Journal of Agrarian Change

Aims & Scope

The Journal of Agrarian Change is the leading journal of agrarian political economy.

It promotes investigation of the social relations and dynamics of production, property and power in agrarian formations and their processes of change, both historical and contemporary.

It encourages work within a broad interdisciplinary framework, informed by theory, and serves as a forum for serious comparative analysis and scholarly debate.

Contributions are welcomed from political economists, historians, anthropologists, sociologists, political scientists, economists, geographers, lawyers, and others committed to the rigorous study and analysis of agrarian structure and change, past and present, in different parts of the world.

As well as original research, the journal features review articles and essays and a substantial book review section.

Occasional special thematic issues are published.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	2.9
2024	2.40

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	1.186

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	74

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	3628

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	453

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Abstracting & Indexing

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

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Arts and Humanities, Environmental Science and Social Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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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.

• Global Land Grabbing and Trajectories of Agrarian Change: A Preliminary Analysis

  Citation: 529

  Authors: SATURNINO M., JENNIFER C.

• Inequality and Social Conflict Over Land in Africa

  Citation: 395

  Authors: PAULINE E.

• Policy Discourses on Women's Land Rights in Sub–Saharan Africa: The Implications of the Re–turn to the Customary

  Citation: 257

  Authors: Ann, Dzodzi

• Gender and Land Rights Revisited: Exploring New Prospects via the State, Family and Market

  Citation: 239

  Authors: Bina

• The Accelerating Biophysical Contradictions of Industrial Capitalist Agriculture

  Citation: 237

  Authors: TONY

• Land Transfer and the Pursuit of Agricultural Modernization in<scp>C</scp>hina

  Citation: 234

  Authors: Jingzhong

• Contract Farming in Sub‐Saharan Africa: A Survey of Approaches, Debates and Issues

  Citation: 229

  Authors: CARLOS

• The End of the Road? Agricultural Revolutions in the Capitalist World‐Ecology, 1450–2010

  Citation: 210

  Authors: JASON W.

• ‘Changing Before Our Very Eyes’: Agrarian Questions and the Politics of Land in Capitalism Today

  Citation: 198

  Authors: Henry

• Customary vs Private Property Rights? Dynamics and Trajectories of Vernacular Land Markets in Sub‐Saharan Africa

  Citation: 192

  Authors: ADMOS, PHIL

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