Crop and Environment

Crop and Environment is a peer-reviewed gold open access journal published by Elsevier since 2022 under the eISSN 2773-126X, covering crop science and its environmental interactions, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 8.6 and a first quartile rank of 1 of 133 in agronomy in the Emerging Sources Citation Index《作物与环境》（Crop and Environment）是爱思唯尔（Elsevier）自 2022 年起出版的同行评审金色开放获取期刊，电子刊号 2773-126X，覆盖作物科学及其环境互作，2025 年影响因子为 8.6，在（ESCI）农学类 133 种期刊中列第 1 位、居第一四分位。

Scope

• The journal publishes original research, reviews and short communications on crop science and its interactions with the environment, including crop physiology, ecology and production该刊刊载作物科学及其环境互作领域的原创研究、综述与短通讯，涉及作物生理学、生态学与生产。
• Topics include crop genetics and breeding, cropping systems, soil and water management, climate change adaptation, precision agriculture and sustainable intensification主题涵盖作物遗传与育种、种植制度、土壤与水分管理、气候变化适应、精准农业与可持续集约化。
• The journal gives particular attention to research that advances environmentally sustainable crop production and bridges agronomy with environmental and soil science该刊特别关注推进环境可持续作物生产、连接农学与环境及土壤科学的研究。
• Article types include research articles, reviews, short communications and perspectives, and the journal operates a quarterly publication schedule文章类型包括研究论文、综述、短通讯与观点，该刊采用季刊出版节奏。
• As a gold open access journal it applies a Creative Commons attribution licence to accepted articles and levies an article processing charge on the corresponding author作为金色开放获取期刊，该刊对录用文章采用知识共享署名许可，向通讯作者收取文章处理费。
• It is abstracted and indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index, Scopus and the Directory of Open Access Journals, and it is included in the Journal Citation Reports from the Emerging Sources Citation Index edition该刊被（Emerging Sources Citation Index）、（Scopus）与开放获取期刊目录收录，并纳入（ESCI）版期刊引证报告。

History

• The journal was launched in 2022 by Elsevier as a venue for crop and environment research from the international agronomy community, with the first volume appearing in the same year该刊于 2022 年由爱思唯尔创办，定位为发表国际农学群体作物与环境研究成果的平台，首卷同年出版。
• It was conceived to provide a fully open access outlet for crop science research that explicitly addresses environmental interactions and sustainability该刊定位为作物科学研究的完全开放获取出口，明确关注环境互作与可持续性。
• The Journal Impact Factor was first reported in the Emerging Sources Citation Index and reached 5.6 in 2024 and 8.6 in 2025, placing the journal first of 133 in agronomy该刊的影响因子首见于（Emerging Sources Citation Index），2024 年为 5.6，2025 年达到 8.6，居农学类 133 种期刊之首。
• From its founding the journal operated as a gold open access title with a Creative Commons licence, and it has retained the quarterly publication model since launch自创刊起该刊即为金色开放获取期刊，采用知识共享许可，并一直沿用季刊出版模式。
• The publisher carries the journal on the ScienceDirect platform and the digital object identifier prefix of its articles is 10.1016, shared with other Elsevier titles出版方将该刊载于科学直通平台，其文章的数字对象唯一标识符前缀为（10.1016），与爱思唯尔其他期刊一致。

Editors

• The journal is led by an editor-in-chief supported by an international editorial board whose members are drawn from agricultural universities, research institutes and agronomy departments across Asia, Europe and the Americas该刊由一位主编带领，配以由亚洲、欧洲与美洲多所农业大学、研究机构与农学院系学者组成的国际编委会。
• The editorial board includes section editors responsible for subject areas such as crop genetics, cropping systems, soil management and climate adaptation, reflecting the agronomic and environmental scope of the journal编委会设有领域编辑，分别负责作物遗传、种植制度、土壤管理与气候适应等方向，对应刊物的农学与环境定位。
• Editorial handling follows the Elsevier editorial management system, with submissions assigned to handling editors based on subject expertise and competing interest declarations稿件处理依托爱思唯尔的编辑管理系统，依据学科专长与利益冲突声明分配责任编辑。
• Peer review is double-blind and the journal maintains the Elsevier standards on reviewer recruitment, conflict of interest management, data sharing and editorial independence同行评审采用双盲方式，该刊遵循爱思唯尔在审稿人遴选、利益冲突管理、数据共享与编辑独立性方面的标准。
• The masthead and board roster are published on the journal page at ScienceDirect and updated as new members join or existing members step down编委名单在科学直通期刊页公布，并随成员增减而更新。