The Serbian Journal of Agricultural Sciences
since 1953
About Journal
Contemporary Agriculture is the official journal of the University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Agriculture, Serbia. Established in 1953, the journal has been a key publication in the field of agricultural science. Initially published under the name Poljoprivreda Vojvodine (1953–1959), it was later known as Savremena poljoprivreda (1959–2015) before adopting its current title, Contemporary Agriculture, in 2016. Contemporary Agriculture is owned, published and financially supported by the University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Agriculture.
The journal Contemporary Agriculture is an open access scholarly journal dedicated to the dissemination and exchange of knowledge about the progress of research in all areas of theoretical and applied agricultural science, covering a wide range of agricultural topics: Agronomy and Plant Science, Animal Science, Veterinary Medicine, Agricultural Engineering, Soil Science, Water and Irrigation Management, Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, Environmental and Ecological Studies and Landscape Architecture.
The journal publishes research articles, reviews, short communications and case reports. It is open to all researchers globally, regardless of gender, career stage or ethnic and religious affiliation. The journal publishes one volume with four issues per year. All papers are published in English and are subject to a double-blind peer review process (with at least two independent reviewers) to maintain high academic standards. Editorial operations related to content and peer review are independent and free from the influence of the entities that support the journal.
For all papers is provided DOI® number and CrossReff® processing.
The journal does not have article submission charges and article processing charges (APCs).
All submissions are thoroughly checked for plagiarism using iThenticate.
Current National Categorization: M24 (2021, 2022, 2023) - National journal of international importance
Why read
The journal Contemporary Agriculture, with a tradition spanning over 70 years, informs the scientific community about contemporary achievements in theoretical and applied agriculture, covering a wide range of agricultural topics.
Why submit
Publishing is free of charge: the journal has neither article submission charges nor article processing charges (APCs)
Open access publishing model: all users can access full-text free of charge and reuse it under the CC BY 4.0 license, which is expected to encourage co-operation and increase the impact of published research
Authors retain copyright of the published articles
Fair, objective and constructive double-blind peer review procedure
Ahead of print (online first) publishing option - fast and efficient publication process
Wide and extensive promotion along with worldwide distribution of each published article
Articles from all areas of agriculture: researchers are encouraged to contribute to the advancement of agricultural science through publication in the journal Contemporary Agriculture.
ANNOUNCEMENT
Up to Volume 73, the CC BY NC ND 3.0 license was used. Starting from Volume 74, articles will be published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.
From January 2025, we are switching to Ahead of Print (i.e., online first) publication. Ahead of Print (AoP) articles are listed electronically before they become available in a print issue. A paper published as Ahead of Print obtains a permanent DOI number.
CALL FOR PAPERS
The call for papers is open throughout the year. You can find all the information about preparing and submitting documents on the page "For authors" of this site.
Thank you for considering this journal as a venue for your scientific manuscript.
Editor
Prof. dr Branka Ljevnaić-Mašić, full professor
University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Agriculture
Trg Dositeja Obradovića 8
21 000 Novi Sad, Serbia
Novi Sad, January 2025.