Agricultural Water Management

Aims & Scope

The journal publishes papers of international significance relating to the science, economics, and policy of agricultural water management.

In all cases, manuscripts must address implications and provide insight regarding agricultural water management.

The primary topics that we consider are the following: • Farm-level and regional water management • Crop water relations, crop yields and water productivity • Irrigation, drainage, and salinity in cultivated areas • Salinity management and strategies for improving the use of saline water in agriculture • Rainwater harvesting and crop water management in rainfed areas • Use of wastewater and other low quality waters in agriculture • Groundwater management in agriculture and conjunctive use of groundwater and surface water • Implications of groundwater and surface water management on nutrient cycling • Exploitation and protection of agricultural water resources.

Additional topics of interest include interactions between agricultural water management and the environment (flooding, soil erosion, nutrient loss and depletion, non-point source pollution, water quality, desertification, and the potential implications of global climate change for agricultural water management), and the institutional and regulatory aspects of agricultural water management (water pricing, allocation and competition).

Papers in these categories must draw direct and practical linkages to agricultural water management.

Manuscripts drawing generalised conclusions, such as that competition for water will increase in future, or that less water will be available for agriculture, are unlikely to be considered.

Also, manuscripts describing basic soil-water-plant relationships, basic engineering and hydrology, or methods of estimating evapotranspiration will be considered only if the discussion is relevant to the active management of water in agriculture and the information enhances international literature.

Metrics & Ranking

Abstracting & Indexing

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

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Subjects & Keywords

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

Licensing & Copyright

This journal operates under an Open Access model. Articles are freely accessible to the public immediately upon publication. The content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), allowing users to share and adapt the work with proper attribution.

Copyright remains with the author(s), and no permission is required for non-commercial use, provided the original source is cited.

Policy Links

This section provides access to essential policy documents, guidelines, and resources related to the journal’s publication and submission processes.

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Plagiarism Policy

This journal follows a plagiarism policy. All submitted manuscripts are screened using reliable plagiarism detection software to ensure originality and academic integrity. Authors are responsible for proper citation and acknowledgment of all sources, and any form of plagiarism, including self-plagiarism, will not be tolerated.

For more details, please refer to our official: Plagiarism Policy.

APC Details

The journal’s Article Processing Charge (APC) policies support open access publishing in Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, ensuring accessibility and quality in research dissemination.

This journal requires an Article Processing Charge (APC) to support open access publishing, covering peer review, editing, and distribution. The current APC is 2,730.00 USD. Learn more.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Water scarcity: Fact or fiction?

  Citation: 952

  Authors: Frank R.

• Field water management to save water and increase its productivity in irrigated lowland rice

  Citation: 857

  Authors: B.A.M, T.P

• Evapotranspiration information reporting: I. Factors governing measurement accuracy

  Citation: 796

  Authors: Richard G., Luis S., Terry A., Marvin E.

• Improving agricultural water use efficiency in arid and semiarid areas of China

  Citation: 772

  Authors: Xi-Ping, Lun, Heping, Neil C.

• Deficit irrigation as an on-farm strategy to maximize crop water productivity in dry areas

  Citation: 765

  Authors: Sam, Dirk

• Review of measured crop water productivity values for irrigated wheat, rice, cotton and maize

  Citation: 689

  Authors: Sander J., Wim G.M.

• Irrigation management under water scarcity

  Citation: 658

  Authors: Luis Santos, Theib, Abdelaziz

• Improving agricultural water productivity: Between optimism and caution

  Citation: 631

  Authors: David, Theib, Pasquale, Prem, Munir A., Jacob

• Crop evapotranspiration estimation with FAO56: Past and future

  Citation: 602

  Authors: Luis S., Richard G., Martin, Dirk

• Improving agricultural water productivity to ensure food security in China under changing environment: From research to practice

  Citation: 592

  Authors: Shaozhong, Xinmei, Taisheng, Ling, Xiaoling, Hongna, Xiaolin, Zailin, Sien, Risheng