Journal profile · Agricultural and Biological Sciences-Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)
Agricultural and Food Economics
ISSN 2193-7532 · Springer Nature · United Kingdom
Agricultural and Food Economics: CAS Zone 2 · Economics (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 5.42; fully open access; APC about USD 1,690; median 220 days to acceptance (102 articles, last 24 months); 99 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Agricultural and Food Economics is published by Springer Nature and is in Zone 2 of Economics in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Organic Food and Agriculture, Agricultural Innovations and Practices and Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact, together about 33.2% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Agricultural and Food Economics is an international peer-reviewed journal published on behalf of the Italian Society of Agricultural Economics. The editors welcome high-quality, problem-oriented submissions on agriculture and food from a wide variety of socio-economic perspectives and from all over the world. Completely open access, the journal publishes original research and review articles with innovative results and relevant policy and managerial implications, based on quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methodologies. Topics of interest include sustainable food systems, food and nutrition security, agricultural and food policy, environmental impacts of agricultural and food activities, market analysis, agri-food firm management and marketing, organization of the agri-food value chains, behavioral economics, food quality and safety issues, food and health economics, trade, sustainable rural development, natural and marine resource economics, and land economics.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Agricultural and Biological Sciences-Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)
Editor-in-chief Gaetano MartinoPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 2 in mainland China (about 5%); most named Italy 17, Belgium 5, United States 3, Mainland China 2, Germany 2 (41 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Organic Food and AgricultureAgricultural and Biological Sciences15.3%
- Agricultural Innovations and PracticesAgricultural and Biological Sciences11.8%
- Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental ImpactEnvironmental Science6.2%
- Economics of Agriculture and Food MarketsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance6%
- Agricultural Economics and PolicyAgricultural and Biological Sciences6%
- Food Waste Reduction and SustainabilityAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.9%
- Agricultural risk and resilienceAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.6%
- Global trade, sustainability, and social impactBusiness, Management and Accounting3.9%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Economics Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Economics | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Agricultural Economics & Policy | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Economics | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Economics Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Economics | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Agricultural Economics & Policy | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Economics | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Economics Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Economics | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Agricultural Economics & Policy | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Economics | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIESSCIScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
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
- 5.42LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 6.5LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.01LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.73LetPub ·
- h-index
- 52OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 274OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 5.22OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 7.4%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 95LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 536 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 79 | 79 | 46 |
| 2025 | 99 | 99 | 461 |
| 2024 | 52 | 52 | 694 |
| 2023 | 52 | 52 | 877 |
| 2022 | 32 | 32 | 823 |
| 2021 | 35 | 35 | 1,090 |
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
220 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 158 days – 277 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 20 days (102 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 242 days
- Sample
- 102 articles with submission and acceptance dates (185 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)
- about 13 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 13 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
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
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | EUR 1,290 / USD 1,690 / GBP 1,140 | Yes | CC BY | |
| OpenAlex | USD 1,590 / EUR 1,240 / GBP 1,090 | — | — | |
| LetPub | GBP 1,040 / USD 1,490 / EUR 1,190 | Yes | — | |
| Publisher website | GBP 1,140 / USD 1,690 / EUR 1,290 | — | — |
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)
What to prepare1 items from the author guidelines
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
Article types accepted3
- research articlesFormatting guidelines for specific article types can be found below. Research Articles Reviews Short NotesLength not stated
- reviewsFormatting guidelines for specific article types can be found below. Research Articles Reviews Short NotesLength not stated
- short notesFormatting guidelines for specific article types can be found below. Research Articles Reviews Short NotesLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteData availability, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- Data availability Formatting the 'Availability of data and materials' section of your manuscript
The following format for the 'Availability of data and materials section of your manuscript should be used:
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Licensing and copyright
Creative Commons licences Open access articles in Springer Nature journals are published under Creative Commons licences. These provide an industry-standard framework to support easy re-use of open access material. Under Creative Commons licences, authors retain copyright of their articles. Agricultural and Food Economics articles are published open access under a CC BY licence (Creative Commons A…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Benefits of open access
Publishing open access (OA) offers a number of benefits, including greater reach and readership for your work: Cited more 1.6x more citations of OA articles than non-OA articles across all subjects Downloaded more 4x more downloads of OA articles than non-OA articles Greater impact 2.5x more Altmetric attention. OA articles attracted 1.9x more news mentions and 1.2x more policy mentions Open acces…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review policy
Peer review is the process used to evaluate the quality of a manuscript before publication. Independent researchers in the relevant field assess submitted manuscripts to check their validity and robustness. Their feedback guides editors in making publication decisions. Typically, two or more experts evaluate each manuscript based on three main criteria: scientific robustness: is the research metho…
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
- Springer Nature
- Country or region
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2193-7532
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗DOAJ
- Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗DOAJ
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Agricultural and Food Economics
What CAS zone is Agricultural and Food Economics in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Agricultural and Food Economics is in Zone 2 of Economics, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Agricultural Economics & Policy / Economics. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Economics. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Agricultural and Food Economics?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 5.42; CiteScore 6.5, h-index 52.
How long does peer review take at Agricultural and Food Economics?
Based on the dates recorded on 102 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 220 days (interquartile range 158–277 days); authors report an average review time of about 13 weeks. 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Agricultural and Food Economics based?
Of the 41 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 2 (about 5%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Italy (17), Belgium (5) and United States (3). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Agricultural and Food Economics?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Agricultural and Food Economics is indexed in SCIE, SSCI, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Agricultural and Food Economics open access, and what is the APC?
Agricultural and Food Economics is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 1,690.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, Publisher website; 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: .