Journal of Agricultural and Food Science

Journal overview

Journal of Agricultural and Food Science is a journal in the EJSIR Publisher programme, focused on Agricultural and Food Science. Its scope is organized into academic sections covering Crop Science, Soil Science, Precision Agriculture, Agricultural Engineering, Food Science, Food Processing, Food Safety, Plant Protection, Agricultural Data Science and Sustainable Farming. This structure helps authors assess disciplinary fit and gives readers a clear route through the journal’s subject coverage.

The journal welcomes original research article, review article, systematic review, short communication and other contributions described in its author guidance when they fit the scope. Submissions may report field trials, controlled experiments, laboratory assays, molecular or genomic analyses, ecological surveys, systematic evidence synthesis or modelling. Authors should describe sampling, controls, study conditions and analytical methods; studies involving animals, human participants or sensitive biological resources must report applicable approvals and safeguards. Authors should engage relevant scholarship, explain the contribution and report limitations needed for critical assessment.

Editorial assessment considers journal fit, methodological or interpretive quality, research integrity and clarity. The stated review model is double-anonymous peer review, normally with at least two independent reviewers. Publisher policies on ethics, access, authorship, conflicts, data and corrections apply alongside this journal’s scope. Submission information is provided on this site; manuscripts can be submitted only after the journal’s submission route opens.

Academic remit

The journal aims to publish research that advances understanding of living systems, food and agricultural production, ecosystems, forestry, animal health or biotechnology within its defined subject areas. It considers foundational, methodological and applied studies when the design supports the claims and the relevance to the section is clear. The central contribution should fit at least one of the journal’s academic sections and be meaningful to readers in agricultural and food science.

Submissions may report field trials, controlled experiments, laboratory assays, molecular or genomic analyses, ecological surveys, systematic evidence synthesis or modelling. Authors should describe sampling, controls, study conditions and analytical methods; studies involving animals, human participants or sensitive biological resources must report applicable approvals and safeguards. Authors should define the research question, connect the approach to the question, describe sources or materials and analytical choices, and provide enough information for critical assessment. Interdisciplinary work is welcome when its relevance to the journal is clear and the methods used for each component are explained.

Interpretations and claims should follow from the reported evidence. Authors should identify uncertainty, limitations and alternative explanations where relevant, and distinguish demonstrated results from implications or future work. Studies involving people, animals, sensitive data or protected material should describe applicable ethics, consent, privacy and permissions.

Production or product claims without suitable controls, biological results with inadequate methodological detail, and studies that omit relevant animal-welfare, biosafety or ethics information fall outside scope. Manuscripts outside the listed sections or lacking an assessable scholarly contribution may be declined at editorial screening. The section descriptions below provide more detailed guidance on topic fit.