Aims and scope

Discover Agriculture covers basic science and applied research relating to the agricultural sector in areas such as crop and soil sciences, environmental science, and advances in relevant technologies. It also covers agriculture as it relates to society, economics and trade and climate change.

The journal particularly welcomes papers that take a transdisciplinary and holistic approach to agricultural research, considering the wider social impacts of agriculture on food supplies, climate neutrality, urban development, and business and economics, as well as research with implications for achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals of zero hunger, responsible consumption and climate action. 

Topics

Discover Agriculture covers topics including (but not limited to) the following:

Crop Production & Protection

• Basic plant biology/physiology of crops

• Genetics & breeding

• Invasive species and diseases

• Conservation

• Organic agriculture

• Sustainability

• Precision agriculture 

• Agronomy

• Agroforestry

Soil Science 

• Chemistry

• Microbiology

• Water & Irrigation

Technology

• Machinery/Engineering

• Remote sensing

• Biotechnology

Environmental Factors

• Land management

• Climate impact

• Pollution

Agriculture Harvest Quality and Safety

Trade, Economics, Social impact

Animal Agriculture

• Breeding & Genetics

• Livestock health/nutrition

• Safety/welfare

• Aquaculture

 

Content Types

Discover Agriculture welcomes full-length Research articles as well as Brief Communications of empirical findings, Reviews, Perspectives, Comments, Case Studies, Registered Reports, and Data Notes from across the full range of disciplines involved with agricultural science, technology and policy. The journal also publishes guest-edited Topical Collections of relevance to all aspects of agricultural research. For more information, please follow up with our journal publishing contact.