California Agriculture is a peer-reviewed

Peer review

Peer review is a process of self-regulation by a profession or a process of evaluation involving qualified individuals within the relevant field. Peer review methods are employed to maintain standards, improve performance and provide credibility...

 academic journal

Academic journal

An academic journal is a peer-reviewed periodical in which scholarship relating to a particular academic discipline is published. Academic journals serve as forums for the introduction and presentation for scrutiny of new research, and the critique of existing research...

 reporting news and research on agricultural, natural, and human resources published quarterly by the University of California

University of California

The University of California is a public university system in the U.S. state of California. Under the California Master Plan for Higher Education, the University of California is a part of the state's three-tier public higher education system, which also includes the California State University...

 Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources, with most of the authors being faculty from that university.

History

The first issue of California Agriculture was published in December 1946, making it among the oldest continuously published, land-grant university research publications in the US. The print circulation is nearly 17,000, which is among the largest for this type of publication.

Special issues

California Agriculture often has special issues that explore timely topics, which have recently included biofuels, climate change, and sustainable viticulture.

Awards

California Agriculture has won several awards from the Association for Communication Excellence in Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Life and Human Sciences (ACE).

Open access

Full text is available for free on the journal's website, which has the complete contents dating back to 1946. This online archive contains more than 6,000 articles that can be searched, downloaded, emailed, and cited.