Abstract: To understand the practical situation of the journals of agricultural universities in China from networking, digitalization and new media application, through the analysis and comparison on the catalogues of 36 journals of agricultural universities given in Chinese S&T Journal Citation Reports (Expanded Edition, 2016), the conditions of 35 Chinese journals of agricultural universities were investigated, including the construction of official websites, the joining to databases, and the operation situation of wechat official accounts and weibo accounts of these journals. The results showed that 30 of the 35 Chinese journals of agricultural universities constructed their official websites, accounting for 85.71%; 24 journals used edit systems, 6 journals adopted e-mail or online submission, accounting for 65.71% and 17.14%, respectively; all the 35 journals were included in Chinese databases, 17 of them possessed DOI codes, and 26 journals provided preferential digital publication service; and 8 of the 35 Chinese journals of agricultural universities launched their wechat official account, and 4 journals set up weibo. Measurements for improvement in networking, digitalization and new media application were given to theses journals of agricultural universities in this paper, expecting to provide reference for the development of agricultural journals.