Journal History
| 2021 | The inaugural issue was released. Crops was published as a quarterly journal. |
| 2023 | Crops published its 50th paper. Crops was indexed in Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ). |
| 2024 | Crops was indexed in Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)—Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics), starting with Volume 1 (Issue 1). Crops was indexed in Scopus (Elsevier), starting with Volume 1 (Issue 1). |
| 2025 | Crops adopted a bimonthly publication schedule. Crops received its first Impact Factor (1.9). Crops received its first CiteScore (2025) of 2.4. |
| 2026 | Crops received its 2025 Impact Factor (2.1). Crops received its 2025 CiteScore (2.9). |
Editor-in-Chief
| 2021–2024 | Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Kenneth J. Moore |
| 2024–present | Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Yinglong Chen |
