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Cogent Food and Agriculture

Informa Healthcare · United Kingdom · Est. 2015

ISSN2331-1932eISSN2331-1932

SJR Q2✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 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

0.555

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.86

Total Worksi

2,122

Total Citationsi

29,140

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.80

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Agriculture, Multidisciplinary; Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous); Food Science.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2015

FrequencyContinuously Updated

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,122

Publisher OrgCogent OA

OA Since2014

Visit Journal Website

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

LOCKSSPorticoLibrary of CongressCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Informa Healthcare

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2331-1932 / 2331-1932

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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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?

LOCKSS, Portico, Library of Congress, 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

129

4.1k

2019

187

4.3k

2020

117

2021

1.1k

2022

297

3.1k

2023

384

2.5k

2024

375

903

2025

332

119

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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)Q2

Food ScienceQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Agriculture, Multidisciplinary

Scopus Categories

Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)Food Science

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Agricultural Innovations and PracticesFood composition and propertiesAgricultural risk and resilienceAgricultural pest management studiesAgronomic Practices and Intercropping SystemsPhytochemicals and Antioxidant ActivitiesClimate change impacts on agricultureGenetics and Plant BreedingSeed and Plant BiochemistryRangeland Management and Livestock Ecology

Frequently asked questions about Cogent Food and Agriculture

Is Cogent Food and Agriculture a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Cogent Food and Agriculture: 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 Cogent Food and Agriculture?

Cogent Food and Agriculture 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 2.80.

Is Cogent Food and Agriculture indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Cogent Food and Agriculture is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Cogent Food and Agriculture?