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Food and Function

Royal Society of Chemistry · United Kingdom · Est. 1919

ISSN2042-6496eISSN2042-650X

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.

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📊 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

1.232

H-Indexi

153

SNIPi

1.138

Total Worksi

10,030

Total Citationsi

288,389

2yr Mean Citednessi

4.80

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Food and Function focuses on food and its functions in relation to health. This includes the physical properties and structure of food, the chemistry of food components, and the biochemical, physiological, and nutritional actions of food components. The journal also explores topics in food science such as digestion, fermentation, starch, gut flora research, Lactobacillus, colitis, and microbiology.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1919

FrequencyMonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications10,030

Publisher OrgRoyal Society of Chemistry

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

5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Royal Society of Chemistry

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

2042-6496 / 2042-650X

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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

830

37k

2019

950

36k

2020

1.1k

32k

2021

22k

2022

866

14k

2023

919

9.6k

2024

721

2.7k

2025

527

215

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)Q1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Biochemistry & Molecular BiologyFood Science & Technology

Scopus Categories

Food ScienceMedicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Gut microbiota and healthPhytochemicals and Antioxidant ActivitiesDiet and metabolism studiesProteins in Food SystemsProtein Hydrolysis and Bioactive PeptidesFood composition and propertiesProbiotics and Fermented FoodsMicrobial Metabolites in Food BiotechnologyDiet, Metabolism, and DiseaseNatural Antidiabetic Agents Studies

Frequently asked questions about Food and Function

Is Food and Function a predatory journal?

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

Food and Function 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 4.80.

Is Food and Function indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Food and Function is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.