Aims and Scope

Scope

According to the following prospects, the extensional journal of Agricultural Information Sciences and Technology (JAIST) is trying to expand the knowledge of the information science, information technology and agricultural promotions sectors and all the scientific community and students, and provide the necessary information and awareness to the audience. The journal visions at:

 

  • Constructing a proper scientific platform and infrastructure to create an integrated information system and agricultural information technology throughout the Ministry of Jihad - e - Agriculture and in the whole country;
  • Providing the necessary scientific solutions for cooperation and exchange of extensional scientific findings among the communities of Knowledge and Information Science (KIS), the Agricultural Center for Information Science and Technology (ACIST), and researchers and activists in this fields at the Ministry of Jihad - e - Agriculture and national levels;
  • International scientific-extensional interaction and cooperation in the fields of KIS and ACIST.

 

Aims

The aim of JAIST is to promote the research findings and achievements of information science and technology fields in a simple and understandable language to faculty members, researchers, information experts, information technology experts and agricultural promoters. Librarians, information scientists and technologists working in research and educational institutions and centers affiliated to  the Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), researchers and faculty members of AREEO, librarians and information scientists and technologists working in agricultural research and educational libraries across the country and finally all the information science and scientific community throu the country (Both professors and students of this field) are the main audience of JAIST. The effort is to provide a suitable platform for the exchange of promotional knowledge, the sharing of specialized knowledge in a simple and understandable language, and knowledge enhancement in the following fields:

 

Subject area of JAIST activities

Main subject areas

  • Information Science, Knowledge management, scientometrics and webometrics in the field of agriculture;
  • Application of information and communication technologies in the field of agriculture;
  • Management of agricultural libraries and information centers;
  • Smart farming technology.

 

Subtitles

  • Management of libraries and information centers in the field of agriculture;
  • Content analysis, scientomertics, webometrics and intelligent measurement of Agricultural scientific productions;
  • Smart farming and applications of information technologies in agriculture;
  • Management of knowledge and information in the field of agriculture;
  • Electronic publishing and its applications in agricultural fields;
  • Agricultural information systems and services;
  • Review and evaluation of agricultural information systems and databases;
  • Application of information and information technologies in agricultural information centers;
  • Agricultural digital libraries and related technologies;
  • Measurement and evaluation of databases in the field of agriculture;
  • Agricultural information services;
  • Information-seeking behaviors and measuring the agricultural user’s information needs;
  • New topics in information science and its application in agricultural libraries and information centers.