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In this video, the editor of Ciência Rural, Rudi Weiblen, tells us a little about the journal's history. He explains what motivated the creation of the Ciência Rural

History / Periodicity / Access

Ciência Rural (CR) is an existing journal since 1971 (then as Revista do Centro de Ciências Rurais. The journal is published in continuous form. The papers are all in open access.

Mission

Publishes scientific papers, reviews and notes related to the area of Agricultural Sciences

Editorial policy

The purpose of Ciência Rural is to publish the results of original research, note and reviews which contribute significantly to knowledge in Agricultural Sciences. Preference will be given to original articles that develop news concepts or experimental approaches and are not merely repositories of scientific data. The decison of acceptance for publication lies with the Editors and is based on the recommendations of Editorial Comission, Area Committee and/ or ad hoc reviewers. The editors and reviewers are external to the institution.

Peer review process

All submitted papers are initially examined by the CR editorial office and area committee, and then, sent to at least two ad hoc reviewers. In general, reviews are submitted to three ad hoc reviewers.

Intellectual Property

All content of the journal, except where identified, is licensed under a Creative Commons attribution-type BY. The Ciência Rural adopted until Oct/2015 the Creative Commons license attribution-type BY-NC. Actually, the license is the attribution-type BY.

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