Agricultural & Environmental Letters

Agricultural & Environmental Letters is an open access letters journal published by John Wiley & Sons for the American Society of Agronomy, the Crop Science Society of America and the Soil Science Society of America.《Agricultural & Environmental Letters》是一份开放获取快报期刊，由约翰威立为美国农学会、美国作物科学学会与美国土壤科学学会出版。

It was launched in 2016 and carries short communications that reach across the agricultural and environmental sciences.该刊于 2016 年创办，刊载横跨农业与环境科学的简短通讯。

In the 2025 edition of the journal citation report it holds an impact factor of 3.3, and it stands in the second quartile of agriculture, multidisciplinary.在 2025 年版期刊引证报告中，该刊的影响因子为 3.3，在农业综合类目列第二区。

Scope

• The journal spans the entire range of the agricultural and environmental sciences, and it takes work that opens a question beyond a single specialty.该刊覆盖农业与环境科学的整个范围，收载超出单一专业而提出问题的研究。

• Papers are written as short communications, and the journal asks that a contribution come in at no more than about two and a half thousand words.论文以短通讯的形式撰写，该刊要求每篇投稿不超过约两千五百词。

• Agronomy is treated as a subject, and the journal carries work on how a crop is grown, fed and protected.农艺学作为选题得到处理，该刊刊载作物如何种植、施肥与保护的工作。

• Soil science is covered, and the journal takes work on how soil is formed, how it holds water and how it is kept healthy.土壤科学得到覆盖，该刊收载土壤如何形成、如何持水、如何保持健康的工作。

• Environmental science is part of the remit, and the journal admits work on the fate of a nutrient or a pollutant in the landscape.环境科学属于收稿范围，该刊收载养分或污染物在景观中归趋的工作。

• Climate change is named, and the journal carries work on how a farming system adapts or how it might be made to emit less.气候变化被点名，该刊刊载农业系统如何适应或如何减少排放的工作。

• Water quality and the movement of nutrients are treated, and the journal asks how a field or a watershed is affected.水质与养分迁移得到处理，该刊追问田块或流域受到何种影响。

• Food security is part of the remit, and the journal admits work on the supply of food and on the means of producing it.粮食安全属于收稿范围，该刊收载粮食供给与生产方式方面的工作。

• Policy and economics are weighed alongside the science, and the journal carries work that speaks to a decision maker.政策与经济同科学一并权衡，该刊刊载面向决策者的研究。

• Cross-disciplinary work is welcomed, and the journal asks that a finding be of consequence to more than one field.跨学科工作受到欢迎，该刊要求发现对不止一个领域具有意义。

• A paper is expected to carry an immediate implication, and the journal asks what a reader can do differently because of it.论文须带来即时的意义，该刊追问读者因此能做出什么不同的举动。

• Research that provokes discussion within the agricultural community is taken, and the journal gives room to a claim that invites reply.能在农业共同体内部引起讨论的研究受到收载，该刊为邀人回应的论断留出篇幅。

• Commentary of a concise kind is admitted, and the journal takes an argument that is set out briefly and squarely.简明一类的评论受到收载，该刊收载被简短而直截地陈述的论证。

• Data and method are stated in full, and the journal asks that a reader be able to repeat what was done.数据与方法完整写明，该刊要求读者能够重复所做之事。

History

• The journal was launched in 2016 as a digital letters title, and it was set up jointly by the three societies that back it.该刊于 2016 年作为数字快报创刊，由支持它的三家协会共同设立。

• It first appeared from the societies' own office in Madison, Wisconsin, and it now sits on the platform of John Wiley & Sons.该刊最初由三协会设在威斯康星州麦迪逊的办公室出版，现居于约翰威立的平台之上。

• Only one number is in use for the title, and the journal is published online rather than in print.该刊只使用一个刊号，以在线而非印刷形式出版。

• The first volume bore the year 2016, and the volume number has advanced by one each year since, so that volume 11 falls in 2026.第一卷对应 2016 年，此后卷号每年递进一位，2026 年出至第 11 卷。

• Two issues are gathered into a year in the present arrangement, one in June and one in December.按现行安排该刊每年汇集两期，一期在六月，一期在十二月。

• The journal is fully open access, and every article is free to read from the moment it is published.该刊完全开放获取，每篇文章自发表那一刻起即可免费阅读。

