Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems

Aims & Scope

Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems considers manuscripts dealing with all aspects of carbon and nutrient cycling as well as management and examining their effect in ecological, agronomic, environmental and economic terms.

Target agroecosystems include field crop, organic agriculture, urban or peri-urban agriculture, horticulture, bioenergy, agroforestry, livestock, pasture, and fallow systems as well as their system components such as plants and the fertility, chemistry, physics or faunal and micro-biology of soils.

The scale of observation is the cycles in the soil-plant-animal system on or relevant to a field or watershed level as well as inputs from or losses to the anthroposphere, atmosphere and hydrosphere.

Studies should thus consider the wider system in the examination of cycling and fluxes in agroecosystems or their components.

These may include typically multi-year field observations, farm gate budgets, watershed studies, life cycle assessments, enterprise and economic analyses, or regional and global modeling.

Management objectives may not only include the maximization of food, fiber and fuel production, but also its environmental and economic impact.

The results must allow mechanistic conclusions of broad applicability and distinguish itself from empirical results or case studies of merely local or regional importance.

If unsure whether a study fits into this scope, please contact the editor with a brief inquiry before manuscript submission.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	2.7
2024	2.40

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.757

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	119

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	7295

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	643

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Abstracting & Indexing

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

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science

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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.

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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.

• Influence of lime, fertilizer and manure applications on soil organic matter content and soil physical conditions: a review

  Citation: 1044

  Authors: R.J., R.

• Closing the global N2O budget: nitrous oxide emissions through the agricultural nitrogen cycle

  Citation: 992

  Authors: Arvin, Carolien, Cindy, Oene, Sybil, Oswald

• Nitrate leaching in temperate agroecosystems: sources, factors and mitigating strategies

  Citation: 850

  Authors: H.J., K.C.

• N2O and NO emission from agricultural fields and soils under natural vegetation: summarizing available measurement data and modeling of global annual emissions

  Citation: 829

  Authors: Elke, Lex

• Nitrogen fertilizer use in China – Contributions to food production, impacts on the environment and best management strategies

  Citation: 800

  Authors: Z.L., D.L.

• Direct emission of nitrous oxide from agricultural soils

  Citation: 651

  Authors: A. F.

• The long-term effects of manures and fertilisers on soil productivity and quality: a review

  Citation: 636

  Authors: Douglas C.

• Amelioration of Al toxicity and P deficiency in acid soils by additions of organic residues: a critical review of the phenomenon and the mechanisms involved

  Citation: 428

  Authors: R.J., M.S.

• Land use change and soil organic carbon dynamics

  Citation: 407

  Authors: Pete

• Sources of nitrous oxide in soils

  Citation: 401

  Authors: John M.

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