Cows do not eat publications

International audience; Scientific journals are facing an increasing competition directly impacting publishers and editorial boards. In addition, access to scientific information and reading patterns have deeply changed. From 2003 the journal Agronomy for Sustainable Development (ASD) has adapted its editorial policy to this highly competitive and moving environment in order to stand out and improve its impact (1). The scope, language and title of the journal were modified. A preselection step was introduced, several calls for reviews were made and spin-off books were published (2). Particular attention was given to abstracts, titles, colour figures and photos. A sister book series named Su…

The success of Agronomy for Sustainable Development: from IF 0.566 rank 29/53 to IF 2.9 rank 4/75

Scientific journals are facing an increasing competition directly impacting publishers and editorial boards. In addition, access to scientific information and reading patterns have deeply changed. From 2003 the journal Agronomy for Sustainable Development (ASD) has adapted its editorial policy to this highly competitive and moving environment in order to stand out and improve its impact (1). The scope, language and title of the journal were modified. A preselection step was introduced, several calls for reviews were made and spin-off books were published (2). Particular attention was given to abstracts, titles, colour figures and photos. A sister book series named Sustainable Agriculture Re…

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High impact articles in environmental chemistry letters and agronomy for sustainable development

International audience

L’INRA au colloque de l’Association Européenne des Editeurs Scientifiques

Cette présentation est un retour sur le colloque 'Editing in the Digital Age', à Tallinn, Estonie en Juin 2012 par l' European Association of Science Editors (EASE). 18 auteurs de l'INRA ont présenté 2 conférences, 3 posters, et ont animé une session 'Local Assistance of Scientists and Institutes by Editors'. Le poster de D. Millot 'Publication metrics reveal global trends in legume research' a reçu le prix du meilleur poster. La conférence plénière d'Alan Cann 'Social Media' et la session 'Publishing data' ont été remarquables.

Agroecological engineering

Earth has recently entered the new era of the Anthropocene, during which the rise of human activities are impacting for the first time ecosystems and climate on the global scale. Since the 1960s the green revolution has improved food production in quantity using industrially-designed agriculture, which has led to global pollution by pesticides and losses of food quality, biodiversity and soil carbon. As a consequence there is a need to implement agroecological practices in order to produce food safely and in a sustainable way. This virtual issue presents principles and applications of agroecological engineering, exemplified in 19 selected review articles from the journal Agronomy for Sustai…