Acta Agronomica Sinica
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- ISSN: 1875-2780
Acta Agronomica Sinica (AAS) is a monthly academic journal co-sponsored by http://www.chinacrops.org/ENGLISH.htmCrop Science Society of China and the Institute of Crop Science… Read more
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Request a sales quoteActa Agronomica Sinica (AAS) is a monthly academic journal co-sponsored by http://www.chinacrops.org/ENGLISH.htmCrop Science Society of China and the Institute of Crop Sciences, http://english.caas.net.cn/Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, under the leadership of http://english.cast.org.cn/China Association for Science and Technology. AAS was firstly published in 1962. The predecessors were Proceedings of China Association of Agricultural Science Societies started in 1919, Chinese Journal of Agricultural Research, started in 1950 and Acta Agriculturae Sinica started in 1952. As one of the key scientific journals in China, AAS has been financially supported by http://english.cast.org.cn/China Association for Science and Technology since 1997 and the http://www.nsfc.gov.cn/e\_nsfc/desktop/zn/0101.htmNational Natural Science Foundation of China since 2000.
The major aims of AAS are to report the progresses in the disciplines of crop breeding, crop genetics, crop cultivation, crop physiology, ecology, biochemistry, germplasm resources, grain chemistry, grain storage and processing, biotechnology and biomathematics etc. mainly in China and abroad. The strict peer-review procedure guarantees the academic level and raises the reputation of the journal. The readership of AAS is for crop science researchers, students of agricultural colleges and universities, and persons with similar academic level.
AAS is the leading journal of crop sciences and reflects the latest achievement in all aspects of crop sciences in China. AAS occupies the first position on the list of Chinese core journals in Agronomy and Crops field. The http://www.elsevier.com/journals/acta-agronomica-sinica/1875-2780/editorial-boardeditorial board consists of 92 specialists in the field of crop sciences. Among them, 18 are academicians of http://english.cas.cn/Chinese Academy of Sciences or http://old.cae.cn/en/Chinese Academy of Engineering, 14 are from the outside of China, and 3 are from Hong Kong and Taiwan, China.
AAS are indexed in some international index systems, such as CABI Abstracts, Chemical Abstracts, VINITI Abstracts Journal (Russia) and AGRIS (FAO). AAS is also referenced by many domestic databases and abstract periodicals.
- ISSN: 1875-2780