INFORM

American Oil Chemists Society · United States · Est. 1988

ISSN1528-9303

SJR Q4✓ Scopus / SJR

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Bottom 25%

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

SJR Scorei

0.123

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

492

Total Citationsi

452

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.00

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Biotechnology; Chemistry (miscellaneous); Food Science.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary Language—

1st Year Published1988

Annual Volume~ 57 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2021)

Total Publications492

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

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4/11 · 36%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

American Oil Chemists Society

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

1528-9303

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Indexed in a trusted database?

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?

N/A

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

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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.

BiotechnologyQ4

Chemistry (miscellaneous)Q4

Food ScienceQ4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

BiotechnologyFood ScienceChemistry (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Food Chemistry and Fat AnalysisEdible Oils Quality and AnalysisFatty Acid Research and HealthEnzyme Catalysis and ImmobilizationSpectroscopy and Chemometric AnalysesAdvanced Chemical Sensor TechnologiesLipid metabolism and biosynthesisBiotechnology and Related FieldsMicrobial Metabolic Engineering and BioproductionNuts composition and effects

Frequently asked questions about INFORM

Is INFORM a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for INFORM: it is indexed in 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 INFORM?

INFORM is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.123.

Is INFORM indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

INFORM is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of INFORM?