International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability

Aims & Scope

The International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability ( IJAS) is a cross-disciplinary, peer-reviewed journal dedicated to advancing the understanding of sustainability in agricultural and food systems.

IJAS publishes both theoretical developments and critical appraisals of new evidence on what is not sustainable about current or past agricultural and food systems, as well as on transitions towards agricultural and rural sustainability at farm, community, regional, national and international levels, and through food supply chains.

It is committed to clear and consistent use of language and logic, and the use of appropriate evidence to substantiate empirical statements.

IJAS increases knowledge on what technologies and processes are contributing to agricultural sustainability, what policies, institutions and economic structures are preventing or promoting sustainability, and what relevant lessons should be learned.

Metrics & Ranking

Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
• Web of Science

Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Economics, Econometrics and Finance, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

Licensing & Copyright

This journal operates under an Open Access model. Articles are freely accessible to the public immediately upon publication. The content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), allowing users to share and adapt the work with proper attribution.

Copyright remains with the author(s), and no permission is required for non-commercial use, provided the original source is cited.

Policy Links

This section provides access to essential policy documents, guidelines, and resources related to the journal’s publication and submission processes.

• Aims scope
• Homepage
• Oa statement
• Author instructions
• License terms
• Review url
• Board url
• Copyright url
• Plagiarism url
• Preservation url
• Apc url
• License

Plagiarism Policy

This journal follows a plagiarism policy. All submitted manuscripts are screened using reliable plagiarism detection software to ensure originality and academic integrity. Authors are responsible for proper citation and acknowledgment of all sources, and any form of plagiarism, including self-plagiarism, will not be tolerated.

For more details, please refer to our official: Plagiarism Policy.

APC Details

The journal’s Article Processing Charge (APC) policies support open access publishing in Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Economics, Econometrics and Finance, ensuring accessibility and quality in research dissemination.

This journal requires an Article Processing Charge (APC) to support open access publishing, covering peer review, editing, and distribution. The current APC is 3,655.00 AUD. Learn more.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Sustainable intensification in African agriculture

  Citation: 803

  Authors: Jules, Camilla, Stella

• The spread of Conservation Agriculture: justification, sustainability and uptake

  Citation: 616

  Authors: Amir, Theodor, Francis, Jules

• The role of knowledge, attitudes and perceptions in the uptake of agricultural and agroforestry innovations among smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa

  Citation: 554

  Authors: Seline S., Delia, Oluyede C., Gudeta W., Maarten

• The top 100 questions of importance to the future of global agriculture

  Citation: 389

  Authors: Jules, William J., Jacqueline, Jill, David, Michael, Jeffrey, Sam, Katrina, Jacob, Hugh, Kevin, Eve, Ian, Dirk, Gareth, Fernando, H. Charles J., Michel, Phrek, Lawrence, Siosiua, Hans, Mark, Anne-Marie, Monty, Parviz, Rattan, Timothy, Jeffrey, Alexander, Nicholas, Andrew, Prabhu, Yvonne, Rudy, N. H., Agnes, Niels, Colin, William, J. M., Luo, Tony, Pete, Kenneth, Harry, Eugene, Thomas P., Camilla, Eduardo, Stephen, Jan Kees, Jeremy, Sarah

• Assessing a farm's sustainability: insights from resilience thinking

  Citation: 300

  Authors: Ika, John, Henrik

• The carbon footprints of food crop production

  Citation: 234

  Authors: Jonathan, Cathy, Geoff, Alex, Stuart, Pete

• Green Agriculture: foundations for biodiverse, resilient and productive agricultural systems

  Citation: 230

  Authors: Parviz, Miguel A., Eric Holt

• The Malawi agricultural input subsidy programme: 2005/06 to 2008/09

  Citation: 219

  Authors: Andrew, Ephraim

• Sustainable urban agriculture: stocktake and opportunities

  Citation: 201

  Authors: Leonie J., Linda, Craig J.

• A quantitative and qualitative historical analysis of the scientific discipline of agroecology

  Citation: 178

  Authors: A., V.