52 free-to-publish Scopus journals in Agronomy and Crop Science
52 peer-reviewed journals in the SCImago category Agronomy and Crop Science charge no APC and no other author fees, according to the DOAJ. The quartile shown is the journal’s quartile in this category (not its best one elsewhere): 2 are Q1 and 7 Q2 here. Data snapshot: October 2026.
Of the Scopus-ranked journals here, 21% are Q1 or Q2 (site-wide: 40%). Their median self-reported time from submission to publication is 16 weeks. Most are published in Brazil (6), Colombia (4) and Germany (4). 90% accept manuscripts in English and 48% accept at least one other language.
All 52 free-to-publish journals in Agronomy and Crop Science
Sorted by best SCImago quartile, then SJR. Click a column header to sort by it; click a second column to add a tiebreak. The search box narrows the list. Time to publish is the journal’s own DOAJ figure (average weeks from submission to publication).
| # | Journal | Quartile | SJR | H-index | Publisher | Country | Time to publish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stress Biology 2731-0450 | Q1 | 1.712 | 25 | Springer | Singapore | 12 wk |
| 2 | Rice Science 1672-6308 · 1876-4762 | Q1 | 1.308 | 65 | Elsevier | Netherlands | 40 wk |
| 3 | Journal of Natural Pesticide Research 2773-0786 | Q2 | 0.616 | 14 | Elsevier | Netherlands | 19 wk |
| 4 | Bio-based and Applied Economics 2280-6180 · 2280-6172 | Q2 | 0.422 | 25 | Firenze University Press | Italy | 8 wk |
| 5 | Hungarian Geographical Bulletin 2064-5031 · 2064-5147 | Q2 | 0.401 | 24 | Research Centre for Astronomy and Earth Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences | Hungary | 24 wk |
| 6 | Oilseeds and fats, crops and lipids 2272-6977 · 2257-6614 | Q2 | 0.393 | 43 | EDP Sciences | France | 10 wk |
| 7 | Journal of Plant Protection Research 1427-4345 · 1899-007X | Q2 | 0.352 | 40 | Polish Academy of Sciences | Poland | 30 wk |
| 8 | Cahiers Agricultures 1166-7699 · 1777-5949 | Q2 | 0.345 | 29 | EDP Sciences | France | 12 wk |
| 9 | Journal of Horticultural Research 2300-5009 · 2353-3978 | Q2 | 0.341 | 20 | Sciendo | Poland | 20 wk |
| 10 | Crop Breeding and Applied Biotechnology 1518-7853 · 1984-7033 | Q3 | 0.331 | 35 | Brazilian Society of Plant Breeding | Brazil | 24 wk |
| 11 | Acta Scientiarum. Agronomy 1679-9275 · 1807-8621 | Q3 | 0.313 | 37 | Universidade Estadual de Maringá | Brazil | 16 wk |
| 12 | Pesquisa Agropecuária Tropical 1983-4063 | Q3 | 0.29 | 29 | Universidade Federal de Goiás | Brazil | 20 wk |
| 13 | Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development in the Tropics and Subtropics 1612-9830 · 2363-6033 | Q3 | 0.287 | 26 | Kassel University Press | Germany | 30 wk |
| 14 | Landbauforschung 2194-3605 · 2700-8711 | Q3 | 0.286 | 28 | Julius Kühn-Institut | Germany | 12 wk |
| 15 | Tropical Grasslands-Forrajes Tropicales 2346-3775 | Q3 | 0.286 | 32 | Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical | Colombia | 16 wk |
| 16 | New Medit 1594-5685 · 2611-1128 | Q3 | 0.28 | 27 | Bologna University press | Italy | 12 wk |
| 17 | Poljoprivreda 1330-7142 · 1848-8080 | Q3 | 0.266 | 16 | Faculty of Agrobitechnical Sciences Osijek | Croatia | 15 wk |
| 18 | Genetic Resources 2708-3764 | Q3 | 0.261 | 8 | Bioversity International | Italy | 27 wk |
| 19 | Poljoprivreda I Šumarstvo 0554-5579 · 1800-9492 | Q3 | 0.251 | 16 | University of Montenegro | Montenegro | 10 wk |
| 20 | Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research 1695-971X · 2171-9292 | Q3 | 0.25 | 54 | Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) | Spain | 45 wk |
| 21 | مجله بیوتکنولوژی کشاورزی 2228-6705 · 2228-6500 | Q3 | 0.245 | 10 | Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman | Iran | 12 wk |
| 22 | Agriculture 1338-4376 | Q3 | 0.244 | 21 | Sciendo | Poland | 20 wk |
| 23 | The Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences 0019-5022 · 2394-3319 | Q3 | 0.24 | 39 | Indian Council of Agricultural Research | India | 60 wk |
| 24 | Pesquisa Agropecuária Brasileira 0100-204X · 1678-3921 | Q3 | 0.226 | 68 | Embrapa Informação Tecnológica | Brazil | 28 wk |
