Journal profile · AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING
Journal of Agricultural Engineering
ISSN 1974-7071 · eISSN 2239-6268 · PAGEPRESS · ITALY · Quarterly · Founded 1970
Journal of Agricultural Engineering: CAS Zone 4 · Agricultural & Forestry Sciences (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.55; fully open access; APC charged, amount not published; review about 10 weeks (community reports); 62 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Agricultural Engineering is published by PAGEPRESS and is in Zone 4 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Soil Mechanics and Vehicle Dynamics, Agricultural Engineering and Mechanization and Greenhouse Technology and Climate Control, together about 21.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Plant Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Focus, Scope and Objectives The Journal of Agricultural Engineering (JAE) covers a complete and interdisciplinary range of research topics in engineering for agriculture food, forestry and biosystems. The journal publishes papers of both theoretical and applied nature, with a special focus on experimental research, new design criteria and innovative approaches, relating to all fields of agricultural engineering. JAE welcomes papers on plant or machine testing for the agrifood system, rural building, and agricultural hydrological models.JAE is the official journal of the Italian Society of Agricultural Engineering. Peer review process Introduction Peer review is applied to all research articles and the majority of other article types published in the Journal of Agricultural Engineering. This usually entails at least two independent, expert peer reviewers. Policy All submissions to Journal of Agricultural Engineering are first checked for completeness (criteria for desk reject are available in the Guide for Authors) before being sent to an Editor, who decides whether they are suitable for peer review. If an Editor is on the author list or has a competing interest in a particular manuscript, another member of the Editorial Board will be assigned to oversee peer review. When making a decision, Editors will consider the peer-reviewed reports, but they will not be bound by the opinions or recommendations contained in them. A single peer reviewer's or the Editor's concern may result in the manuscript being rejected. Peer review reports are sent to authors along with the editorial decision on their manuscript. At Journal of Agricultural Engineering papers undergo a single-blind review process - meaning that the reviewers’ identity is not shared with the authors. Selection Peer reviewer selection is critical to the publication process. A variety of factors influence it, including expertise, reputation, specific recommendations, conflicts of interest, and previous performance. All of these qualities are highly desirable: speed, thoroughness, sound reasoning, and collegiality. Before accepting an invitation to review a manuscript, potential peer reviewers should notify the Editor of any potential conflicts of interest. Editors' and peer reviewers' communications contain confidential information that should not be shared with third parties. The Journal of Agricultural Engineering is committed to making editorial decisions and publishing them as soon as possible, and w
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING
Editor-in-chief Riccardo GuidettiPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Italy 4, United Kingdom 1 (5 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Soil Mechanics and Vehicle DynamicsEngineering8.5%
- Agricultural Engineering and MechanizationEngineering7.3%
- Greenhouse Technology and Climate ControlAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.8%
- Smart Agriculture and AIAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.5%
- Forest Biomass Utilization and ManagementEngineering5.2%
- Soil erosion and sediment transportAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.9%
- Horticultural and Viticultural ResearchAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.8%
- Spectroscopy and Chemometric AnalysesChemistry4.4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Agricultural Engineering | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Agricultural Engineering | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Agricultural Engineering | 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
ESCIWeb of SciencePublisher website
Other: OpenAlex
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
- 2.55LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 3.1Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.3LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 3.3Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.39LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.71LetPub ·
- h-index
- 31OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 248OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.04OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 97.4%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 53LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,130 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 44 | 44 | 8 |
| 2025 | 62 | 62 | 118 |
| 2024 | 54 | 54 | 201 |
| 2023 | 48 | 48 | 270 |
| 2022 | 45 | 45 | 322 |
| 2021 | 38 | 38 | 338 |
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 10 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 10 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 | EUR 300 | Yes | CC BY-NC | |
| OpenAlex | EUR 300 | — | — | |
| LetPub | EUR 600 | Yes | — |
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 prepare5 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 400 words
- Keywords
- 3–6
- Reference style
- Vancouver
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Suggested reviewers
- Required
Article types accepted3
- articlesThe Journal of Agricultural Engineering publishes the following article types: Articles Reviews Technical NotesLength not stated
- reviewsThe Journal of Agricultural Engineering publishes the following article types: Articles Reviews Technical NotesLength not stated
- technical notesThe Journal of Agricultural Engineering publishes the following article types: Articles Reviews Technical NotesLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, Publication ethics, Open access, Peer review
- AI use Generative artificial intelligence (AI) and AI-assisted technologies
This policy establishes transparency standards for authors, readers, reviewers, and editors regarding the use of Generative AI and AI-assisted technologies in the writing process. It does not govern the use of AI tools for data analysis or generation of research insights. PAGEPress will monitor developments in this field and revise this policy as needed in response to the rapid evolution of AI tec…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Authorship Authorship and Contributorship
All persons designated as authors should qualify for authorship according to the ICMJE criteria. Each author should have participated sufficiently in the work to take public responsibility for the content. Authorship credit should only be based on substantial contributions to: i) conception and design, or analysis and interpretation of data, and to ii) drafting the article or revising it criticall…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Misconduct
Plagiarism and data manipulation scrutiny; misconduct reported to US Office of Research Integrity Model summary
False or misleading information, such as identity theft and suggesting fake peer-reviewers, will result in the manuscript being rejected, further investigation in accordance with PAGEPress' misconduct policy (https://www.pagepress.org/site/plagiarism_misconduct), and notification to the authors' institutions/employers. PAGEPress journals follow the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) guidance a…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access Policy
This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer-review policy
Single-blind peer review Model summary
All submissions to the Journal of Agricultural Engineering are first checked for completeness before being sent to an Editor, who decides whether they are suitable for peer review. Each paper is first assigned by the Editors to an appropriate Associate Editor who has knowledge of the field discussed in the manuscript. The first step of manuscript selection takes place entirely in-house and has two…
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
- PAGEPRESS
- Country or region
- ITALY
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Founded
- 1970
- ISSN
- 1974-7071
- Electronic ISSN
- 2239-6268
- Society / sponsor
- Italian Society of Agricultural Engineering
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 57, Issue 3 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Agricultural Engineering
What CAS zone is Journal of Agricultural Engineering in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Agricultural Engineering is in Zone 4 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Agricultural Engineering. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Journal of Agricultural Engineering?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.55; CiteScore 3.3, h-index 31.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Agricultural Engineering?
Authors report an average review time of about 10 weeks. 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 Engineering?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 400 words; Keywords: 3–6; Reference style: Vancouver; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Suggested reviewers: 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Journal of Agricultural Engineering 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 Italy (4) and United Kingdom (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Journal of Agricultural Engineering?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Agricultural Engineering is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists ESCI and Web of Science; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Journal of Agricultural Engineering open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Agricultural Engineering 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .