Aims & Scope

ARAA(Agricultural Research in the Arid Areas), the first Chinese core academic journalon dryland farming launched in 1983 in China, is superintended by Chinese Ministry of Education and sponsored by Northwest Agricultural and Forestry University.ARAA primarily deals with frontiers of agricultural research in arid, semi-arid, semi-moist and drought-prone areas in northern China, inclusively covers domestic seasonal drought agricultural practice in humid areas and overseas dryland farming research trends, fully portraits cutting-edge achievements, theories,techniques and experiences in above regions in China and promptly presents the latest research advances worldwide.

In general, ARAA features both applied and basic scientific research focusing on dryland farming and highlighting rational water use and irrigation farming progress.

ARAA publishes innovative and practical research papers, research reports, review works and rapid communication on major columns including but not limited to crop drought resistance physiology and regulation,drought-resisting crop breeding,water-saving irrigation theories and techniques, dryland water-saving farming and cultivation techniques, crop and soil water dynamics, soil and crop nutrition, dryland agri-ecology and resources utilization, dryland agricultural machinery,drought monitoring and forecasting,dryland climate and its impact on crops, etc.

Besides, a special column of Expert Forum is opened for thematic elaborations by invited dryland researchers from home and abroad.

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Metrics & Ranking

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year Value
2024 0.227

Quartile

Year Value
2024 Q3

Journal Rank

Year Value
2024 19669

Journal Citation Indicator

Year Value
2024 408

Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.


Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Agricultural and Biological Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.


SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

SJR
0.227
First Published: 2024

Quartile

Current Quartile
Q3
First Published: 2024

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