Journal profile · AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS & POLICY
Agrekon
ISSN 0303-1853 · eISSN 2078-0400 · Taylor and Francis Ltd. · SOUTH AFRICA · Quarterly
Agrekon: CAS Zone 4 · Economics (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.12; JCR Q2 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC charged, amount not published; median 231 days to acceptance (49 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: easy; 27 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Agrekon is published by Taylor and Francis Ltd. and is in Zone 4 of Economics in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Agricultural Innovations and Practices, Agricultural Economics and Policy and Land Rights and Reforms, together about 33% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Agrekon publishes scholarly articles that contribute to the existing literature in the domain of Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics as it applies to Southern Africa. The editors of Agrekon therefore invite contributions in this context that provide new insights, either through the problems they address, the methods they employ or the theoretical and practical insights gained from the results. The quarterly journal serves as the official publication of the Agricultural Economics Association of South Africa (AEASA) and is published by Taylor & Francis. The objectives of AEASA and the journal are to promote research, debate, policy, and practice regarding agricultural economics and to promote the application of scientific principles in order to solve agricultural, rural and relevant national problems in Southern Africa. Agrekon also aims to promote the interests of and improve liaison between agricultural economists at regional, national and international levels. High-quality contributions that advance studies in these areas are welcome. All submitted manuscripts are subject to initial appraisal by the Editors, and, if found suitable for further consideration, to peer review by independent, anonymous expert referees. Agrekon is a double anonymized peer-reviewed journal and submission is online via ScholarOne Manuscripts.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS & POLICY
Editor-in-chief Eric MungatanaPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named South Africa 8, United States 1, United Kingdom 1, Italy 1, Canada 1 (12 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Agricultural Innovations and PracticesAgricultural and Biological Sciences13.3%
- Agricultural Economics and PolicyAgricultural and Biological Sciences11.6%
- Land Rights and ReformsAgricultural and Biological Sciences8%
- Agricultural risk and resilienceAgricultural and Biological Sciences6.8%
- Global trade and economicsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5.6%
- Economics of Agriculture and Food MarketsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5.2%
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5%
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering4.8%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Economics Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Economics | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Agricultural Economics & Policy | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Economics Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Economics | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Agricultural Economics & Policy | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Economics Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Economics | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Agricultural Economics & Policy | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- JCR Q2 · best quartile · 2025
- CiteScore Q2 · 2025
Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of SciencePublisher website
Other: Chartered Association of Business Schools UK (ABS Guide)
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor
- 2.12LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.1Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.6Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 3Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.39LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.39Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.67LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 0.67Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 21LetPub ·
- h-index
- 53OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 426OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.68OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 9.5%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 13.43%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 26LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 48,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,157 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 25 | 7 | 3 |
| 2025 | 27 | 12 | 33 |
| 2024 | 21 | 13 | 87 |
| 2023 | 23 | 11 | 184 |
| 2022 | 23 | 5 | 161 |
| 2021 | 38 | 11 | 378 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
231 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 159 days – 330 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 30 days (49 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 272 days
- Sample
- 49 articles with submission and acceptance dates (59 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- over 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 6%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 11 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 70 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 46 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewPublisher website
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access
- Open access Open access
Agrekon is a hybrid open access journal that is part of the Taylor & Francis Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research. Why choose open access? Increase the discoverability and readership of y…
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Taylor and Francis Ltd.
- Country or region
- SOUTH AFRICA
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- ISSN
- 0303-1853
- Electronic ISSN
- 2078-0400
- Society / sponsor
- Agricultural Economics Association of South Africa
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 65, Issue 1 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Agrekon
What CAS zone is Agrekon in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Agrekon is in Zone 4 of Economics, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Agricultural Economics & Policy. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Economics. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Agrekon?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.12; CiteScore 3, h-index 53.
How long does peer review take at Agrekon?
Based on the dates recorded on 49 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 231 days (interquartile range 159–330 days); authors report an average review time of over 12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 6%. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
What JCR quartile is Agrekon in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q2 (best quartile). JCR quartiles are Clarivate's to confirm and a different system from the CAS zones; in the CAS ranking the journal is in Zone 4 of Economics.
Where are the editorial board members of Agrekon based?
Of the 12 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are South Africa (8), United States (1) and United Kingdom (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Agrekon?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Agrekon is indexed in SCIE and Scopus. The journal's website also lists Web of Science; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Agrekon open access, and what is the APC?
Agrekon is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-25). Last updated: .