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Food Security

Springer Science and Business Media B.V. · Netherlands · Est. 1999

ISSN1876-4517eISSN1876-4525
SJR Q1WOS 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.

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

📊 Standing in its field
Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.
Q1
SJR · Scopus
Top 25% in field
Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ
SJR Scorei
1.503
H-Indexi
117
SNIPi
2.211
Total Worksi
1,696
Total Citationsi
68,660
2yr Mean Citednessi
2.67
Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Food Security: addresses food security and food systems as a whole, covering production, stability, access, stocks, markets, trade, and nutrition; considers the Global South as well as the Global North; addresses the physical, biological, sociological, economical, and technological constraints to food production and to accessing a healthy diet. covers the sociological contexts of food production, access, quality, and consumption. addresses the policies that affect global food needs.

General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands
Primary LanguageEnglish
1st Year Published1999
Annual Volume~ 103 articles / year
StatusActive (last: 2026)
Total Publications1,696
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

6/11 · 55%
Do you know the journal / publisher?
Springer Science and Business Media B.V.
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
Is the ISSN verified?
1876-4517 / 1876-4525
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?
N/A
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
119
4.5k
2019
129
7.8k
2020
109
4.6k
2021
100
4.1k
2022
108
1.4k
2023
88
694
2024
113
259
2025
81
30
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.

Agronomy and Crop ScienceQ1
DevelopmentQ1
Food ScienceQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Food Science & Technology

Scopus Categories

Agronomy and Crop ScienceDevelopmentFood Science

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Food Security and Health in Diverse PopulationsChild Nutrition and Water AccessAgricultural Innovations and PracticesAgricultural risk and resilienceAgriculture, Land Use, Rural DevelopmentUrban Agriculture and SustainabilityClimate change impacts on agricultureAgriculture Sustainability and Environmental ImpactFood Waste Reduction and SustainabilityPoverty, Education, and Child Welfare

Frequently asked questions about Food Security

Is Food Security a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Food Security: 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 Security?

Food Security 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 2.67.

Is Food Security indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Food Security is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Food Security?

Food Security: addresses food security and food systems as a whole, covering production, stability, access, stocks, markets, trade, and nutrition; considers the Global South as well as the Global North; addresses the physical, biological, sociological, economical, and technological constraints to food production and to accessing a healthy diet. covers the sociological contexts of food production, access, quality, and consumption. addresses the policies that affect global food needs.

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