Journal profile · AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS & POLICY
International Food and Agribusiness Management Review
ISSN 1559-2448 · International Food and Agribusiness Management Association · UNITED STATES
International Food and Agribusiness Management Review: CAS Zone 4 · Economics (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.74; fully open access; APC charged, amount not published; review over 12 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 64 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
International Food and Agribusiness Management Review is published by International Food and Agribusiness Management Association 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 Organic Food and Agriculture, Agricultural Innovations and Practices and Innovation and Socioeconomic Development, together about 27.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Strategy and Management. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The International Food and Agribusiness Management Review (IFAMR), the official journal of the International Food and Agribusiness Management Association, is an internationally recognized catalyst for discussion and inquiry on issues related to the global food and agribusiness system. The journal provides an intellectual meeting place for industry executives, managers, scholars and practitioners interested in the effective management of agribusiness firms and organizations. IFAMR publishes high quality, peer reviewed, scholarly articles on topics related to the practice of management in the food and agribusiness industry. The Journal provides managers, researchers and teachers a forum where they can publish and acquire research results, new ideas, applications of new knowledge, and discussions of issues important to the worldwide food and agribusiness system. The Journal is published electronically on this website. The core values of IFAMR are as follows: excellent academic contributions; fast, thorough, and detailed peer reviews; building human capital through the development of good writing skills in scholars and students; broad international representation among authors, editors, and reviewers; a showcase for IFAMR's unique industry-scholar relationship, and a facilitator of international debate, networking, and research in agribusiness. IFAMR welcomes scholarly articles on business, public policy, law and education pertaining to the global food system. Articles may be applied or theoretical, but must relevant to managers or management scholars studies, industry interviews, and book reviews are also welcome. IFAMR also reflects agribusiness scholarship world-wide with over half of its Editorial Board, Managing Editors, and article submissions coming from outside the United States.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS & POLICY
Editor-in-chief Kevin Zhigang ChenPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Organic Food and AgricultureAgricultural and Biological Sciences11.5%
- Agricultural Innovations and PracticesAgricultural and Biological Sciences9%
- Innovation and Socioeconomic DevelopmentBusiness, Management and Accounting7%
- Economics of Agriculture and Food MarketsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance6.8%
- Global trade, sustainability, and social impactBusiness, Management and Accounting6.6%
- Cooperative Studies and EconomicsBusiness, Management and Accounting6%
- Global Trade and CompetitivenessBusiness, Management and Accounting4.6%
- Economic and Environmental ValuationEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.3%
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
Web of SciencePublisher 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
- Impact factor
- 1.74LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 1Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher)
- 1.9Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.4LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 3.7Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.45LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.64LetPub ·
- h-index
- 30LetPub ·
- h-index
- 46OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 266OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.04OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 11.1%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 99.33%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 49LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 699 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 33 | 33 | 6 |
| 2025 | 64 | 64 | 109 |
| 2024 | 51 | 51 | 187 |
| 2023 | 51 | 51 | 248 |
| 2022 | 41 | 41 | 332 |
| 2021 | 66 | 66 | 789 |
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 ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 34 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 1,300 | Yes | CC BY | |
| OpenAlex | EUR 1,000 | — | — | |
| LetPub | EUR 1,000 | Yes | — | |
| Publisher website | EUR 1,500 | — | — |
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
- articlesIFAMR publishes high quality, peer reviewed, scholarly articles on topics related to the practice of management in the food and agribusiness industry.Length not stated
- book reviewsArticles may be applied or theoretical, but must relevant to managers or management scholars studies, industry interviews, and book reviews are also welcome.Length not stated
- case studiesArticles may be applied or theoretical, but must relevant to managers or management scholars studies, industry interviews, and book reviews are also welcome.Length not stated
- industry interviewsArticles may be applied or theoretical, but must relevant to managers or management scholars studies, industry interviews, and book reviews are also welcome.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship
- Authorship
Site under development; do not use for live manuscript submission. Model summary
Important Message: Site under development. Do not use for live manuscript submission.
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
- International Food and Agribusiness Management Association
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1559-2448
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗DOAJ
- Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗DOAJ
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about International Food and Agribusiness Management Review
What CAS zone is International Food and Agribusiness Management Review in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, International Food and Agribusiness Management Review 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 International Food and Agribusiness Management Review?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.74; CiteScore 3.4, h-index 46.
How long does peer review take at International Food and Agribusiness Management 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 International Food and Agribusiness Management Review?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, International Food and Agribusiness Management Review is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists Web of Science; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is International Food and Agribusiness Management Review open access, and what is the APC?
International Food and Agribusiness Management Review is a fully open-access journal. APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website, 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .