Ciência Rural (CR) is an existing journal since 1971 (then as Revista do Centro de Ciências Rurais. The journal is published in continuous form. The papers are all in open access.Its objective is publishing original articles, reviews and notes, prepared by national and international experts which contribute to the scientific area of Agronomy, Animal Science, Veterinary Medicine and Forestry Science.The abbreviated title of the journal is Cienc. Rural, which should be used in bibliographies, footnotes and bibliographical references and strips.