About Commodities

Aims

Commodities (ISSN 2813-2432) is an international, peer-reviewed, open access journal that encourages and supports the publication of high-quality research papers in the fields of economics, finance, and commerce, with a specific focus on commodities. This journal aims to provide a global platform for scientists to promote, share, and disseminate research innovations related to commodity markets, trade, and industries.

Commodities primarily publishes original research articles, reviews, and case reports, but welcomes other manuscript types, including short communications and theoretical papers. Overall, this journal places a strong emphasis on empirical, analytical, theoretical, and policy-related work, fostering interdisciplinary perspectives that contribute to academic and policy discussions.

Commodities imposes no restrictions on the maximum length of papers, allowing authors to present their findings in full detail to ensure result reproducibility and methodological robustness.

Scope

The main subject areas include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Commodities market—encompassing a range of sectors, including energy (including renewables), metals, minerals, agriculture, livestock, fish, weather derivatives, emissions, shipping, water, and related industries.
• Derivatives and future markets;
• Commodities trading;
• Commodities supply chains;
• Risk and real option analysis.
• Commodities supercycles.
• Commodities and food security.
• Commodities economics and finance.
• Commodities policy.

MDPI Publication Ethics Statement

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Copyright / Open Access

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