2025 WAEA Presidential Address: JARE Topics, Author Networks, and Citations, 1992 to 2024

This study examines 1,009 articles published in the Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics (JARE) from 1992 to 2024. It identifies 24 research topics using Latent Dirichlet Allocation and explores how topics and author collaboration networks influence citations. Article citation data from Scopus show that consumer, farm resource, and crop insurance articles lead overall and yearly citation growth. Niche topics demonstrate high citation intensity. A count regression finds that topic choice and certain types of author collaboration significantly predict citation counts. The findings underscore JARE’s scholarly influence and highlight its importance as a journal for disseminating impactful research in agricultural and resource economics.