Icelandic Agricultural Sciences

该杂志是英文的，并在国际上发表。该期刊被发送到所有主要的农业大学图书馆，自2009年起被列入汤姆森数据库的ISI期刊。5年ISI影响因子为0.757。从2015年起，所有在IAS上发表的文章都将有一个来自CrossRef的doi编号。它也在CAB摘要、生物数据库、SCOPUS数据库和Google-Scholar搜索引擎中被索引，因此它是国际上建立的。IAS出版来自世界各地的研究人员撰写的关于应用生命科学的任何方面的原创文章、评论、短通信和给编辑的信件，这些方面与北极、阿尔卑斯、北极或亚北极条件有关。相关学科包括:任何种类的环境研究、农业、动植物育种和病害、狩猎和渔业、食品科学、林业、土壤保护、管理和自然生态系统生态学、地热生态学等。原创性研究论文必须涵盖以前没有在同行评审的媒体上发表过的新研究和原创性研究，以及在国际会计准则上发表后，将不会在其他地方重新发表。一般不应超过12页印刷，或约5000字+表和数字。短时间交流关注的是比原始文章、独特的观察或研究技术覆盖面更小的研究。绝对最大长度是4页印刷，或约2000字。短通信不需要摘要。评论文章一般不应超过15页印刷或约7000字+表和数字。给编辑的信是为发表在杂志上的文章保留的评论，除了必要的语言更正外，不被审查。他们不应该超过一页印刷或约450字。

The journal is in English and is refereed and distributed internationally. The journal is sent to all major agricultural university libraries and is since 2009 it is listed as an ISI journal in the Thomson database.The 5-year ISI Impact Factor is 0.757. From 2015 all articles published in IAS will have a doi number from CrossRef. It is also indexed in the CAB Abstracts, the BIOSIS database, the SCOPUS database and Google-Scholar search engine, and as such it is internationally established.IAS publishes Original articles, Reviews, Short communications and Letters to the Editor written by researchers throughout the world on any aspect of applied life sciences that are relevant under boreal, alpine, arctic or subarctic conditions. Relevant subjects include e.g. any kind of environmental research, farming, breeding and diseases of plants and animals, hunting and fisheries, food science, forestry, soil conservation, ecology of managed and natural ecosystems, geothermal ecology, etc.Original research articles must cover new and original research that has not been published before in a medium with peer reviewing and after publication in IAS will not be republished elsewhere. They should generally not exceed 12 printed pages, or ca. 5.000 words + tables and figures.Short communications focus on studies with more limited coverage than original articles, unique observations or research techniques. The absolute maximum length is 4 printed pages, or ca. 2000 words. Short communications do not need an abstract.Review articles should generally not exceed 15 printed pages or ca. 7.000 words + tables and figures. Letters to the Editor are reserved for comments on articles published in the journal and are not reviewed except for necessary language corrections. They should not exceed one printed page or ca. 450 words.