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Pertanika Journal of Tropical Agricultural Science

Universiti Putra Malaysia · Malaysia · Est. 1989

ISSN1511-3701eISSN2231-8542

SJR Q3✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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

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📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.215

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.436

Total Worksi

778

Total Citationsi

3,132

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.48

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Pertanika Journal of Tropical Agricultural Science aims to provide a forum for high quality research related to tropical agricultural research. Areas relevant to the scope of the journal include agricultural biotechnology, biochemistry, biology, ecology, fisheries, forestry, food sciences, genetics, microbiology, pathology and management, physiology, plant and animal sciences, and production.

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General Information

Country / RegionMalaysia

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1989

Annual Volume~ 97 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications778

Publisher OrgUniversity of Putra Malaysia

Region🌍 Global South

OA Since2019

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Submission Info

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?

Universiti Putra Malaysia

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1511-3701 / 2231-8542

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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

172

2019

500

2020

218

2021

251

2022

169

2023

116

2024

118

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 ScienceQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Agriculture, Multidisciplinary

Scopus Categories

Agronomy and Crop Science

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Plant tissue culture and regenerationAquaculture Nutrition and GrowthFish Biology and Ecology StudiesPhytochemicals and Antioxidant ActivitiesPlant-Microbe Interactions and ImmunityRice Cultivation and Yield ImprovementPlant Pathogens and Fungal DiseasesOil Palm Production and SustainabilityAquatic life and conservationAquaculture disease management and microbiota

Frequently asked questions about Pertanika Journal of Tropical Agricultural Science

Is Pertanika Journal of Tropical Agricultural Science a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Pertanika Journal of Tropical Agricultural Science: 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 Pertanika Journal of Tropical Agricultural Science?

Pertanika Journal of Tropical Agricultural Science 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 0.48.

Is Pertanika Journal of Tropical Agricultural Science indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Pertanika Journal of Tropical Agricultural Science is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.