ASA, CSSA, and SSSA Gold Open Access Journal Author Page Charges Discontinued
The American Society of Agronomy (ASA), Crop Science Society of America (CSSA), and Soil Science Society of America (SSSA) have been committed to high quality publishing, peer review, and ethics for many years. Like many nonprofit society publications, our journals developed varying revenue streams to support the mission programs to lead and disseminate research in the agronomic, crop and soil sciences. As 2022 closes, ASA, CSSA, and SSSA are eliminating excess author page fees for gold open access journals, including Agrosystems, Geosciences & Environment, The Plant Genome, The Plant Phenome Journal, and Vadose Zone Journal, effective with manuscripts accepted and published after 31 December 2022. This new policy supports our goal to reduce economic burden on authors and simplify processes while continuing to provide gold open access publishing options for researchers worldwide. The Editors, editorial boards, and publications staff thank authors continuing to publish in ASA, CSSA, and SSSA journals and invite new authors to consider how our journals can meet your publishing needs.
Why Publish with Us?
The ASA, CSSA, and SSSA represent more than 8,000 members dedicated to supporting scientists, educators, industry, government employees, and practitioners around the world. As nonprofit association publishers, we produce the most trusted and well-respected peer-reviewed journals in agronomic sciences, crop sciences, and soil science. Publishing with professional societies allows for reinvestment in your field through missioned-based programs.
As an author, you are selective when choosing a publisher for your research. You consider a journal’s scope, rejection rate, publication timeline and more, but your decision to publish with society-based journals benefits your scientific community. The ASA, CSSA and SSSA support all levels of education, provide awards and fellowships, maintain professional certification programs, and guide science policy while impacting all areas of the sciences.
The Societies currently publish thirteen journals, including six open access journals, as well as monographs and book series across a variety of subjects. The Wiley Online Library, which hosts our content, reaches millions of readers all over the world. Our journals are indexed in Google Scholar, Web of Science, CrossRef, Scopus, Agricola, CABI, and more for increased discoverability.
The new Journal Impact Factors have been released by Clarivate for 2020. We are pleased to announce Agricultural and Environmental Letters (AEL) received its first Journal Impact Factor, placing AEL in the top one-third of journals in the Multidisciplinary Agriculture category. Additionally, five ASA, CSSA and SSSA journals earned Impact Factor increases in 2020. Our journals continue to develop content and continue to implement editorial strategies to remain timely and relevant in the changing landscape of scholarly publishing. More information about our journal impact factors can be found on the Wiley Online Library.
The Societies are members of STM, Clockss, COPE, ALPSP, and SocPC.
Excellent Services and Assistance
Our journal and book content is peer-reviewed by diverse international editorial boards consisting of leading experts in each field of research. We offer the option to transfer between all ASA, CSSA, and SSSA journals. We offer competitive publication options, including Open Access options, page fee waivers on some journals, and discounts for Society members on certain journals. In addition, we provide promotional services for select papers via our magazines and podcast. Our staff is here to serve you at every step of the process and can guide you through the processes of submission, peer review, editing, publishing, and beyond.
Get Involved
Peer reviewers play a critical role in maintaining the editorial standards of a scientific journal. Through their critical comments and helpful suggestions, reviewers have done much to maintain and increase the quality of research reported in ASA-CSSA-SSSA journals. Read why you should review for your Society journals. If you are interested in reviewing with us, please check our Peer Review page.
