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Japanese Journal of Crop Science

Crop Science Society of Japan · Japan

ISSN0011-1848

SJR Q4✓ Scopus / SJR✓ Open Access

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Bottom 25%

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.133

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.187

Total Worksi

7,463

Total Citationsi

29,540

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.29

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Agronomy and Crop Science; Food Science; Genetics.

General Information

Country / RegionJapan

Primary Language—

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 46 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications7,463

Publisher OrgCrop Science Society of Japan

Submission Info

Publishing ModelGold Open Access

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

4/11 · 36%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Crop Science Society of Japan

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

0011-1848

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

N/A

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

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2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Agronomy and Crop ScienceQ4

Food ScienceQ4

GeneticsQ4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Agronomy and Crop ScienceGeneticsFood Science

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Rice Cultivation and Yield ImprovementAgriculture, Soil, Plant ScienceGABA and Rice ResearchSoybean genetics and cultivationPlant responses to water stress

Frequently asked questions about Japanese Journal of Crop Science

Is Japanese Journal of Crop Science a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Japanese Journal of Crop Science: it is indexed in Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Japanese Journal of Crop Science?

Japanese Journal of Crop Science is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.133.

Is Japanese Journal of Crop Science indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Japanese Journal of Crop Science is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Japanese Journal of Crop Science?