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Organic Agriculture

Springer Science and Business Media B.V. · Netherlands · Est. 1995

ISSN1879-4238eISSN1879-4246

SJR Q2✓ 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.

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.548

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.926

Total Worksi

605

Total Citationsi

8,249

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.38

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Organic Agriculture is an international multidisciplinary journal publishing research on organic agricultural related food systems. Welcomes multidisciplinary approaches within organic agriculture Extends coverage to soil, plant production, animal husbandry, resource management, agroecology, and many more topics

General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1995

Frequency4 Issues Per Year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications605

Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media

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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?

Springer Science and Business Media B.V.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1879-4238 / 1879-4246

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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

706

2019

1.3k

2020

438

2021

533

2022

509

2023

127

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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)Q2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Agriculture, Multidisciplinary

Scopus Categories

Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Organic Food and AgricultureAgriculture Sustainability and Environmental ImpactAgronomic Practices and Intercropping SystemsSoil Carbon and Nitrogen DynamicsAgricultural Innovations and PracticesComposting and Vermicomposting TechniquesAnimal Behavior and Welfare StudiesSustainable Agricultural Systems AnalysisLegume Nitrogen Fixing SymbiosisFood Waste Reduction and Sustainability

Frequently asked questions about Organic Agriculture

Is Organic Agriculture a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Organic Agriculture: 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 Organic Agriculture?

Organic Agriculture 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 1.38.

Is Organic Agriculture indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Organic Agriculture is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.