About the Journal

Agro Journal is a journal that covers the following thematic areas: Food Technology, Forestry and Wildlife Sciences, Veterinary Science, Animal Production, Accounting and Finance with a focus on agribusiness, and climate change adaptation.

The Agro Academic Journal belongs to the Research and Knowledge Transfer Area of the National Technical University of Costa Rica, located in Alajuela, Costa Rica. It is an open-access, diamond, non-commercial academic electronic journal, which began its activities in 2023.

ISSN: 2215-6992

Objective

The objective of Agro Journal is to promote a culture of systematization and dissemination of research in the different thematic axes addressed by the journal, through interaction and innovation linkages, fostering scientific, technical, and academic publication.

Thematic Areas

Agro Journal covers the following areas: Food Technology, Forestry and Wildlife Sciences, Veterinary Science, Animal Production, Accounting and Finance with a focus on agribusiness, and climate change adaptation.

Target Audience

The journal is aimed at researchers, academics, professionals, and students, as well as national and international key stakeholders related to the journal’s thematic areas.

Reader Interaction Services

Readers are invited to share their opinions on the publications of Agro Journal through the following channels:

Commenting on published articles
Visiting our blog: Agro Actualidad

Types of Publications

Peer-Reviewed Sections

Scientific article
Academic essay
Technical note
Literature review
Extended poster

Outreach

The outreach section is published in the Blog Agro Actualidad

Guidelines for Authors

Authors wishing to submit a manuscript may do so through the OJS system via the Submission link, or by email at revistagro@utn.ac.cr.

The journal follows the latest edition of APA standards for citation and references.

For formatting details, citation rules, references, and examples, authors are encouraged to consult the following guides according to manuscript type:

Rejection Rate

During 2025, 8% of the manuscripts submitted to Agro Journal were rejected.

Languages

Spanish, English, and Portuguese.

Periodicity

The journal follows a continuous publication model with annual closure in December. One annual volume with a single issue is published, covering content from January to December.

Authorship Requirements

Each author must be identified with an ORCID (Open Researcher and Contributor ID).
In multi-authored works, ORCIDs must be ordered according to the authors’ criteria or level of contribution (from highest to lowest).
A corresponding author must also be designated, responsible for communication with the journal.

More information: https://orcid.org/

Digital Preservation Policy

Agro Journal is backed up on UTN institutional servers, which host and support the Open Journal Systems platform, ensuring security and preservation.
All published content is harvested by the UTN institutional repository.

Additionally, backups are created on Google Drive and on the journal’s local computer. This process is updated monthly.

In accordance with Costa Rican Press Law (No. 32, July 12, 1902) and Copyright and Related Rights Law (No. 6683, October 14, 1992, Art. 106), the Agro Academic Journal performs legal deposit of its volumes and issues in PDF format at the National Library System (SINABI).

Peer Review System

Agro Journal employs a single-blind peer review system, in which authors do not know the identity of reviewers, while reviewers have access to the authors’ names.If you wish to obtain more details about the role of the editorial system in the peer review process, you may find further information at the following link: Peer Review System.

Originality Requirement

All manuscripts submitted to peer-reviewed sections must be original and unpublished, and must not be under review or published elsewhere.

Authors must sign a Publication Authorization Letter declaring the originality and exclusivity of the manuscript.

Plagiarism Detection Policy

The journal uses Turnitin software and Google search engines for plagiarism detection.
Depending on the similarity percentage, the editor will determine whether revisions are required or if the manuscript is rejected.

Inclusive Language Policy

The journal promotes and recommends the use of inclusive language in its publications.

Interoperability Protocols

The journal applies the Dublin Core metadata standard and incorporates the OAI-PMH protocol, facilitating content harvesting by other distribution systems.

Ethics Code

The journal’s ethics and best practices code is available at the Ethics Code and Best Practices link.Publication Ethics and Best Practices

Open Access Policy

This journal adheres to the Budapest Open Access Initiative, which establishes the following:

“Open access to scientific publications means that any individual interested in this literature may read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts and use them for any lawful purpose, freely and openly. The only restriction on open access is to grant authors control over the integrity of their work and the right to be properly acknowledged and cited.”
(Budapest Open Access Initiative, 2002)

Therefore, this journal provides free, immediate, and unrestricted access to its content in order to promote research and scientific dissemination. It is also important to note that this journal does not charge any editorial processing fees nor article publication fees.

Open License

All articles are published under the Creative Commons Attribution–NonCommercial–ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license.

This implies that:

Attribution: Appropriate credit must be given to the original authors, a link to the license must be provided, and any changes made must be indicated.
Non-Commercial: The material may not be used for commercial purposes.
ShareAlike: If the work is transformed or remixed, the resulting derivative work must be distributed under the same license.

More information at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/deed.es

Under this license, authors retain their moral rights and the right to reuse, disseminate, or deposit the article in institutional or personal repositories, provided that the original publication in Agro Journal is properly acknowledged.

By submitting a manuscript, authors agree to grant the National Technical University of Costa Rica (UTN) and Agro Journal a non-exclusive, royalty-free, worldwide, and perpetual license to:

Edit, reproduce, publish, and distribute the material in any format (print, digital, audiovisual).
Deposit and preserve the article in institutional and thematic repositories, as well as in national and international databases.
Disseminate the material in accordance with open access and open science policies.

This license does not imply a full transfer of economic rights; therefore, authors retain the right to reuse and distribute their works through other channels, provided that the first publication in UTN and/or Agro Journal is duly cited.

Copyright Ownership

Authors who publish with the National Technical University of Costa Rica (UTN) and Agro Journal retain their moral rights at all times, including authorship recognition, integrity of the work, and the decision regarding its dissemination.

Reuse Rights of Authors

Authors may:

Archive the published version in institutional or personal repositories (self-archiving).
Reuse their work, in whole or in part, in books, book chapters, or other publications.
Disseminate the article through academic and social networks.

In all cases, the original source of publication must be clearly indicated as follows:
Originally published in Agro Journal, National Technical University of Costa Rica.

CC BY-NC-SA