Journal of Agricultural Science

Journal of Agricultural Science (JAS) is an international, double-blind peer-reviewed, open-access journal, published by the Canadian Center of Science and Education. It publishes original research, applied, and educational articles monthly in all areas of agricultural science.

JAS is striving to provide the best platform for researchers and scholars worldwide to exchange their latest findings. Authors are encouraged to submit complete, unpublished, original works that are not under review in any other journals. The scopes of the journal include, but are not limited to, the following fields:

  • Agricultural economics
  • Agricultural engineering
  • Animal science
  • Agronomy, including plant science, theoretical production ecology, horticulture, plant breeding, plant fertilization, and soil science
  • Aquaculture
  • Biological engineering, including genetic engineering and microbiology
  • Environmental impacts of agriculture and forestry
  • Food science
  • Husbandry
  • Irrigation and water management
  • Land use
  • Waste management

The journal is published in both print and online versions, and the online version is available for free.


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Statistics

2016 Q2: Articles Received: 123; Accepted: 78; Rejected: 39; Published: 53; Retracted: 0

2016 Q1: Articles Received: 107; Accepted: 76; Rejected: 35; Published: 52; Retracted: 0

2015: Articles Received: 502; Accepted: 338; Rejected: 165; Published: 272; Retracted: 2

2014: Articles Received: 534; Accepted: 370; Rejected: 169; Published: 261; Retracted: 1

2013: Articles Received: 651; Accepted: 453; Rejected: 207; Published: 311; Retracted: 1

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Issues

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What is e-Version FirstTM

e-Version First is a feature offered through our journal platform. It allows PDF version of manuscripts that have been peer reviewed and accepted, to be hosted online prior to their inclusion in a final printed journal. Readers can freely access or cite the article.
We aim to publish accepted manuscripts in e-Version First in two week's time after the final draft completed.

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Each paper published in Journal of Agricultural Science is assigned a DOI®number, which appears beneath the author's affiliation in the published paper. Click HERE to know what is DOI (Digital Object Identifier)? Click HERE to retrieve Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) for journal articles, books, and chapters.

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Competing Interests Statement

All authors of Journal of Agricultural Science are requested to disclose any actual or potential conflict of interest including any financial, professional, personal or other relationships with other people or organizations, along with the paper. Download MS-Word

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Paper Selection and Publication Process

a). Upon receipt of paper submission, the Editor sends an E-mail of confirmation to the corresponding author within 1-3 working days. If you fail to receive this confirmation, your submission/e-mail may be missed. Please contact the Editor in time for that.

b). Peer review. We use double-blind system for peer-review; both reviewers and authors’ identities remain anonymous. The paper will be peer-reviewed by three experts; two reviewers from outside and one editor from the journal typically involve in reviewing a submission. The review process may take 2-3 weeks.

c). Notification of the result of review by E-mail.

d). The authors revise paper and pay publication fee (300USD).

e). After publication, the corresponding author will receive two copies of printed journals, free of charge.

f). E-journal in PDF is available on the journal’s webpage, free of charge for download.

NOTE:

The publisher and journal have a policy of “Zero Tolerance on the Plagiarism”. We check the plagiarism issue through two methods: reviewer check and plagiarism prevention tool (ithenticate.com).

All submissions will be checked by iThenticate before being sent to reviewers.

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Index/List/Archive

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Links

360 Research Papers

Enago (Academic Editing & Proofreading)

Journal of Integrative Agriculture (JIA)

 

e-Version FirstTM (Vol. 5, No. 8)