Journal profile · Agricultural Economics & Policy
Journal of Agricultural Economics
ISSN 0021-857X · eISSN 1477-9552 · Wiley-Blackwell · SCOTLAND · Tri-annual
Journal of Agricultural Economics: CAS Zone 2 · Economics (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 5.11; hybrid open access; APC about USD 4,150; median 259 days to acceptance (91 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: fairly easy; 54 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Agricultural Economics is published by Wiley-Blackwell and is in Zone 2 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, Economics of Agriculture and Food Markets and Agricultural Innovations and Practices, together about 43.3% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Published on behalf of the Agricultural Economics Society, the Journal of Agricultural Economics is a leading international academic journal, providing a forum for research that applies the discipline of economics to key issues confronting the food and agricultural sector. Those issues include, but are not limited to, the sector’s links to food security and nutrition, farm level performance, rural development, international trade, the natural environment, land use and climate change. The journal’s core focus on economics is complemented by insights from other disciplines including the physical sciences, statistics, business management, ecology, politics, history, psychology and sociology. A leading journal for the discipline worldwide – consistently highly ranked in the Agricultural Economics & Policy category of ISI A dynamic, international, applied social science journal dealing with agriculture, food and related industries, rural development and the environment Articles on developments in research and methods of analysis as well as the application of existing methods and techniques to new problems and situations Fast turnaround: average of 47 days from submission to first decision Each issue of the JAE contains articles, notes and book reviews as well as information relating to the Agricultural Economics Society. Published three times a year, it is received by members and institutional subscribers in 69 countries. With contributions from leading international scholars, the JAE is a leading citation for agricultural economics and policy. Published articles either deal with new developments in research and methods of analysis, or apply existing methods and techniques to new problems and situations which are of general interest to the JAE’s international readership. Two categories of articles are published in JAE, Featured Articles and Submitted Articles. Featured Articles are solicited by the Editor-in-Chief and Co-Editors, and typically involve either a critical assessment of methods used to address a central issue or a review of the empirical evidence on a topic of major concern. In addition, we welcome proposals from Society members for Featured Articles and for mini-Special Issues containing three to four papers on a theme of interest to the Society and the agricultural economics profession more widely. The expectation is that mini-Special issues will typically evolve from a Symposium at the AES’s Annual Conference or the annual AES–DEFRA one-day conf
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Agricultural Economics & Policy
Editor-in-chief Jonathan BrooksPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Agricultural Economics and PolicyAgricultural and Biological Sciences24.3%
- Economics of Agriculture and Food MarketsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance10.2%
- Agricultural Innovations and PracticesAgricultural and Biological Sciences8.8%
- Economic and Environmental ValuationEconomics, Econometrics and Finance6%
- Land Rights and ReformsAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.6%
- Global trade and economicsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.9%
- Agricultural risk and resilienceAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.7%
- Cooperative Studies and EconomicsBusiness, Management and Accounting4.5%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Economics Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Economics | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Agricultural Economics & Policy | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Economics | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Economics Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Economics | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Agricultural Economics & Policy | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Economics | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Economics Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Economics | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Agricultural Economics & Policy | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Economics | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIESSCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
INSPECCAB AbstractsEconLitGeoRefCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: EBSCO, ProQuest, AGRICOLA, RePEc
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
- 5.11LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 5.5Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 9LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 9Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.38LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.7LetPub ·
- h-index
- 52LetPub ·
- h-index
- 110OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,181OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 3OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 3.6%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 63.87%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 46LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 46Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 206,677Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 3,446 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 68 | 51 | 27 |
| 2025 | 54 | 39 | 114 |
| 2024 | 42 | 34 | 351 |
| 2023 | 48 | 40 | 776 |
| 2022 | 51 | 35 | 818 |
| 2021 | 61 | 36 | 1,191 |
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 Crossref · to
259 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 189 days – 364 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 21 days (91 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 283 days
- Sample
- 91 articles with submission and acceptance dates (119 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
- Average review time (community reports)
- over 24 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- Fairly easyLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 13%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 9 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 236 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 24 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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 4,150 / EUR 3,470 / GBP 2,720 | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
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
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 7,000 words
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Not considered
- Articles of purely local interest
Article types accepted1, with length limits
- book reviewthe article under specific conditions. Book Reviews The JAE publishes reviews typically around 1500 words in length, of relevant books listed in the publication…main text ≤ 1,500 words
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, License & copyright, Peer review
- Authorship
Word limit 7,000 words. Model summary
Articles should be clearly and concisely written and should normally not exceed 7,000 words.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright & Licensing
CC-BY/CC-BY-NC/CC-BY-NC-ND license. Model summary
WALS + standard CTA or Open AccessYou may choose to publish under the terms of the journal’s standard copyright agreement, or Open Access under the terms of a Creative Commons License.Standard re-use and licensing rights vary by journal. Note that certain funders mandate a particular type of CC license be used. This journal uses the CC-BY/CC-BY-NC/CC-BY-NC-ND Creative Commons License.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Double-anonymized peer review policy. Model summary
Important: the journal operates a double-anonymized peer review policy.
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
- Wiley-Blackwell
- Country or region
- SCOTLAND
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Tri-annual
- ISSN
- 0021-857X
- Electronic ISSN
- 1477-9552
- Society / sponsor
- Agricultural Economics Society
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 77, Issue 3 (September 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Agricultural Economics
What CAS zone is Journal of Agricultural Economics in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Agricultural Economics is in Zone 2 of Economics, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Agricultural Economics & Policy / Economics. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Economics. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Journal of Agricultural Economics?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 5.11; CiteScore 9, h-index 110.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Agricultural Economics?
Based on the dates recorded on 91 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 259 days (interquartile range 189–364 days); authors report an average review time of over 24 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Fairly easy”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 13% (2025). 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 Journal of Agricultural Economics?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Manuscript length: ≤ 7,000 words; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required. 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.
Which databases index Journal of Agricultural Economics?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Agricultural Economics is indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists INSPEC, CAB Abstracts, EconLit, GeoRef and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Journal of Agricultural Economics open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Agricultural Economics is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 4,150.
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 2026-08-28). Last updated: .