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Food and Chemical Toxicology

Elsevier Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1982

ISSN1873-6351

SJR Q1✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.75

H-Indexi

256

SNIPi

1.101

Total Worksi

18,372

Total Citationsi

670,073

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.47

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Food and Chemical Toxicology publishes original research articles and reviews on toxic effects and toxic mechanisms of natural or synthetic chemicals occurring in the human environment. It serves as a multidisciplinary forum for research in toxicology.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary Language—

1st Year Published1982

FrequencyMonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications18,372

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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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

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5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Elsevier Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1873-6351

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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?

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

749

24k

2019

749

19k

2020

693

14k

2021

684

12k

2022

735

7.3k

2023

716

3.6k

2024

595

1.4k

2025

370

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 ScienceQ1

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q2

ToxicologyQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Food Science & TechnologyToxicology

Scopus Categories

Food ScienceToxicologyMedicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Contact Dermatitis and AllergiesPesticide Exposure and ToxicityAnimal testing and alternativesCarcinogens and Genotoxicity AssessmentEffects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicalsMycotoxins in Agriculture and FoodPhytochemicals and Antioxidant ActivitiesGenomics, phytochemicals, and oxidative stressHeavy Metal Exposure and ToxicityHuman auditory perception and evaluation

Frequently asked questions about Food and Chemical Toxicology

Is Food and Chemical Toxicology a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Food and Chemical Toxicology: 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 Chemical Toxicology?

Food and Chemical Toxicology 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 2.47.

Is Food and Chemical Toxicology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Food and Chemical Toxicology is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.