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About the Journal of Agronomy Research
A peer-reviewed, open-access journal for research on the management of crops, soils and agricultural systems. It exists to place measured agronomic evidence — field trials, replicated experiments and applied studies — into a permanent, openly readable record, so that a result obtained on one site in one season can be read, checked and reused on another.
JAR·ISSN 2639-3166·Crossref DOI prefix 10.14302·CC BY 4.0·First article December 2017
Published by Open Access Pub. Not affiliated with Agronomy Research (ISSN 1406-894X), published in Estonia by the Estonian University of Life Sciences since 2003. The ISSN Register separates the two titles directly: this journal’s registered key title is Journal of agronomy research (New York).
Four blocks, five treatments, randomised within each block — the design that separates a treatment effect from the variation of the ground it was grown on. It is the shape of the evidence this journal is built to carry.
In one sentence. The Journal of Agronomy Research publishes original research and reviews on crop production, soil fertility and nutrient management, crop protection, soil biology, agricultural systems and precision agriculture, with a stated preference for work carried out under field or realistic production conditions.
What this journal is
Identity and purposeThe Journal of Agronomy Research is an open-access journal of agronomy: the science of managing crops and soils to produce food, feed and fibre. Its subject matter runs from the nutrition and protection of a single crop to the behaviour of a whole cropping system, and it treats plant genetics, breeding and stress physiology as being in scope where the work is tied to an agronomic outcome rather than pursued for its own sake.
Its centre of gravity is field-based, replicated work. A study that states its cultivars, its soil type and site characteristics, its treatments and replication, and the statistical model used to analyse them is a study another agronomist can weigh against their own conditions. That is the standard the journal is organised around, and it is why controlled-environment, laboratory, molecular and computational work is considered here when it carries an explicit link to a field or production outcome, and declined when it does not.
This page describes the journal as an institution. The boundaries of the subject — what is included, what is excluded, and how borderline and interdisciplinary submissions are treated — are set out on the aims and scope page, which is the authoritative statement of scope.
Why the journal exists
Scholarly purposeThe problem it addressesAgronomic results are conditional on site, season, soil and cultivar. They are useful to a second reader only if those conditions were written down, and durable only if the record stays reachable.
Agronomy is a discipline of particulars. A nitrogen rate that lifts yield on a calcareous soil in one rainfall regime may do nothing in another; a resistant line that performs in one season may not in the next. The value of a published agronomic study therefore depends heavily on how completely its conditions were reported — and reporting of that kind has to be asked for, checked in review, and then kept.
The journal exists to do those three things. It asks authors to report site, soil, cultivar, treatment structure and statistical method in enough detail for a reader to judge transferability. It puts that reporting through independent review. And it publishes the result under a licence and a persistent identifier that keep it readable and citable without a subscription.
Openness matters here for a specific reason rather than a general one. Much agronomic research is publicly funded and is directly relevant to people who are not in universities — advisers, agronomists working in the field, plant-health services, and researchers in agricultural institutes with limited library access. Placing that work behind a paywall restricts it from the readership it was produced for.
Research published here bears on crop productivity, soil health, nutrient and water efficiency, crop protection, and adaptation to changing growing conditions. The journal’s part is to make individual findings available, citable and checkable. Whether any single result should change a practice, a recommendation or a policy is a judgement to be made on the evidence in that paper and the body of work around it — not something conferred by the venue that published it.
Who the journal is for
Research communityThe journal is written for people who design, run, interpret or apply agronomic experiments. It does not attempt to serve every profession connected to agriculture.
Publishes and reviews for
- Agronomists and crop scientists
- Soil scientists and soil biologists
- Plant breeders and crop geneticists
- Crop-protection researchers — plant pathology, entomology and weed science
- Agricultural-systems and farming-systems researchers
- Precision-agriculture and agricultural-engineering researchers
Read by
- Applied and extension research professionals
- Agronomists working in advisory and crop-health services
- Postgraduate researchers in agronomy and the crop and soil sciences
- Policy and programme staff who need the underlying evidence rather than a summary of it
From field evidence to agricultural practice
Scientific standardWhat the journal looks for is a complete chain from question to interpretation. A break anywhere in it — an unnamed cultivar, an undescribed soil, an unreplicated treatment, a statistical model that does not match the design — is what stops an agronomic result being usable by anyone other than its author.
These are reporting expectations, not a submission checklist; the checklist, the word limits and the requirements for each article type are on the instructions for authors page. The reason for stating them here is that they are what the journal is — an agronomy journal is defined less by its subject list than by what it insists on being written down.
Publishing principles
What the journal commits to- 01
Agronomic relevance
Submissions not directly related to agronomy or to crop and soil systems may be declined without review, so that reviewer time goes to work the journal can properly assess.
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Reporting that can be checked
SI units, cultivar names, soil type, site conditions and statistical methods are reported so that a result can be reproduced or compared.
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Independent review
Review is single-blind, with double-blind review available on request. Manuscripts are screened with iThenticate or an equivalent tool before they reach reviewers.
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Editorial independence
Article processing charges do not influence editorial decisions, and the journal maintains a separation between editorial and financial operations. Waiver and discount requests are assessed independently of the editorial decision.
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Open access, with copyright kept by the author
Articles are published under CC BY 4.0. Authors retain full copyright and are not asked to transfer it, and may deposit the preprint, the accepted manuscript and the published version in a repository of their choice.
