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International Food Research Journal

Universiti Putra Malaysia · Malaysia · Est. 2007

ISSN2231-7546

SJR Q3✓ 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.

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📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.299

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.321

Total Worksi

2,175

Total Citationsi

33,459

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.02

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Food Science & Technology; Food Science.

General Information

Country / RegionMalaysia

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2007

Annual Volume~ 116 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications2,175

Publisher OrgUniversity of Putra Malaysia

Region🌍 Global South

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

5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Universiti Putra Malaysia

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

2231-7546

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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

765

2018

307

2019

148

2020

137

708

2021

144

4.2k

2022

140

563

2023

139

244

2024

2025

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 ScienceQ3

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 QualityProtein Hydrolysis and Bioactive PeptidesMicrobial Metabolites in Food BiotechnologyEssential Oils and Antimicrobial ActivityFood Science and Nutritional StudiesProbiotics and Fermented FoodsProteins in Food SystemsPostharvest Quality and Shelf Life Management

Frequently asked questions about International Food Research Journal

Is International Food Research Journal a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for International Food Research Journal: 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 International Food Research Journal?

International Food Research Journal 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 1.02.

Is International Food Research Journal indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

International Food Research Journal is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of International Food Research Journal?