Journal profile · AGRICULTURE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Zemdirbyste-Agriculture
ISSN 1392-3196 · eISSN 2335-8947 · Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry; Vytautas Magnus University · LITHUANIA · Quarterly · Founded 1989
Zemdirbyste-Agriculture: CAS Zone 4 · Agricultural & Forestry Sciences (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.05; fully open access; no APC; review over 12 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; indexed in Scopus; flagged on an early-warning list or for an indexing change: check before submitting; the journal's website says submissions are paused or closed.
The journal's website says submissions are paused or closed: Unfortunately, our journal is closed from 2024 and we no longer accepting submissions. Source ↗Publisher website ·
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Zemdirbyste-Agriculture is published by Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry; Vytautas Magnus University 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 Crop Yield and Soil Fertility, Agriculture, Plant Science, Crop Management and Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics, together about 28.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Plant Science and Agronomy and Crop Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Zemdirbyste-Agriculture is a quarterly scientific journal which covers a wide range of topics in the field of agricultural sciences, agronomy. It publishes articles of original research findings in the English language in the field of agronomy (soil and crop management, crop production, plant protection, plant breeding and genetics, biotechnology, plant nutrition, agrochemistry, soil science, microbiology etc.) and related areas. Articles are peer-reviewed. Review, debating papers as well as those of a methodological nature will also be considered.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): AGRICULTURE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 2, United Kingdom 1, Poland 1, Finland 1, Czechia 1 (6 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Crop Yield and Soil FertilityAgricultural and Biological Sciences10%
- Agriculture, Plant Science, Crop ManagementAgricultural and Biological Sciences9.1%
- Soil Carbon and Nitrogen DynamicsAgricultural and Biological Sciences9%
- Agronomic Practices and Intercropping SystemsAgricultural and Biological Sciences6.3%
- Wheat and Barley Genetics and PathologyAgricultural and Biological Sciences6.3%
- Botany and Plant Ecology StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.8%
- Plant Pathogens and Fungal DiseasesBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4.3%
- Plant Physiology and Cultivation StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences3.9%
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)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
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
ScopusLetPub
Early warning / risk: Marked as ceased in SCIE on 22 April 2025. CAS Early Warning Journal List: not listed in any of 6 editions.LetPub
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
- 1.05LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 9Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.22LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.38LetPub ·
- h-index
- 14LetPub ·
- h-index
- 35OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 291OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 92.31%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 755 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 42 | 42 | 125 |
| 2022 | 48 | 48 | 209 |
| 2021 | 48 | 48 | 283 |
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)
- over 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Peer review
- Anonymous peer reviewLetPub
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 accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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)
What to prepare4 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 300 words
- Keywords
- ≤ 6
- Reference style
- Author–date
- Cover letter
- Required
Article types accepted2
- original research paperspublishes, in English, original research papers and review articlesLength not stated
- review articlespublishes, in English, original research papers and review articlesLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePublication ethics, Open access, Peer review
- Publication ethics
Plagiarism checking; plagiarised or self-plagiarised manuscripts not considered Model summary
Manuscripts are submitted to the plagiarism checking system, which compares the content of the manuscript with a vast database of web pages and academic publications. Manuscripts judged to be plagiarised or self-plagiarised, based on any source of information, will not be considered for publication.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access
Open access journal Model summary
Zemdirbyste-Agriculture is an open-access international journal
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Desk rejection possible by editor-in-chief if out of scope or not meeting instructions Model summary
Manuscripts may be rejected without peer-review by the editor-in-chief if they do not fall within the scope of the journal or do not meet the instructions to authors.
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
- Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry; Vytautas Magnus University
- Country or region
- LITHUANIA
- Language
- Lithuanian, English
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Founded
- 1989
- ISSN
- 1392-3196
- Electronic ISSN
- 2335-8947
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Zemdirbyste-Agriculture
What CAS zone is Zemdirbyste-Agriculture in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Zemdirbyste-Agriculture is in Zone 4 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Agriculture, Multidisciplinary. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Zemdirbyste-Agriculture?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.05; CiteScore 2, h-index 35.
How long does peer review take at Zemdirbyste-Agriculture?
Authors report an average review time of over 12 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 Zemdirbyste-Agriculture?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 300 words; Keywords: ≤ 6; Reference style: Author–date; Cover letter: 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Zemdirbyste-Agriculture based?
Of the 6 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (2), United Kingdom (1) and Poland (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Zemdirbyste-Agriculture?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Zemdirbyste-Agriculture is indexed in Scopus.
Is Zemdirbyste-Agriculture open access, and what is the APC?
Zemdirbyste-Agriculture is a fully open-access journal. It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, 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: .