Journal profile · AGRONOMY
Journal of Agricultural Extension
ISSN 1119-944X · eISSN 2408-6851 · Agricultural Extension Society of Nigeria · Nigeria
Journal of Agricultural Extension: CAS Zone 4 · Agricultural & Forestry Sciences (2025 upgraded edition); fully open access; APC about USD 100; review about 12 weeks (community reports); 70 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus; flagged on an early-warning list or for an indexing change: check before submitting.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Agricultural Extension is published by Agricultural Extension Society of Nigeria 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 Agricultural Innovations and Practices, Agriculture and Rural Development Research and Agricultural risk and resilience, together about 43.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Journal of Agricultural Extension (JAE) is devoted to the advancement of knowledge of agricultural extension services and practice through the publication of original and empirically based research, focusing on; extension administration and supervision, programme planning, monitoring and evaluation, diffusion and adoption of innovations; extension communication models and strategies; extension research and methodological issues; nutrition extension; extension youth programme; women-in-agriculture; extension, marginalized and vulnerable groups, Climate Change and the environment, farm and produce security, ICT, innovation systems. JAE will normally not publish articles based on research covering very small geographic areas (town community and local government areas/council/counties) that cannot feed into policy, except they present critical insights into new and emerging issues in agricultural extension and rural development
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): AGRONOMY
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Agricultural Innovations and PracticesAgricultural and Biological Sciences30.7%
- Agriculture and Rural Development ResearchAgricultural and Biological Sciences6.7%
- Agricultural risk and resilienceAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.8%
- Climate change impacts on agricultureAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.3%
- Microfinance and Financial InclusionEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.3%
- Livestock and Poultry ManagementAgricultural and Biological Sciences4%
- Economic Growth and DevelopmentComputer Science3.6%
- ICT Impact and PoliciesEngineering3.4%
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 | Agronomy | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Agronomy | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
Early warning / risk: On hold in ESCI (checked 20 August 2026). CAS Early Warning Journal List: not listed in any of 6 editions.LetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of ScienceCAB AbstractsPublisher website
Other: Crossref
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
- 1.9LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.29LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.59LetPub ·
- h-index
- 22OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 119OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.42OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 57.1%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 71.76%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 45LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 915 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 110 | 110 | 9 |
| 2025 | 70 | 70 | 26 |
| 2024 | 58 | 58 | 66 |
| 2023 | 51 | 51 | 176 |
| 2022 | 62 | 62 | 123 |
| 2021 | 51 | 51 | 203 |
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 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 12 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 | USD 100 / NGN 50,000 | Yes | CC BY-NC-ND | |
| OpenAlex | USD 100 / NGN 50,000 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | USD 100 | — | — |
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Submission fee
- Charged; see the journal's website for the amount
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
- Abstract
- ≤ 200 words
- Keywords
- ≤ 3
- Reference style
- APA
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, Peer review
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Source ↗Publisher website ·- Authorship
JAE discourages adding additional authors' names after acceptance of an article. Model summary
JAE discourages the practice of including additional authors' names after acceptance of an article.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Manuscripts must not include authors' name, address, email and phone number to allow blind review. Model summary
At the point of submission do not include the authors' name, address, email and phone number inside the manuscript to allow blind review.
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
- Agricultural Extension Society of Nigeria
- Country or region
- Nigeria
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1119-944X
- Electronic ISSN
- 2408-6851
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 30, Issue 3 (2026)
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Agricultural Extension
What CAS zone is Journal of Agricultural Extension in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Agricultural Extension is in Zone 4 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Agronomy. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Agricultural Extension?
Authors report an average review time of about 12 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 Extension?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 200 words; Keywords: ≤ 3; Reference style: APA. 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 Extension?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Agricultural Extension is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists Web of Science and CAB Abstracts; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Journal of Agricultural Extension open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Agricultural Extension is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 100.
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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .