Precision agriculture
PLOS publishes a broad range of Open interdisciplinary precision agriculture research that is essential to the wider understanding, advancement and adoption of precision agriculture practices and technology.
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PLOS’ precision agriculture research explores and assesses the very latest agricultural technologies. Whether in controlled environments or directly in the field, our research highlights new methods and technologies for agricultural surveillance and intervention, such as sensors and chemical testing, or high-tech farm machinery and machine learning that measures, analyses, and improves crop yield, soil quality, and animal husbandry practices.
These efforts are fundamental to guaranteeing food security and sustainable crop production in the context of rising demand and increasingly challenging farming environments.
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14,898 authors from 131 countries chose PLOS to publish their precision agriculture research*
Reaching a global audience, this research has received over 4,000 news and blog mentions^
Research in this field has been cited 80,259 times
after authors published in a PLOS journal*
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Related journals in precision agriculture
We provide a platform for precision agriculture research across various PLOS journals, allowing interdisciplinary researchers to examine smart farming techniques through various academic lenses, enabling a more collaborative and holistic understanding of precision agriculture worldwide.
*Data source: Web of Science. © Copyright Clarivate 2023 | January 2004 – December 2023
^Data source: Altmetric.com | January 2004 – December 2023
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