Aim and Scope

Journal of Intelligent Agricultural Mechanization is an academic journal of agricultural engineering supervised by the Nanjing Institute of Agricultural Mechanization, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs. Journal of Intelligent Agricultural Mechanization is dedicated to focus on the frontiers of agricultural science and technology, to publish and disseminate research progress, home and abroad, in the application of basic technologies in the field of intelligent agricultural equipment, key common technologies and major achievements in equipment development as well as these typical application demonstrations, etc., so as to promote international academic exchanges in agricultural engineering and the transformation of achievements application, and sequently to boost the innovative development of the agricultural equipment industry and its upgrading transformation, and ultimately to better serve the rural revitalization strategy.

Journal of Intelligent Agricultural Mechanization will publish three types of manuscripts, that is, Research Articles, Reviews, and Perspectives in an open-access form.

Scope

Topics covered in the journal include:

Intelligent agricultural equipment

Agricultural artificial intelligence

Green agriculture

Agricultural information system

Agricultural Internet of Things

Intelligent data mining and fusion systems in agriculture

Agricultural blockchain

Submission Website

http://znhnyzbxb.niam.com.cn

1. Manuscript submission

Legal requirements

Submission of a manuscript implies: that the work described has not been published before, that it is not under consideration for publication anywhere else, that its publication has been approved by all co-authors, if any, as well as by the responsible authorities-tacitly or explicitly-at the institute where the work has been carried out. The publisher will not be held legally responsible should there be any claims for compensation.

How to submit

Authors must submit their articles online at http://znhnyzbxb.niam.com.cn. This will allow quicker and more efficient processing of your manuscript. Please go to the link to submit your article online.

2. Manuscript preparation

Manuscript structure and instruction

Follow this order when typing manuscripts: title page, abstract, keywords, main text, references, tables, figure captions, and figures.

Title page

The title page should include:

A concise and informative title

The name(s) of the author(s)

The affiliation(s) and address(es) of the author(s)

The e-mail address of the corresponding author

Abstract

Please provide one paragraph containing a complete but concise description of your work in 500 words. The abstract should consist of motivation, problem statement, approach, results, and conclusions in order to make the paper appealing to more readers. Since the abstract is indexed in many databases it should be self-contained without any undefined abbreviations or any cited references.

Keywords

Please provide 4 to 6 keywords which can be used for indexing purposes.

Heading/Section levels (numbered)

For articles, please use the decimal system of headings with no more than three levels.

Formulae and symbols

Formulae, symbols and all subscripts, superscripts, Greek letters, and other characters must be legible and carefully checked. Standard mathematical notation should be used. All symbols used in manuscript must be explained. A list of symbols should follow the abstract if such a list is needed. All equations must be numbered.

Single letters that denote mathematical constants, variables, and unknown quantities should be set in italic type in text and in equations. Numerals, operators, and punctuation should be set in Roman type (upright), as are commonly defined functions or abbreviations, e.g., cos, det, e or exp, lim, log, max, min, sin, tan, d (for derivative) should also be upright. Vectors, tensors, and matrices should be set in bold italic.

3. Additional information

Additional information can be obtained from:

Journal of Intelligent Agricultural Mechanization Editorial Office

Address: NO.100 Liuying, Xuanwu District, Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province, P.R.China

Tel: 00-86-025-84346292

E‐mail: jiam@caas.cn

Website：http://znhnyzbxb.niam.com.cn

- In case of any discrepancy between Chinese and English version, Chinese version shall prevail.

Editorial Office of Journal of Intelligent Agricultural Mechanization

April 4, 2021