Journal of Natural Resources and Agricultural Ecosystems

Editorial Board

Associate Editors

This new open access peer reviewed engineering journal began publishing in 2023. The NRES Community Editor will also serve as the editor for this journal.

This engineering journal includes a variety of article types (i.e., research articles, research briefs, review articles, frontier articles, and perspective articles) on the topics of hydrological, evapotranspiration, soil erosion, water quality, and biogeochemical processes; drainage, irrigation, conveyance, and reservoir infrastructures; agricultural, forest, peri-urban, stream, wetland, and coastal systems; microbial, organism, plot, field, farm, watershed, ecosystem, continental, and global scales and interactions; sustainability, resiliency, circularity, management, mitigation, recovery, and restoration approaches; and disciplinary, interdisciplinary, and transdisciplinary perspectives, which integrate engineering and physical sciences related to natural and environmental systems. The journal encourages articles that consider systems thinking using a variety of multidisciplinary approaches including field and laboratory experimentation, measurement techniques, modeling, data analysis, decision support, and case studies. The journal invites articles from an international audience.

ASABE publishes Journal of Natural Resources and Agricultural Ecosystems four times a year. Articles will be published online as they are completed.

The number of published pages for articles are restricted to:

• four for research brief, frontier, and perspectives articles,
• eight for research articles,
• 15 for review articles, and
• eight pages or fewer for special collection articles.

Read our journal descriptions to see which one is best for your content. Article types include research, research briefs, review, frontier, editorial, and perspective. You may also initiate a special collection or participate in an existing open special collection.

Why publish with us? Meet our previous Editor in Chief.

Read about publishing in Navigating the Publication Process: An ASABE Journals’ Perspective. Review the 2019 journal survey results in Changes to ASABE Journals Guided by Member Feedback.

Discount for Publishing Your AIM 2024 Presentation in Our Journals

Further develop your AIM non-refereed presentation into a high-quality peer reviewed manuscript, submit to the ASABE journals, and receive a page charge discount of $100 or 10%, if over 10 pages for the final layout. You must be registered for the annual meeting, present your work at the AIM, and submit your manuscript to ScholarOne by October 1, 2024. Note that all manuscripts must go through our high-quality review process to be published in the ASABE journals. When uploading to ScholarOne, at the end of Step 1: Type, Title, & Abstract, be sure to select the special collection Annual International Meeting (AIM) Discount and include in your cover letter your AIM paper number.

Literature Review Service (paused until new EIC is appointed)

Interested in saving some time and making sure that you cite relevant articles from the society's publications? Complete this Google form to receive a list of key articles to assist with your manuscript preparation. Note there is no obligation to incorporate suggested citations into your article. If you have questions about this optional, free service, please email eic@asabe.org. We look forward to helping you publish your research!

Article Processing Charges

The charges per article for this journal shown below are different than our other journals. See our article type descriptions for more details.

• $1500 - four pages or fewer research briefs, frontier, and perspective
• $2100 - eight pages or fewer research article
• $2400 - 15 pages or fewer review article
• $1800 - eight pages or fewer special collection article

If page count limit for the article type is exceeded, the additional fee is $100 per page.

In general, the page count is about half of the double-spaced template that we provide. Tables and images can change that depending on the sizes needed. If you do not use our template, the final page count may be more.

Call for Papers

The following collections are open to submissions of manuscripts from anyone with relevant content. Please include a cover letter file with your submission that states the name of the collection chosen. Also, choose the special collection name from the list in ScholarOne Step 1.

Water Quality Monitoring: Technologies and Data Stewardship for Low Cost, High-Frequency, and In Situ Data Collection

Organizers and Guest Editors:
Kati Migliaccio, Editor, Natural Resources & Environmental Systems (NRES), ASABE Journals
Debabrata Sahoo, Special Collection Coordinator/Guest Associate Editor, NRES, ASABE Journals
Daren Harmel, Guest Associate Editor, NRES, ASABE Journals
Adel Shirmohammadi, Guest Associate Editor, NRES, ASABE Journals
Heather Preisendanz, Guest Associate Editor, NRES, ASABE Journals
Anita Thompson, Guest Associate Editor, NRES, ASABE Journals

See the Call for Papers flyer for more details and contact information. Articles will be published in our hybrid Journal of the ASABE and Applied Engineering in Agriculture or our open access Journal of Natural Resources and Agricultural Ecosystems. Review our journal descriptions before submitting.

