Maize Sciences is an international, peer-reviewed, and quarterly academic journal (ISSN: 2097-7484), It is administered by Jilin Academy of Agricultural Sciences (JAAS), co-administered by the National Maize Industry Technology R&D Center and the National Key Laboratory of Maize Biological Breeding, and published by Higher Education Press. Since its establishment, the journal has adhered to the positioning of ‘taking maize scientific research as the core, serving global food security, and promoting academic innovation and achievement transformation’. It has emerged as a vital academic exchange platform for maize scientists both domestically and internationally, and its published papers are widely cited in the field of crop science, providing robust theoretical and technical support for the development of the global maize industry.