Exhibit 15.1, supplement to Chapter 15, “Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources,” by Allison V. Level,
in Information Literacy Instruction That Works, Second Edition, edited by Patrick Ragains. Chicago: NealSchuman, 2013.
CORE JOURNALS IN AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES
Scientific journals are important sources of current research information. The following is
a list of 150 core journals that includes publications in agriculture, soils, crop science,
fisheries, forestry, ecology, entomology, and plant pathology. The list is not
comprehensive but is a starting point for those new to the profession. The list does not
include annual review titles. Most journals are English language.
Advances in Ecological Research
Advances in Microbial Ecology
African Journal of Ecology
Agricultural and Food Science
Agricultural History
Agricultural Systems
Agriculture and Human Values
Agriculture Ecosystems and Environment
Agronomy Journal
Ambio
American Journal of Alternative Agriculture
American Midland Naturalist
American Naturalist
Animal Conservation
Annals of Applied Biology
Applied Vegetation Science
Aquaculture
Aquaculture International
Aquaculture Nutrition
Aquaculture Research
Aquatic Ecology
Austral Ecology
Australian Journal of Agricultural Research
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Basic and Applied Ecology
Behavioral Ecology
Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
Biochemical Systematics and Ecology
Biodiversity and Conservation
Biological Conservation
Biological Invasions
Biotropica
Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History
Canadian Field-Naturalist
Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
Computers and Electronics in Agriculture
Conservation Biology
Conservation Ecology
Conservation Genetics
Copeia
Crop Protection
Crop Science
Ecological Applications
Ecological Economics
Ecological Engineering
Ecological Modelling
Ecological Monographs
Ecological Research
Ecology
Ecology and Society
Ecology Letters
Ecology of Freshwater Fish
Ecoscience
Ecosystem Health
Ecosystems
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Ecotoxicology
Environmental Biology of Fishes
European Journal of Soil Biology
Evolution
Evolutionary Ecology
Evolutionary Ecology Research
Fish and Fisheries
Fish Physiology and Biochemistry
Fisheries
Fisheries Management and Ecology
Fisheries Oceanography
Fisheries Research
Fisheries Science
Fishery Bulletin
Forest Ecology and Management
Forest Science
Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
Functional Ecology
Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution
Genetics
Global Change Biology
Global Ecology and Biogeography
International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology
Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics
Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
Journal of Agricultural Research
Journal of Agricultural Science
Journal of Animal Ecology
Journal of Applied Ecology
Journal of Aquatic Animal Health
Journal of Arid Environments
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Journal of Biogeography
Journal of Chemical Ecology
Journal of Ecology
Journal of Evolutionary Biology
Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology
Journal of Fish Biology
Journal of Fish Diseases
Journal of Freshwater Ecology
Journal of Mammalogy
Journal of Natural History
Journal of Plant Nutrition
Journal of Range Management
Journal of Soil and Water Conservation
Journal of Sustainable Agriculture
Journal of the North American Benthological Society
Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture
Journal of Vegetation Science
Journal of Wildlife Management
Landscape Ecology
Microbial Ecology
Molecular Biology and Evolution
Molecular Breeding
Molecular Ecology
Natural History
North American Journal of Aquaculture
North American Journal of Fisheries Management
Northeastern Naturalist
Northwest Science
Oecologia
Oikos
Oryx
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Outlook on Agriculture
Paleobiology
Phytopathology
Plant and Soil
Plant Breeding
Plant Cell
Plant Ecology
Population Ecology
Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia
Rangeland Ecology and Management
Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems
Restoration Ecology
Soil Science Society of America Journal
Southeastern Naturalist
Southwestern Naturalist
Transactions of the American Fisheries Society
Trends in Ecology and Evolution
Weed Research
Weed Science
Weed Technology
Western North American Naturalist
Wetlands
Wildlife Biology
Wildlife Monographs
Wildlife Research
Wildlife Society Bulletin
Wilson Bulletin