《农林系统》是一本国际性的科学期刊，出版关于农林任何方面的新颖、高影响力的原创研究、批判性评论和简短交流的成果。该杂志特别鼓励证明农林复合经营在提供商品和非商品利益(如生态系统服务)方面的作用的贡献。欢迎涉及生物物理和社会经济方面的论文。这些包括对涉及树木、作物和/或牲畜的综合系统的基本或应用性质的调查结果。不鼓励纯粹是描述性或证实已确定调查结果性质的稿件，而且国际范围有限。为了能够出版，所提供的资料必须与比进行研究的具体地点更广泛的范围有关，并提供新的见解或对农林复合知识库作出重大贡献。
Agroforestry Systems is an international scientific journal that publishes results of novel, high impact original research, critical reviews and short communications on any aspect of agroforestry. The journal particularly encourages contributions that demonstrate the role of agroforestry in providing commodity as well non-commodity benefits such as ecosystem services. Papers dealing with both biophysical and socioeconomic aspects are welcome. These include results of investigations of a fundamental or applied nature dealing with integrated systems involving trees and crops and/or livestock. Manuscripts that are purely descriptive in nature or confirmatory in nature of well-established findings, and with limited international scope are discouraged. To be acceptable for publication, the information presented must be relevant to a context wider than the specific location where the study was undertaken, and provide new insight or make a significant contribution to the agroforestry knowledge base.