Advanced Agrochem

Advanced Agrochem is a peer-reviewed, fully open access journal founded in 2022 by Central China Normal University and the Agricultural Chemistry Committee of the Chinese Chemical Society, published by KeAi and distributed on ScienceDirect, covering every sub-field of agricultural chemistry with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 9.2《现代农业化学》（Advanced Agrochem）是由华中师范大学与中国化学会农业化学专业委员会于 2022 年共同创办、由（KeAi）出版并在（ScienceDirect）发行的同行评审全开放获取期刊，覆盖农业化学各子领域，2025 年影响因子为 9.2。

Scope

• The journal is devoted to a wide range of sub-fields in agricultural chemistry and particularly welcomes articles of an interdisciplinary nature该刊致力于农业化学的众多子领域，尤其欢迎跨学科性质的论文。
• Its topics include agrochemicals, agricultural analytical chemistry and food safety, agricultural biochemistry, and chemical biology其主题包括农用化学品、农业分析化学与食品安全、农业生物化学以及化学生物学。
• Further areas are agricultural biotransformation, agricultural biotechnology, pesticide science and plant protection, and the high-value transformation and use of agricultural outputs其他方向还有农业生物转化、农业生物技术、农药科学与植物保护，以及农业产出的高值转化与利用。
• The journal also encourages work on emerging science and biotechnology in agriculture, such as nanotechnology, gene editing, chemical probes and proteomics该刊还鼓励新兴科学与生物技术在农业中的应用研究，例如纳米技术、基因编辑、化学探针与蛋白质组学。
• Related methods include fluorescent labelling, mass spectrometry and in vivo imaging相关方法还包括荧光标记、质谱与活体成像。
• It publishes timely and in-depth reviews, insightful perspectives, highlights, high-quality original research and communications该刊发表及时而深入的综述、富有洞见的观点、亮点、高质量原创研究与通讯。
• It is indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index and placed in the first quartile of the Agriculture, multidisciplinary category, ranked 5th of 95 titles该刊被（ESCI）收录，在农业综合类位居第一四分位、于 95 种刊中排名第 5。

History

• The journal was launched in 2022, with its first issue published in September of that year, as the first international English-language journal in the field of agricultural chemistry in China该刊于 2022 年上线并于同年 9 月出版首期，是中国农业化学领域的首本国际英文学术期刊。^[1]
• It was co-founded by Central China Normal University and the Agricultural Chemistry Committee of the Chinese Chemical Society, to build a Chinese academic platform in agricultural chemistry该刊由华中师范大学与中国化学会农业化学专业委员会共同主办，旨在打造中国在农业化学领域的学术阵地。
• The founders said the journal serves the green transformation of agriculture, in which chemistry plays an increasingly important role创办者表示，该刊服务于农业绿色转型，而化学在其中发挥着日益重要的作用。
• It is published by KeAi and distributed online on ScienceDirect, and the copyright of the compiled journal is held by Central China Normal University该刊由（KeAi）合作出版并在（ScienceDirect）在线发行，期刊整体的版权归华中师范大学所有。
• It is a fully open access quarterly with an article publishing charge of USD 1000, waived for all papers submitted before 31 December 2025该刊为全开放获取季刊，文章处理费为 1000 美元，2025 年 12 月 31 日前投稿的论文免收该费用。
• Its Journal Impact Factor for 2025 is 9.2 and its CiteScore is 14.9, and it is also indexed in the Directory of Open Access Journals其 2025 年影响因子为 9.2、CiteScore 为 14.9，并已被（DOAJ）收录。
• Its editorial board was formed at launch with 35 experts from 13 countries and regions创刊时其编委会由来自 13 个国家和地区的 35 名专家组成。

Editors

• Guang-Fu Yang, a professor at Central China Normal University and vice-chairman of the Agricultural Chemistry Committee of the Chinese Chemical Society, is the editor-in-chief and works on pesticide chemistry and chemical biology主编（Guang-Fu Yang）为华中师范大学教授、中国化学会农业化学专业委员会副主任，从事农药化学与化学生物学研究。
• Yingfu Li of McMaster University in Canada serves as co-editor-in-chief加拿大（McMaster University）的（Yingfu Li）任共同主编。
• The associate editors include Liang Cheng and Dong Qiu of the Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Luke Guddat of the University of Queensland副编辑包括中国科学院化学研究所的（Liang Cheng）与（Dong Qiu），以及（University of Queensland）的（Luke Guddat）。
• Other associate editors are Jibin He of Teesside University, Peter Maienfisch of CreInSol MCB in Switzerland, and Jesus Simal-Gandara of the University of Vigo其他副编辑有（Teesside University）的（Jibin He）、瑞士（CreInSol MCB）的（Peter Maienfisch）与（University of Vigo）的（Jesus Simal-Gandara）。
• Further associate editors are Jun Yin and Chengzhou Zhu of Central China Normal University还有华中师范大学的（Jun Yin）与（Chengzhou Zhu）任副编辑。
• The editorial board draws on universities and companies in China, the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany, Australia, Switzerland and South Africa, including Bayer, BASF and Syngenta编委会成员来自中国、美国、加拿大、英国、德国、澳大利亚、瑞士与南非的高校与企业，包括（Bayer）、（BASF）与（Syngenta）。
• Peer review is under the responsibility of the editorial board, manuscripts are submitted through the online Editorial Manager system, and the journal also issues themed special issues led by guest editors该刊的同行评审由编委会负责，稿件经在线投稿系统（Editorial Manager）提交，并不定期推出由客座编辑主持的主题特刊。