期刊名称：ITALIAN JOURNAL OF AGRONOMY ISSN： 1125-4718 出版频率： Quarterly 出版社： PAGEPRESS PUBL, MEDITGROUP, VIA G BELLI, 4, PAVIA, ITALY, 27100   出版社网址： http://www.pagepress.org/ 期刊网址： http://www.agronomy.it/index.php/agro 影响因子： 2.3 主题范畴： AGRONOMY 变更情况： 期刊简介(About the journal)    投稿须知(Instructions to Authors)    编辑部信息(Editorial Board)    About the journal eISSN 2039-6805  Focus and Scope The Italian Journal of Agronomy (IJA) is the official journal of the Italian Society for Agronomy. It publishes quarterly original articles and reviews reporting experimental and theoretical contributions to agronomy and crop science, with main emphasis on original articles from Italy and countries having similar agricultural conditions. The journal deals with all aspects of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, the interactions between cropping of sustainable development. Multidisciplinary articles that bridge agronomy with ecology, environmental and social sciences are also accepted.   Section Policies Original Articles Open Submissions Indexed Peer Reviewed Review Articles Open Submissions Indexed Peer Reviewed Notes on experimental techniques and apparatus Open Submissions Indexed Peer Reviewed Short communications Open Submissions Indexed Peer Reviewed Letters to the Editor Open Submissions Indexed Peer Reviewed LIFE+ ManFor C.BD Open Submissions Indexed Peer Reviewed   Peer Review Process Our journal follows the CSE's White Paper on Promoting Integrity in Scientific Journal Publications about peer-review. The Editorial Board of each journal will immediately screen all articles submitted for publication in that journal. Those articles which fail to reach the scientific standards of the journal may be declined without further review. Those articles which satisfy the requirements of the Editorial Board will be sent to a maximum of three referees. 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