Journal profile · AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS & POLICY
China Agricultural Economic Review
ISSN 1756-137X · eISSN 1756-1388 · Emarald Group Publishing Ltd · ENGLAND
China Agricultural Economic Review: CAS Zone 2 · Economics (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 4.41; subscription journal; review over 12 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 53 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
China Agricultural Economic Review is published by Emarald Group Publishing Ltd 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 Agricultural Innovations and Practices, China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance and Economics of Agriculture and Food Markets, together about 26.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are General Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Economics and Econometrics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Published in association with China Agricultural University and the Chinese Association for Agricultural Economics, China Agricultural Economic Review publishes academic writings by international scholars, and particularly encourages empirical work that can be replicated and extended by others; and research articles that employ econometric and statistical hypothesis testing, optimization and simulation models. The journal aims to publish research which can be applied to China’s agricultural and rural policy-making process, the development of the agricultural economics discipline and to developing countries hoping to learn from China’s agricultural and rural development.
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS & POLICY
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Agricultural Innovations and PracticesAgricultural and Biological Sciences10.2%
- China's Socioeconomic Reforms and GovernanceSocial Sciences8.7%
- Economics of Agriculture and Food MarketsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance7.7%
- Land Rights and ReformsAgricultural and Biological Sciences7.5%
- Agricultural risk and resilienceAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.7%
- Global trade and economicsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5.5%
- Agricultural Economics and PolicyAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.5%
- Microfinance and Financial InclusionEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5%
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 3 |
| 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
SCIESSCIScopusLetPub
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
- 4.41LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 10.2LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.1LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.55LetPub ·
- h-index
- 15LetPub ·
- h-index
- 61OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 406OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 3.36OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 2.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 4.32%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 51LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 777 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 54 | 2 | 28 |
| 2025 | 53 | 2 | 106 |
| 2024 | 59 | 6 | 424 |
| 2023 | 33 | 5 | 761 |
| 2022 | 43 | 8 | 874 |
| 2021 | 46 | 6 | 1,392 |
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)
- over 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
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
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Emarald Group Publishing Ltd
- Country or region
- ENGLAND
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1756-137X
- Electronic ISSN
- 1756-1388
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about China Agricultural Economic Review
What CAS zone is China Agricultural Economic Review in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, China Agricultural Economic Review 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 China Agricultural Economic Review?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 4.41; CiteScore 10.2, h-index 61.
How long does peer review take at China Agricultural Economic Review?
Authors report an average review time of over 12 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.
Which databases index China Agricultural Economic Review?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, China Agricultural Economic Review is indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Is China Agricultural Economic Review open access, and what is the APC?
China Agricultural Economic Review is a subscription journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .