Economia Agro-alimentare / Food Economy

What Economia Agro-alimentare / Food Economy does

Economia Agro-alimentare / Food Economy (ISSN 1126-1668, eISSN 1972-4802) is a triannual peer-reviewed academic journal founded in 1996 by Fausto Cantarelli, then President of SIEA (Società Italiana di Economia Agro-Alimentare). The journal is published by the commercial publisher FrancoAngeli Edizioni on behalf of SIEA, with the editorial office hosted at the Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum – University of Bologna, Italy. It serves an international audience of researchers, practitioners, and policy makers, publishing original work on agriculture, food, natural resources, safety, nutrition, and health from socio-economic, political, cultural, legal, and technical perspectives.

The journal operates on the Open Journal Systems (OJS) platform hosted by FrancoAngeli (journals.francoangeli.it), with an editorial board led by two Editors-in-Chief (Valeria Borsellino at Università degli Studi di Palermo and Søren Marcus Pedersen at Københavns Universitet) plus associate editors from UiT, CREA, Westminster, UNIDO, Bologna, Pisa, and Sassari. Production is run by a small editorial secretariat of approximately 8 people. The journal transitioned to a fully Open Access publishing model effective Issue 1/2020, moving away from its prior subscription and pay-per-view model.

Revenue is generated primarily through Article Processing Charges (APCs) of €300 (plus VAT) levied on authors upon manuscript acceptance, with waivers granted to SIEA members in good standing. Back issues (2000–2019) remain distributed through institutional, corporate, and individual subscriptions via FrancoAngeli. The journal is indexed across 30+ services including Scopus (since 2018), Clarivate's Emerging Sources Citation Index (since volume 24/2022, included in JCR 2024), DOAJ (since 2021), Latindex, Sherpa Romeo, Cabells, Scimago, and EconLit, and received its first Journal Impact Factor (0.8) and seventh CiteScore (1.8) in 2025. Performance metrics include an 11-day time to first decision, a 194-day median accept time, and a 81% desk-reject / 9% post-review rejection rate.

Name

Economia Agro-alimentare / Food Economy

Legal name

Società Italiana di Economia Agro-Alimentare (SIEA)

Website

https://economiaagroalimentare.it

Company type

Private

Founded year

1996

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Economia Agro-alimentare / Food Economy is a triannual, peer-reviewed open-access academic journal on agricultural and food systems economics, published by FrancoAngeli Edizioni on behalf of SIEA, serving international researchers, practitioners, and policy makers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

akta.pro primary industry

Economic & Macroeconomic Research (BPAHALAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Agriculture & Food Security Development (BPAGABAB), Sustainable Agriculture & Food Systems (Fair Trade, Food Access, Regenerative) (BPAGALAD)

Keywords

• Academic journal publishing
• Agricultural economics research
• Food systems economics
• Peer-reviewed open access
• Scholarly scientific journals

Headquarters

HQ city

Bologna

HQ country

Italy

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Article Processing Charge (APC): Authors pay €300 EUR APC (plus VAT if due) upon manuscript acceptance for publication. Fee partially covers publication costs. SIEA members in good standing are exempted from APC payment. Publisher invoices corresponding author after acceptance and requires payment before publication.
2. Subscription and Pay-per-view (pre-2020): Prior to 2020 Open Access transition, journal operated on subscription model. Published articles were accessible through annual subscription or individual pay-per-view downloads through publisher's website. No complimentary copies provided to authors.

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Core offering

Economia agro-alimentare / Food Economy is a triannual peer-reviewed international scientific journal publishing original research on agricultural and food systems economics. Operated by SIEA (Società Italiana di Economia Agro-Alimentare) and published by FrancoAngeli Edizioni, the journal operates on a full Open Access model since 2020 with an Article Processing Charge of €300 per accepted manuscript. It serves academic researchers, practitioners, and policy makers with interdisciplinary socio-economic, political, cultural, legal, and technical analysis of agricultural and food systems.

Product overview

Economia agro-alimentare / Food Economy is a single academic journal product published triannually by Franco Angeli Edizioni on behalf of SIEA. The journal transitioned to an Open Access model in 2020 and operates on the Open Journal Systems (OJS) platform for manuscript submission and peer review. Special Issues are thematic sub-collections within the journal, organized by guest editors on specific research topics.

