Academic Journal
Q2Crops
About Crops
Crops is a scholarly journal published by Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI). SCImago 2025 lists it in Q2, with an SJR of 0.472 and H-index of 12.
Coverage: 2021-2025. Research categories: Agronomy and Crop Science (Q2); Environmental Science (miscellaneous) (Q2); Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous) (Q3).
Verified field sources
- Journal Impact Factor: 2.1 — Official source; checked 2026-10-03. Journal Impact Factor and reporting year from the publisher imprint.
- Impact Factor year: 2025 — Official source; checked 2026-10-03. Journal Impact Factor and reporting year from the publisher imprint.
- Contact email: crops@mdpi.com — Official source; checked 2026-10-03. Journal editorial office email published by MDPI; manuscript files use the submission system.
- Editor(s): Prof. Dr. Yinglong Chen (Editor-in-Chief) — Official source; checked 2026-10-03. Current chief editor(s) listed on the official MDPI editorial board. Founding and section editors excluded.
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Topics in published research
Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance; Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems; Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology; Genetics and Plant Breeding; Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity; Growth and nutrition in plants.
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