期刊名称：AMERICAN JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS
 期刊简介(About the journal)
投稿须知(Instructions to Authors)
编辑部信息(Editorial Board)
About the journal
The American Journal of Agricultural Economics provides a forum for creative and scholarly work on the economics of agriculture and food, natural resources and the environment, and rural and community development throughout the world. Papers should relate to one of these areas, should have a problem orientation, and should demonstrate originality and innovation in analysis, methods, or application. Analyses of problems pertinent to research, extension, and teaching are equally encouraged, as is interdisciplinary research with a significant economic component. Review articles that offer a comprehensive and insightful survey of a relevant subject, consistent with the scope of the Journal as discussed above, will also be considered. All articles published, regardless of their nature, will be held to the same set of scholarly standards.
AJAE (ISSN 0002-9092) will be published in January, March (two issues), August, and October in 2010 and is printed by Oxford University Press.
Instructions to Authors
File Format
New submissions and resubmissions of revised manuscripts must be in PDF format. No other formats will be accepted.
Authors’ Identification and Title Page
To protect their anonymity in the review process AUTHORS SHOULD NOT IDENTIFY THEMSELVES ON THE TITLE PAGE OR IN ANY HEADERS. A SEPARATE TITLE PAGE MUST BE SENT AS AN ATTACHMENT TO THE EDITORS via the online submission management system and should include: (a) title; (b) author(s) names; and (c) name, address, phone and fax numbers, and email address of the author serving as the contact person.
Text Preparation
Please assure that at least one sentence of text occurs between any two headings (in particular, a section heading should be followed by at least some text preceding any subsection heading). Double-space all material, including footnotes, references, and tables, on 8-1/2- by 11-inch standard-weight white paper. Use 1-1/4-inch margins and 12-point Times Roman or a similar type style. All headings and subheadings are flush left. Provide short headings for each section and subsection. Do not number sections or subsections. Section headings are denoted in bold and subsection headings, in italics. Do not indent the first paragraph after any heading. Do not use a heading prior to the first paragraph of the article (e.g., no heading for “introduction”), and do not indent the first paragraph of the article. All material should be double-spaced and single sided. Follow The Chicago Manual of Style, by the University of Chicago Press, and recent issues of the AJAE for style. NOTE: When referring to your paper, use the word “article.”
Style
Please follow the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th ed.
Data and Documentation
Authors are expected to document their data sources, models, and estimation procedures as thoroughly as possible, and to make the data used available to others for replication purposes. If an exception to this rule is desired, reasons should be given and this should be explicitly noted in the cover letter.
Mathematical Notation
Use only essential mathematical notation. Avoid using the same character for both superscripts and subscripts or using capital letters for such, and whenever possible avoid overbars, tildes, carets, and other modifications of standard type. Asterisks, primes, and small English letter superscripts are suitable.
Math Typesetting
Use standard type to the maximum extent possible (for example, use Symbol font for Greek characters in simple notation). Refrain from use of embellished letters (dots, bars, tildes, carets). Run equations into text if at all possible (rather than displaying). Simplify notation to avoid costly typesetting. All displayed equations (i.e., equations not run into regular text) should be numbered consecutively, placed in parentheses (not square brackets) and left-justified on the same line as the equal or inequality sign.
Footnotes to Text
Number footnotes consecutively throughout the article, not page by page. Type all footnotes, double-spaced, on a separate page following the article. Footnotes should be only explanatory and not for citations or for directing the reader to a particular work. Such information can be incorporated into the text. (Note: for accepted manuscripts, a leading unnumbered footnote providing authors’ affiliations and acknowledgements will be taken from the title page.)
References and Citations
Place References, alphabetized by author, in a list at the end of the paper, double spaced (without extra blank lines between references). Provide issue number whenever possible and always for journals that do not number pages sequentially through complete volumes (e.g., for Journal of Economic Perspectives). Format reference with hanging indentation (first line flush left, second and subsequent lines indented). Only cited works may be included in the reference list. All citations should appear in the text and contain the authors name and year, with page numbers when necessary; text citations should omit any comma or other punctuation between the author name and the year of publication. Citations can be inserted parenthetically, e.g. (Doe 1998, p. 5). If the author’s name is used as part of the sentence, include year of publication parenthetically, with page numbers if necessary; e.g., Doe, Smith and Jones (2002) show that . . . . . Use et al. only with four or more authors. For text citations listing more than one source, separate sources by a semi-colon: (Doe 1998; Smith and Jones 2000; Smith, Jones, and Erp 2003; Thomas et al. 2004). Do not use et al. in the reference section.
You can find examples of how to list specific types of references and citations in the AJAE Reference Guide.
Tables and Figures
Place each table and figure on a separate page at the end of the paper. Double-space all material and omit vertical rules in tables. Each table and figure must have a legend. Place legends for tables at the top of the table, flush left, and bold. Table and figure titles should be fully descriptive. Omit a period at the end of the legend. Capitalize the first letter in each word. Example:
Table 1. Summary Statistics for Pennsylvania Wheat Crops, 1998-2000
In-text Citation Style of Table or Figure
Use lowercase for the words “table” and “figure” in the text unless, of course, they appear at the beginning of a sentence.
Footnotes to Tables
Use lower case English letters to attach footnotes to specific items within the table, and place the footnotes below the bottom line of the table in (un-indented) paragraph form. For general explanatory notes, use the heading “Note:” and continue on the same line with the first word of the note, in paragraph form. The "Note:" paragraph may define the use of asterisk (e.g., * or **) to denote statistical significance levels. For example, say "Asterisk (*) and double asterisk (**) denote variables significant at 5% and 10% respectively." See a recent issue after January 2006 of the journal for other examples.
Footnotes to Figures
Normally figures do not carry footnotes to specific items within the figure. General explanatory information may be included in a paragraph bearing the heading of “Note:” and placed below the figure legend. See a recent issue of the journal for examples.
Figure Legends
Place legends for figures at the bottom of the figure, flush left, and bold. Capitalize only the first letter of the first word. Example:
Figure 1. Annual net sales of Mississippi catfish farmers, 2002-2003
Color Figures
Figures can be reproduced in color in print at a cost of $600 per figure or in color online only (with a black and white print version) at no charge. Authors will be queried at the time of production for color charge cost approval. If, at the time of submission, the author knows that color online only is the preferred publication method, two figure files should be submitted: the black and white version should be labeled for print and the color version should be labeled online in the figure file name.
Supplementary Data/Appendices
The AJAE has arranged with AgEcon Search to post supplemental appendices for published articles on their web site for reliable availability to readers. While authors may still maintain their own web-based supplements, any materials to which a published article would have previously referred as “available on request” will now be posted to the AgEcon Search database for easy online access by prospective readers. Thus the article to be published in the AJAE should cite a paper posted on AgEcon Search rather than simply telling readers that supplementary materials are available upon request. Please see the instructions on how to prepare the supplementary appendices.
LANGUAGE EDITING
Particularly if English is not your first language, before submitting your manuscript you may wish to have it edited for correct usage of American English. This is not a mandatory step, but may help to ensure that the academic content of your paper is fully understood by journal editors and reviewers. Language editing does not guarantee that your manuscript will be accepted for publication. If you would like information about one such service please click here. There are other specialist language editing companies that offer similar services and you can also use any of these. Authors are liable for all costs associated with such services.
PRE-PUBLICATION POLICY
American Journal of Agricultural Economics does not accept papers that have been previously published elsewhere with the exception of working papers series. The Journal’s policy regarding working paper series is:
1. Pre-publication in working paper series is allowed where submission to the working paper series is prior to acceptance by the Journal.
2. The working paper version may remain online after publication in the Journal.
3. The working paper version should NOT be updated after acceptance by the Journal.
4. Authors are requested to append the appropriate citation to the working paper version on acceptance by the Journal (if the working paper series allows this).
Submission of a paper will be held to imply that a) the material in the manuscript has not been published, is not being published or considered for publication elsewhere, and will not be submitted for publication elsewhere unless rejected by the journal editor or withdrawn by the author(s); b) the material in the manuscript, so far as the author(s) knows, does not infringe upon other published material covered by copyright; c) the author’s (s’) employer, if any, either does not assert an ownership interest in the manuscript or is willing to convey such interest to the Agricultural & Applied Economics Association (AAEA); and d) submission of the manuscript gives the AAEA exclusive right to publish, to copyright, and to allow or deny reproduction of it, in whole or in part. If the applicability of point a) is unclear, the author(s) must provide an explanation in the cover letter.
PAGE CHARGES
Major support for this journal comes from page charges of $80 per printed page for the 2010 volume or a fraction thereof payable by the supporting institution or granting agency. Payment does not affect acceptance, scheduling, or form of publication. Instructions for payment are sent with galley proofs. Unless otherwise stated in the submission letter, it is assumed that authors accept the responsibility and will make arrangements with supporting institutions or agencies to finance the page charges.
PAPERS FOR THE PROCEEDINGS ISSUE
Papers to be published in the proceedings issue of the AJAE should follow all AJAE style guidelines and conventions with the exception of those noted in this section. All papers that are published in the proceedings are subject to the standard page charge fee of $95 per page or a fraction thereof payable by the supporting institution or granting agency.
Length
For Invited Papers, the limit is 17 pages double-spaced, including text, footnotes, references, tables, figures, and any appendices. The page limit for discussants is four pages, also encompassing the entire manuscript, including references, footnotes, etc. Each figure consumes at least 1/3 of a page. Only the used portions of pages are counted. That is, if you only have two lines of footnotes, then the editor will only count it as two lines even though it must be on a separate page. Attempts to circumvent the length limit with small type, less than double-spacing, illegibly small figures, or nonstandard margins will not be accepted.
File Format
Papers should be submitted as Word documents, not PDF files. This will allow the editors to easily standardize margins and font-size, for the purpose of measuring the length of the papers. It also streamlines the ability to provide feedback to the authors.
Submission
Completed papers for the proceedings should be sent directly to the managing editor, David Hennessy, of the proceedings issue. For the AAEA Annual Meeting, all papers are due on May 15, and all discussant papers are due on June 15. For the ASSA Annual Meeting, all papers are due on October 15, and all discussant papers are due on November 15.
The editor will read each of the papers and send to authors the comments that need to be incorporated before publication. In order to keep the discussants comments germane to the papers published, major changes may not be made to the papers after submission.
LATEX SUBMISSIONS
Manuscripts must be prepared using the TeX class file (available here as a .zip file, accompanied by notes on usage). Once a Tex file is created, it can be submitted to the editorial office.
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AJAE Editors
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