Journal profile · Social Sciences-Social Sciences (miscellaneous)
Economia Agro-Alimentare
ISSN 1126-1668 · eISSN 1972-4802 · Franco Angeli Edizioni · Italy
Economia Agro-Alimentare: CAS Zone 4 · Economics (2026 Xinrui edition); fully open access; APC charged, amount not published; review about 30 weeks (community reports); acceptance rate 30% (journal website); 29 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Economia Agro-Alimentare is published by Franco Angeli Edizioni and is classed under Economics in the CAS Journal Ranking. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Organic Food and Agriculture, Diverse academic and cultural studies and Wine Industry and Tourism, together about 37.9% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Economia agro-alimentare/Food Economy is a triannual peer-reviewed scientific journal. It offers an international forum for the discussion and analysis of mono and interdisciplinary socio-economic, political, cultural, legal and technical issues, related to agricultural and food systems. It welcomes submissions of original papers focusing on agriculture, food, safety, nutrition and health, including all processes and infrastructure involved in providing food to populations; as well as the processes, inputs and outputs involved in consumption and disposal of food and food-related items. Analyses also include social, political, economic and environmental contexts and human resource challenges. Submissions should be addressed to an international audience of researchers, practitioners, and policy makers, and they may consider local, national, or global scales.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Social Sciences-Social Sciences (miscellaneous)
Editor-in-chief Valeria BorsellinoPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Organic Food and AgricultureAgricultural and Biological Sciences17.9%
- Diverse academic and cultural studiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance11.2%
- Wine Industry and TourismBusiness, Management and Accounting8.9%
- Management, Economics, and Public PolicyBusiness, Management and Accounting7.8%
- Culinary Culture and TourismAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.5%
- Historical and Environmental StudiesSocial Sciences4.5%
- Agricultural Economics and PolicyAgricultural and Biological Sciences3.9%
- Global Trade and CompetitivenessBusiness, Management and Accounting3.6%
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)Economics Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Economics | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Agricultural Economics & Policy | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Agriculture, Multidisciplinary | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Food Science & Technology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
CAB AbstractsEconLitERIH PLUSPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, EBSCO, Dimensions, Scilit, Latindex, Crossref, RePEc, Sherpa Romeo
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.5LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 1.8Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.21LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.31LetPub ·
- h-index
- 16OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 40OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.85OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 28.6%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 89.74%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 37LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 24Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 517 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 31 | 31 | 10 |
| 2025 | 29 | 29 | 34 |
| 2024 | 22 | 22 | 26 |
| 2023 | 28 | 28 | 65 |
| 2022 | 35 | 35 | 135 |
| 2021 | 24 | 24 | 119 |
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 ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 30%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 11 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 30 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 300 | No | CC BY-NC-ND | |
| OpenAlex | EUR 250 | — | — | |
| LetPub | EUR 250 | No | — | |
| Publisher website | EUR 300 | — | — |
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 websiteAuthorship, Publication ethics, Peer review
- Authorship
Authors should be informed about APC policy before submission. Model summary
Please be informed about our APC policy before going ahead.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Publication ethics and publication malpractice statement
Publication ethics and publication malpractice statement Economia agro-alimentare / Food Economy - Publication ethics and publication malpractice statement (last revision, Dec 2022) journal[1].ethics-1 Adobe Acrobat Document 270.4 KB Download
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Manuscripts not prepared in accordance with instructions may be returned. Model summary
The Publisher reserves the right to return manuscripts that are not prepared in accordance with these instructions.
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
- Franco Angeli Edizioni
- Country or region
- Italy
- Language
- English, Italian
- ISSN
- 1126-1668
- Electronic ISSN
- 1972-4802
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Economia Agro-Alimentare
What CAS zone is Economia Agro-Alimentare in?
In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Economics. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
How long does peer review take at Economia Agro-Alimentare?
Authors report an average review time of about 30 weeks; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 30%. 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 Economia Agro-Alimentare?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Economia Agro-Alimentare is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists CAB Abstracts, EconLit and ERIH PLUS; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Economia Agro-Alimentare open access, and what is the APC?
Economia Agro-Alimentare 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: .