Agricultural Water Management

Agricultural Water Management publishes papers of international significance on the science, economics and policy of agricultural water management, and has appeared from Elsevier since 1976, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 7.8 and a rank of 5 of 133 in agronomy《农业水管理》（Agricultural Water Management）刊载具有国际意义的农业水管理科学、经济学与政策论文，自 1976 年起由（Elsevier）出版，2025 年影响因子为 7.8，在农学类 133 种期刊中列第 5 位。

Scope

• Every manuscript must address implications and provide insight for agricultural water management, however specialised its subject无论选题多么专门，每篇稿件都须讨论对农业水管理的意义并提供洞见。
• Farm-level and regional water management, crop water relations, crop yields and water productivity are the first group of topics农场与区域尺度水管理、作物水分关系、作物产量与水分生产率是第一组选题。
• Irrigation, drainage and salinity in cultivated areas are covered, together with salinity management and strategies for using saline water in agriculture耕地灌溉、排水与盐分，以及盐分管理和农业利用咸水的策略均在覆盖之内。
• Rainwater harvesting and crop water management in rainfed areas form a distinct stream, as does the use of wastewater and other low-quality waters雨养区的雨水集蓄与作物水分管理构成独立方向，废水及其他低质水的农业利用亦然。
• Groundwater management in agriculture and the conjunctive use of groundwater and surface water are treated, including consequences for nutrient cycling农业地下水管理以及地下水与地表水的联合调度均在讨论之列，包括对养分循环的影响。
• Interactions with the environment are included, covering flooding, soil erosion, nutrient loss, non-point source pollution, water quality, desertification and climate change与环境的相互作用亦在其中，涵盖洪水、土壤侵蚀、养分流失、面源污染、水质、荒漠化与气候变化。
• Institutional and regulatory aspects such as water pricing, allocation and competition are within scope水价、水权分配与竞争等制度与监管层面属于收稿范围。
• Papers that draw only generalised conclusions, such as that competition for water will increase, are unlikely to be considered, and basic soil-water-plant or evapotranspiration work is accepted only when tied to active water management仅得出「水资源竞争将加剧」这类泛化结论的稿件一般不受理，基础土壤—水—植物关系或蒸散估算研究也须与实际的农业用水管理挂钩才会被接受。

History

• The journal was founded in 1976, and its first volume appeared in December 1976该刊创办于 1976 年，首卷于 1976 年 12 月出版。
• It has been published by Elsevier throughout, with Amsterdam as its place of publication该刊始终由（Elsevier）出版，出版地为阿姆斯特丹。
• The journal defines its remit around international significance, and states that papers of only local interest fall outside it该刊以「国际意义」界定范围，并明确仅具地方意义的论文不在其列。
• Impact factors were 4.516 in 2021, 6.611 in 2022, 6.5 in 2024 and 7.8 in 2025影响因子为 2021 年 4.516、2022 年 6.611、2024 年 6.5、2025 年 7.8。
• In 2025 it ranked 5th of 133 in agronomy at the 96.6th percentile and 9th of 132 in water resources at the 93.6th percentile2025 年该刊在农学类 133 种期刊中列第 5 位，百分位 96.6，在水资源类 132 种期刊中列第 9 位，百分位 93.6。

Editors

• The editors-in-chief are Brent Clothier of the Plant and Food Research Institute in Palmerston North, Rodney B. Thompson of the University of Almeria and Xiying Zhang of the Chinese Academy of Sciences Center for Agricultural Resources Research in Shijiazhuang主编为（Plant and Food Research Institute）帕默斯顿北中心的 Brent Clothier、（University of Almeria）的 Rodney B. Thompson 与（Chinese Academy of Sciences）石家庄农业资源研究中心的 Xiying Zhang。
• Executive editors are J.E. Fernandez of the Institute of Natural Resources and Agrobiology of Seville, Xiaomin Mao of China Agricultural University and Ranvir Singh of Massey University执行编辑为（Institute of Natural Resources and Agrobiology of Seville）的 J.E. Fernandez、（China Agricultural University）的 Xiaomin Mao 与（Massey University）的 Ranvir Singh。
• Sixteen associate editors cover irrigation engineering, salinity, remote sensing of evapotranspiration and farm economics across Italy, Spain, China, India, Mexico, Portugal, Australia, Canada and the United States16 位副编辑覆盖灌溉工程、盐分、蒸散遥感与农场经济等方向，分布于意大利、西班牙、中国、印度、墨西哥、葡萄牙、澳大利亚、加拿大与美国。
• The advisory board includes Wim Bastiaanssen of eLEAF, Steve Evett of the USDA Agricultural Research Service, Manzoor Qadir of the United Nations University and Luis Pereira of the University of Lisbon顾问委员会包括（eLEAF）的 Wim Bastiaanssen、（USDA Agricultural Research Service）的 Steve Evett、（United Nations University）的 Manzoor Qadir 与（University of Lisbon）的 Luis Pereira。
• The journal reports 60 editors and board members and publishes a gender breakdown of 78 per cent men and 22 per cent women该刊公布编辑与编委共 60 人，性别构成为男性 78%、女性 22%。