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International Journal of Food Engineering

Walter de Gruyter GmbH · Germany · Est. 2000

ISSN1556-3758
SJR Q2WOS SCIEScopus / 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field
Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.
Q2
SJR · Scopus
Top 50% in field
Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ
SJR Scorei
0.369
H-Indexi
50
SNIPi
0.537
Total Worksi
1,741
Total Citationsi
20,268
2yr Mean Citednessi
1.44
Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

International Journal of Food Engineering is devoted to engineering disciplines related to processing foods. The areas of interest include heat, mass transfer and fluid flow in food processing; food microstructure development and characterization; application of artificial intelligence in food engineering research and in industry; food biotechnology; and mathematical modeling and software development for food processing purposes. Authors and editors come from top engineering programs around the world: the U.S., Canada, the U.K., and Western Europe, but also South America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East.

General Information

Country / RegionGermany
Primary LanguageEnglish
1st Year Published2000
FrequencyAnnual
StatusActive (last: 2026)
Total Publications1,741
Publisher OrgDe Gruyter
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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
Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

7/11 · 64%
Do you know the journal / publisher?
Walter de Gruyter GmbH
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
Is the ISSN verified?
1556-3758
Indexed in a trusted database?
WoS, Scopus
Peer review process documented?
N/A
Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
Not on predatory/blacklists?
✓ Clean
Long-term digital preservation?
N/A
Plagiarism detection in place?
Yes
Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?
N/A
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
73
1.2k
2019
111
1.4k
2020
78
621
2021
60
324
2022
72
259
2023
79
241
2024
67
61
2025
40
8
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.

Engineering (miscellaneous)Q2
BiotechnologyQ3
Food ScienceQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Food Science & Technology

Scopus Categories

BiotechnologyEngineering (miscellaneous)Food Science

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Food Drying and ModelingFood composition and propertiesMicroencapsulation and Drying ProcessesPolysaccharides Composition and ApplicationsProteins in Food SystemsMeat and Animal Product QualityPhytochemicals and Antioxidant ActivitiesMicrobial Inactivation MethodsPostharvest Quality and Shelf Life ManagementFreezing and Crystallization Processes

Frequently asked questions about International Journal of Food Engineering

Is International Journal of Food Engineering a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for International Journal of Food Engineering: 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 International Journal of Food Engineering?

International Journal of Food Engineering 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 1.44.

Is International Journal of Food Engineering indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

International Journal of Food Engineering is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of International Journal of Food Engineering?

International Journal of Food Engineering is devoted to engineering disciplines related to processing foods. The areas of interest include heat, mass transfer and fluid flow in food processing; food microstructure development and characterization; application of artificial intelligence in food engineering research and in industry; food biotechnology; and mathematical modeling and software development for food processing purposes. Authors and editors come from top engineering programs around the world: the U.S., Canada, the U.K., and Western Europe, but also South America, Asia, Africa, and the

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Data updated: 2026-05-22 · Sources: SJR, DOAJ, OpenAlex, WoS, Crossref