Field Crops Research

Aims & Scope

Field Crops Research is an international journal publishing scientific articles on: √ experimental and modelling research at field, farm and landscape levels on temperate and tropical crops and cropping systems, with a focus on crop ecology and physiology, agronomy, and plant genetics and breeding.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	6.4
2024	5.60

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	1.666

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	202

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	1996

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	6419

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Agricultural and Biological Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Yield gap analysis with local to global relevance—A review

  Citation: 1242

  Authors: Martin K., Kenneth G., Patricio, Joost, Pablo, Zvi

• Drought tolerance improvement in crop plants: An integrated view from breeding to genomics

  Citation: 1034

  Authors: Luigi, Fulvia, Franz-W., Elisabetta, Anna M., Enrico, Caterina, Alessandro, A. Michele

• Conservation agriculture and smallholder farming in Africa: The heretics’ view

  Citation: 997

  Authors: Ken E., Ernst, Marc, Pablo

• Effective use of water (EUW) and not water-use efficiency (WUE) is the target of crop yield improvement under drought stress

  Citation: 948

  Authors: A.

• Biochar amendment techniques for upland rice production in Northern Laos

  Citation: 835

  Authors: Hidetoshi, Benjamin K., Haefele M., Khamdok, Koki, Yoshiyuki, Yoshio, Tatsuhiko, Takeshi

• Role of ABA in integrating plant responses to drought and salt stresses

  Citation: 776

  Authors: Jianhua, Wensuo, Jianchang, Abdelbagi M.

• Nitrogen uptake, fixation and response to fertilizer N in soybeans: A review

  Citation: 757

  Authors: F., K.G., J.E., D.T., A., A.

• When yield gaps are poverty traps: The paradigm of ecological intensification in African smallholder agriculture

  Citation: 742

  Authors: Pablo, Ken E.

• Metals and micronutrients – food safety issues

  Citation: 691

  Authors: M.J, D.R, J.M

• When does no-till yield more? A global meta-analysis

  Citation: 683

  Authors: Cameron M., Bruce A., Mark E., Xinqiang, Kees Jan, Juhwan, Natasja, Johan, Rodney T., Chris

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