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Food Bioscience

Elsevier Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 2013

ISSN2212-4306

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.

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.119

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.207

Total Worksi

8,660

Total Citationsi

115,874

2yr Mean Citednessi

4.84

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Food Bioscience is a peer-reviewed journal that aims to provide a forum for recent developments in the field of bio-related food research. The journal focuses on both fundamental and applied research worldwide, with special attention to ethnic and cultural aspects of food bioresearch. It covers food science and technology.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2013

FrequencyBimonthly, 2018-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications8,660

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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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?

Elsevier Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2212-4306

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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

128

5.6k

2019

312

12k

2020

608

19k

2021

763

19k

2022

1.2k

24k

2023

2.2k

25k

2024

2.4k

10k

2025

1.6k

635

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.

BiochemistryQ1

Food ScienceQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Food Science & Technology

Scopus Categories

BiochemistryFood Science

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Probiotics and Fermented FoodsProtein Hydrolysis and Bioactive PeptidesPhytochemicals and Antioxidant ActivitiesProteins in Food SystemsMeat and Animal Product QualityFood composition and propertiesMicrobial Metabolites in Food BiotechnologyFermentation and Sensory AnalysisGut microbiota and healthNanocomposite Films for Food Packaging

Frequently asked questions about Food Bioscience

Is Food Bioscience a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Food Bioscience: 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 Bioscience?

Food Bioscience 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 4.84.

Is Food Bioscience indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Food Bioscience is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.