Journal of Zhejiang University: Agriculture and Life Sciences is a bimonthly peer-reviewed scientific journal, which is sponsored by Zhejiang University and superintended by Ministry of Education of China. Its predecessor was Journal of Zhejiang Agricultural University, which started publication in 1956. After the establishment of new Zhejiang University, it was changed to Journal of Zhejiang University: Agriculture and Life Sciences in 1998.

The journal has been abstracted and indexed by Scopus, Chemical Abstracts (CA), Abstract Journal (AJ), Zoological Record (ZR), Food Science and Technology Abstracts (FSTA), CAB Abstracts, Ulrichsweb, Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) and the main periodical databases in China.   

 Mission of the journal is to encourage communication of basic and innovative research results of high quality in the entire fields of agriculture and life sciences including agricultural science, food science, animal science, environmental science, biology science, nuclear agricultural science, agricultural engineering, and agricultural remote sensing technology, etc. It publishes mainly original research article as well as review, letter, commentary, short communication in English or in Chinese with English summary. Contributions are invited from researchers all over the world.

The address of the Editorial Department: Journal of Zhejiang University: Agriculture and Life Sciences, 148 Tianmushan Road, Hangzhou 310028, China
Tel: +86-571-88272801;     E-mail: zdxbnsb@zju.edu.cn