LWT

Academic Press · United States

ISSN1096-1127

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

1.394

H-Indexi

216

SNIPi

1.587

Total Worksi

19,728

Total Citationsi

770,360

2yr Mean Citednessi

5.58

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Food Science & Technology; Food Science.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 1,505 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications19,728

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC-ND, CC BY-NC

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

PorticoCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Academic Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1096-1127

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

Portico, CLOCKSS

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

1.2k

53k

2019

1.7k

67k

2020

2.1k

78k

2021

1.4k

40k

2022

1.3k

27k

2023

1.6k

21k

2024

1.6k

2025

897

520

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Food ScienceQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Food Science & Technology

Scopus Categories

Food Science

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Meat and Animal Product QualityFood composition and propertiesProteins in Food SystemsPhytochemicals and Antioxidant ActivitiesProbiotics and Fermented FoodsProtein Hydrolysis and Bioactive PeptidesMicroencapsulation and Drying ProcessesFermentation and Sensory AnalysisMicrobial Metabolites in Food BiotechnologyPolysaccharides Composition and Applications

Frequently asked questions about LWT

Is LWT a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for LWT: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of LWT?

LWT is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 5.58.

Is LWT indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

LWT is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of LWT?