{"id":1308,"date":"2025-03-28T17:51:52","date_gmt":"2025-03-28T16:51:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oega.boku.ac.at\/?page_id=1308"},"modified":"2025-12-16T22:40:52","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T21:40:52","slug":"information-about-the-austrian-journal-of-agricultural-economics-and-rural-studies","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/oega.boku.ac.at\/en\/journal\/information-about-the-austrian-journal-of-agricultural-economics-and-rural-studies\/","title":{"rendered":"AJARS \u2013 Austrian Journal of Agricultural Economics and Rural Studies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <strong><em>Austrian Journal of <\/em><\/strong><strong><em>Agricultural Economics and Rural Studies<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp; (formerly <em>\u00d6GA Yearbook<\/em> or <em>Journal of the Austrian Society of Agricultural Economics<\/em>) is the journal of the Austrian Society of Agricultural Economics (\u00d6GA). The journal offers publication opportunities for articles addressing economic and social science issues in the agricultural and food sector and rural areas and aims to showcase the diversity of scientific viewpoints and schools of thought. The journal is a medium for the critical examination of socially relevant issues in the agricultural, regional, and food sectors and contributes to the promotion of scientific discussion. It provides an overview of the current state of research in the German-speaking world and Central Europe in the following areas:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>&nbsp; Agricultural Economics<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&nbsp; Regional and Environmental Economics<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&nbsp; Resource Economics<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&nbsp; Rural Regional and Spatial Research<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&nbsp; Agricultural Marketing<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&nbsp; Agricultural Sociology<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&nbsp; Rural Social Research<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&nbsp; Agricultural History<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&nbsp; Agro-Food Studies<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong><em>Austrian Journal of Agricultural <\/em><\/strong><strong><em><strong><em>Economics <\/em><\/strong>and Rural Studies<\/em><\/strong> Economics and Rural Studies publishes original articles in German and English. Contributions from both basic and applied science are welcome. The journal particularly aims to support researchers at the beginning of their careers. It offers a high-quality publication opportunity, especially for the results of outstanding master's and dissertation projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The \u00d6GA is committed to making new scientific findings in the journal's subject areas accessible to a broad, interested public through open access.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Review-Prozess<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Submitted papers must correspond to the journal's scope of content. They should contribute something new to scientific or applied socio-political issues, address new methods, or otherwise contribute to the advancement of the agricultural sector and rural development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Only original research papers that have not previously been published in any other print publication or online will be accepted. Results that have already been made publicly available in a university publication are also acceptable; however, this must be properly acknowledged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Manuscripts must be submitted in print-ready format according to the template and <strong>must not<\/strong> exceed <strong>4,000 words (including tables, figures, references, etc.)<\/strong> All submitted papers undergo a <strong>ouble-blind peer review process<\/strong> with at least two reviewers. Accepted papers will be made freely available on the \u00d6GA website. The editors reserve the right to reject papers without giving reasons. Authors, in turn, may withdraw papers without giving reasons. The editors will generally reject a paper if it is deemed unsuitable by at least one reviewer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>he editors of the <strong><em>Austrian Journals of Agricultural Economics and Rural Studies<\/em><\/strong> adhere to the guidelines of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) (<a href=\"https:\/\/publicationethics.org\/about\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/publicationethics.org\/about<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Downloads<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/oega.boku.ac.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/CfP_en_AJARS_2025_ext.pdf\" data-type=\"attachment\" data-id=\"1708\">Call for Papers AJARS 35<\/a> (<strong>Extended deadline 16.01.2026<\/strong>)<br><a href=\"https:\/\/oega.boku.ac.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Author-guidelines_AJARS_2024_end.pdf\" data-type=\"attachment\" data-id=\"1695\">Author Guidelines<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ziele und Ausrichtung<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The <em><strong>Austrian Journal of Agricultural Economics and Rural Studies<\/strong><\/em> is the annual publication of the Austrian Society for Agricultural Economics. The journal publishes academic papers addressing issues related to the agricultural sector. All published articles undergo a double-blind peer review process and are available for free download from the Austrian Society for Agricultural Economics' website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the \u00d6GA Research Memorandum, the yearbook publishes articles on the following topics:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Specialized Business Administration (Agriculture, Agribusiness)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Agricultural Market Analysis<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Agricultural Marketing<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Food Economics and Agricultural Market Studies<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Scientific Agricultural and Food Policy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rural Regional and Spatial Research<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Agricultural Geography<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Agricultural Structural Research<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Agricultural System Analysis<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Applied Regional and Environmental Economics<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rural and Agricultural Sociology<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Agricultural Law<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Index<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The <em><strong>Austrian Journal of Agricultural Economics and Rural Studies<\/strong><\/em> has the ISSN number 1815-8129 and the E-ISSN number 1815-1027.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Submission Procedure<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Articles for the Austrian Journal of Agricultural Economics and Rural Studies can be submitted once a year (usually by November\/December). The deadline and detailed instructions can be found on the \u00d6GA website for the annual conference. Articles will be published in both German and English. Articles that were <em>not <\/em>presented at the \u00d6GA Annual Conference are also welcome. The guidelines for authors must be strictly adhered to when writing contributions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-query is-layout-flow wp-block-query-is-layout-flow\">\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">~ <strong>AJARS<\/strong> Annuals ~<br>1996 \u2013 2025<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__list is-grid columns-3 wp-block-latest-posts\"><li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oega.boku.ac.at\/en\/2026\/02\/22\/ajars-34-austrian-journal-of-agricultural-economics-and-rural-studies-vol-34\/\" aria-label=\"AJARS 34\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"211\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/oega.boku.ac.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/US_AJARS_34_DRUCK2-211x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oega.boku.ac.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/US_AJARS_34_DRUCK2-211x300.jpg 211w, https:\/\/oega.boku.ac.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/US_AJARS_34_DRUCK2-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/oega.boku.ac.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/US_AJARS_34_DRUCK2.jpg 562w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 211px) 100vw, 211px\" \/><\/a><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/oega.boku.ac.at\/en\/2026\/02\/22\/ajars-34-austrian-journal-of-agricultural-economics-and-rural-studies-vol-34\/\">AJARS 34<\/a><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oega.boku.ac.at\/en\/2025\/05\/19\/ajars-33-austrian-journal-of-agricultural-economics-and-rural-studies-vol-33\/\" aria-label=\"AJARS 33\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"212\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/oega.boku.ac.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ajars-33-title-page-_small-212x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oega.boku.ac.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ajars-33-title-page-_small-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/oega.boku.ac.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ajars-33-title-page-_small-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/oega.boku.ac.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ajars-33-title-page-_small.jpg 566w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\" \/><\/a><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/oega.boku.ac.at\/en\/2025\/05\/19\/ajars-33-austrian-journal-of-agricultural-economics-and-rural-studies-vol-33\/\">AJARS 33<\/a><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oega.boku.ac.at\/en\/2025\/05\/19\/ajars-32-austrian-journal-of-agricultural-economics-and-rural-studies-vol-32\/\" aria-label=\"AJARS 32\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"212\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/oega.boku.ac.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ajars-32-title-page-_small-212x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oega.boku.ac.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ajars-32-title-page-_small-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/oega.boku.ac.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ajars-32-title-page-_small-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/oega.boku.ac.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ajars-32-title-page-_small.jpg 566w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\" \/><\/a><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/oega.boku.ac.at\/en\/2025\/05\/19\/ajars-32-austrian-journal-of-agricultural-economics-and-rural-studies-vol-32\/\">AJARS 32<\/a><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oega.boku.ac.at\/en\/2025\/05\/19\/ajars-31-austrian-journal-of-agricultural-economics-and-rural-studies-vol-31\/\" aria-label=\"AJARS 31\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"212\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/oega.boku.ac.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ajars-31-title-page-_small-212x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oega.boku.ac.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ajars-31-title-page-_small-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/oega.boku.ac.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ajars-31-title-page-_small-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/oega.boku.ac.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ajars-31-title-page-_small.jpg 566w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\" \/><\/a><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/oega.boku.ac.at\/en\/2025\/05\/19\/ajars-31-austrian-journal-of-agricultural-economics-and-rural-studies-vol-31\/\">AJARS 31<\/a><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oega.boku.ac.at\/en\/2025\/05\/19\/ajars-30-austrian-journal-of-agricultural-economics-and-rural-studies-vol-30\/\" aria-label=\"AJARS 30\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"212\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/oega.boku.ac.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ajars-30-title-page-_small-212x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oega.boku.ac.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ajars-30-title-page-_small-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/oega.boku.ac.