American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Disclosure policy: financial support sources, interested parties with significant financial support (≥$10,000 in past three years), in-kind support, positions, relatives/partners, prior review rights, public availability of COI info. 模型摘要

Submissions to the American Journal of Agricultural Economics must conform to the AAEA disclosure policy which states:

Data and documentation policy: authors expected to submit datasets and documentation for download; provide material needed for replication; exceptions for proprietary/confidential data. 模型摘要

Upon acceptance and in keeping with evolving policies at other top economics journals, authors are expected to submit their datasets and associated documentation (perhaps in a readme file), for readers to download from the AJAE website.

Human subjects research: IRB approval required; document deception extent and justification; editor may return manuscripts with unwarranted deception. 模型摘要

For all submitted manuscripts involving human subjects research conducted by one or more of the authors, the authors must communicate the following to the editors before the manuscript can be reviewed.

If a paper is accepted for publication, the author identified as the formal corresponding author will receive an email prompting them to log in to Author Services, where via the Wiley Author Licensing Service (WALS) they will be required to complete a copyright license agreement on behalf of all authors of the paper.

TOP Level 1 standards: cite standard data sources, make data and code available for Supplementary Materials; preregistration encouraged. 模型摘要

The AJAE adheres to TOP “Level 1” standards.

Replications encouraged; may be published as Submitted Article, Comment, or Supplementary Materials. 模型摘要

We encourage submissions of replication studies of previously published articles.

Plagiarism policy: uses iThenticate; plagiarism or serious/extensive self-plagiarism leads to rejection; allegations may be reported to authors' institutions. 模型摘要

The AJAE editorial team uses iThenticate to help detect plagiarism and carefully reviews potential plagiarism flagged by this software program. If a submitted manuscript is determined to involve plagiarism or serious/extensive self-plagiarism, it will be rejected. The handling editor may document and report these allegations to the appropriate officials of the authors’ home institution(s).

Pre-publication policy: does not accept papers previously published elsewhere, except working paper series; working paper pre-publication allowed if submitted to series prior to acceptance; working paper version may remain online but should not be updated after acceptance. 模型摘要

American Journal of Agricultural Economics does not accept papers that have been previously published elsewhere with the exception of working papers series.