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Food Chemistry: Molecular Sciences

Elsevier B.V. · Netherlands · Est. 1992

ISSN2666-5662eISSN2666-5662

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

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.952

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.485

Total Worksi

392

Total Citationsi

3,712

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.65

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Food Science & Technology; Food Science; Molecular Biology.

General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1992

Annual Volume~ 62 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications392

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

OA Since2019

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC-ND, CC BY-NC

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

PMCCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Elsevier B.V.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2666-5662 / 2666-5662

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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?

PMC, 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

2020

1.4k

2021

1.7k

2022

327

2023

314

2024

111

156

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 ScienceQ1

Molecular BiologyQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Food Science & Technology

Scopus Categories

Food ScienceMolecular Biology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Phytochemicals and Antioxidant ActivitiesMeat and Animal Product QualityPlant Gene Expression AnalysisPostharvest Quality and Shelf Life ManagementFermentation and Sensory AnalysisProtein Hydrolysis and Bioactive PeptidesIdentification and Quantification in FoodProbiotics and Fermented FoodsAntioxidant Activity and Oxidative StressHorticultural and Viticultural Research

Frequently asked questions about Food Chemistry: Molecular Sciences

Is Food Chemistry: Molecular Sciences a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Food Chemistry: Molecular Sciences: 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 Food Chemistry: Molecular Sciences?

Food Chemistry: Molecular Sciences 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 1.65.

Is Food Chemistry: Molecular Sciences indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Food Chemistry: Molecular Sciences is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Food Chemistry: Molecular Sciences?