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ajars-30-title-page-_small-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/oega.boku.ac.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ajars-30-title-page-_small.jpg 566w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\" \/><\/a><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/oega.boku.ac.at\/en\/2025\/05\/19\/ajars-30-austrian-journal-of-agricultural-economics-and-rural-studies-vol-30\/\">AJARS 30<\/a><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oega.boku.ac.at\/en\/2025\/05\/19\/ajars-29-austrian-journal-of-agricultural-economics-and-rural-studies-vol-29\/\" aria-label=\"AJARS 29\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"212\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/oega.boku.ac.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ajars-29-title-page-_small-212x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oega.boku.ac.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ajars-29-title-page-_small-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/oega.boku.ac.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ajars-29-title-page-_small-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/oega.boku.ac.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/ajars-29-title-page-_small.jpg 566w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\" \/><\/a><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/oega.boku.ac.at\/en\/2025\/05\/19\/ajars-29-austrian-journal-of-agricultural-economics-and-rural-studies-vol-29\/\">AJARS 29<\/a><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oega.boku.ac.at\/en\/2025\/05\/19\/austrian-journal-of-agricultural-economics-and-rural-studies-vol-28\/\" aria-label=\"AJARS 28\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"212\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/oega.boku.ac.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/ajars-28-title-page-_small-212x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oega.boku.ac.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/ajars-28-title-page-_small-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/oega.boku.ac.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/ajars-28-title-page-_small-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/oega.boku.ac.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/ajars-28-title-page-_small.jpg 566w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\" \/><\/a><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/oega.boku.ac.at\/en\/2025\/05\/19\/austrian-journal-of-agricultural-economics-and-rural-studies-vol-28\/\">AJARS 28<\/a><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oega.boku.ac.at\/en\/2025\/05\/19\/austrian-journal-of-agricultural-economics-and-rural-studies-vol-27\/\" aria-label=\"AJARS 27\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"212\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/oega.boku.ac.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/ajars-27-title-page-_small-212x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oega.boku.ac.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/ajars-27-title-page-_small-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/oega.boku.ac.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/ajars-27-title-page-_small-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/oega.boku.ac.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/ajars-27-title-page-_small.jpg 566w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\" \/><\/a><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/oega.boku.ac.at\/en\/2025\/05\/19\/austrian-journal-of-agricultural-economics-and-rural-studies-vol-27\/\">AJARS 27<\/a><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/oega.boku.ac.at\/en\/2025\/03\/28\/jahrbuch-der-oega-band-26\/\" aria-label=\"Jahrbuch der \u00d6GA &#8211; Band 26\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"212\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/oega.boku.ac.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/ajars-26-title-page-_small-212x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/oega.boku.ac.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/ajars-26-title-page-_small-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/oega.boku.ac.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/ajars-26-title-page-_small-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/oega.boku.ac.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/ajars-26-title-page-_small.jpg 566w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\" \/><\/a><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/oega.boku.ac.at\/en\/2025\/03\/28\/jahrbuch-der-oega-band-26\/\">AJARS 26<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/oega.boku.ac.at\/en\/2025\/03\/28\/aeltere-journal-ausgaben-oega-jahrbuecher\/\">Previous editions<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div 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Journal of the Austrian Society of Agricultural Economics) ist die Zeitschrift der \u00d6sterreichischen Gesellschaft f\u00fcr Agrar\u00f6konomie (\u00d6GA).&nbsp; Das Journal bietet Publikationsm\u00f6glichkeit f\u00fcr Beitr\u00e4ge, die sich mit wirtschafts- und sozialwissenschaftlichen Fragen des Agrar- und Ern\u00e4hrungssektors sowie des l\u00e4ndlichen Raumes befassen und m\u00f6chte die Vielfalt [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":37,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1308","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oega.boku.ac.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1308","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oega.boku.ac.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oega.boku.ac.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oega.boku.ac.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oega.boku.ac.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1308"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/oega.boku.ac.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1308\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1712,"href":"https:\/\/oega.boku.ac.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1308\/revisions\/1712"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oega.boku.ac.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/37"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oega.boku.ac.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}