Journal of Agrarian Change (JAC)

Journal of Agrarian Change (JOAC) is a leading peer‑reviewed academic journal specializing in the political economy of agrarian societies and rural transformation. Established in 2001, it was founded by scholars Henry Bernstein and Terence J. Byres to extend and deepen debates on agrarian change beyond earlier traditions in peasant studies. The journal publishes original research, theoretical analyses, and critical reviews that explore how agrarian formations evolve under shifting social, economic, political, and environmental forces — including land reform, class structures, labor dynamics, rural social movements, global value chains, ecological contradictions of capitalist agriculture, and broader processes of rural differentiation and development. Its quarterly publication cycle ensures a steady flow of high‑quality interdisciplinary scholarship from political economists, sociologists, anthropologists, geographers, historians, and related scholars. JOAC serves as a major forum for rigorous comparative and historical inquiry into agrarian change around the world, contributing to both academic theory and policy discussions in development studies and rural sociology. The journal is widely indexed and recognized internationally within social sciences and development research communities.

Journal of Agrarian Change (JAC) is :-

• International, Peer-Reviewed, Open Access, Refereed, Global and Planetary Change, interdisciplinary research on social relations, production, power dynamics, ownership structures, land reform, rural movements, ecological issues, agrarian transformations historically and in contemporary contexts , Online or Print , Quarterly Journal

• UGC Approved, ISSN Approved: P-ISSN P-ISSN: 1471-0358, E-ISSN: 1471-0366, Established: 2001, Impact Factor: 2.9
• Does Not Provide Crossref DOI

• Not indexed in Scopus, WoS, DOAJ, PubMed, UGC CARE