Agronomy for Sustainable Development

Agronomy for Sustainable Development  
Former names
Agronomie
Abbreviated title (ISO 4)
Agron. Sustain. Dev.
Discipline Agronomy
Language English
Edited by Eric Lichtfouse
Publication details
Publisher
Springer Science+Business Media, on behalf of the Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (France)
Publication history
1981–present
Frequency Quarterly
2.84
Indexing
ISSN 1774-0746 (print)
1773-0155 (web)
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Agronomy for Sustainable Development is a peer-reviewed scientific journal covering research on the interactions between cropping systems and other activities in the context of sustainable development. It is a journal of the French Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (Institute of Agronomical Research) and is published on their behalf by Springer Science+Business Media. According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2013 impact factor of 2.841, ranking it 10th out of 78 journals in the category "Agronomy".[1]

History

Agronomy for Sustainable Development was established in 1981 as Agronomie. At that time, less than 10% of articles were in English. The journal was greatly reformed from 2003 to 2006, including a new title, a new cover design, and a switch to English-only publishing.

Scope

Since 2003, the journal changed topics from classical, production-oriented agronomy to sustainable and ecological agriculture. Major journal topics currently include:

  • Agriculture and global changes
  • Agricultural production of renewable energies
  • Agroecology
  • Ecological pest control and biopesticides
  • Organic farming
  • Genetically modified organisms in cropping systems
  • Environmental impact on soil, water, air and biodiversity
  • Risk assessment for food, ecotoxicology
  • Decision support systems and companion modelling
  • Social and economic issues of agricultural changes
  • Innovation in farming systems
  • Pollutants in agrosystems

Social media

Agronomy for Sustainable Development is present on Mendeley, Twitter and Google+. Since 2013, a blog allows readers to leave comments on the articles.

Open access

Articles of Agronomy for Sustainable Development are freely accessible one year after their publication on the HAL open archive.

References

  1. "Journals Ranked by Impact: Agronomy". 2013 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Science ed.). Thomson Reuters. 2014.

External links

International Conference on: Urban Planning and Architectural Design for Sustainable Development www.ierek.com