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Functional Foods in Health and Disease

Functional Food Center Inc. · United States · Est. 2011

ISSN2378-7007

SJR Q3✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

Limited verification

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ Scopus Q354

⚠ Withdrawn from DOAJ-15

Total39

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Removed from DOAJ (2019-10-10). DOAJ's stated reason: Journal not adhering to Best practice. A removal from the Directory of Open Access Journals is a quality/transparency signal — it can mean the journal became inactive or failed DOAJ's re-review criteria. This is not proof of predatory practice, but verify the journal's current status and policies before submitting. Check on DOAJ ↗

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

Publication speed: not measurable

publisher doesn’t disclose per-article submission dates — we never estimate

SJR Rank

Top 75% in field

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 ↗

SJR Scorei

0.326

H-Indexi

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

0.528

Total Worksi

749

Total Citationsi

7,169

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.93

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Food Science; Medicine (miscellaneous); Nutrition and Dietetics; Biochemistry.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary Language—

1st Year Published2011

Annual Volume~ 62 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications749

Publisher OrgFood Science Publisher

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

5/12 · 42%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Functional Food Center Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2378-7007

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Indexed in a trusted database?

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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APC fees clearly disclosed?

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?

N/A

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

436

2019

269

2020

449

2021

401

2022

242

2023

161

2024

2025

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

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q3

Nutrition and DieteticsQ3

BiochemistryQ4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

BiochemistryNutrition and DieteticsFood ScienceMedicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Phytochemicals and Antioxidant ActivitiesNatural Antidiabetic Agents StudiesProbiotics and Fermented FoodsNutrition, Genetics, and DiseaseProtein Hydrolysis and Bioactive PeptidesDiet and metabolism studiesAntioxidant Activity and Oxidative StressGut microbiota and healthFood composition and propertiesDiet, Metabolism, and Disease

Frequently asked questions about Functional Foods in Health and Disease

Is Functional Foods in Health and Disease a predatory journal?

Functional Foods in Health and Disease was withdrawn from the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) — DOAJ's stated reason: "Journal not adhering to Best practice" (2019-10-10). Withdrawal is not a predatory verdict, but it is a material editorial signal; it remains indexed in Scopus. Verify the journal's current status on DOAJ and its official site before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Functional Foods in Health and Disease?

Functional Foods in Health and Disease is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.326.

Is Functional Foods in Health and Disease indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Functional Foods in Health and Disease is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Functional Foods in Health and Disease?