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Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 2), ABDC A, ABS / AJG 2, WoS SCIE/SSCI, DOAJ. Published by Western Agricultural Economics Association.
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ISSN 1068-5502Verify ISSN ↗2327-8285Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Western Agricultural Economics Association
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Animal Science and Zoology | 247 / 520 | 52nd | Q2 |
| Agronomy and Crop Science | 238 / 422 | 43rd | Q3 |
| Economics and Econometrics | 451 / 755 | 40th | Q3 |
Not listed in: FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1996–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 2.
Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics is Q2 in Animal Science and Zoology (rank 247 of 520), Q3 in Agronomy and Crop Science (rank 238 of 422) and Q3 in Economics and Econometrics (rank 451 of 755), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics is indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded and Social Sciences Citation Index, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 2, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 52nd percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.382, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 60.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$1,691 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics is published by Western Agricultural Economics Association. Its print ISSN is 1068-5502 and its online ISSN is 2327-8285.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded and Social Sciences Citation Index.
It is rated A in the ABDC Journal Quality List 2025 under Other economics.
It is graded 2 in the Chartered Association of Business Schools (ABS) Academic Journal Guide (AJG) 2024, in the Economics, Econometrics and Statistics field, unchanged from 2021.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics has an h-index of 13 and a 2-year mean of 0 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 2, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #453 of 502 Scopus journals in Animal Science and Zoology.
Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics published 4 papers in 2021; its busiest recent year was 2016 with 4. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
Scopus status: Active. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
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