| 25 | Research in Agricultural Engineering 1212-9151 · 1805-9376 | Q3 | 0.221 | 29 | Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences | Czechia | 24 wk |
| 26 | Journal of Central European Agriculture 1332-9049 | Q3 | 0.22 | 30 | University of Zagreb, Faculty of Agriculture | Croatia | 50 wk |
| 27 | Бюллетень Почвенного института им. В.В. Докучаева 0136-1694 · 2312-4202 | Q3 | 0.22 | 8 | V.V. Dokuchaev Soil Science Institute | Russia | 8 wk |
| 28 | Revista Facultad Nacional de Agronomía Medellín 0304-2847 · 2248-7026 | Q3 | 0.217 | 17 | Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Sede Medellín | Colombia | 16 wk |
| 29 | Biotechnologie, Agronomie, Société et Environnement 1370-6233 · 1780-4507 | Q3 | 0.215 | 50 | Presses Agronomiques de Gembloux | Belgium | 15 wk |
| 30 | Agronomía Colombiana 0120-9965 · 2357-3732 | Q3 | 0.212 | 22 | Centro Editorial of Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias, Universidad Nacional de Colombia | Colombia | 25 wk |
| 31 | Agronomía Mesoamericana 1021-7444 · 2215-3608 | Q4 | 0.203 | 11 | Universidad de Costa Rica | Costa Rica | 10 wk |
| 32 | Indian Journal of Natural Products and Resources 0976-0504 · 0976-0512 | Q4 | 0.196 | 41 | NISCAIR | India | 40 wk |
| 33 | Ratarstvo i Povrtarstvo 1821-3944 · 2217-8392 | Q4 | 0.193 | 7 | Institute of field and vegetable crops, Novi Sad | Serbia | 12 wk |
| 34 | Journal of Agricultural Sciences (Belgrade) 1450-8109 · 2406-0968 | Q4 | 0.191 | 8 | University of Belgrade - Faculty of Agriculture, Belgrade | Serbia | 12 wk |
| 35 | Acta Fytotechnica et Zootechnica 1335-258X · 1336-9245 | Q4 | 0.188 | 10 | Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra | Slovakia | 8 wk |
| 36 | Revista de Agricultura Neotropical 2358-6303 | Q4 | 0.182 | 6 | Universidade Estadual de Mato Grosso do Sul | Brazil | 14 wk |
| 37 | Journal of Crop Protection 2251-9041 · 2251-905X | Q4 | 0.181 | 14 | University of Tarbiat Modares | Iran | 10 wk |
| 38 | Биотехнология и селекция растений 2658-6266 · 2658-6258 | Q4 | 0.179 | 6 | N.I. Vavilov All-Russian Institute of Plant Genetic Resources | Russia | 8 wk |
| 39 | Agrociencia Uruguay 2730-5066 | Q4 | 0.178 | 6 | Universidad de la República, Facultad de Agronomía | Uruguay | 20 wk |
| 40 | agricultural engineering.eu 2943-5641 | Q4 | 0.173 | 13 | Kuratorium für Technik und Bauwesen in der Landwirtschaft e. V. | Germany | 16 wk |
| 41 | Die Bodenkultur 0006-5471 · 2719-5430 | Q4 | 0.172 | 23 | Sciendo | Poland | 26 wk |
| 42 | RIVAR 0719-4994 | Q4 | 0.172 | 9 | Universidad de Santiago de Chile | Chile | 7 wk |
| 43 | Ege Üniversitesi Ziraat Fakültesi Dergisi 1018-8851 · 2548-1207 | Q4 | 0.171 | 5 | Ege University Press | Türkiye | 10 wk |
| 44 | Journal für Kulturpflanzen 1867-0911 · 1867-0938 | Q4 | 0.171 | 13 | Julius Kühn-Institut | Germany | 12 wk |
| 45 | Revista de Ciências Agroveterinárias 1676-9732 · 2238-1171 | Q4 | 0.155 | 11 | Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina | Brazil | 16 wk |
| 46 | Fruit Growing Research 2286-0304 · 2344-3723 | Q4 | 0.138 | 4 | Research Institute for Fruit Growing Pitesti | Romania | 8 wk |
| 47 | تحقیقات آفات گیاهی 2322-2409 · 2538-6123 | Q4 | 0.138 | 5 | University of Guilan | Iran | 16 wk |
| 48 | مجلة جامعة النجاح للأبحاث العلوم الطبيعية 1727-2114 · 2311-8865 | Q4 | 0.132 | 4 | An-Najah National University | Palestinian Territories | 9 wk |
| 49 | Acta Agronómica 0120-2812 · 2323-0118 | Q4 | 0.128 | 18 | Universidad Nacional de Colombia | Colombia | 8 wk |
| 50 | RIA: Revista Investigaciones Agropecuarias 0325-8718 · 1669-2314 | Q4 | 0.113 | 10 | Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA) | Argentina | 20 wk |
| 51 | BIO Web of Conferences 2117-4458 | – | 0.153 | 21 | EDP Sciences | France | 6 wk |
| 52 | Food Agricultural Sciences and Technology (FAST) 2822-1001 · 2822-101X | – | – | 0 | Mahasarakham University | Thailand | 8 wk |
Where these journals come from
Top publishers
- EDP Sciences 3
- Sciendo 3
- Elsevier 2
- Julius Kühn-Institut 2
- An-Najah National University 1
- Bioversity International 1
About this list
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