Journal of Irrigation and Drainage was founded in 1982. It is supervised by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, co-sponsored by the Institute of Farmland Irrigation of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences and the Chinese Hydraulic Engineering Society. It is a monthly journal published on the 25th of each month and is publicly distributed at home and abroad. The journal is a national Chinese core journal, a core journal of Chinese scientific papers, a RCCSE Chinese core academic journal (A) and a Chinese agricultural core journal. It has been included in many international databases such as Scopus and DOAJ.
The journal mainly reports research results in the fields of irrigation and drainage, water conservancy economics, irrigation technology and equipment, water and soil resources and water environment, and farmland water conservancy projects. The readership includes relevant scientific researchers, professional and technical and management personnel, college teachers and students, etc. The journal has won many honors, including the National Excellent Journal Award and the Most Disseminating Journal of Chinese Agricultural Journals, and is an important academic journal in the field of farmland water conservancy projects in my country.