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Agriculture and Human Values

Affiliated with the Agriculture, Food and Human Values Society

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Agriculture and Human Values publishes about values that shape and the structures that underlie current and alternative visions of food and agricultural systems. The journal is affiliated with the Agriculture, Food and Human Values Society, their members can subscribe to the journal with a discount. Please contact the publisher for details.

The Journal publishes research that critically examines the values, relationships, conflicts and contradictions within contemporary agricultural and food systems and that addresses the impact of agricultural and food related institutions, policies, and practices on human populations, the environment, democratic governance, and social equity.
* Offers open discussion of the values that shape and the structures that support food and agricultural systems in industrial and developing countries
* Welcomes interdisciplinary research from sociology, anthropology, development, economics, geography, philosophy, environmental studies, health and nutrition science, crop and soil science, and other social and physical sciences that critically examines contemporary and alternative food and agricultural systems
* Publishes the following types of articles:
* Regular Articles present original, unpublished research, and are up to 10,000 words in length including main text, table, and figures, but not including references.
* Literature Reviews compile and evaluate existing literature on an important topic pertaining to agriculture, food, and human values.  Literature reviews should contribute novel, unpublished insights that exceed a standard review of existing literature, and are up to 8,000 words in length including main text, table, and figures, but not including references.  Literature reviews must conform to style requirements of the journal.
* Discussion papers make novel, distinctive, incisive arguments on topics within the journal’s aims and scope. Discussion papers should: (a) emphasize current advances and future directions; (b) be clearly grounded in theoretical and/or empirical discussion, with appropriate citations as necessary; and (c) be designed to stimulate further research and engagement in the relevant fields. Discussion papers should not exceed 5,000 words, including main text, table, and figures, but not including references, and must conform to style guidelines of the journal.
* Field Reports highlight novel research findings from applied settings of interest to the community of scholars and practitioners working in the areas of food, agriculture, and human values.  Field reports should not exceed 2,500 words, including main text, table, and figures, but not including references.  Field Reports are evaluated under the same peer review process as regular articles, and they must conform to the style guidelines of the journal.  
* Book Reviews on topics relevant to the aims and scope of the journal. A list of books received and available for review is included in each issue of the journal. Book reviews are between 800-1000 words in length and follow formatting guidelines described here: https://www.springer.com/journal/10460/updates/17573552
* Case Studies: Case Studies continue the Journal’s long history of engagement with the philosophical, legal, and ethical aspects of farming, agriculture, and food systems.  Case studies provide innovative and rigorous analyses, usually of a single case, issue, or phenomenon, that is of interest to a very wide range of the Journal’s readership or holds the potential to forward the conversations on an unusually pressing and important topic. Case Studies should be well-grounded in evidence and adequately supported by citations as necessary.  Case Studies should generally not exceed 8,000 words, including main text, table, and figures, but not including references, and Case Studies must conform to style guidelines of the Journal.
* Occasionally, the journal will include Symposia on issues relevant to broad readerships.  Unsolicited proposals for symposia can be made to the Editor in Chief.
 

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Editor-in-Chief
  • Matthew R. Sanderson
Impact factor
4.5 (2022)
5 year impact factor
4.5 (2022)
Submission to first decision (median)
7 days
Downloads
724,993 (2023)

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  • Book Reviews

    The format required for a book review published in Agriculture and Human Values

  • COVID-19 and impact on peer review

    As a result of the significant disruption that is being caused by the COVID-19 pandemic we are very aware that many researchers will have difficulty in meeting the timelines associated with our peer review process during normal times.  Please do let us know if you need additional time. Our systems will continue to remind you of the original timelines but we intend to be highly flexible at this time.

Journal information

Electronic ISSN
1572-8366
Print ISSN
0889-048X
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  1. AGRICOLA
  2. Australian Business Deans Council (ABDC) Journal Quality List
  3. BFI List
  4. Baidu
  5. CAB Abstracts
  6. CLOCKSS
  7. CNKI
  8. CNPIEC
  9. Current Contents/Agriculture, Biology & Environmental Sciences
  10. Current Contents/Social & Behavioral Sciences
  11. Dimensions
  12. EBSCO
  13. EMBiology
  14. ERIH PLUS
  15. EconLit
  16. Google Scholar
  17. IFIS Publishing
  18. INIS Atomindex
  19. Japanese Science and Technology Agency (JST)
  20. Naver
  21. Norwegian Register for Scientific Journals and Series
  22. OCLC WorldCat Discovery Service
  23. PhilPapers
  24. Portico
  25. ProQuest
  26. Research Papers in Economics (RePEc)
  27. SCImago
  28. SCOPUS
  29. Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE)
  30. Social Science Citation Index
  31. TD Net Discovery Service
  32. The Philosopher’s Index
  33. UGC-CARE List (India)
  34. Wanfang
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