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Food and Environmental Virology

Springer · United States · Est. 1857

ISSN1867-0334eISSN1867-0342

SJR Q2✓ 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.

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.57

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.908

Total Worksi

685

Total Citationsi

15,780

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.66

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

The journal Food and Environmental Virology publishes original articles, notes and reviews on research relating to the transmission of pathogenic viruses via the environment (water, air, soil etc.) and foods. This includes epidemiological studies, identification of novel and emerging pathogens, methods of analysis or characterization, studies on survival and elimination, and development of procedural controls for industrial processes, including HACCP plans. The journal encompasses studies on human, animal, and plant pathogenic viruses which are capable of transmission via the environment or food. Coverage includes Epidemiology; Routes of transmission; Viruses in water treatment plants; Detection of waterborne, foodborne and airborne viruses; Risk Assessment; Modular process risk models; Survival of viruses in the environment and foods; Transport of viruses through soils; Elimination procedures for food and environmental application; Procedural controls and Personal protective efforts.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1857

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications685

Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media

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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?

Springer

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1867-0334 / 1867-0342

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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

1.5k

2019

510

2020

1.2k

2021

479

2022

289

2023

279

2024

148

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.

Food ScienceQ2

EpidemiologyQ3

Health, Toxicology and MutagenesisQ3

VirologyQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Environmental SciencesFood Science & TechnologyMicrobiologyVirology

Scopus Categories

VirologyFood ScienceHealth, Toxicology and MutagenesisEpidemiology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiologyHepatitis Viruses Studies and EpidemiologyViral Infections and Immunology ResearchAnimal Virus Infections StudiesSARS-CoV-2 detection and testingVirus-based gene therapy researchRespiratory viral infections researchBacteriophages and microbial interactionsInfection Control and VentilationAnimal Disease Management and Epidemiology

Frequently asked questions about Food and Environmental Virology

Is Food and Environmental Virology a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Food and Environmental Virology: 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 Food and Environmental Virology?

Food and Environmental Virology 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 2.66.

Is Food and Environmental Virology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Food and Environmental Virology is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.