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   Advancements in Agricultural Development 
  Volume 4, Issue 1, 2023 
  agdevresearch.org 

 

1. T. Grady Roberts, University of Florida, 220 Rolfs Hall, PO Box 110540, Gainesville, FL 32611 groberts@ufl.edu,  

 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7618-7850  
2. Amy Harder, University of Florida 117B Bryant Hall, PO Box 112060, Gainesville, FL 32611, amharder@ufl.edu,  

 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7042-2028 
3. Jimmy Lindner, Auburn University, 5058 Haley Center, Auburn, AL 36849, jrl0039@auburn.edu, 

 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1448-3846  
4. Robert Strong, Associate Professor, Texas A&M University, 600 John Kimbrough Blvd. Suite 267, College Station, TX. 77843-

2116, robert.strongjr@ag.tamu.edu,  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5279-4808  
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2023 State of the Journal Report 
 

T. G. Roberts1, Editor-in-Chief; A. Harder2, Senior Editor; J. Lindner3, Senior Editor; R. Strong4, Editor 
 

 
Article History 
Received: January 6, 2023 
Accepted: January 6, 2023 
Published: January 6, 2023 
 
 
Keywords 
annual report 
  

Abstract 
This is the annual state of the journal report for Advancements in 
Agricultural Development. This report highlights activities and 
accomplishments in 2022 (Volume 3). 



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Introduction 
 
2022 was a year of growth and refinement for Advancements in Agricultural Development 
(AAD). We wrapped up our third year of publication with Volume 3, which included 23 articles. 
We also experienced several changes in our editorial staff. We welcomed Dr. Robert Strong to 
the team as an Editor. We also turned over our entire staff of editorial assistants, who moved 
on to other endeavors. We do wish to acknowledge and thank Katrina Alford, Olivia Caillouet, 
Andy Chaparro, and Alexandria McLeod for their service to AAD. We welcome our new editorial 
assistants, Clare Hancock, Caitlin Lunzmann, Juan Montealegre, and Karissa Palmer to the AAD 
team. We do wish to thank our reviewers for Volume 3 (see list at the end of this report). We 
also welcomed Dr. Sarah Cardey to our Editorial Board. We also wish to acknowledge and thank 
the Department of Curriculum and Teaching at Auburn University for their financial support of 
AAD. 
 
The AAD website is the primary way that researchers interact with our content. We undertook 
a redesign of our website to provide a more modern appearance. Additionally, to provide 
greater transparency for the research published in AAD, we now encourage authors to include 
their instrumentation as a part of their original submission. We then also give the option of 
including non-copyrighted instrumentation as a part of the final publication of accepted 
articles.  
 

Refining Aims and Scope 
 
As interest in AAD grows, we noticed an increasing range of articles submitted to the journal, 
with some articles not aligned with our intended goal for AAD. This prompted the editorial 
team to reexamine our aims and scope statements and to provide a definition for agricultural 
development. Our newly adopted statement is:  

The aim of AAD is to influence agricultural development practices worldwide by rapidly 
disseminating theoretically and conceptually sound research focused on practical 
outcomes. The scope of AAD includes research focused on education, extension, human 
capacity building, diffusion of innovations, leadership, and communication in the 
context of food, agriculture, and natural resources. AAD defines agricultural 
development research as that which provides new knowledge that can be applied to 
advance agriculture through improved human practices. 

This new statement provides greater clarity for potential authors. It also provides a cleaner 
screening tool for the editor team to evaluate submitted articles. 
 
  



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Journal Statistics 
 
The Open Journal System (OJS) platform provides a variety of journal statistics. To provide 
better transparency for researchers and other AAD users, we now provide a summary of the 
most relevant statistics on the AAD website. For the 2022 calendar year, AAD statistics were:  
 
Acceptance Rate 
Accept on Initial Submission: 4.5% 
Accept after Revisions: 32.5% 
Overall Acceptance Rate: 37% 
  
Editorial Timeliness 
Days to Initial Editorial Decision: 29 
Days from Accept to Publication: 38 
  
Journal Usage in 2022 (based on 76 published articles) 
Abstract Views: 20,515 
File Downloads: 11,378 
Total Interactions: 31,893 
 

Symposium 
 
In an effort to advance agricultural development, AAD is hosting a symposium in collaboration 
with the University of Reading School of Agriculture, Policy and Development focused on 
methods of agricultural development research and practice. We have invited 14 experts from 
around the world to contribute. The symposium will occur in October 2023 on the campus of 
the University of Reading. Final manuscripts will be published in special issues of AAD in early 
2024.  
 

Looking Ahead 
 
The editorial team at AAD continually works to meet the needs of researchers in our field. As 
we look into 2023 and beyond, our goals are to: 
1. continually refine our editorial process to meet researcher needs; 
2. attract research from the global agricultural development community;  
3. add features to our web-platform to enhance the author and reader experience; and  
4. position AAD for inclusion in Scopus and the Web of Science. 
 
  



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2022 Reviewers 
 
Almaz Balta Aboye 
Lauri Baker 
Amanda Bowling 
J.C. Bunch 
Chris Clemons 
Blake Colclasure 
Bradley Coleman 
Nathan Conner 
Joseph Donaldson 
Kim E. Dooley 
R. G. (Tre) Easterly 
Christopher Eck 
Craig Edwards 
Natalie Ferand 
Raphael Gikunda 
Jay Jayaratne 
Jim Kinsella 
Angela Lindsey 
Jamie Loizzo 
Juma Magogo 

Adam Marx 
Jason McKibben 
Ashley McLeod-Morin 
Lendel Narine 
Shelli Rampold 
Nicole Ray 
Richie Roberts 
Shane Robinson 
Joy Rumble 
Scott Scheer 
Renée Goodrich Schneider 
Jiban Shrestha 
Matthew Sowcik 
Annie Specht 
Stacey F. Stearns 
Nicole Stedman 
Christopher Stripling 
Jennifer Strong 
Robert Strong 
Tegan Walker 

 
 
 
© 2023 by authors. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of 
the Creative Commons Attribution license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). 
 


