Journals
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Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Collection comprises: 118 journals
Oldest title: back to 1957 (Journal of Insect Physiology)
Top titles:
- Agricultural Systems
- Forest Ecology and Management
- Scientia Horticulturae
- Aquatic Toxicology
- Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology
- Journal of Insect Physiology
- Soil Biology & Biochemistry
- Phytochemistry
- Journal of Hydrology
- Geoderma
The core journals in this backfiles program have published top articles which are now available online for the first time. Researchers will have instant access to these examples of seminal and highly cited papers from earlier volumes:
- 1963
The juvenile hormone effect of farnesol and some related compounds: quantitative experiments V.B. Wigglesworth
- Journal of Insect Physiology
- 1965
The juvenile hormone - I. Methods of purification and isolation
H. Roller, J.S. Bjerke and W.H. McShan
- Journal of Insect Physiology
- 1969
Use of p-nitrophenol phosphate in assay of soil phosphatase activity
M. A. Tabatabai and J. M. Bremner
- Soil Biology & Biochemistry
- 1972
Assay of urease activity in soil
M.A. Tabatabai and J.M. Bremner
- Soil Biology & Biochemistry
- 1974
50 years progress in soil physics
J.R. Philip
- Geoderma
- 1977
A lipophilic-hydrophobic attribute and component in the stereochemistry of sweetness
R. S. Shallenberger and M. G. Lindley
- Food Chemistry
- 1984
Dehydrogenase activity in soil: a comparison between the INT and TCC assay
J.T. Trevors
- Soil Biology & Biochemistry
- 1987
An extraction method for measuring soil microbial biomass-C
E. D. Vance, P.C. Brookes and D.S. Jenkinson
- Soil Biology & Biochemistry
- 1994
Water activity and food polymer science - implications of state on arrhenius and WLF models in predicting shelf-life
K. A. Nelson and T.P. Labuza
- Journal of Food Engineering
Benefits for researchers
- Agricultural science information has, generally, a long half-life. The relatively high number of citations to older papers reflects the importance of earlier research to agriculture.
- Many techniques developed in the mid-1900's are still in use and young scientists coming into the field need access to the original papers.
- Access to historical information also enables science to move forward without re-doing the scientific experiments of yesterday.
- Full citation linking to and from recently published articles ensures quick and easy access to related articles in the field.
- Sophisticated search options and personalization features make it very easy to find the most relevant article.
Prize-winning authors and coverage of essential developments
For the first time, researchers are able to access papers from the very earliest issues from their computer. The backfiles contain early papers reflecting the emerging interest in the environmental impact of agriculture, intensification" versus "extensification", global climate change, Geographical Information Systems, genetically modified crops, precision agriculture, organic farming, modelling, and the impact of information technology on agriculture. "No tillage" or conservation tillage (CT) is credited with representing the most dramatic change in soil management in modern history of agriculture and is another important focus.
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A driving force in the second half of the 20th century was the "Green Revolution" inspired by agronomist Norman Borlaug who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1971 for his work on wheat and contributions to improving world food production and who founded the World Food Prize. The work of several laureates is included in the backfiles, including articles from Pedro (P.A.) Sanchez, Food Prize Laureate 2002 and Chair of the UN Hunger Program, and Hans Herren, Food Prize Laureate 1996, along with many early papers defining seminal methods that are still in use today.
Pricing Information
Pricing information for all Backfiles is available on this website.