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Food Packaging and Shelf Life

Elsevier B.V. · Netherlands · Est. 2009

ISSN2214-2894eISSN2214-2894

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.746

H-Indexi

111

SNIPi

1.631

Total Worksi

1,786

Total Citationsi

66,082

2yr Mean Citednessi

9.02

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Food Packaging and Shelf Life publishes research on food packaging and shelf-life evaluation. It serves packaging scientists, material scientists, food chemists, and microbiologists. The journal covers food science & technology, agricultural and biological sciences, engineering, and materials science.

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General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2009

Annual Volume~ 222 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,786

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 B.V.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2214-2894 / 2214-2894

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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

164

9.7k

2019

164

10k

2020

189

7.8k

2021

215

11k

2022

206

6.4k

2023

195

4.2k

2024

264

2.4k

2025

142

150

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.

BiomaterialsQ1

Food ScienceQ1

Microbiology (medical)Q1

Polymers and PlasticsQ1

Safety, Risk, Reliability and QualityQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Food Science & Technology

Scopus Categories

Polymers and PlasticsBiomaterialsFood ScienceSafety, Risk, Reliability and QualityMicrobiology (medical)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Nanocomposite Films for Food PackagingPostharvest Quality and Shelf Life Managementbiodegradable polymer synthesis and propertiesMeat and Animal Product QualityMicroplastics and Plastic PollutionAdvanced Cellulose Research StudiesElectrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical ApplicationsPhytochemicals and Antioxidant ActivitiesAdvanced Chemical Sensor TechnologiesMicroencapsulation and Drying Processes

Frequently asked questions about Food Packaging and Shelf Life

Is Food Packaging and Shelf Life a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Food Packaging and Shelf Life: 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 Packaging and Shelf Life?

Food Packaging and Shelf Life 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 9.02.

Is Food Packaging and Shelf Life indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Food Packaging and Shelf Life is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.