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Food Technology and Biotechnology

University of Zagreb · Croatia · Est. 1983

ISSN1334-2606

SJR Q2✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.551

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.706

Total Worksi

749

Total Citationsi

17,109

2yr Mean Citednessi

11.09

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Food Technology and Biotechnology (FTB) is a diamond open access, peer-reviewed international quarterly scientific journal that publishes papers covering a wide range of topics , including food engineering and preservation, food quality and analysis, nutrition, applied microbiology, bioprocess (or biochemical) engineering, and molecular biotechnology.

General Information

Country / RegionCroatia

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1983

Frequencyquarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications749

Publisher OrgUniversity of Zagreb

OA Since2013

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

PMC

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

University of Zagreb

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1334-2606

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

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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?

PMC

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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

1.5k

2019

988

2020

1.1k

2021

542

2022

459

2023

250

2024

119

2025

1.1k

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.

BiotechnologyQ2

Chemical Engineering (miscellaneous)Q2

Food ScienceQ2

Industrial and Manufacturing EngineeringQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Biotechnology & Applied MicrobiologyFood Science & Technology

Scopus Categories

Industrial and Manufacturing EngineeringBiotechnologyFood ScienceChemical Engineering (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Phytochemicals and Antioxidant ActivitiesFood composition and propertiesProbiotics and Fermented FoodsProtein Hydrolysis and Bioactive PeptidesProteins in Food SystemsMeat and Animal Product QualityMicrobial Metabolites in Food BiotechnologyFermentation and Sensory AnalysisMicroencapsulation and Drying ProcessesPolysaccharides Composition and Applications

Frequently asked questions about Food Technology and Biotechnology

Is Food Technology and Biotechnology a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Food Technology and Biotechnology: 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 Food Technology and Biotechnology?

Food Technology and Biotechnology 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 11.09.

Is Food Technology and Biotechnology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Food Technology and Biotechnology is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.