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Bio-based and Applied Economics

Firenze University Press · Italy · Est. 2014

ISSN2280-6180eISSN2280-6172

SJR Q2✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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.

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📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.422

H-Indexi

CiteScorei

SNIPi

0.67

Total Worksi

134

Total Citationsi

617

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.87

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Bio-based and Applied Economics (BAE) is an open-access journal promoted by the Italian Association of Agricultural and Applied Economics ( AIEAA ). BAE publishes contributions on the economics and policy of bio-based industries, such as agriculture, forestry, fishery and food, dealing with any related disciplines, such as resource and environmental economics, consumer studies, regional economics, innovation and development economics. The journal aims to promote their mutual enrichment by publishing articles and book reviews in all areas linking these subjects

General Information

Country / RegionItaly

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2014

Frequencyfour times per year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications134

Publisher OrgFirenze University Press

OA Since2011

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✗ No

📦 Long-term Preservation

PKP PN

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

9/11 · 82%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Firenze University Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2280-6180 / 2280-6172

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Double-blind

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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?

PKP PN

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Plagiarism detection in place?

✅

Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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Primary language documented?

English

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

156

2020

135

2021

284

2022

217

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.

Agronomy and Crop ScienceQ2

Animal Science and ZoologyQ2

Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous)Q2

Food ScienceQ2

Environmental Science (miscellaneous)Q3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Economics

Scopus Categories

Agronomy and Crop ScienceAnimal Science and ZoologyEnvironmental Science (miscellaneous)Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous)Food Science

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Agricultural Economics and PolicyAgricultural Innovations and PracticesBioeconomy and Sustainability DevelopmentOrganic Food and AgricultureRural development and sustainabilityAgriculture, Land Use, Rural DevelopmentSustainable Agricultural Systems AnalysisClimate change impacts on agricultureAgricultural risk and resilienceEconomic and Environmental Valuation

Frequently asked questions about Bio-based and Applied Economics

Is Bio-based and Applied Economics a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Bio-based and Applied Economics: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, 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 Bio-based and Applied Economics?

Bio-based and Applied 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. As an open alternative, its Scopus CiteScore is 3.

Is Bio-based and Applied Economics indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Bio-based and Applied Economics is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.