The Pakistan Journal of Agricultural Sciences

The Pakistan Journal of Agricultural Sciences is the peer-reviewed journal of the Pakistan Association of Advancement in Agricultural Sciences, an association based at the University of Agriculture Faisalabad that has published it since 1964 under an unchanged title.《巴基斯坦农业科学杂志》是巴基斯坦农业科学促进会的同行评议期刊，该会设在费萨拉巴德农业大学，自 1964 年起以此刊名出版至今。

Original work in agronomy, soil science, plant breeding, food science, agricultural engineering and the animal disciplines reaches an international readership, and the journal recorded a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 1.3.刊物刊载农学、土壤学、植物育种与遗传、食品科学、农业工程以及动物科学等方向的原创研究，面向国际读者发行，2025 年期刊影响因子为 1.3。

Scope

• The stated mission is to advance and disseminate scientific knowledge concerning all basic and allied sciences linked to agriculture, which gives the journal a range wider than any single commodity discipline.刊物自述的宗旨是推进并传播与农业相关的各门基础学科及相邻学科的科学知识，由此形成的选题范围宽于任何单一农产品学科。
• Agronomy occupies the largest share of the agenda, with field experiments on crop establishment, seeding rates, irrigation scheduling, weed management and the response of cereals to fertiliser regimes.农学占据刊物议程的最大份额，刊载关于出苗与保苗、播种量、灌溉时序、草害管理以及谷类作物对施肥方案响应的田间试验。
• Soil science papers treat fertility assessment, nutrient cycling, salinity and waterlogging, tillage effects and the management of degraded lands.土壤学方向的论文涉及地力评估、养分循环、盐渍化与渍害、耕作方式对土壤的影响，以及退化土地的治理。
• Plant breeding and genetics form a standing section, with work on cultivar development, hybrid performance, molecular markers and the use of genomic tools in crop improvement.植物育种与遗传是常设方向，刊载新品种培育、杂种表现、分子标记以及基因组工具在作物改良中的应用研究。
• Biotechnology papers address tissue culture, molecular diagnostics, transgenic approaches and the laboratory tools that support breeding programmes.生物技术方向的论文涉及植物组织培养、分子诊断、转基因方法，以及支撑育种工作的实验室手段。
• Horticultural sciences cover fruit and vegetable crops, protected cultivation and post-harvest handling, while forestry and range management papers deal with woodlots, grazing systems and the wildlife of managed landscapes.园艺方向涉及果树与蔬菜作物、保护地栽培以及采后处理，林学与草地管理方向则讨论林地、放牧制度与经营性生境中的野生动物。
• Plant pathology and entomology are treated as separate disciplines within the journal, covering disease diagnosis, pathogen biology, insect pest outbreaks, biological control and integrated pest management.植物病理学与昆虫学在刊物中分别成科，内容涵盖病害诊断、病原生物学、虫害暴发、生物防治与综合虫害治理。
• Agricultural engineering sciences contribute papers on farm machinery, tillage implements, irrigation engineering, grain drying and the mechanisation of smallholder operations.农业工程方向刊发农机具、耕作机械、灌溉工程、粮食干燥以及小农户作业机械化的论文。
• Food sciences are represented by work on processing technology, quality evaluation, food safety and the nutritional composition of agricultural products.食品科学方向的论文涉及加工工艺、品质评价、食品安全与农产品营养成分分析。
• Animal and veterinary science carry studies of livestock productivity, animal nutrition and reproduction, disease control and the health of poultry and small ruminants.动物与兽医学方向刊载关于家畜生产性能、动物营养与繁殖、疫病防控以及家禽与小反刍动物健康的研究。
• Biochemistry is accepted as an allied discipline, in particular where work clarifies the molecular and physiological processes underlying crop and animal performance.生化属相邻学科，刊物接收与农业科学有紧密联系的研究，尤以阐明作物与动物生产性能背后的分子与生理过程者为重。
• Social and natural science articles are processed only where they carry a strong link with agricultural science, which keeps papers on rural economics, policy or extension inside the journal's agricultural frame.社会科学与自然科学类论文仅在与农业科学有紧密联系时才会处理，涉农经济、政策与推广研究因此仍被置于刊物的农学框架之内。
• Print copies are distributed to national and university libraries across Pakistan, while electronic copies are sent to university libraries and individual scientists worldwide.纸质版向巴基斯坦全国的图书馆与高校寄送，电子版则发送给各国高校图书馆与个人学者。
• Special issues are handled by agreement with the managing editor, and the journal states that they are kept rare because routine issues already carry a heavy editorial load.专刊须与管理编辑达成协议后另行编行，刊物说明此类专刊并不常见，理由是常规各期的编辑工作量本已很重。

History

• The journal was founded in 1964, when the Society for the Advancement of Agricultural Sciences began publishing it at the University of Agriculture Faisalabad, and the association behind it now carries the name of the Pakistan Association of Advancement in Agricultural Sciences.刊物创刊于 1964 年，当时由设于费萨拉巴德农业大学的农业科学促进会创办，此后该组织更为现名巴基斯坦农业科学促进会。
• The title has remained unchanged across six decades of publication, and the catalogue records filed with the National Library of Medicine carry the imprint of the society as the publishing body.刊名在六十余年的出版中未曾改动，美国国立医学图书馆收录的编目记录把该学会列为出版机构。
• The editorial office works from the Old Insectary Building on the Faisalabad campus, and correspondence runs through a single address at the university together with a telephone extension for the managing editor.编辑部设在费萨拉巴德农业大学的旧昆虫学楼内，对外联络使用大学的统一通信地址，并为主管编辑保留了直线分机。
• Volumes 58 and 59, covering 2021 and 2022, were issued as six numbers a year, and volume 60 in 2023 returned the journal to four numbers.覆盖 2021 年与 2022 年的第 58 卷与第 59 卷每年出版六期，2023 年的第 60 卷又恢复为每年四期。
• The current aims and scope statement gives the journal as quarterly, in line with the four-number year of volume 60, although the journal profile page still describes it as bimonthly.现行宗旨与范围说明把刊物列为季刊，这与第 60 卷每年四期的安排一致，而刊物简介页仍把它写作双月刊。
• The journal's present website carries a copyright line running from 2022 to 2026, and the platform behind it holds the archive of past issues, the in-press list and the submission gateway.刊物现行网站的版权行自 2022 年延续至 2026 年，其所用平台同时承载历年过刊、待刊目录与投稿入口。
• Articles carry a single publisher prefix, 10.21162/PAKJAS, and the archive page of the journal site reaches back through the early volumes.论文使用统一的出版方前缀 10.21162/PAKJAS，刊网的过刊页面则可回溯至早期各卷。
• The impact factor stood at 0.856 for 2022 and at 0.6 for 2024, and the university vice chancellor credited the editorial board with lifting the figure to 1.3 for 2025.该刊 2022 年的影响因子为 0.856，2024 年为 0.6，大学校长在编委会会议上将这一数字提升到 2025 年的 1.3 归功于编辑团队的工作。
• At a board meeting chaired by the university vice chancellor, the managing editor presented a revised policy document that aligns the journal's editorial and publication rules with evolving international practice.在由大学校长主持的编委会会议上，执行编辑提交了修订后的政策文件，把刊物的编辑与出版规则同国际通行做法的更新对齐。
• The journal now publishes under an open access policy in which the electronic edition is free to every reader, and the charge levied on accepted articles is described as covering the cost of review and the visibility of published work.刊物现行的开放获取政策规定电子版向所有读者免费开放，对录用文章收取的费用被说明为用于评审成本与论文传播效果。
• Authors who cannot meet that charge may apply for a waiver on departmental letterhead, the request being decided by the managing board, while no refund is made once an article has been accepted.无法承担该项费用的作者可提交部门抬头纸的减免申请，由管理委员会决定，而文章一经录用即不予退款。
• Printed copies remain available on subscription within Pakistan and to overseas readers with postage added, and the electronic archive is preserved through Portico and the LOCKSS initiative.纸质版在巴基斯坦境内按订阅供应，向海外读者另加邮费，电子档案则通过 Portico 与 LOCKSS 计划长期保存。

