Tropical Grasslands - Forrajes Tropicales Online Journal
Tropical Grasslands-Forrajes Tropicales (TGFT) is an ISI-indexed online journal that publishes quarterly research papers peer reviewed by the top forages scientists worldwide. Unlike most well-known publishers and publications, TGFT does not have any article processing charges (APCs) nor subscription fees, making it compliance with diamond open access. This allows scholars, lecturers, extensionists, farmers and anyone interested in tropical forages to access high quality and state-of-the-art research. Also, the platform includes all the papers published in the former journals Tropical Grasslands (1967‒2010), Pasturas Tropicales (1979‒2007) and CSRIO Genetic Resources Communications (1980‒2000).
In what context is this tool useful?
For authors: This tool is useful for young researchers who want to publish their findings and receive a comprehensive review of their work, including guidance from the editors to improve their manuscripts to assure the quality of the publication. Experienced researchers can publish as well with the confidence of receiving appropriate feedback of their findings. The outcome for both are the publication of their contributions at the highest quality standards.
For users: academics and practitioners could access the topmost tropical forages research, peer-reviewed and totally free.
Results
- Since 2013, 11 volumes with 425 articles have been published Full Open Access, no APCs, without any subscription fees (Diamond category).
- 63,002 views in 2024 (58,090 in 2025)
- Authors from 76 countries
- 2021 Journal Impact Factor: 0.757 / 5-year: 0.897
- 2024 Scopus CiteScore: 1.7 / Scimago JR: 0.254
- The Journal is Indexed in different platforms, including: Scopus, Clarivate, Scielo, SJR
- Visitors are mostly from Asia, America and Africa (African readers incremented in 2022)
- Main language remains English, followed by Spanish and Portuguese; with a significant increase of Chinese readers in the last year.
Variations, scaling and adaptations
Since its establishment in 2013, the journal has fulfilled its promise to the forage community, reaching more than 2,000 registered readers and publishing over 450 articles. Several articles have received more than 1,000 views and downloads, reflecting the value of the journal to researchers and practitioners working on tropical forages and pastures.
However, sustaining the funding required for scientific publishing has remained a challenge. Efforts to secure continued financial support were unsuccessful. The option of introducing an article processing charge was considered, but ultimately rejected because it was not consistent with the journal’s commitment to providing free publication opportunities for young forage and pasture researchers from the tropics.
Without continued funding, the journal is unable to continue publication.
The editors would like to thank the members of the Management Committee, Editorial Board, and CIAT editorial team for the time, expertise, and dedication they contributed to making Tropical Grasslands–Forrajes Tropicales a leading journal for research on tropical forages.
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Anny I. Yedra Cubillos
Science Communicator for the Tropical Forages ProgramPublications
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Efforts to secure continued financial support were unsuccessful.
The option of introducing an article processing charge was considered, but ultimately rejected because it was not consistent with the journal’s commitment to providing free publication opportunities for young forage and pasture researchers from the tropics.
Without continued funding, the journal is unable to continue publication.
The editors would like to thank the members of the Management Committee, Editorial Board, and CIAT editorial team for the time, expertise, and dedication they contributed to making Tropical Grasslands–Forrajes Tropicales a leading journal for research on tropical forages.