Journal profile · Agricultural Economics & Policy
Agricultural Economics-Zemedelska Ekonomika
ISSN 0139-570X · eISSN 1805-9295 · Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences · CZECH REPUBLIC · Monthly · Founded 1954
Agricultural Economics-Zemedelska Ekonomika: CAS Zone 3 · Economics (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.62; fully open access; APC charged, amount not published; review about 30 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 49 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Agricultural Economics-Zemedelska Ekonomika is published by Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences and is in Zone 3 of Economics in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Agricultural Economics and Policy, Global Trade and Competitiveness and Agricultural economics and policies, together about 40.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are General Agricultural and Biological Sciences. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The journal publishes scientific articles: original scientific papers dealing with agricultural subjects from the sphere of economics, management, informatics, ecology, social economy and sociology. An extensive scope of subjects in fact covers the whole of agribusiness, that means economic relations of suppliers and producers of inputs for agriculture and food industry, problems from the aspects of social economy and rural sociology and finally the economics of the population nutrition. Papers are published in English.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Agricultural Economics & Policy
Editor-in-chief Ing. LukPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Czechia 11, Germany 2, Italy 2, United States 1, Netherlands 1 (20 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Agricultural Economics and PolicyAgricultural and Biological Sciences15.8%
- Global Trade and CompetitivenessBusiness, Management and Accounting13.9%
- Agricultural economics and policiesSocial Sciences10.5%
- Economics of Agriculture and Food MarketsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5.5%
- Regional Development and Management StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.2%
- Global trade and economicsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance3.9%
- Sustainable Agricultural Systems AnalysisEnvironmental Science3.5%
- Agricultural Innovations and PracticesAgricultural and Biological Sciences3.4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Economics Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Economics | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Agricultural Economics & Policy | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Economics | 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 |
| Minor | Economics | Zone 3 |
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 |
| Minor | Economics | Zone 4 |
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
- 1.62LetPub ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher)
- 1.9Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.6LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.39LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.59LetPub ·
- h-index
- 45OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 516OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.43OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 6.2%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 98.63%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 50LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,797 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 39 | 39 | 7 |
| 2025 | 49 | 49 | 56 |
| 2024 | 48 | 48 | 132 |
| 2023 | 48 | 48 | 322 |
| 2022 | 58 | 58 | 495 |
| 2021 | 53 | 53 | 669 |
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
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 30 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 24 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 565 | No | CC BY-NC | |
| OpenAlex | EUR 565 | — | — | |
| LetPub | EUR 565 | No | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
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 websiteLicense & copyright, Open access
- License & copyright Licence terms
© Authors. Articles submitted by 2025 are distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC-BY-NC 4.0) license. Articles submitted since 2026 are distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC-BY 4.0) license.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access Policy
This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.
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
- Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences
- Country or region
- CZECH REPUBLIC
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Founded
- 1954
- ISSN
- 0139-570X
- Electronic ISSN
- 1805-9295
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 72 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Agricultural Economics-Zemedelska Ekonomika
What CAS zone is Agricultural Economics-Zemedelska Ekonomika in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Agricultural Economics-Zemedelska Ekonomika is in Zone 3 of Economics, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Agricultural Economics & Policy / Economics. 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 Agricultural Economics-Zemedelska Ekonomika?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.62; CiteScore 3.6, h-index 45.
How long does peer review take at Agricultural Economics-Zemedelska Ekonomika?
Authors report an average review time of about 30 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”. 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 Economics-Zemedelska Ekonomika based?
Of the 20 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Czechia (11), Germany (2) and Italy (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Agricultural Economics-Zemedelska Ekonomika?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Agricultural Economics-Zemedelska Ekonomika is indexed in SCIE, SSCI, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Agricultural Economics-Zemedelska Ekonomika open access, and what is the APC?
Agricultural Economics-Zemedelska Ekonomika is a fully open-access journal. APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website, DOAJ; 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: .