Journal History
| 2011 | The inaugural issue was released. Agriculture was published as a quarterly journal. |
| 2016 | Agriculture was indexed in Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)—Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics), starting with Volume 1 (Issue 1). Agriculture was indexed in Scopus (Elsevier), starting with Volume 1 (Issue 1). |
| 2017 | Agriculture adopted a monthly publication schedule. Agriculture announced the first edition of the Travel Award. |
| 2018 | Agriculture received its first CiteScore (2017) of 1.93. Agriculture published its 500th paper. Agriculture was indexed in Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE)—Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics), starting with Volume 7 (Issue 1). |
| 2019 | Agriculture received its 2018 CiteScore (2.04). |
| 2020 | Agriculture received its first Impact Factor (2.072), ranked 25/91 (Q2) in “Agronomy”. Agriculture received its 2019 CiteScore (2.4). Agriculture announced the first edition of the Outstanding Reviewer Award. Agriculture announced the first edition of the Best Paper Award. Agriculture published its 1,000th paper. Agriculture established the following sections: Crop Production; Farm Animal Production; Genotype Evaluation and Breeding; Crop Protection, Diseases, Pest and Weeds; Agricultural Systems and Management; Agricultural Soils; Agricultural Water Management; Agricultural Technology; Agricultural Economics, Policies and Rural Management; Ecosystem, Environment and Climate Change in Agriculture; Agricultural Product Quality and Safety; Digital Agriculture. |
| 2021 | Agriculture received its 2020 Impact Factor (2.925), ranked 20/91 (Q1) in “Agronomy”. Agriculture received its 2020 CiteScore (2.5). Agriculture announced the first edition of the Best Cover Award. Agriculture announced the first edition of the Best Ph.D. Thesis Award. Agriculture established the following section: Seed Science and Technology. |
| 2022 | Agriculture received its 2021 Impact Factor (3.408), ranked 20/90 (Q1) in “Agronomy”. Agriculture received its 2021 CiteScore (3.1). Agriculture held the 1st International Online Conference on Agriculture—Advances in Agricultural Science and Technology from 10–25 February 2022. |
| 2023 | Agriculture received its 2022 Impact Factor (3.6), ranked 17/88 (Q1) in “Agronomy”. Agriculture received its 2022 CiteScore (3.6). Agriculture published its 5,000th paper. |
| 2024 | -Genotype Evaluation and Breeding was renamed as Crop Genetics, Genomics and Breeding. Agriculture received its 2023 Impact Factor (3.3), ranked 20/125 (Q1) in “Agronomy”. Agriculture received its CiteScore (2023) of 4.9, ranked 120/516 in “Plant Science”, 101/406 in “Agronomy and Crop Science”, and 133/389 in “Food Science”. |
Editor-in-Chief
| 2011–present | Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Les Copeland |
Section Editor-in-Chief
| 2020–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Sanzidur Rahman for the section on Agricultural Economics, Policies and Rural Management Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Isabel Lara for the section on Agricultural Product Quality and Safety Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Francesco Marinello for the section on Digital Agriculture Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Rodomiro Ortiz for the section on Genotype Evaluation and Breeding Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Jacopo Bacenetti for the section on Ecosystem, Environment and Climate Change in Agriculture Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Ryusuke Hatano for the section on Agricultural Soils Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Massimo Cecchini for the section on Agricultural Technology Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Anna Andolfi for the section on Crop Protection, Diseases, Pest and Weeds Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Vincenzo Tufarelli for the section on Farm Animal Production |
| 2022–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Martin Weih for the section on Crop Production Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Robert J. Lascano for the section on Agricultural Water Management Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Xin Chen for the section on Agricultural Systems and Management |
| 2023–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Secundino López for the section on Farm Animal Production |
| 2024–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Jianlin Shen for the section on Ecosystem, Environment and Climate Change in Agriculture |
