Journal of China Agricultural University (JCAU) is a national comprehensive agricultural academic journal directed by the Ministry of Education and sponsored by China Agricultural University. JCAU mainly publishes creative and important outcomes on agricultural science, agricultural engineering and agricultural economy and other related research fields.JCAU is currently listed in Chinese Science Citation Database,Chinese Core Journal Criterion of Beijing University and The Key Magazine of China Technology. On 2020, JCAU was listed in High Quality Scientific and Technological Journals in the Field of Agriculture and Forestry and classified in T1 zone by Chinese Association for Science and Technology. On 2023, JCAU was once again selected as one of the "Outstanding S&T Journals of China" and as the source journal for the " Frontrunner 5 000 top articles in Outstanding S&T Journals of China", maintained its position in the Q1 zone of the WJCI report. The impact factor and total citations are ranked among the top for many consecutive years.