Editors

• The editor in chief is Zulfiqar Ali, who is also vice chancellor of the University of Agriculture Faisalabad, and he chairs the journal's editorial board meetings.主编（Zulfiqar Ali）同时担任费萨拉巴德农业大学校长，并主持该刊的编委会会议。
• The managing editor is Muhammad Amjad Ali of the Department of Plant Pathology at the same university, and he handles the papers that have passed the editorial office's initial check.执行编辑（Muhammad Amjad Ali）来自该校植物病理学系，负责通过编辑部初审的稿件。
• Sadia Hakeem of the Cotton Research Institute in Multan assists the editor in chief, and the journal's own record lists no further assistant editors.助理编辑（Sadia Hakeem）来自木尔坦的棉花研究所，刊方记录中助理编辑一栏再无其他成员。
• The board is unusually large for a single agriculture title, with 95 section editors drawn from 72 in Pakistan, 14 in China, three in Türkiye, two in the United States and single members from Egypt, Germany, Kazakhstan and Russia.编译委规模在这一农业刊物中相当少见，专职编委共 95 人，其中巴基斯坦 72 人，中国 14 人，土耳其 3 人，美国 2 人，另有 4 人分别来自埃及、德国以及哈萨克斯坦与俄罗斯。
• The section editors cover the journal's disciplines in practice, among them farm machinery and power, agronomy, horticulture, biotechnology, plant pathology, entomology, food sciences, veterinary medicine and agricultural economics and policy.专职编委的学科分布与刊物方向对应，涉及农业机械与动力、农学、园艺、生物技术、植物病理学、昆虫学、食品科学、兽医学以及农业经济与政策等领域。
• Nine advisory members sit alongside the section editors, among them a soil scientist at Kiel University and a veterinary academic at South China Agricultural University.另有 9 位顾问委员与专职编委并行，其中既有基尔大学的土壤科学家（Abbas Shoukat），也有华南农业大学的兽医学者（Hui Zhang）。
• A plant pathologist at Purdue University and a land management researcher at the University of Sydney also appear on the advisory roster.普渡大学的植物病理学者（Muhammad Haroon）与悉尼大学的土地管理研究者（Rebecca Thistlethwaite）也在顾问名单之列。
• Review follows three stages, beginning with the managing editor's screening of a new submission for similarity, language, data authenticity and journal format before it reaches a subject editor.审稿分三个阶段推进，起始于执行编辑对送审稿的形式审查，核查查重、语言、数据真实性与格式，之后稿件才交到学科编辑手中。
• The subject editor judges novelty and may either reject the paper at that point or pass it to two independent subject experts.学科编辑判断研究的创新性，既可在该阶段直接拒稿，也可将稿件送交两位独立专家。
• The two reviewers recommend acceptance as submitted, acceptance after minor revision, reassessment after major revision or rejection, and the subject editor forwards a recommendation with comments to the managing editor.两位审稿人给出四档处理意见之一，即照原样录用、小幅修改后录用、大幅修改后再审或拒稿，学科编辑附上意见后将建议转交执行编辑。
• The editorial office verifies metadata and files before a manuscript is handed on, and the journal states that every paper is seen by at least five researchers before it appears.编辑部在转交前核验稿件的元信息与文件，刊物说明每篇论文付印前至少经五位研究者审阅。
• If a manuscript falls below the journal's standards the editor may return or reject it without review, and authors are asked to confirm that the data are original, that the work has not been published elsewhere and that copyright is transferred on acceptance.若稿件未达刊物标准，编辑可不经评审即退稿或退回修改，作者则需确认数据原创、未曾一稿多发，并在录用时转让著作权。
• The journal's editorial and publication policies were revised and presented to the board by the managing editor, and the same managing board settles waiver requests and any change to the article charge.刊物的编辑与出版政策由执行编辑向编委会提交修订稿，同一管理委员会也是裁定减免申请与文章处理费变动的机构。
• Submissions run through the journal's online gateway, and the in-press list, the archive and the author guidelines are all reachable from the same site.投稿通过刊网的在线入口进行，待刊目录、过刊档案与作者须知也都能在同一站点获取。