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Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

John Wiley and Sons Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1950

ISSN1097-0010

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.76

H-Indexi

235

SNIPi

1.014

Total Worksi

25,185

Total Citationsi

722,132

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.18

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Agriculture, Multidisciplinary; Chemistry, Applied; Food Science & Technology; Agronomy and Crop Science; Food Science; Biotechnology; Nutrition and Dietetics.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1950

FrequencyFifteen No. A Year, 199?-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications25,185

Publisher OrgWiley

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

John Wiley and Sons Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1097-0010

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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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?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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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

694

21k

2019

832

23k

2020

704

15k

2021

691

10k

2022

851

9.9k

2023

861

6.5k

2024

773

2025

616

169

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.

Agronomy and Crop ScienceQ1

Food ScienceQ1

BiotechnologyQ2

Nutrition and DieteticsQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Agriculture, MultidisciplinaryChemistry, AppliedFood Science & Technology

Scopus Categories

Agronomy and Crop ScienceBiotechnologyNutrition and DieteticsFood Science

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Meat and Animal Product QualityFood composition and propertiesProteins in Food SystemsPhytochemicals and Antioxidant ActivitiesPostharvest Quality and Shelf Life ManagementFermentation and Sensory AnalysisAnimal Nutrition and PhysiologyProtein Hydrolysis and Bioactive PeptidesRuminant Nutrition and Digestive PhysiologyPlant Physiology and Cultivation Studies

Frequently asked questions about Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Is Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, 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 Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture?

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture 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 3.18.

Is Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture?