Crops

Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) · Switzerland · Est. 1986

ISSN2673-7655eISSN2673-7655

SJR Q2✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.472

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.677

Total Worksi

273

Total Citationsi

981

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.76

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Agronomy; Agronomy and Crop Science; Environmental Science (miscellaneous); Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionSwitzerland

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1986

Annual Volume~ 58 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications273

OA Since2020

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

Swiss National LibraryCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2673-7655 / 2673-7655

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

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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?

Swiss National Library, CLOCKSS

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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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

2013

2014

142

2021

365

2022

210

2023

206

2024

344

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 ScienceQ2

Environmental Science (miscellaneous)Q2

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)Q3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Agronomy

Scopus Categories

Agronomy and Crop ScienceEnvironmental Science (miscellaneous)Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Agronomic Practices and Intercropping SystemsPlant Stress Responses and ToleranceGenetics and Plant BreedingWheat and Barley Genetics and PathologyPlant-Microbe Interactions and ImmunityGrowth and nutrition in plantsRice Cultivation and Yield ImprovementCrop Yield and Soil FertilityPlant Growth Enhancement TechniquesSoil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics

Frequently asked questions about Crops

Is Crops a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Crops: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, 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 Crops?

Crops 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 1.76.

Is Crops indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Crops is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Crops?