Journal profile · AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS & POLICY
German Journal of Agricultural Economics
ISSN 0002-1121 · eISSN 2191-4028 · Deutscher Fachverlag GmbH · GERMANY
German Journal of Agricultural Economics: CAS Zone 4 · Economics (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.52; fully open access; median 101 days to acceptance (73 articles, last 24 months); 15 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
German Journal of Agricultural Economics is published by Deutscher Fachverlag GmbH and is in Zone 4 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, Economic and Social Issues and Organic Food and Agriculture, together about 43.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Economics and Econometrics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The GJAE publishes a broad range of theoretical, applied and policy-related articles in agricultural and food economics. It aims for a balanced coverage of economic issues within agricultural and food production, demand and trade, rural development, and sustainable and efficient resource use, as well as specific German or European issues. The journal follows an annual publication cycle, with each volume corresponding to a calendar year. The GJAE also welcomes agricultural and applied economic studies from all over the world. However, we usually do not send manuscripts out for review that present merely project reports or assessments from narrowly defined locations, unless they bear sufficiently novel theoretical or methodological insight or relevant empirical evidence that would be of potential general interest to our readers. The GJAE explicitly welcomes replication studies which assess the reproducibility and robustness of empirical studies in agricultural and food economics. We emphasize good communication with the original authors, and, at the time of submission, we will reach out to the original authors to inform them on a replication. We further describe our policies in an editorial. The GJAE currently accepts: Original Research Articles Review Articles Replication Studies As an Open Access Journal the GJAE reaches an international readership.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS & POLICY
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Agricultural Economics and PolicyAgricultural and Biological Sciences25.9%
- Economic and Social IssuesSocial Sciences11.9%
- Organic Food and AgricultureAgricultural and Biological Sciences6%
- Consumer behavior in food and healthSocial Sciences4.7%
- Wine Industry and TourismBusiness, Management and Accounting4.3%
- Bioeconomy and Sustainability DevelopmentAgricultural and Biological Sciences3.3%
- Economics of Agriculture and Food MarketsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance3.1%
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance3%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Economics Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Economics | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Agricultural Economics & Policy | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Economics Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Economics | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Agricultural Economics & Policy | Zone 4 |
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 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Current ContentsPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, EBSCO, Dimensions, J-Gate, Scilit
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
- Impact factor
- 1.52LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.8LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.39LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.42LetPub ·
- h-index
- 9LetPub ·
- h-index
- 18OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 45OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.43OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 6.2%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 86.11%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 9LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 2,026Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 873 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 12 | 12 | 0 |
| 2025 | 15 | 15 | 23 |
| 2024 | 17 | 17 | 40 |
| 2023 | 20 | 20 | 81 |
| 2022 | 28 | 28 | 106 |
| 2021 | 31 | 31 | 86 |
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
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with PubMed · to
101 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 58 days – 175 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 15 days (55 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 112 days
- Sample
- 73 articles with submission and acceptance dates (199 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Submission to first decision
- 90 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewPublisher website
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 accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
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.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, Publication ethics, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism
- AI use AI policy
This policy refers to generative AI tools, i.e generative models for the creation of new content in the form of text, images, audio, video, software code, or data sets. Currently known examples include text-generating chatbots such as ChatGPT, Copilot, Gemini, or LLaMA as well as image-generating AI tools such as DALL-E, Stable Diffusion, or Midjourney. In accordance with the COPE position stateme…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Authorship Author Contributions
We use the CRediT (Contributor Roles Taxonomy) to recognize individual author contributions and reduce authorship disputes. More details can be found under submissions.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Competing interests
Competing interest, also known as conflicts of interest (COIs), arise when issues outside research may fairly be viewed as impacting the work's neutrality or the objectivity of it’s assessment. This can happen at any point of the research cycle. Competing interest include Financial: funding and other payments, goods and services received or expected by the authors relating to the subject of the wo…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data Availability Statement
Data availability statements confirm the presence or absence of shared data, are short and standardized to inform readers about the availability of the data used in the research process. For this purpose, the GJAE is offering a template. The data availability statement should mention any restrictions on accessing the data. If the data is restricted (third-party data, legal or ethical constraints),…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Publication ethics
Standards on ethics in publishing safeguard that publications are high quality, credible, and that authors receive appropriate credit for their works. For authors, it is therefore crucial to avoid Data fabrication and falsification: Data fabrication means the scientist did not actually do the research, but made up the presented data. Data falsification means the manipulation of data (e.g. removing…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access policy
The GJAE is an open-access journal. This means all content can be accessed immediately after publication free of charge. For all articles, published from 2024 onwards, authors retain copyright and all content can be reused unrestrictedly according to the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0. Preprints (pre-review manuscripts), post prints (authors accepted manuscripts, AAM), and the version of…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review
Step 1: the manuscript undergoes a formal check by the editorial team, including a plagiarism check. Step 2: the editor in charge will evaluate whether the manuscript fits within the specific journal’s publishing profile and meets basic standards of quality. Desk rejections are based on dual control among the editors. Step 3: If the manuscript passes the preliminary editorial review, it is sent to…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism Plagiarism detection
The GJAE uses Crossref’s Similarity Check to detect plagiarism in the submitted manuscripts. It is up to the editors to decide whether any manuscript is rejected because of plagiarism.
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
- Deutscher Fachverlag GmbH
- Country or region
- GERMANY
- Language
- Multi-Language
- ISSN
- 0002-1121
- Electronic ISSN
- 2191-4028
- Society / sponsor
- Gesellschaft für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften des Landbaues e
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 75 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about German Journal of Agricultural Economics
What CAS zone is German Journal of Agricultural Economics in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, German Journal of Agricultural Economics is in Zone 4 of Economics, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Agricultural Economics & Policy. 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.
What is the impact factor of German Journal of Agricultural Economics?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.52; CiteScore 2.8, h-index 18.
How long does peer review take at German Journal of Agricultural Economics?
Based on the dates recorded on 73 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 101 days (interquartile range 58–175 days). 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 German Journal of Agricultural Economics?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, German Journal of Agricultural Economics is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is German Journal of Agricultural Economics open access, and what is the APC?
German Journal of Agricultural Economics is a fully open-access journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, 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: .