Biological Agriculture & Horticulture

Biological Agriculture & Horticulture is a quarterly peer-reviewed journal published by Taylor & Francis and founded in 1982, devoted to biological and organic approaches to farming and to the land use that supports them.《生物农业与园艺》由（Taylor & Francis）出版，1982 年创刊，每年四期，实行同行评审，专注生物农业与有机农业的耕作方式及其依托的土地利用。

Its pages carry field experiments, farm surveys and economic analyses that test how far biological methods can replace synthetic inputs without surrendering yield or income.刊物登载田间试验、农场调查与经济学分析，考察生物方法替代合成投入品的空间，以及产量与收益能否守住。

The 2025 Journal Citation Reports place it at a Journal Impact Factor of 1.9, in the second quartile of Agronomy and the third quartile of Horticulture.2025 年期刊引证报告给出的影响因子为 1.9，该刊在农艺学列第二分区，在园艺学列第三分区。

Scope

• The stated aim is to act as a central focus for studies of alternative systems of husbandry, above all the biological or organic route to food production.刊物自述的宗旨是成为替代耕作体系研究的中心平台，其中以通向食物生产的生物农业与有机农业路线为主。
• Contributions may address any aspect of biological husbandry in agriculture, horticulture and forestry, provided the work rests on sound science or sound economics.来稿可涉及农业、园艺与林业中生物耕作的任一环节，前提是科学依据或经济分析站得住。
• Temperate and tropical conditions are treated alike, and comparisons that cross climatic zones are welcomed.温带与热带条件同等对待，跨气候带的比较研究受到欢迎。
• Energy and water use fall inside the remit, covering irrigation efficiency, dependence on fuel and the water demand of alternative systems.能源与水的利用属于刊物范围，涉及灌溉效率、对燃料的依赖以及替代体系的用水需求。
• Environmental impact is a standing concern, from nitrate leaching and greenhouse gas budgets to soil erosion and the biodiversity of farmland.环境影响是长期议题，从硝酸盐淋失与温室气体收支，到农田土壤侵蚀与生物多样性，均在讨论之列。
• Soil fertility and nutrient cycling form the largest single cluster, with organic matter management, biological nitrogen fixation and the balance of inputs against offtakes.土壤肥力与养分循环构成最大的议题群，涉及有机质管理、生物固氮以及投入与移出之间的平衡。
• Composts, farmyard manures and green manures are examined for nutrient release, for effects on soil structure and for the practicalities of handling them on a working farm.堆肥、厩肥与绿肥的养分释放、对土壤结构的作用以及在实际农场中的操作方式，都在考察之列。
• Rotations, intercropping and mixed cropping are studied as means of interrupting pest cycles and of spreading risk across a growing season.轮作、间作与混作被当作打断病虫循环并在整个生长季分散风险的手段来研究。
• Biological control and integrated management of pests, diseases and weeds receive steady attention, with field-scale evidence valued above laboratory promise.生物防治与病虫草害的综合治理持续受到关注，田块尺度的证据比实验室前景更受重视。
• Horticultural quality is a second thread, covering produce grade, shelf life, flavour and nutritional composition under organic or low-input regimes.园艺产品品质是另一条线索，涉及有机制度或低投入制度下的商品等级、货架期、风味与营养成分。
• Livestock enters where animals belong to the system, through fodder production, grazing management and the recycling of manure inside mixed farms.家畜以系统组成部分的身份进入讨论，涉及饲草生产、放牧管理以及混合农场内部的粪肥循环。
• Long-term trials and whole-system comparisons underpin much of the work, because yield stability only shows itself across several seasons.长期试验与整系统比较支撑了许多研究，产量稳定性往往要跨越若干生长季才显现。
• Economic appraisal is explicitly in scope, so farm returns, labour demand and the cost of conversion sit beside the agronomic measurements.经济评估明确列入范围，农场收益、劳动需求与转换成本同农艺测定并列呈现。
• Agroforestry and the management of farm woodland join the agricultural and the forestry halves of the title.农林复合经营与农场林地管理把刊名里农业与林业两部分连接起来。
• Review articles, short communications and book reviews appear alongside primary research and are used to take stock of where organic and biological farming has arrived.综述、短篇通讯与书评同原创研究并列刊出，用来清点有机农业与生物农业已经走到何处。

