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Journal of Medicinal Food

Mary Ann Liebert Inc. · United States · Est. 1960

ISSN1557-7600

SJR Q3✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q3. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.498

H-Indexi

118

SNIPi

0.532

Total Worksi

3,588

Total Citationsi

106,887

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.75

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Chemistry, Medicinal; Food Science & Technology; Nutrition & Dietetics; Medicine (miscellaneous); Nutrition and Dietetics.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1960

FrequencyTwelve No. A Year, 2010-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications3,588

Publisher OrgMary Ann Liebert, Inc.

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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?

Mary Ann Liebert Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1557-7600

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, PubMed

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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

179

3.7k

2019

165

2.4k

2020

117

1.1k

2021

110

2022

107

591

2023

141

534

2024

110

139

2025

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.

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q3

Nutrition and DieteticsQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Chemistry, MedicinalFood Science & TechnologyNutrition & Dietetics

Scopus Categories

Nutrition and DieteticsMedicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Phytochemicals and Antioxidant ActivitiesNatural Antidiabetic Agents StudiesEssential Oils and Antimicrobial ActivityAntioxidant Activity and Oxidative StressPhytoestrogen effects and researchPharmacological Effects of Natural CompoundsNatural product bioactivities and synthesisDiet, Metabolism, and DiseasePhytochemistry and Biological ActivitiesGenomics, phytochemicals, and oxidative stress

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Medicinal Food

Is Journal of Medicinal Food a predatory journal?

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

Journal of Medicinal Food 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 1.75.

Is Journal of Medicinal Food indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Medicinal Food is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Medicinal Food?