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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

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

📊 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

1.086

H-Indexi

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

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

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10/11 · 91%

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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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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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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

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

522

2019

726

2020

3.2k

2021

1.8k

2022

1.5k

2023

574

2024

269

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. 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?