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Japan Agricultural Research Quarterly

Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences · Japan

ISSN0021-3551eISSN2185-8896

SJR Q4✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR✓ Open Access

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q4. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 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

0.164

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.213

Total Worksi

2,551

Total Citationsi

19,444

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.36

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Agriculture, Multidisciplinary; Agronomy and Crop Science; Animal Science and Zoology; Biotechnology; Ecology.

General Information

Country / RegionJapan

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 35 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications2,551

Publisher OrgJapan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences

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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

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0021-3551 / 2185-8896

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, 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?

English

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

138

2019

203

2020

137

2021

128

2022

2023

2024

2025

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

Animal Science and ZoologyQ4

BiotechnologyQ4

EcologyQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Agriculture, Multidisciplinary

Scopus Categories

Agronomy and Crop ScienceAnimal Science and ZoologyBiotechnologyEcology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Rice Cultivation and Yield ImprovementPlant Pathogens and Fungal DiseasesAgriculture, Soil, Plant SciencePlant Physiology and Cultivation StudiesGABA and Rice Research

Frequently asked questions about Japan Agricultural Research Quarterly

Is Japan Agricultural Research Quarterly a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Japan Agricultural Research Quarterly: it is indexed in Web of Science, 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 Japan Agricultural Research Quarterly?

Japan Agricultural Research Quarterly is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 0.36.

Is Japan Agricultural Research Quarterly indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Japan Agricultural Research Quarterly is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Japan Agricultural Research Quarterly?