 82 |
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 30 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 30 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 | — |
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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteConflicts of interest, Open access
- Conflicts of interest Conflict of Interest
The Tropicultura journal reserves the right to require authors to indicate the sponsors of their research in order to avoid a conflict of interest on the source of funding or on the affiliation of the author. The editorial board makes sure that articles are not sent for evaluation to the scientific reviewers who participated in the writing of the article or funded the research work. Authors may me…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Published in Open Access.
All the articles of Tropicultura since its creation in 1983 are published with free access. Full text and abstracts are free of charge. The articles are distributed under the Creative Commons license (CC BY-NC 4.0 - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/deed.en). The author retains his rights and can self-archive his article publicly (greenway) in the post-print version of the publisher.
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
- Agri-Overseas
- Country or region
- Belgium
- Language
- French, English
- ISSN
- 0771-3312
- Electronic ISSN
- 2295-8010
- 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 Tropicultura
How long does peer review take at Tropicultura?
Authors report an average review time of about 30 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.
Which databases index Tropicultura?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Tropicultura is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Tropicultura open access, and what is the APC?
Tropicultura 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 2026-08-30). Last updated: .