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Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• Time to first decision: 11 days
• +2 more outcomes

Segments3 records

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Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• SIEA - Società Italiana di Economia Agro-AlimentarecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 1996The Italian Society of Agri-food Economics (SIEA), founded in 1996 by Fausto Cantarelli, is the scholarly society that owns and sponsors the journal. The journal is published on behalf of SIEA by FrancoAngeli Edizioni. SIEA members receive APC fee waivers for accepted publications.
• FrancoAngeli EdizionicoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCommercial publisher responsible for journal production, hosting on OJS platform, distribution, and APC collection. Manages subscription services for back issues and institutional access.
• CERVIM - Centre for Research, Environmental Sustainability and Advancement of Mountain ViticultureminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for Sixth International Congress on Mountain and Steep Slope Viticulture (2017-2018). Journal served as partner publication for the congress organized by CERVIM with Gobierno de Canarias, Cabildo de Tenerife, and others.
• SURD 2017 - International Conference on Sustainable Urban and Rural DevelopmentminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerJournal became partner journal for first International Conference on Sustainable Urban and Rural Development, June 28-30, 2017, Chisinau, Moldova, organized by Moldovan Technical University and Far Eastern Federal University.
• SIDEA - Società Italiana di Economia Agro-Alimentare (Joint Conference)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint SIDEA-SIEA Conference on 'Cooperative strategies and value creation in sustainable food supply chain', Bisceglie-Trani (Italy), September 13-16, 2017. Journal served as partner publication.
• International Food Marketing Research SymposiumminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerJournal became partner journal for the International Food Marketing Research Symposium, June 15-16, 2017, Dubrovnik, Croatia. Selected papers submitted to the journal.
• CREA - Council for Agricultural Research and EconomicsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration for special issues. CREA guest editors contribute to Farm Accountancy Data Network special issues. APC coverage provided by CREA for FADN special issue.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Sustainability: Large MDPI mega-journal covering sustainability research broadly, including agricultural and food systems. Overlaps with Economia Agro-alimentare on sustainability dimensions of food and agriculture, but operates at a much larger scale and broader remit.

Emerging players

• Bio-based and Applied Economics: Italian scholarly journal publishing economic analyses of agricultural, food, and bio-based sectors. Comparable regional positioning in Italy and similar socio-economic research focus, though smaller in international reach.

Direct peers

• Agribusiness: Wiley journal covering economics and management of agribusiness, food industry, and agricultural markets. Directly comparable on the food-industry economics and supply chain research dimensions highlighted in Economia Agro-alimentare's scope.
• Agricultural and Food Economics: Springer Open journal focused on economic analysis of agricultural and food systems. Highly comparable title and scope, also operating under an open access model with similar editorial aims.
• European Review of Agricultural Economics: Oxford University Press journal publishing economic analysis of agriculture, food, and rural issues with a European focus. Comparable in scope and scholarly society sponsorship model, addressing a similar European-and-international researcher audience.
• Journal of Agricultural Economics: Journal of the Agricultural Economics Society (UK), publishing research on agricultural and food economics, rural development, and policy. Closely overlapping topical scope with Economia Agro-alimentare and a similar European scholarly-society ownership model.
• Agricultural Economics: Official journal of the International Association of Agricultural Economists (IAAE), publishing economic analysis of agriculture, food, and rural development worldwide. Strongly comparable international peer-review venue with an economics-of-agriculture remit paralleling Economia Agro-alimentare.
• American Journal of Agricultural Economics: Flagship journal of the Agricultural & Applied Economics Association (AAEA), covering agricultural economics broadly. Highly comparable subject matter and audience, though at a much larger scale and impact factor tier than Economia Agro-alimentare.
• Food Policy: Elsevier-published peer-reviewed journal focused on the economics, policy, and politics of food and agriculture globally. Directly comparable to Economia Agro-alimentare in scope (food systems economics, policy analysis) and target audience (researchers, policymakers, practitioners).
• Journal of Rural Studies: Elsevier journal publishing interdisciplinary research on rural areas, including agricultural and food systems analysis. Overlaps with Economia Agro-alimentare on socio-economic, political, and cultural dimensions of agricultural and food systems.

Market position

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

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