Oil Crop Science

OIL CROP SCIENCE (OCS) is a quarterly, peer-reviewed journal sponsored by the Oil Crops Research Institute (OCRI), Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS) (OCRI-CAAS). It publishes high-quality, novel research on oil-bearing plants such as rapeseed, soybean, peanut, sesame, sunflower, oil flax, safflower, castor bean, and other woody oil plants such as oil-tea camellia, oil palm, olive and walnut, etc.

Original research articles on novel discoveries focusing on any aspects of oil crops, including crop biotechnology, genetics and breeding, germplasm resources, physiology and biochemistry, tillage and cultivation, plant protection, plant nutrition, soil and fertilization, oil detection and quality inspection, lipid chemistry and nutrition, functional oil processing are welcomed. In addition, the journal also publishes Review articles, Editorial views, and Comments on current, significant events and topics in global oil crop research and industry area.

OCS is an OPEN ACCESS journal, which is indexed in the Scopus, DOAJ, CABI, FSTA, CSCD, WANFANG DATA, CQVIP, and CNKI databases. OCS provides many author benefits, such as open access in ScienceDirect in order to ensure the highest possible public exposure; quality peer-review; easy online submission.

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