Open Access
Acta Agronomica Sinica is an open access journal: all articles will be immediately and permanently free for everyone to read and download.
Peer Review
Acta Agronomica Sinica operates a single anonymized review process under responsibility of Editorial Board of Acta Agronomica Sinica. All contributions will be initially assessed by the editor for suitability for the journal. Papers deemed suitable are then typically sent to a minimum of two independent expert reviewers to assess the scientific quality of the paper. The Editor-in-Chief is responsible for the final decision regarding acceptance or rejection of articles.
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Article Processing Charge
To provide open access, Acta Agronomica Sinica has an open access fee (also known as an article publishing charge, APC) which needs to be paid by the authors or by their research funder or institution. For accepted manuscripts should pay RMB 360 yuan for each printed page, additional 1000 yuan for more than one color pages or 500 yuan for only one color page, and 200 yuan as the reviewing fee for each paper. Authors who require more information (e.g., about waivers or discounts as provided by the journal), please contact the editorial office (e-mail: zwxb301@caas.cn).
Co-sponsored:
the Crop Science Society of China
the Institute of Crop Science, CAAS
China Science Publishing & Media Ltd.
Published: Science Press
Editor-in-chief: Wan Jian-min
Associate Editors-in-Chief:
Chen Xiao-ya Yang Jian-chang Zhang Xian-long
Wang Jian-kang Xu Ming-liang Liu Chun-ming
Wang Dao-wen Sun Chuan-qing Ding Yan-feng
Jin Wei-wei Chu Cheng-cai Cheng Wei-hong
Director of the editorial department:
Yan Chun-ling
CN 11-1809/S
ISSN 0496-3490
Post subscription code: 82-336
Editor in chief: Wan Jian-min
CN 10-1112/S
ISSN 2095-5421, 2214-5141(online)
Online published:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/the-crop-journal
Submission: https://www.editorialmanager.com/cj/
E-mail: cropjournal@caas.cn
Tel: 8610-82108548