Agronomy for Sustainable Development
Agronomy for Sustainable Development (commonly abbreviated Agron. Sustain. Dev.) is a bimonthly agricultural sciences journal published on behalf of the French National Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment, carrying research on sustainable agricultural systems, with manuscripts written in English.Agronomy for Sustainable Development（常用缩写 Agron. Sustain. Dev.）是代表法国国家农业、食品与环境研究院（法国）出版的农林科学双月刊，刊载可持续农业系统研究，稿件以英文为主
Scope
The aims stated on the journal website are to publish literature at the interface of agronomy, cropping and farming system research with ecological, genetic, environmental, economic or social sciences, and the journal commits itself to publishing high-quality research and reviews that provide novel insights.期刊官网公布的办刊宗旨是发表农艺学、种植与农场系统研究同生态学、遗传学、环境科学、经济学或社会科学之间的交叉文献，承诺刊发提供新见解的高质量研究与综述[1]
- Sustainable agriculture and agroecology: sustainable agriculture, ecological production, agroecology, organic farming, and the conservation of natural resources in cropping systems.可持续农业与生态农学： 涵盖可持续农业、生态生产、农业生态学、有机农业以及种植系统与自然资源的保护
- Agronomic methods and technical improvement: innovation in farming systems, sustainable land use, agroclimatology and modelling, the biogeochemistry of agrosystems, and pollutants in agrosystems.农艺方法与技术改进： 涵盖农场系统创新、可持续土地利用、农业气候学与建模、农系统的生物地球化学以及农系统中的污染物研究
- Crop protection and biodiversity: ecological pest control and biopesticides, the ecological, economic and social consequences of genetic engineering applications in agrosystems, and environmental impacts on soil, water, air and biodiversity.作物保护与生物多样性： 涵盖生态防治与生物农药、农系统遗传改造的生态经济社会影响，以及对土壤、水体、空气与生物多样性的环境影响
- Food quality and supply chains: risk assessment for food, ecotoxicology, food safety and supply chain management, geographical indication, and environmental management in agriculture including decision support systems.食品质量与供应链： 涵盖食品风险评估与生态毒理学、食品安全与供应链管理、地理标志，以及农业环境管理与决策支持系统
- Rural economy and social issues: the social and economic issues of agricultural change, genetically modified organisms in cropping systems, agricultural production of renewable energies, and emerging topics such as livestock and the environment and urban agriculture.农村经济与社会议题： 涵盖农业变化的社会经济问题、农作物系统中的转基因生物、可再生能源的农业生产以及畜牧业与环境、城市农业等新兴方向
The journal's most distinctive feature is its interdisciplinary position. It welcomes monodisciplinary work in agronomy that establishes the grounds of sustainability, and equally encourages multidisciplinary articles bridging agronomy with ecology, the environmental sciences and the social sciences, while requiring manuscripts to demonstrate a clear scientific breakthrough relative to current knowledge. According to the journal's own account, more than half of the articles published in 2025 were related to at least one of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.该刊最鲜明的特征是学科定位上的跨界性，它既欢迎在农艺学内部提出可持续性论据的单学科研究，也鼓励把农艺学与生态学、环境科学和社会科学桥接起来的多学科文章，并要求稿件相对既有知识呈现清晰的科学突破；据期刊自述，2025 年发表的文章中有半数以上与联合国可持续发展目标中的至少一项相关
History
- 1981: founding. the predecessor of the journal was founded in France in 1981 under the title Agronomie, publishing mostly in French and aimed chiefly at domestic agricultural researchers.1981年：创刊。 该刊的前身于 1981 年在法国创刊，初始刊名为 Agronomie，创刊初期以发表法文稿件为主，读者主要为国内农业科研人员
- 2003 to 2006: a thorough overhaul. over these three years the journal was overhauled, adopting its present title Agronomy for Sustainable Development, redesigning the cover, and switching from French and English to English-only publication.2003年至2006年：全面改组。 期刊在这三年间经历了一次彻底改组，改用现名 Agronomy for Sustainable Development、更换封面设计，并将发表语言由法英双语改为仅用英文
- Change of sponsoring body. in its founding phase the journal was backed by the French National Institute for Agronomical Research. In 2020 that institute merged with Irstea to form the French National Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment, and the journal has since been owned by the new body while remaining published by Springer.主办机构变迁： 创刊阶段由法国国家农业研究院支持，2020 年该院与 Irstea 合并组建法国国家农业、食品与环境研究院（法国），期刊自此由新机构主办并继续由施普林格（Springer）出版
- Rising influence. the impact factor has climbed steadily from 4.263 in 2018 to 6.7 in 2024 and 8.2 in 2025, with a five-year impact factor of 10.2. Ranked by 2024 impact factor, it is now the top agronomy journal worldwide.影响力上升： 期刊影响因子由 2018 年的 4.263 起步持续上升，2024 年为 6.7，2025 年达到 8.2，五年影响因子为 10.2，按 2024 年影响因子计已位居全球农艺学期刊首位
- Indexing and ranking. the journal is indexed in SCIE and is placed in the Q1 quartile for agronomy in the Journal Citation Reports. In the Chinese Academy of Sciences ranking it is a first-tier top journal in agricultural sciences with a first-tier agronomy subcategory, and the latest evaluation records no warning.收录与分区： 期刊被SCIE（科学引文索引扩展版）收录，在期刊引证报告中列于农艺学 Q1 区；在中国科学院期刊分区中为农林科学大类 1 区、农艺学小类 1 区 Top 期刊，最新评估未见预警记录
Editors
The journal uses a collective editorship, with several Editors-in-Chief jointly steering its academic direction, assisted by Managing Editors who handle day-to-day manuscript processing, and supported by an international editorial board covering the individual subject areas.该刊采用集体主编制，设执行主编若干名共同把握学术方向，另配执行编辑负责日常稿件处理，并设有覆盖各专题方向的国际编委会
- Editors-in-Chief: the current Editors-in-Chief are Jacques Le Bot, Philippe Hinsinger, Laure Hossard, Jean-Marc Meynard, Sandrine Petit and Muriel Valantin-Morison.执行主编： 现任执行主编为 Jacques Le Bot、Philippe Hinsinger、Laure Hossard、Jean-Marc Meynard、Sandrine Petit 与 Muriel Valantin-Morison
- Managing Editors: Mohamad Taha and Béatrice Trotier-Faurion serve as Managing Editors, handling initial screening, formatting and the progression of manuscripts through the editorial process.执行编辑： Mohamad Taha 与 Béatrice Trotier-Faurion 担任执行编辑，负责稿件的初筛、格式处理与流程推进
- Institutional base: the editorial board is built on the research units of the sponsoring French National Institute for Agriculture, Food and Environment across France, and submissions come chiefly from the institute's agricultural, environmental and social science teams.机构背景： 编委会依托主办方法国国家农业、食品与环境研究院（法国）在各地的研究单元组建，稿件主要来自该院体系内的农业、环境与社会科学研究团队
- Full roster and submission information: the complete editorial board, the submission guidelines and the current calls for papers for special issues are given on the journal's official page.完整名单与投稿信息： 编委会全体成员、投稿指引以及正在进行的专刊征稿信息见期刊官方页面[2]