Foods

Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) · Switzerland · Est. 1970

ISSN2304-8158eISSN2304-8158

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.061

H-Indexi

172

SNIPi

1.27

Total Worksi

24,842

Total Citationsi

472,428

2yr Mean Citednessi

5.16

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Food Science & Technology; Food Science; Health Professions (miscellaneous); Health (social science); Plant Science; Microbiology.

General Information

Country / RegionSwitzerland

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1970

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications24,842

Publisher OrgMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

OA Since2011

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

CLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2304-8158 / 2304-8158

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

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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?

CLOCKSS

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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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

716

37k

2019

88k

2020

3.2k

109k

2021

4.2k

111k

2022

4.5k

85k

2023

4.1k

50k

2024

4.4k

26k

2025

2.9k

1.8k

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

Health Professions (miscellaneous)Q1

Health (social science)Q1

Plant ScienceQ1

MicrobiologyQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Food Science & Technology

Scopus Categories

Health Professions (miscellaneous)Plant ScienceFood ScienceMicrobiologyHealth (social science)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Meat and Animal Product QualityPhytochemicals and Antioxidant ActivitiesFood composition and propertiesProteins in Food SystemsProtein Hydrolysis and Bioactive PeptidesFermentation and Sensory AnalysisProbiotics and Fermented FoodsMicrobial Metabolites in Food BiotechnologyEssential Oils and Antimicrobial ActivityAdvanced Chemical Sensor Technologies

Frequently asked questions about Foods

Is Foods a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Foods: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, 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 Foods?

Foods 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 5.16.

Is Foods indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Foods is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Foods?