Journal of Agriculture Food Systems and Community Development

ISSN 2152-0798 · Thomas A. Lyson Center for Civic Agriculture and Food Systems · United States · active 2002–2026

Metrics

Scimago quartile (2025)
Q2
Cites per paper (2y)
0.9
SJR
0.431
h-index
45

“Cites per paper” is a two-year cited-by rate computed from OpenAlex. It is not a Clarivate Journal Impact Factor — we neither compute nor license that metric (how the two differ). Citation rates differ enormously between fields, so compare within a discipline. What the other figures mean: journal quartile, SJR, h-index and article processing charge.

Data as of 15 November 2026 (venue index build).

Scimago Journal Rank 2025

In the Scimago Journal Rank 2025 edition, Journal of Agriculture Food Systems and Community Development is Q2 in all 4 of its subject categories.

Scimago 2025 quartile and rank of Journal of Agriculture Food Systems and Community Development in each subject category
Subject categoryQuartileRank in category
DevelopmentQ2#135 of 306
Health (social science)Q2#192 of 388
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)Q2#301 of 937
Geography, Planning and DevelopmentQ2#359 of 853
Cites per document (2 years, Scopus)
1.46
Documents indexed in 2025 (Scopus)
126

OpenAlex counts about 0.9 citations per paper over two years; Scopus, through Scimago, counts 1.46 per document. The two databases index different journals, documents and citations, so the figures differ. Neither is a Clarivate Journal Impact Factor.

The quartile is the one Scimago prints for each category. Rank is the journal's position by SJR among the journals Scimago lists in that category (#1 is the highest); “—” means we hold no rank consistent with that quartile. The document count is what Scopus indexed that year, which can be lower than a journal's full output. Source: SCImago Journal Rank 2025 edition, from Scopus data (scimagojr.com, CC BY-NC).

Journal of Agriculture Food Systems and Community Development is Q2 in all 4 of its Scimago subject categories (2025 edition; best category Development: Q2, #135 of 306), with SJR 0.431 (Scimago) and an h-index of 45 (OpenAlex). Listed in DOAJ, Scopus, Web of Science, PubMed.

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Responding time

Submission to publication
~15 wk
DOAJ self-reported

Turnaround figures are indicative, not a guarantee: DOAJ values are self-reported by the journal (average weeks, submission to publication); library estimates are medians of the received/accepted dates printed in papers we hold. Editorial times vary by article type and season — confirm on the journal’s own site.

Indexing & access

Indexed in
DOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
Access status:
gold. Where this comes from publisher-level signals rather than works-level data it is a heuristic — confirm on the journal’s own site, especially regarding any article processing charge.
Article processing charge
Article processing charge (APC): $750 per accepted article (DOAJ). Fee waivers are available.

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Scope

urbanagriculturesustainabilityplantorganicfoodlanduseruraldevelopmentagriculturalbiological

Frequently asked

Is Journal of Agriculture Food Systems and Community Development a predatory journal?

Our screening does not flag Journal of Agriculture Food Systems and Community Development. That is not a guarantee of quality — it means the venue is not on Beall's archive (frozen since 2017) and does not match our name-pattern heuristic. It is listed in DOAJ, Scopus, Web of Science, PubMed, which is a positive signal.

Is Journal of Agriculture Food Systems and Community Development indexed in Scopus or Web of Science?

Per our venue index, Journal of Agriculture Food Systems and Community Development appears in: DOAJ, Scopus, Web of Science, PubMed. Index membership changes over time — confirm on the index's own site before relying on it.

What is the impact factor of Journal of Agriculture Food Systems and Community Development?

Papers in Journal of Agriculture Food Systems and Community Development are cited about 0.9 times each within two years of publication, and Scimago places it in Q2, with an h-index of 45. Those are the open equivalents: the Clarivate Journal Impact Factor is a proprietary metric we neither compute nor license, so we show the two-year citation rate and Scimago quartile instead — they answer the same question of how heavily the journal is cited. A citation rate is a property of a field as much as of a journal.

What Scimago quartile is Journal of Agriculture Food Systems and Community Development (Q1, Q2, Q3, or Q4)?

In the Scimago Journal Rank 2025 edition, Journal of Agriculture Food Systems and Community Development is Q2 in all 4 of its subject categories. By category: Development: Q2, #135 of 306; Health (social science): Q2, #192 of 388; Social Sciences (miscellaneous): Q2, #301 of 937; Geography, Planning and Development: Q2, #359 of 853. Quartiles split the journals in a subject category into four equal groups by SJR, so Q1 is the most-cited quarter and Q4 the least; Journal of Agriculture Food Systems and Community Development is cited about 0.9 times per paper over two years, with an h-index of 45.

What is the Web of Science (JCR) quartile of Journal of Agriculture Food Systems and Community Development?

The Web of Science quartile comes from Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports (JCR), a proprietary product we neither license nor compute — so we cannot state a JCR quartile for Journal of Agriculture Food Systems and Community Development. The open equivalent is its Scimago quartile, Q2, derived from Scopus citation data. Because JCR ranks against Web of Science and Scimago against Scopus, the two can differ, so check Clarivate's site directly if you need the JCR quartile specifically.

Is Journal of Agriculture Food Systems and Community Development open access?

Our index records its access status as "gold". Where this is derived from publisher-level signals rather than works-level data it is a heuristic, so confirm on the journal's own site — particularly if an article processing charge matters to you.

What is the article processing charge (APC) to publish in Journal of Agriculture Food Systems and Community Development?

Article processing charge (APC): $750 per accepted article (DOAJ). Fee waivers are available. The exact charge can vary by article type and any fee waiver, so confirm the current amount on the journal's own site.

How long does Journal of Agriculture Food Systems and Community Development take to publish a paper?

Submission to publication for Journal of Agriculture Food Systems and Community Development takes about ~15 wk — DOAJ self-reported. Treat it as indicative rather than a guarantee: editorial times vary by article type, reviewer availability and season, and a self-reported figure is the journal's own. We do not hold a peer-review acceptance rate for Journal of Agriculture Food Systems and Community Development.

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