• A publication charge is levied on an accepted paper, and the journal publishes the amount and the waiver scheme on its own pages.被录用的论文须缴纳出版费用，该刊在自身页面上公布金额与减免方案。

• An expedited process was built into the title from the start, and the journal reports a submission-to-first-decision time of about eleven days.该刊自始便内置了一个加急流程，并报告从投稿到首次决定约为十一天。

• The impact figure has moved from about 2.5 in the early 2020s to 3.3 in the 2025 edition.影响因子从 2020 年代初的约 2.5 升到 2025 年版的 3.3。

• The journal is indexed in the science citation index expanded, and it is carried in Scopus and in the directory of open access journals.该刊被科学引文索引扩展版收录，并被 Scopus 与开放获取期刊目录收录。

• It is also abstracted in the chemical abstracts service and in the agricultural and environmental databases of the societies.该刊亦被化学文摘服务以及三协会的农业与环境数据库收录。

Editors

• Alan Franzluebbers of the agricultural research service of the United States department of agriculture is editor, and his own field is carbon and nutrient cycling.美国农业部农业研究局的（Alan Franzluebbers）担任编辑，其本人领域为碳与养分循环。

• A group of technical editors shares the handling of papers, and the journal lists members from Ohio State University and the International Rice Research Institute among others.一组技术编辑分担稿件处理，该刊列出的成员来自俄亥俄州立大学与国际水稻研究所等地。

• The editorial board is drawn from the three societies, and complete contact details are given on the societies' own site.编委会由三协会的人员组成，完整的联络信息列在协会自己的网站上。

• Manuscripts are submitted through the societies' system, and those that do not meet the instructions are returned before review.稿件通过三协会的系统投递，不符合说明的会在评审之前退回。

• Each paper is sent to a single anonymous referee, and the journal reports that a submission reaches a first decision in about eleven days.每篇论文送交一位匿名审稿人，该刊报告从投稿到首次决定约为十一天。

• The journal sets out the classes of manuscript it takes, along with the length and structure each of them should follow.该刊列明所收稿件的类别，以及各类别应遵循的篇幅与结构。

• Authors are asked to write in American English, and the journal gives a style manual for the purpose.作者须以美式英语写作，该刊为此提供一份体例手册。

• Ethical requirements are set out in full, and authors must declare any competing interest.伦理要求有完整说明，作者必须声明任何利益冲突。

• Similarity checking is applied to each submission, and the journal records the service it uses for the purpose.每篇投稿都做相似度检查，该刊记录了为此使用的服务。

• Where a claim rests on a measurement, the journal asks that the data be made available to readers.论断若依赖某项测定，该刊要求数据可供读者获取。

• The journal is read by agronomists and by soil scientists, by environmental chemists and by policy analysts, and it writes for all of them.该刊的读者既有农学家与土壤科学家，也有环境化学家与政策分析人员，它为这几类人写作。

• A study that crosses a laboratory result with a field outcome is given room, and the journal asks what the crossing shows.把实验室结果与田间结果相连接的研究有篇幅可用，该刊追问这一连接说明了什么。

• Studies that report a negative result are taken, since a practice that fails to help is worth knowing about.报告阴性结果的研究也在收载之列，因为无助于事的做法同样值得知道。

• Work on cover crops and on crop rotation appears among the subjects, and the journal carries papers on what such a system does to the soil.覆盖作物与轮作方面的工作列于选题之中，该刊刊载这类制度对土壤有何影响的论文。

• The journal asks that a paper state its core ideas apart from the main text, so that a reader can take the gist at a glance.该刊要求论文在正文之外另行列出核心要点，使读者可以一眼抓住要旨。

• Work that bears on the management of phosphorus or of nitrogen is treated, and the journal carries papers on how an input is used efficiently.关系到磷或氮管理的工作得到处理，该刊刊载投入品如何被高效利用的论文。

• The journal follows the publisher's policy on research integrity, and it records corrections and withdrawals where they arise.该刊遵循出版方的研究诚信政策，出现更正与撤稿时予以记录。

• Work from outside the largest institutions is welcomed, and the journal asks what a result means for a working farm.来自大型机构以外的工作同样受到欢迎，该刊追问某项结果对一座在耕农场意味着什么。