Journal of Tropical Crop Science

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The Journal of Tropical Crop Science (JTCS; p-ISSN: 2356-0169; e-ISSN: 2356-0177) is an open-access, international, peer-reviewed journal that publishes articles reporting research findings on in vivo and in vitro crop production and management under tropical conditions.

Our open access policy allows immediate, free access to the articles and permits any user to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of articles; crawl them for indexing; pass them as data to software; or use them for any other lawful purpose. 

The scope of the journal includes studies on crop production, breeding, seed technology, physiology, postharvest management, pests, and pathology of tropical cereals, vegetables, fruits, ornamentals, medicinal and plantation crops, soil, landscape, turf, and agroecological management. 

All articles are published under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0) license. Under the terms of this license, authors retain copyright and grant the journal the right of first publication. Others are free to copy, redistribute, and remix the material in any medium or format. Users must give appropriate attribution/credit, link to the original, include the name, provide license info, and keep their derivative work under CC BY-SA. 

JTCS is published by the Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, IPB University, Indonesia. We accept submissions from researchers worldwide. Our Editorial Board members are prominent and active international researchers in agriculture, horticulture, and biosciences.

All accepted articles will be published upon payment of an article-processing charge of IDR 2,500,000 and will be freely available to all readers worldwide.

JTCS has been indexed/registered in SCOPUS as of 20 March 2024 (SJR rating in progress), ASCI (Asian Science Citation Index), AGRIS FAO, and WORLD CATALOGUE LIBRARY.

Journal of Tropical Crop Science accepts the following types of papers

  1. Original research papers: report the results of original research. The material should not have been previously published elsewhere. 
  2. Review articles: cover a part of the subject with an active current interest. They may be submitted or invited. Original research papers and review articles should have a maximum of 8,000 words, including figures and tables.
  3. Short Communications:  report of preliminary research results, newly developed methodology or modification of existing methodology, and results of the application of an earlier published research methodology on other crops or under different conditions.
    Short communications should be as completely documented, both by reference to the literature and description of the experimental procedures employed, as a regular research paper with a maximum of 2000 words, with a maximum of three tables or figures, and up to 20 references.

PRINTED ISSN: 2356-0169
ELECTRONIC ISSN: 2356-0177

The Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, IPB University JOURNALS:
Jurnal Agronomi Indonesia  
Jurnal Hortikultura Indonesia 
Journal of Tropical Crop Science  

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Journal of Tropical Crop Science has been indexed by :  SCOPUS as of 20 March 2024 (SJR rating in progress)

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Vol. 13 No. 02 (2026): Journal of Tropical Crop Science
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