This special collection aims to provide the state-of-the-science and guidance related to lower cost, more practical, higher frequency, and/or in situ technologies. This collection will aid stakeholders and practitioners in collecting flow (discharge) and water quality data (e.g., pathogen, sediment, nutrients) at the small watershed scale in urban and rural settings. It will form the basis for an eventual standard(s) to complement the existing ASABE Engineering Practice 621 on model calibration and evaluation, offering robustness to data collection efforts, enhancing the value of monitoring results, and instilling greater confidence in policy recommendations.

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Ecosystem Evapotranspiration: Advances, Challenges, and Future Needs in Measurement, Modeling, and Application

Organizers and Guest Editors: Devendra Amatya and Suat Irmak

See the Call for Papers flyer for more details and contact information. Articles will be published in our hybrid Journal of the ASABE and our open access Journal of Natural Resources and Agricultural Ecosystems. Review our journal descriptions before submitting.

Emerging innovative methods, models, tools, and technologies offer promises in advancing both our ability to accurately quantify ET and our understanding of plant water use at different scales; such knowledge will be critical for developing effective management strategies to cope with emerging water resource and related challenges. This special collection will include original research or review articles focused on, but not limited to, above topics on Ecosystem Evapotranspiration.

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Sustainable Groundwater in Agriculture

Organizers and Guest Editors: Isaya Kisekka, Michele Reba, Debasmita Misra, Thomas Harter, Andrew M O'Reilly, Cameron Holley

See the Call for Papers flyer for more details and contact information. Articles will be published in our hybrid Journal of the ASABE and our open access Journal of Natural Resources and Agricultural Ecosystems. Review our journal descriptions before submitting.

This special collection will include a select number of presentations from the 3rd International Conference, “Toward Sustainable Groundwater in Agriculture: Linking Science and Policy” held in San Francisco California from June 17-20, 2024. We welcome papers from a wide range of topics related to the sustainable use of groundwater in agriculture.

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Climate Change Impacts on Natural Resource and Agricultural Systems

Young Gu Her, Guest Editor and Coordinator
Kati Migliaccio, Community Editor, Natural Resources & Environmental Systems, ASABE Journals

See the Call for Papers flyer for more details and contact information. Articles will be published in the 2025 issues of our open access Journal of Natural Resources and Agricultural Ecosystems.

This Special Collection of peer-reviewed papers invites studies that 1) evaluate climate change impacts on natural resources and agricultural systems, 2) address the connection of climate change to water supply and greater socio-economic implications, 2) develop mitigation and adaptation strategies/plans to address the impacts of climate change, 3) propose new methodology and frameworks to improve the precision and accuracy of climate change impact assessment, 4) provide reviews on state-of-the-art findings and technologies and the context for future climate change research related to natural resources and agricultural systems and 5) demonstrate climate change impacts and successful mitigation/adaptation actions for a case study.

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Regenerative Agriculture

Srinivasulu Ale, Meetpal Kukal, and Xiaoyu Feng, Associate Guest Editors
Kati Migliaccio, Community Editor, Natural Resources & Environmental Systems, ASABE Journals
Garey Fox, Editor-In-Chief, ASABE Journals

See the Call for Papers flyer for more details and contact information. Articles will be published in the 2024 issues of our open access Journal of Natural Resources and Agricultural Ecosystems or hybrid Journal of the ASABE and Applied Engineering in Agriculture. Review our journal descriptions before submitting.

This special collection welcomes papers from a wide range of topics and community contributions related to evaluation of multidimensional impacts of regenerative agricultural practices, including, but not limited to, (1) biophysical impacts, i.e., on soil-plant-atmospheric continuum, resource use efficiency, etc.; (2) environmental, economic, and social outcomes; and (3) technological innovations that streamline and promote adoption of such practices. Experts from within ASABE as well as other synergistic disciplines are invited to participate.

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Constructed Wetlands

Aaron Mittelstet and Tiffany Messer, Associate Guest Editors
Kati Migliaccio, Community Editor, Natural Resources & Environmental Systems, ASABE Journals
Garey Fox, Editor-In-Chief, ASABE Journals

See the Call for Papers flyer for more details and contact information. Articles will be published in the 2024 issues of our open access Journal of Natural Resources and Agricultural Ecosystems. Review our journal descriptions before submitting.

This special collection welcomes papers from a wide range of topics related to the design, effectiveness and challenges of constructed wetlands, including floating treatment wetlands and their impact on the local ecosystem. Experts from within ASABE as well as other synergistic disciplines are invited to participate.

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