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Disclosure
Funding sources and competing interests are declared, including financial relationships with seed companies, agrochemical firms and equipment manufacturers.
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Data transparency
Every empirical submission carries a data availability statement, and deposit in a repository that issues a persistent identifier is encouraged.
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A record that is corrected, not quietly changed
Corrections, expressions of concern and retractions follow COPE guidance, and each is linked to the article it concerns so that the record stays legible.
Editorial accountability and research integrity
And where each is written down| Stage | What the journal does | Stated in |
|---|---|---|
| Screening | The editorial office runs an initial scope and integrity check before review. Submissions outside agronomy or crop and soil systems may be declined at this point. | Editorial policies |
| Reviewer selection | Reviewers are chosen for subject expertise and absence of conflicts, balancing methodological and regional perspectives, with a reviewer familiar with field operations where the work calls for one. | Editor guidelines |
| Decision | Decisions rest on scientific merit and relevance to agronomy. They are independent of any charge, waiver, membership or service, and independent of advertising and sponsorship. | Article processing charges |
| Appeals and complaints | Authors may appeal a decision by setting out a clear rationale with supporting evidence. Appeals are reviewed by senior editorial staff; complaints are handled under COPE guidance. | Editorial policies |
| Guest editors | Guest editors of special issues are required to avoid conflicts of interest and to recuse themselves from decisions where a conflict exists. Final decisions are confirmed by the editorial office. | Special issues |
| Ethics and permissions | Ethical approval is required for research involving human participants or animals, and for field trials on private land and research involving genetically modified organisms. Field-trial permits, regulatory approvals and biosafety arrangements are documented. | Editorial policies |
| Figures and images | Field photographs, maps, plots and micrographs must represent original data. Any adjustment is disclosed, and editors may request the raw images during review. | Instructions for authors |
| Authorship and disclosure | Authorship reflects substantial contribution; all authors approve the final manuscript, and any change to the author list requires written agreement. An ORCID iD is required for the corresponding author. AI tools cannot be listed as authors, and their use for language support is disclosed. | Instructions for authors |
| The published record | Corrections, expressions of concern and retractions follow COPE guidance and are linked to the original article. Preprints are permitted, disclosed at submission, and the preprint record is updated with the published DOI. | Editorial policies |
The journal’s policies follow COPE and ICMJE guidance on research ethics and publication integrity; it does not claim membership of either body. Editors and their affiliations are listed on the editorial board page.
Journal particulars
Independently checkable- Title
- Journal of Agronomy Research
- Abbreviation
- JAR
- ISSN
- 2639-3166 · online only; ISSN-L 2639-3166
- ISSN key title
- Journal of agronomy research (New York)
- Publisher
- Open Access Pub · United States
- Primary discipline
- Agronomy — crops, soils and agricultural systems
- Publishing since
- First article December 2017
- Publication model
- Fully open access · four issues per volume
- Licence
- CC BY 4.0 · authors retain copyright; no transfer required
- DOI registration
- Crossref, prefix 10.14302
- Peer review
- Single-blind · double-blind on request
- Editorial office
- [email protected]
The published record
Correct at 31 July 2026| Volume | Issues | Articles |
|---|---|---|
| Volume 1 | 4 | 16 |
| Volume 2 | 4 | 16 |
| Volume 3 | 4 | 15 |
| Volume 4 | 4 | 16 |
| Volume 5 | 4 | 13 |
| Total | 20 | 76 |
Five volumes of four issues each, published between December 2017 and December 2025. Sixty-four of the seventy-six articles are original research articles; the remainder are reviews, editorials, case reports, brief reports, a short communication and an opinion article. Authors have published from institutions in Europe, Africa, Asia and the Americas.
All 76 published articles carry a registered Crossref DOI under prefix 10.14302, and article metadata is openly harvestable. The journal is registered with the ISSN Register as 2639-3166. No abstracting or indexing service is claimed on this page.
Read the current issue, or browse every volume and issue in the archive. The counts above are correct at the date shown; the journal home page carries them live.
Where to find the detail
Scope and standards
- Aims and scopeSubjects included and excluded, and how borderline submissions are treated
- Editorial policiesReview, ethics, misconduct, appeals, corrections and retractions
- Editorial boardMembers, affiliations and subject expertise
For authors
- Instructions for authorsArticle types, word limits, reporting requirements and reference style
- Article processing chargesThe charge, when it applies, and the waiver policy
- Copyright and licenceCC BY 4.0 terms, author rights and self-archiving
- Data archiving and permissionsData availability statements and recommended repositories
The published record
- Current issueThe most recently published issue
- ArchiveEvery volume and issue since 2017
- Special issuesOpen calls and their guest editors
- Call for papersWhat the journal is currently seeking
Considering the Journal of Agronomy Research for your work? Read the aims and scope and the instructions for authors first — they set the boundaries of the subject and the reporting each article type requires. Manuscripts are submitted through Manuscript Zone.
Submit a manuscriptFacts on this page are taken from the journal’s published record, its own editorial policies, and the ISSN and Crossref registers, and are stated identically on every page of the journal. Article and issue counts are correct at 31 July 2026; the journal home page carries them live. The plan shown at the top of this page is a schematic of a randomised complete block design and does not represent a particular published experiment.