Peer review process
At the request of the authors, the submitted articles are subjected to a peer review process in order to evaluate the scientific quality of the contributions. First, the editorial team checks the suitability of the article before a scientist selected by the editor carries out a review. Once the evaluation process has been completed, the authors receive the results and the reviewers' comments. The articles are assessed in a single-blind process. The evaluation criteria include the quality of the content (methods and results), the relevance for science, industry and practice in agriculture as well as the quality of the presentation.
After the review, the authors will be informed whether the article is
- accepted without changes,
- accepted with minor changes,
- accepted with extensive changes and further review or
- rejected.
In the case of publication, it is noted when it was accepted.
The publication date always corresponds to that of the entire volume in the corresponding year.
Publication frequency
The Agricultural Engineering Yearbook and its articles are published once a year, usually at the end of the first quarter.
Copyright
Authors who wish to publish in this journal agree to the following conditions:
The authors retain the copyright.
They grant the publisher permission for the first publication under the Creative Commons license CC BY-NC (license agreement). This license allows others to distribute, edit, improve and build on the work, provided the author is credited, as long as the use is non-commercial. Although new works based on the work must include the author's name and only be used non-commercially, these new works do not have to be licensed under the same conditions.
In summary, the following conditions result from the license:
- The name of the author must be mentioned.
- The content may be shared (reproduction and redistribution).
- The content may be edited (transfer and modification).
- The content must not be used commercially.

Open Access Policy
Open Access
This journal offers free access (open access) to its content. The authors and copyright holders of the articles irrevocably grant all users the free, worldwide right of access to these publications. This means that they can read, download, copy, distribute, print, search and link to the full texts.
Within the scope of the license agreement, these publications may be copied, used, distributed, transmitted and publicly reproduced - in any digital medium and for any responsible non-commercial purpose - and adaptations thereof may be created and distributed, provided that the authorship is correctly indicated.
Long-term archiving
All articles are archived in electronic form at the German National Library for the long term.
Self-archiving
- Authors can archive the pre-print (manuscript before review or before submission without review).
- Authors can archive the post-print (manuscript after review).
- Authors can archive the publisher's version (PDF).
Publication fees
No fees are charged for the publication of articles (Diamond Open Access).