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Nature Food

Springer Nature · United Kingdom · Est. 1971

ISSN2662-1355eISSN2662-1355

SJR Q1✓ 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.

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

5.996

H-Indexi

115

SNIPi

5.084

Total Worksi

1,357

Total Citationsi

54,262

2yr Mean Citednessi

10.50

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Nature Food aims to provide researchers and policy-makers with a breadth of evidence and expert narratives on optimising and securing food systems for the future.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1971

FrequencyMonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,357

Publisher OrgNature Portfolio

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

7/11 · 64%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Springer Nature

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2662-1355 / 2662-1355

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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?

Yes

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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

627

2019

210

16k

2020

229

20k

2021

240

11k

2022

217

6.5k

2023

186

4.4k

2024

194

2025

136

163

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.

Agronomy and Crop ScienceQ1

Animal Science and ZoologyQ1

Food ScienceQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Food Science & Technology

Scopus Categories

Agronomy and Crop ScienceAnimal Science and ZoologyFood Science

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental ImpactFood Waste Reduction and SustainabilityClimate change impacts on agricultureNutritional Studies and DietEnvironmental Impact and SustainabilityAgriculture, Land Use, Rural DevelopmentChild Nutrition and Water AccessConsumer Attitudes and Food LabelingFood Security and Health in Diverse PopulationsAgricultural Innovations and Practices

Frequently asked questions about Nature Food

Is Nature Food a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Nature Food: 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 Nature Food?

Nature Food 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 10.50.

Is Nature Food indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Nature Food is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Nature Food?