Journal profile
Commodities
ISSN 2813-2432 · MDPI AG · Switzerland
Commodities: fully open access; APC charged, amount not published; review about 6 weeks (community reports); 30 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Commodities is published by MDPI AG. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Market Dynamics and Volatility, Economics of Agriculture and Food Markets and Financial Risk and Volatility Modeling, together about 47.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Economics and Econometrics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Commodities journal covers a wide range of sectors within the global commodities market, focusing on both traditional and emerging markets. Key areas include the following: Energy Commodities: Crude oil, natural gas, gasoline, heating oil, biofuels, carbon emissions, and renewable energy (wind, solar, geothermal). Metals: Precious metals (gold, silver, platinum), industrial/base metals (copper, aluminum, steel), and battery/technology metals (lithium, cobalt, rare earths). Agricultural Commodities: Grains (wheat, corn), soft commodities (coffee, cocoa, sugar), livestock (cattle, hogs), dairy products, fruits, vegetables, and other agricultural products. Cryptocurrencies and Digital Assets: Interconnections between cryptocurrencies (such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, etc.) and traditional commodities, the influence of cryptocurrency markets on global financial systems, and emerging trends in futures and options markets for digital assets. Financial Instruments and Derivatives: Commodity indices, futures, options, ETFs, and trading strategies. Other Sectors: Fish, weather derivatives, shipping/freight rates, and water rights. Commodities Trading & Supply Chains: Research on the mechanisms of commodities trading, including spot markets, futures markets, and supply chain analysis. Risk & Real Option Analysis: Geopolitical, economic, and environmental risks affecting commodities, and strategies for managing market volatility. Commodities Supercycles: Long-term commodity price trends shaped by technological, supply, demand, and geopolitical factors. Commodities & Food Security: Impact of commodity markets on global food security, trade policies, and supply chain resilience. Commodities Economics & Finance: Economic modeling, financial analysis, market structures, and investment strategies in commodity markets. Commodities Policy: Influence of trade policies, regulations, and government approaches on commodity production and consumption. Environmental Impacts and Sustainability in Commodity Sectors: Studies addressing the environmental effects and sustainability measures across commodity markets, including CO2 emissions, resource depletion, and sustainable production practices. Sustainable Finance and Blue Finance Mechanisms: Financial innovations supporting sustainable resource management and conservation, such as blue bonds, green finance, and climate finance for commodity sectors. Technological Innovations in Commodity Management: Including IoT applications, AI, a
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 6, Italy 4, France 3, Greece 3, Australia 2 (27 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Market Dynamics and VolatilityEconomics, Econometrics and Finance23.6%
- Economics of Agriculture and Food MarketsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance14.9%
- Financial Risk and Volatility ModelingEconomics, Econometrics and Finance8.7%
- Financial Markets and Investment StrategiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance7%
- Monetary Policy and Economic ImpactEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.1%
- Global Energy Security and PolicyEnergy4.1%
- COVID-19 Pandemic ImpactsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance3.3%
- Global trade and economicsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance2.9%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
DOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
RePEcPublisher website
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
- h-index
- 11OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 14OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.42OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 116 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 21 | 21 | 183 |
| 2025 | 30 | 30 | 188 |
| 2024 | 26 | 26 | 143 |
| 2023 | 26 | 26 | 73 |
| 2022 | 12 | 12 | 4 |
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 6 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to first decision
- 23.1 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 14.7 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication
- 109 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 6 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single 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 | CHF 1,000 | Yes | CC BY | |
| OpenAlex | CHF 1,000 | — | — | |
| LetPub | CHF 1,000 | Yes | — | |
| 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)
What to prepare3 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 200 words
- Templates
- LaTeX and Word
- Graphical abstract
- Optional
Article types accepted19
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Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Preprints
- Authorship Authorship
MDPI follows the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) guidelines which state that, in order to qualify for authorship of a manuscript, the following criteria should be observed: Make substantial contributions to the conception or design of the work, or the acquisition, analysis, or interpretation of data for the work; Draft the work or review it critically for important intel…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Conflicts of Interest
According to The International Committee of Medical Journal Editors, “Authors should avoid entering into agreements with study sponsors, both for-profit and non-profit, that interfere with authors’ access to all of the study’s data or that interfere with their ability to analyze and interpret the data and to prepare and publish manuscripts independently when and where they choose.” All authors mus…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data availability statements
Authors are encouraged to share research data; data should be FAIR and deposited in a trusted repository. Model summary
Data availability statements are required for all articles published with MDPI. During the peer review and editorial decision process, authors can be asked to share existing datasets or raw data that have been analyzed in the manuscript, and whether they will be made available to other researchers following publication. Authors will also be asked for the details of any existing datasets that have …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Publication Ethics Statement
Citation policy: sources must be clearly cited, no excessive self-citation, no copying references without reading, no preferential citation, no citing advertisements. Model summary
MDPI is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). We fully adhere to its Code of Conduct and to its Best Practice Guidelines. The editors of this journal enforce a rigorous peer review process together with strict ethical policies and standards to ensure to add high quality scientific works to the field of scholarly publication. Unfortunately, cases of plagiarism, data falsification,…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright / Open Access
Articles published in Commodities will be Open-Access articles distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The copyright is retained by the author(s). MDPI will insert the following note at the end of the published text: © 2026 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms an…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access publication fees
If you transfer your manuscript to another open access (OA) journal, you will be charged an Article Processing Charge (APC) if your article is accepted for publication. The APC for each journal can be found on the individual journal’s website. For more information about APCs, please see here.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Editorial Process and Peer Review
Free format submission accepted; no strict formatting requirements, but required sections must be included. Model summary
All submissions are thoroughly peer-reviewed by experts within the field and undergo a structured editorial workflow designed to ensure quality, transparency, and scientific integrity. The full editorial procedure is available on the Editorial Process page and is also provided below. Pre-check Pre-check consists of a technical pre-check performed by the Editorial Office and an editorial pre-check …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprints and Conference Papers
Commodities accepts submissions that have previously been made available as preprints provided that they have not undergone peer review. A preprint is a draft version of a paper made available online before submission to a journal. MDPI operates Preprints, a preprint server to which submitted papers can be uploaded directly after completing journal submission. Note that Preprints operates independ…
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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
- MDPI AG
- Country or region
- Switzerland
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2813-2432
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 5 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Commodities
How long does peer review take at Commodities?
Authors report an average review time of about 6 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.
What are the manuscript requirements of Commodities?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 200 words; Templates: LaTeX and Word; Graphical abstract: Optional. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of Commodities based?
Of the 27 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (6), Italy (4) and France (3). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Commodities?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Commodities is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Commodities open access, and what is the APC?
Commodities is a fully open-access journal. APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex, 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .