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Food Studies

Common Ground Research Networks · United States · Est. 2012

ISSN2160-1933

SJR Q2✓ Scopus / SJR

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.163

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.14

Total Worksi

291

Total Citationsi

429

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.53

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Food Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal explores new possibilities for sustainable food production and human nutrition. This interdisciplinary forum integrates agricultural, environmental, nutritional, health, social, economic, and cultural perspectives, offering a platform for broad theoretical and global policy explorations as well as detailed examinations of specific human physiological, nutritional, and socio-cultural dynamics. The journal welcomes rigorous scholarship on how innovative forms of responsible agriculture, culturally informed practices, and institutional mechanisms address these challenges, contributing to the advancement of a sustainable and equitable food system.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2012

FrequencyBiannual

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications291

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Submission Info

Peer Reviewtwo-way blind peer-reviewed

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

7/11 · 64%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Common Ground Research Networks

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2160-1933

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

two-way blind peer-reviewed

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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

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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.

Cultural StudiesQ2

Environmental Science (miscellaneous)Q4

Food ScienceQ4

Nutrition and DieteticsQ4

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthQ4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Environmental Science (miscellaneous)Cultural StudiesNutrition and DieteticsFood SciencePublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Culinary Culture and TourismFood Security and Health in Diverse PopulationsOrganic Food and AgricultureFood Safety and HygieneUrban Agriculture and SustainabilityAfrican Botany and Ecology StudiesSeed and Plant BiochemistryGlobal trade, sustainability, and social impactAgriculture, Land Use, Rural DevelopmentDiverse Educational Innovations Studies

Frequently asked questions about Food Studies

Is Food Studies a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Food Studies: it is indexed in 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 Studies?

Food Studies is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.163.

Is Food Studies indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Food Studies is indexed in Scopus.