History

• Volume 1, issue 1 appeared in January 1982, opening with a paper on nitrogen fixation in sugar cane litter and another on the need for a more biological approach to agriculture.第 1 卷第 1 期于 1982 年 1 月面世，开篇一篇讨论甘蔗枯叶中的固氮作用，另一篇主张农业应更贴近生物学。
• A B Academic Publishers of Bicester in Oxfordshire brought out the title, and the firm's address still appears in the journal's indexing records as its correspondence address.刊物由位于比斯特的（A B Academic Publishers）出版，这家公司的地址至今仍作为通信地址留在索引记录中。
• David Hodges was the founding editor, and a tribute printed in the 2019 volume records what the journal owed to his direction.创刊主编为（David Hodges），2019 年卷内一篇纪念文章记述了刊物受其主持之益的情形。
• Early volumes did not follow the calendar, since volume 1 ran from 1982 into 1983 and volume 3 covered 1985 and 1986, a rhythm common to young quarterlies.早期卷次并不与日历年对齐，第 1 卷跨 1982 与 1983 两年，第 3 卷覆盖 1985 与 1986 两年，新办季刊多有这样的节奏。
• Four issues to a volume has been the rule since the beginning, and the count has never been cut or expanded.每卷四期自创刊起即为定例，此后既未削减也未扩版。
• Publication later passed to Taylor & Francis, trading as Informa UK Limited, which runs the present online edition and registers a DOI for each article.出版业务后来转入（Taylor & Francis），现以（Informa UK Limited）名义运营网络版，并为每篇文章注册 DOI。
• Volume numbering survived the transfer without a break, so volume 26 closed in 2009 and volume 42 opened in 2026.卷号在出版方更替中未曾中断，第 26 卷于 2009 年收束，第 42 卷于 2026 年开卷。
• Output peaked in the mid 1990s, when 79 records carry a 1997 imprint and 66 carry 1995.发文量在 1990 年代中期达到高点，1997 年留有 79 条记录，1995 年留有 66 条。
• Recent volumes are leaner, at 19 to 22 items a year spread over four issues of about five articles each.近年卷次更为精简，每年 19 至 22 篇，分置于四期，每期约五篇。
• Crossref holds roughly 1,360 records for the journal, a backfile that runs back to the first issue.Crossref 收录该刊约 1360 条记录，回溯文档一直延伸到创刊号。
• The name has never changed, and the Crossref record carries a single title for the whole run, with no merged or superseded journal behind it.刊名始终未改，Crossref 记录对全部卷次只给出一个题名，背后没有并入或替代的刊物。
• Both Journal Citation Reports categories apply to the same run of papers, Agronomy and Horticulture, which matches the double readership the title was built for.期刊引证报告的两个类目都落在同一批论文上，即农艺学与园艺学，这与刊名面向的双重读者群相合。
• The impact factor stood at 1.864 for 2022, fell to 1.4 for 2023, recovered to 1.6 for 2024 and reached 1.9 for 2025.影响因子在 2022 年为 1.864，2023 年降至 1.4，2024 年回升至 1.6，2025 年达到 1.9。
• Print and electronic editions carry separate numbers, 0144-8765 for the printed issue and 2165-0616 for the version read online.纸本与网络版各有编号，纸本为 0144-8765，网络版为 2165-0616。
• Science Citation Index Expanded is the abstract that matters most for authors here, and the journal appears in both of its agriculture categories.对作者而言，最重要的索引是科学引文索引扩展版（Science Citation Index Expanded），该刊在此库的农业两个类目下均有收录。

Editors

• Direction rests with an editor-in-chief, who is supported by an advisory board supplying expertise in agronomy, horticulture and soil science.刊物方向由主编把握，并由一个顾问委员会提供农艺学、园艺学与土壤学方面的专业支持。
• David Hodges held the founding editorship from 1982 and remained the public face of the journal through its first decades, as the 2019 tribute makes plain.（David Hodges）自 1982 年起担任创刊主编，此后数十年一直是刊物的对外代表，2019 年的纪念文章对此有明确交代。
• Advisory board listings appear in volumes of the mid 1980s, printed with each member's institution, which shows that outside advice was designed into the title from the start.1980 年代中期的卷次已印有顾问委员会名单，并附各人所属机构，可见外部咨询自创刊即写入制度。
• Manuscripts reach the editor first, who checks fit with the aims and scope and returns unsuitable work without sending it out.稿件先到主编手中，由主编核对是否符合宗旨与范围，不合者不经外审即退回。
• Work that passes that screen goes to independent referees, with the process organised through the publisher's online submission system.通过初筛的稿件送交独立评审人，流程经出版方的在线投稿系统组织。
• Referees are asked to weigh evidence and method as heavily as novelty, a standard that suits the field-trial papers the journal favours.评审人须以证据与方法的份量衡量稿件，新颖程度不占压倒地位，这一标准与刊物偏爱的田间试验论文相称。
• The handling editor weighs the reports and takes the decision, and no single referee's recommendation is binding.处理编辑权衡各份评审意见后作出决定，任何一位评审人的建议都不具约束力。
• Authors answer the reports point by point in a response letter when they submit a revision.作者提交修改稿时须附答复信，逐条回应评审提出的问题。
• Book reviews and shorter notices have belonged to the format since the 1980s and are commissioned by the editor rather than submitted uninvited.书评与短篇书讯自 1980 年代起即为固定栏目，由编辑约稿，不接受未经邀请的投稿。
• Review articles are refereed by the same readers who handle experimental papers, so a synthesis faces the same scrutiny as a trial report.综述与试验论文走同一套评审人，综合性的评述因此与试验报告接受同等审视。
• Questions of research ethics, including the reporting of field trials and the credit given to farmer collaborators, fall under the publisher's ethics policy.研究伦理问题，包括田间试验的报告方式与对农民合作者的署名，按出版方的伦理政策处理。
• Editorial correspondence runs through the publisher's offices in Abingdon in Oxfordshire, while the Bicester address of the founding house survives in the journal's records.编辑通信经出版方设在牛津郡阿宾登的办公处处理，编辑部档案中仍保留比斯特的旧地址。