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Food Science and Nutrition

John Wiley and Sons Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 2012

ISSN2048-7177eISSN2048-7177

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

Removed from DOAJ (2024-09-06). DOAJ's stated reason: Journal not adhering to Best practice. A removal from the Directory of Open Access Journals is a quality/transparency signal — it can mean the journal became inactive or failed DOAJ's re-review criteria. This is not proof of predatory practice, but verify the journal's current status and policies before submitting. Check on DOAJ ↗

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.876

H-Indexi

100

SNIPi

1.237

Total Worksi

6,440

Total Citationsi

106,890

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.24

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Food Science & Technology; Food Science.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2012

Annual Volume~ 978 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications6,440

Publisher OrgWiley

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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

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

John Wiley and Sons Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2048-7177 / 2048-7177

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, PubMed

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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

490

17k

2019

703

21k

2020

622

16k

2021

507

9.4k

2022

719

12k

2023

778

7.1k

2024

1.4k

6.1k

2025

890

434

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

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Food Science & Technology

Scopus Categories

Food Science

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Phytochemicals and Antioxidant ActivitiesFood composition and propertiesMeat and Animal Product QualityProbiotics and Fermented FoodsProtein Hydrolysis and Bioactive PeptidesEssential Oils and Antimicrobial ActivityProteins in Food SystemsGut microbiota and healthMicrobial Metabolites in Food BiotechnologyPolysaccharides Composition and Applications

Frequently asked questions about Food Science and Nutrition

Is Food Science and Nutrition a predatory journal?

Food Science and Nutrition was withdrawn from the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) — DOAJ's stated reason: "Journal not adhering to Best practice" (2024-09-06). Withdrawal is not a predatory verdict, but it is a material editorial signal; it remains indexed in Web of Science, Scopus. Verify the journal's current status on DOAJ and its official site before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Food Science and Nutrition?

Food Science and Nutrition 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 3.24.

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

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

What is the aims and scope of Food Science and Nutrition?