Journal profile · Engineering-Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
Engineering in Agriculture, Environment and Food
ISSN 1881-8366 · Asian Agricultural and Biological Engineering Association
Engineering in Agriculture, Environment and Food: fully open access; APC about USD 480; 27 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Engineering in Agriculture, Environment and Food is published by Asian Agricultural and Biological Engineering Association. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Agricultural Engineering and Mechanization, Smart Agriculture and AI and Spectroscopy and Chemometric Analyses, together about 47.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Plant Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Engineering in Agriculture, Environment and Food (EAEF) is an international Open Access journal devoted to the advancement of agricultural, environmental, and food engineering. EAEF disseminates peer-reviewed high-quality and globally- relevant articles in areas across agricultural and biological engineering, including farming methods and machinery, digital and information technology, post-harvest issues, agricultural structures, and the environment. More specifically, topics include: tillage techniques, terramechanics, precision farming, agricultural instrumentation, sensors, bio-robotics, systems automation, processing of agricultural products and foods, quality evaluation and food safety, waste treatment and management, environmental control, energy utilization agricultural systems engineering, bio-informatics, computer simulation, computational mechanics, farm work systems and mechanized cropping.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Engineering-Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
Editor-in-chief Ping-Lang YenPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Taiwan, China 5 (5 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Agricultural Engineering and MechanizationEngineering21.9%
- Smart Agriculture and AIAgricultural and Biological Sciences16.8%
- Spectroscopy and Chemometric AnalysesChemistry8.5%
- Soil Mechanics and Vehicle DynamicsEngineering7.8%
- Food Drying and ModelingAgricultural and Biological Sciences5%
- Soil Management and Crop YieldAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.2%
- Postharvest Quality and Shelf Life ManagementAgricultural and Biological Sciences3.8%
- Remote Sensing in AgricultureEnvironmental Science3.2%
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.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering | Q4 | 338/425 | 20th |
| Food Science | Q4 | 368/420 | 12th |
| General Chemical Engineering | Q4 | 239/270 | 11th |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
EI CompendexPublisher 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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.8LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.2LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.51LetPub ·
- h-index
- 35OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 174OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.33OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 552 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 20 | 20 | 262 |
| 2025 | 27 | 27 | 534 |
| 2024 | 16 | 16 | 764 |
| 2023 | 12 | 12 | 752 |
| 2022 | 9 | 9 | 727 |
| 2021 | 16 | 16 | 783 |
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
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 24 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 | USD 480 / JPY 50,000 | No | CC BY | |
| OpenAlex | USD 3,000 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | USD 480 / USD 100 / JPY 10,000 | — | — |
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)
Article types accepted4
- invited reviewsInvited Review articles are by authors invited by the Editorial Board to write unique and insightful overviews of recent or important developments in a particul…Length not stated
- methodsMethods articles are address issues around the application of technology in the field, and are based on data obtained by the authors.Length not stated
- researchResearch articles contain original information of scientific value.Length not stated
- reviewsReview articles are in-depth overviews of the state-of-the-art in the research field of a particular subject.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePublication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism, Preprints
- Publication ethics
Originality / not previously published Model summary
Submission to the journal implies that the manuscript has not been previously published (in part or in whole, in any language), is not in press, and is not under consideration for publication elsewhere.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright, Open Access and Fees
CC BY 4.0 the journal’s copyright form CC BY 4.0 Article Processing Charge Research and Methods articles Review articles 2
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Copyright, Open Access and Fees
Fully Open Access since January 2023; articles published on or after that date are Open Access under CC BY 4.0 (Attribution 4.0 International) license. Model summary
CC BY 4.0 the journal’s copyright form CC BY 4.0 Article Processing Charge Research and Methods articles Review articles 2
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review Process
Editorial and peer review process Reviewer selection, timing and suggestions EReviewer reports Acceptance criteria Editorial independence
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism
Plagiarism screening with iThenticate Model summary
The journal may use iThenticate’s plagiarism software to screen manuscripts for unoriginal content.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints
Preprint posting encouraged but not mandated Model summary
To support the wide dissemination of research, the journal encourages, but does not mandate, authors to post their research manuscripts on community-recognized preprint servers, either before or alongside submission to the journal.
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
- Asian Agricultural and Biological Engineering Association
- ISSN
- 1881-8366
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗DOAJ
- Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗DOAJ
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Engineering in Agriculture, Environment and Food
Where are the editorial board members of Engineering in Agriculture, Environment and Food based?
Of the 5 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Taiwan, China (5). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Engineering in Agriculture, Environment and Food?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Engineering in Agriculture, Environment and Food is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists EI Compendex; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Engineering in Agriculture, Environment and Food open access, and what is the APC?
Engineering in Agriculture, Environment and Food is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 480.
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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .