Agricultural Systems

Agricultural Systems is an international journal published by Elsevier since 1976 that analyses the interactions within farming systems and between agriculture, land use and the natural, social and economic environment, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 6.2.《农业系统》是由（Elsevier）自 1976 年起出版的国际期刊，分析农业系统内部以及农业与土地利用、自然、社会和经济环境之间的相互作用，2025 年期刊影响因子为 6.2。

Scope

• The journal examines interactions among the components of agricultural systems and across hierarchical levels, from field to farm and landscape.期刊考察农业系统各组分之间以及从田块到农场、景观各层级的相互作用。
• It also covers interactions between agricultural systems and other land-use systems, and between those systems and their natural, social and economic environments.期刊同样关注农业系统与其他土地利用系统之间，以及农业系统与自然、社会、经济环境之间的相互作用。
• Methodological work includes diagnosis, simulation and mathematical modelling, participatory modelling, multi-criteria assessment, trade-off analysis and participatory design.方法学内容涵盖诊断、模拟与数学建模、参与式建模、多准则评估、权衡分析与参与式设计。
• Priority goes to whole-farm and landscape questions that integrate conceptual, empirical and dynamic modelling approaches.优先录用整合概念模型、实证数据与动态建模、面向全农场与景观尺度问题的稿件。
• Substantive themes include agroecology, sustainable intensification and transition pathways, decision-making and resource allocation, and the multiple services that farming provides.实质性主题包括农业生态学、可持续集约化与转型路径、决策与资源配置，以及农业提供的多重服务。
• Adaptation and transformation under global change, innovation systems and multi-stakeholder arrangements, and policy-relevant analysis of change are all in scope.全球变化下的适应与转型、创新系统与多方主体安排，以及具有政策意义的变革分析均属收稿范围。
• Digitalisation, the Internet of Things, big data and artificial intelligence in Agriculture 4.0 and 5.0 are treated as an emerging core area.农业 4.0 与 5.0 背景下的数字化、物联网、大数据与人工智能被视为新兴核心领域。

History

• The first volume appeared in 1976, and its opening issue carried an editorial introducing the new journal alongside the first research papers.首卷于 1976 年问世，创刊号在首批研究论文之外还刊出一篇介绍新刊的社论。
• The journal reached its fiftieth year of publication in 2026, when volumes 231 to 239 appeared, and volume 240 opened in January 2027.2026 年本刊进入出版第五十年，当年出版第 231 至 239 卷，2027 年 1 月开启第 240 卷。
• It is a hybrid title, offering subscription publication at no charge to authors alongside an open access option with an article publishing charge of USD 3,700.本刊为混合期刊，作者可选择不收费的订阅出版，也可选择缴纳 3,700 美元论文处理费的开放获取出版。
• The 2025 Journal Impact Factor is 6.2 and the CiteScore is 11.2, ranking the journal 13th of 95 titles in multidisciplinary agriculture.2025 年期刊影响因子为 6.2，CiteScore 为 11.2，在农业多学科类 95 种期刊中排名第 13。
• Median timelines are eight days from submission to first decision, seventy days to a decision after review, 165 days to acceptance and ten days from acceptance to online publication.中位时效为投稿至首次决定 8 天、送审后决定 70 天、投稿至录用 165 天、录用到在线发表 10 天。
• In 2026 the editors published a separate statement of editorial directions, narrowing the kinds of econometric, typological and life cycle studies that fall within the journal's remit.2026 年编辑部另行发布编辑方向说明，收窄了计量经济、类型学与生命周期评价类研究的收稿边界。

Editors

• Jagadish Timsina, of the Institute for Study and Development Worldwide in Canberra, Australia, is one of two editors-in-chief.主编之一 Jagadish Timsina 任职于澳大利亚堪培拉的（Institute for Study and Development Worldwide）。
• Mark 范维克, based in Quito, Ecuador, is the second editor-in-chief listed by the journal.另一位主编 Mark 范维克 常驻厄瓜多尔基多。
• Sixteen handling editors cover agronomy, farming systems modelling, livestock, economics and geography, among them Phillip Alderman in Oklahoma, Nadine Andrieu at CIRAD and Zhao Zhang at Beijing Normal University.16 位责任编辑覆盖农学、农业系统建模、畜牧、经济学与地理学，其中包括俄克拉何马州的 Phillip Alderman、（CIRAD）的 Nadine Andrieu 与北京师范大学的 Zhao Zhang。
• The wider editorial structure comprises 105 editors and board members drawn from 31 countries, with a large advisory board spanning CSIRO, Wageningen, INRAE, IITA and ICARDA.整个编辑架构由来自 31 个国家的 105 名编辑与编委组成，顾问委员会覆盖（CSIRO）、（Wageningen）、（INRAE）、（IITA）与（ICARDA）等机构。
• Manuscripts undergo single anonymized review, normally with at least two independent referees, and the handling editor issues the decision, with one appeal permitted per manuscript.稿件采用单盲评审，通常至少两位独立审稿人，由责任编辑作出决定，每篇稿件仅受理一次申诉。
• Perspectives of up to 2,000 words are mostly invited, and unsolicited proposals must first obtain pre-submission advice, while reviews and book reviews require prior consultation with the editors.不超过 2,000 字的观点文章以约稿为主，自荐者须先取得投稿前建议，综述与书评则须事先与编辑沟通。
• Authors are directed to read the editorial directions before submitting, since descriptive econometric work, stand-alone typologies and purely descriptive life cycle assessments are routinely declined.期刊要求作者在投稿前阅读编辑方向说明，因为描述性计量经济研究、孤立构建的类型学与纯描述性生命周期评价通常会被拒稿。