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Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development in the Tropics and Subtropics is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 2.2), DOAJ. Published by Kassel University Press GmbH.
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ISSN 1612-9830Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Kassel University Press GmbH
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Animal Science and Zoology | 233 / 520 | 55th | Q2 |
| Forestry | 83 / 181 | 54th | Q2 |
| Geography, Planning and Development | 420 / 876 | 52nd | Q2 |
| Development | 161 / 314 | 48th | Q3 |
| Agronomy and Crop Science | 230 / 422 | 45th | Q3 |
Not listed in: Web of Science, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2002–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 2.2.
Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development in the Tropics and Subtropics is Q2 in Animal Science and Zoology (rank 233 of 520), Q2 in Forestry (rank 83 of 181) and Q2 in Geography, Planning and Development (rank 420 of 876), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 5 subject areas in all.
Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development in the Tropics and Subtropics is not in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI), so Clarivate publishes no Journal Impact Factor for it. Its Scopus CiteScore is 2.2, quartile Q2, 55th percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.287, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 26.
Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development in the Tropics and Subtropics is published by Kassel University Press GmbH. Its ISSN is 1612-9830.
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development in the Tropics and Subtropics has an h-index of 11 and a 2-year mean of 0 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 2.2, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #453 of 502 Scopus journals in Animal Science and Zoology.
Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development in the Tropics and Subtropics published 19 papers in 1999; its busiest recent year was 1996 with 21. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
Scopus status: Active. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
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