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African Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics

African Association of Agricultural Economists · Kenya · Est. 2006

ISSN1993-3738eISSN1993-3738

SJR Q3✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q3. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.187

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.275

Total Worksi

162

Total Citationsi

781

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.24

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

The AfJARE publishes original research on African agriculture and its interaction with local and global economic systems and policy regimes and their impact on welfare and inclusive economic growth.

General Information

Country / RegionKenya

Primary LanguageEnglish, French

1st Year Published2006

Annual Volume~ 20 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications162

Region🌍 Global South

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

African Association of Agricultural Economists

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1993-3738 / 1993-3738

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English, French

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

2019

152

2020

102

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)Q3

Economics and EconometricsQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Agricultural Economics & Policy

Scopus Categories

Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)Economics and Econometrics

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Agricultural Innovations and PracticesAgriculture and Rural Development ResearchAgricultural risk and resilienceChild Nutrition and Water AccessEconomic and Environmental ValuationClimate change impacts on agricultureMicrofinance and Financial InclusionRangeland Management and Livestock EcologyGlobal trade and economicsOrganic Food and Agriculture

Frequently asked questions about African Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Is African Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for African Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of African Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics?

African Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 0.24.

Is African Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

African Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of African Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics?