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Journal of Food Quality and Hazards Control

Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences · Iran · Est. 2014

ISSN2345-6825
SJR Q3✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access
Journal Impact Factor
Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗
📊 Standing in its field
Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.
Q3
SJR · Scopus
Top 75% in field
Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ
SJR Scorei
0.283
H-Indexi
17
SNIPi
0.499
Total Worksi
323
Total Citationsi
1,606
2yr Mean Citednessi
0.76
Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Journal of Food Quality and Hazards Control ( J. Food Qual. Hazards Control ) is an international peer-reviewed quarterly journal that aims at publishing of high quality scientific articles involved in food quality, food hygiene, food safety, and food control which scientists from all over the world may submit their manuscript. The journal is an open access publication that allows readers to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of its articles and allow readers to use them for any other lawful purpose. This journal is an official journal of Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran.

General Information

Country / RegionIran
Primary LanguageEnglish
1st Year Published2014
Frequencyquarterly
StatusActive (last: 2025)
Total Publications323
Publisher OrgShahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences
Region🌍 Global South
OA Since2017
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Submission Info

Peer ReviewPeer review
OA LicenseCC BY
OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No
OASPA Member✗ No
Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes
Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

9/11 · 82%
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Do you know the journal / publisher?
Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences
✅
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
✅
Is the ISSN verified?
2345-6825
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Indexed in a trusted database?
Scopus, DOAJ
✅
Peer review process documented?
Peer review
❌
Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
✅
Not on predatory/blacklists?
✓ Clean
❌
Long-term digital preservation?
N/A
✅
Plagiarism detection in place?
Yes
✅
Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?
DOAJ verified
✅
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
32
178
2019
32
229
2020
24
66
2021
40
121
2022
32
177
2023
32
56
2024
34
13
2025
16
0
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 ScienceQ3

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Food Science

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Food Safety and HygieneProbiotics and Fermented FoodsIdentification and Quantification in FoodEssential Oils and Antimicrobial ActivityMeat and Animal Product QualityMycotoxins in Agriculture and FoodListeria monocytogenes in Food SafetyPhytochemicals and Antioxidant ActivitiesNutrition, Genetics, and DiseaseFood composition and properties

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Food Quality and Hazards Control

Is Journal of Food Quality and Hazards Control a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Food Quality and Hazards Control: it is indexed in 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 Journal of Food Quality and Hazards Control?

Journal of Food Quality and Hazards Control is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.283.

Is Journal of Food Quality and Hazards Control indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Food Quality and Hazards Control is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Food Quality and Hazards Control?

Journal of Food Quality and Hazards Control ( J. Food Qual. Hazards Control ) is an international peer-reviewed quarterly journal that aims at publishing of high quality scientific articles involved in food quality, food hygiene, food safety, and food control which scientists from all over the world may submit their manuscript. The journal is an open access publication that allows readers to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of its articles and allow readers to use them for any other lawful purpose. This journal is an official journal of Shahid Sadoughi

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Data updated: 2026-05-22 · Sources: SJR, DOAJ, OpenAlex, WoS, Crossref