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Food Safety and Risk

BioMed Central Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 2023

ISSN2731-9245

SJR Q2✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ Scopus Q266

✓ Corroboration (1 more)+6

Total72

Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

124

days submission → published

measured · last 20 articles · accept 82d

weeks to publish · journal-reported

Average · vs ~15 wk median

SJR Rank

Top 50% 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

0.683

H-Indexi

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

Total Worksi

Total Citationsi

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.94

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Food Science; Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis; Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2023

Annual Volume~ 8 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications39

OA Since2022

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

Review Time~13 weeks

Acceptance Rate—

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

PorticoCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/12 · 83%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

BioMed Central Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2731-9245

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus, DOAJ

✅

Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

❌

APC fees clearly disclosed?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

✅

Long-term digital preservation?

Portico, 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

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

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

2023

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 ScienceQ2

Health, Toxicology and MutagenesisQ2

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthQ2

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Food SciencePublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Food Safety and HygieneSalmonella and Campylobacter epidemiologyMycotoxins in Agriculture and FoodIdentification and Quantification in FoodPharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental ImpactsListeria monocytogenes in Food SafetyHeavy metals in environmentAntimicrobial Resistance in StaphylococcusWheat and Barley Genetics and PathologyPesticide Residue Analysis and Safety

Frequently asked questions about Food Safety and Risk

Is Food Safety and Risk a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Food Safety and Risk: it is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 72/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Food Safety and Risk?

Food Safety and Risk is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.683.

Is Food Safety and Risk indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Food Safety and Risk is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Food Safety and Risk?