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Journal of South China Agricultural University is Scopus-indexed (Q3, CiteScore 1.4), DOAJ. Published by Editorial Department, Journal of South Agricultural University.
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ISSN 1001-411XVerify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Editorial Department, Journal of South Agricultural University
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences (all) | 140 / 235 | 40th | Q3 |
Not listed in: Web of Science, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2018–present, best quartile Q3, CiteScore 1.4.
Journal of South China Agricultural University is Q3 in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (all) (rank 140 of 235), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of South China Agricultural University 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 1.4, quartile Q3, 40th percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.210, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 16.
Journal of South China Agricultural University is published by Editorial Department, Journal of South Agricultural University. Its ISSN is 1001-411X.
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 South China Agricultural University has an h-index of 10 and a 2-year mean of 0 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 1.4, quartile Q3. On 2-year citations it ranks #198 of 224 Scopus journals in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (all).
Journal of South China Agricultural University published 1 papers in 2020; its busiest recent year was 2015 with 199. 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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