Soybean Science (bimonthly) is an academic journal in the field of soybean published by the Heilongjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, which was founded in 1982 by Wang Jinling and Wang Lianzheng, well-known experts in soybean in China. It mainly publishes academic papers, scientific research reports, research briefs, reviews of domestic and foreign research, newsletters of academic activities, and introduction of new varieties in the fields of genetic breeding, varietal resources, physiology and ecology, cultivation, plant protection, nutrition and fertiliser, biotechnology, food processing, medicinal functions, and industrial uses of soybean. Since its inception, the journal has been well supported and welcomed by scientific and technical workers in soybean scientific research and production, as well as teachers and students of colleges and universities and professionals of the same level.
It has been published in the International Centre for Applied Bioscience (CABI), China Science Citation Database (CSCD), China Journal of Scientific and Technological Papers and Citation Database (CJCR), China Journal Full Text Database (CJFD), China Academic Journals Comprehensive Evaluation Database (CAJCED), China Knowledge Source Database - China Scientific and Technological Journals of Excellence, Wanfang Data, and American Journal of Scientific and Technological Journals (WFD). Data), American Chemical Abstracts and American Biological Abstracts, and many other full-text and abstract databases at home and abroad. Since 1992, it has been listed in Chinese Core Journals, Chinese Core Journals, Chinese Science and Technology Core Journals, Chinese Agricultural Core Journals and RCCSE Chinese Core Academic Journals.