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Agriculture and Food Security

BioMed Central Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 2012

ISSN2048-7010eISSN2048-7010

SJR Q1✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ Scopus Q178

✓ Corroboration (3 more)+18

Total96

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

376

days submission → published

measured · last 20 articles · accept 255d

weeks to publish · journal-reported

Slow · vs ~15 wk median

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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.

SJR Scorei

1.086

H-Indexi

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

2.09

Total Worksi

626

Total Citationsi

24,008

2yr Mean Citednessi

4.09

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Agriculture, Multidisciplinary; Food Science & Technology; Agronomy and Crop Science; Ecology; Food Science.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2012

FrequencyIrregularly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications626

Publisher OrgBioMed Central

OA Since2004

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

Review Time~41 weeks

Acceptance Rate—

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

PorticoCLOCKSSNational Digital Preservation Program, China; Library of Congress

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/12 · 83%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

BioMed Central Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2048-7010 / 2048-7010

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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APC fees clearly disclosed?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

✅

Long-term digital preservation?

Portico, CLOCKSS, National Digital Preservation Program, China; Library of Congress

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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Primary language documented?

English

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

511

2019

716

2020

3.1k

2021

1.7k

2022

1.4k

2023

504

2024

201

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.

Agronomy and Crop ScienceQ1

EcologyQ1

Food ScienceQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Agriculture, MultidisciplinaryFood Science & Technology

Scopus Categories

Agronomy and Crop ScienceFood ScienceEcology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Agricultural Innovations and PracticesFood Security and Health in Diverse PopulationsChild Nutrition and Water AccessAgricultural risk and resilienceClimate change impacts on agricultureUrban Agriculture and SustainabilityAgriculture, Land Use, Rural DevelopmentPoverty, Education, and Child WelfareMicrofinance and Financial InclusionFood Waste Reduction and Sustainability

Frequently asked questions about Agriculture and Food Security

Is Agriculture and Food Security a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Agriculture and Food Security: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 96/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Agriculture and Food Security?

Agriculture and 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 4.09.

Is Agriculture and Food Security indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Agriculture and Food Security is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Agriculture and Food Security?