Deadline: February 1, 2023

The European Agricultural and Applied Economics Publications Foundation, in short EAAEP Foundation, is seeking to appoint a new Editor for the European Review of Agricultural Economics (hereafter: ERAE or the Review) for the period beginning September 2023 (or as soon as possible thereafter). The new appointment is to replace Carl-Johan Lagerkvist who will step down next year. Candidates should have an extensive knowledge of the relevant literature. They should have an excellent publishing record and proven reviewing expertise. Experience as a member of the Editorial Board of a scientific journal is an advantage. A stimulating vision regarding the position and development of the ERAE should accompany these scholarly requirements. The ability to work in a team and to manage deadlines effectively is definitely required.

I. Profile of the ERAE

The ERAE is a scientific journal that publishes peer-reviewed research papers. Presently the journal appears 5 times per year. It strives for balanced coverage of economic issues within the broad subject matter of agricultural and food production, consumption and trade, rural development, and resource use and conservation. The ERAE is international in its readership, coverage and published authors. It is in Q1 in economics and the current impact factor is 4.448 and the 5-year impact factor 4.508 (see HERE).

II. Ownership and legally defined parameters

The EAAEP Foundation, which is the publication committee of the European Association of Agricultural Economists owns the Review, which is published by Oxford University Press. The ERAE operates with four editors. The normal term for an Editor is 4 years, which can be extended to a total of 6 years.

III. Current ERAE Editors

Editorship is currently shared among the following four editors:

• Carl Johan Lagerkvist (outgoing Coordinating Editor, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala; [email protected]),
• Salvatore Di Falco (incoming Coordinating Editor from 1.1.2023, University of Geneva, Switzerland; [email protected]),
• Céline Nauges (Inrae, France; [email protected])
• Timothy Richards (Arizona State University, USA; [email protected])

IV. Editors’ duties and method of working

The main duty of an Editor is to provide the publisher with material for publication in the Review that is of good scientific and presentational quality and selected according to ERAE submission and peer-review protocols. The working language is English. The full contractual duties (including appointing the Editorial Board members and the Book Review Editor) are set out in an Editors’ Contract between the Editors, Oxford University Press and the EAAEP Foundation.

For information about the contractual duties please contact any of the following persons: 

• One of the editors, listed above;
• [email protected] (Publisher);
• [email protected] (Chair of the EAAEP Foundation); and
• Krijn Poppe (Honorary Secretary-Treasurer of the EAAEP Foundation; [email protected]).

Oxford University Press provides the following support for the editorial process: on-line editorial software (Manuscript Central) for the submission and review of papers, which includes all the services of a virtual office including on-line tracking and storage facilities for correspondence and documents; an editorial assistant; all technical and production services from the point of manuscript acceptance onwards to publication. Nearly all communication amongst Editors, as well as between Editors and authors, referees and editorial assistants, occurs digitally.

V. Editors’ compensation

The compensation is paid in equal instalments throughout the year, on a quarterly basis. The Editors share the compensation amongst themselves, according to a formula adopted by mutual agreement. Currently, they have opted to share the workload and the total compensation in equal parts.

VI. Application process

Applicants are requested to send their application by e-mail before the deadline to:

Honorary Secretary-Treasurer of the EAAEP Foundation ([email protected]).

The application must consist of:

• A letter of motivation (including applicant’s vision for the ERAE)
• CV with specific emphasis on the qualifications required for an Editor of the ERAE

Applications will be considered by the current Editors in consultation with the Editorial Board, by Board members of the EAAEP Foundation and by Oxford University Press. Potential applicants who would like more information before applying are encouraged to contact one of the Editors whose email addresses are listed above or in a recent issue of the ERAE.