Journal rankings · indicator year 2018
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Subfield ranking · 2018
Food Science journal rankings 2018
146 ranked journals · Subfield in Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Food Science has 146 ranked journals in 2018. The median OJR rose 0.07 on 2017 to 0.67, below the world average of 1.00; Q1 starts at OJR 1.30. The top three are Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety, Trends in Food Science & Technology, and Microbial Ecology in Health and Disease.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2018. Journal access status and listed APC: source snapshot September 23, 2026.
Journals whose main subfield sits in this category and that published at least 30 citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) in 2015–2017, the window the 2018 score is computed on.
The OpenJournalRank Indicator (OJR) is a free, publicly available metric of a journal’s field-normalized citation impact, computed from open OpenAlex citation data. It compares citations to a journal’s papers from the previous three years with the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so 1.00 is the world average and values can be compared across fields. It is computed with the NCI3 method.
The middle OJR among ranked journals in this category: half score higher, half lower. 1.00 is the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type.
The dot is this category, the solid tick is the median of all ranked journals and the dashed line is the world average.
Share of ranked journals in this category that are fully open access, so every paper is free to read. Hybrid journals, which sell subscriptions and open single papers for a fee, are not counted.
Median list price of the article processing charge, in US dollars, among ranked journals in this category that list a price above zero. Journals with a listed APC of $0 and journals with no known price are left out of this median. The At a glance table below gives a second median that includes the $0 prices.
Subfields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences (11)
146 ranked journals
Filters
Rank is the position by OJR within the list on screen; 1 is the highest. | OJR is field-normalized 3-year citation impact: 1.00 is the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so values compare across fields. The badge is the journal’s quartile in this list. | Citations per paper over a two-year window, counted from OpenAlex. It is not field-normalized, so compare it only between journals of the same field. ▲ or ▼ is the change from 2017. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2015–2017, the window the 2018 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2015–2017 papers that are free to read in any open-access form. The green OA tag next to a title marks a fully open-access journal. | List price of the article processing charge in US dollars. “$0 listed” means the listed price is zero; a dash means no price is listed. | The line is the journal’s OJR from 2009 to 2018. | Compare |
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1Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food SafetyWiley · United States | 5.55Q1 | 9.93 0.16 up from 2017 | 178 | 29% | $5,000 | ||
2Trends in Food Science & TechnologyElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 5.20Q1 | 9.50 0.89 up from 2017 | 553 | 24% | $5,440 | ||
3Microbial Ecology in Health and DiseaseTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 4.77Q1 | 4.77 6.08 down from 2017 | 61 | 100% | $1,725 | ||
4Food HydrocolloidsElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 3.02Q1 | 6.35 0.97 up from 2017 | 1,377 | 24% | $4,990 | ||
5Food Quality and PreferenceElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.90Q1 | 4.71 0.52 up from 2017 | 560 | 45% | $4,420 | ||
6NFS JournalOAElsevier BV · Germany | 2.87Q1 | 5.62 1.74 up from 2017 | 30 | 100% | $2,800 | ||
7Food Engineering ReviewsSpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 2.78Q1 | 3.85 1.91 down from 2017 | 61 | 18% | $3,090 | ||
8Food ChemistryElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.64Q1 | 5.69 0.29 up from 2017 | 5,186 | 22% | $4,930 | ||
9Food MicrobiologyElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.63Q1 | 4.39 0.04 up from 2017 | 599 | 39% | $4,210 | ||
10Innovative Food Science & Emerging TechnologiesElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.59Q1 | 4.78 0.66 up from 2017 | 643 | 33% | $4,470 | ||
11Food Research InternationalElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.45Q1 | 4.38 0.16 up from 2017 | 1,672 | 32% | $4,320 | ||
12Critical Reviews in Food Science and NutritionTaylor & Francis · United States | 2.42Q1 | 4.92 0.20 up from 2017 | 708 | 19% | — | ||
13International Journal of Food MicrobiologyElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.33Q1 | 4.37 0.43 up from 2017 | 1,066 | 30% | $4,090 | ||
14Journal of Food EngineeringElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.31Q1 | 4.33 0.56 up from 2017 | 1,093 | 32% | $4,350 | ||
15Food ControlElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.28Q1 | 4.38 0.42 up from 2017 | 1,690 | 30% | $4,340 | ||
16LWTOAElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.26Q1 | 4.28 0.42 up from 2017 | 2,370 | 20% | $3,240 | ||
17Food BioscienceElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.08Q1 | 3.61 0.15 down from 2017 | 170 | 8% | $3,380 | ||
18FoodsOAMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute · Switzerland | 2.06Q1 | 4.26 1.72 up from 2017 | 248 | 100% | $3,499 | ||
19Food StructureElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.05Q1 | 2.67 0.11 down from 2017 | 61 | 48% | $3,570 | ||
20Food Reviews InternationalTaylor & Francis · United States | 2.05Q1 | 3.83 0.69 up from 2017 | 96 | 21% | — | ||
21Food and Bioproducts ProcessingElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.92Q1 | 3.96 0.59 up from 2017 | 360 | 30% | $3,970 | ||
22Food and Bioprocess TechnologySpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 1.88Q1 | 3.30 0.13 down from 2017 | 577 | 26% | $2,690 | ||
23British Food JournalEmerald Publishing Limited · United Kingdom | 1.80Q1 | 2.53 0.49 up from 2017 | 593 | 18% | — | ||
24EFSA JournalOAWiley · Italy | 1.70Q1 | 2.71 0.19 down from 2017 | 1,048 | 100% | $2,400 | ||
25Journal of Ethnic FoodsOABioMed Central · South Korea | 1.65Q1 | 2.08 0.91 down from 2017 | 118 | 100% | $0 listed | ||
26International Journal of MicrobiologyOAHindawi Publishing Corporation · United Kingdom | 1.59Q1 | 3.03 0.34 down from 2017 | 106 | 100% | $1,000 | ||
27International Dairy JournalElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.59Q1 | 2.90 0.15 up from 2017 | 431 | 29% | $3,290 | ||
28Dairy Science and TechnologyEDP Sciences · France | 1.58Q1 | 2.37 0.24 down from 2017 | 98 | — | — | ||
29Plant Foods for Human NutritionSpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 1.46Q1 | 3.39 0.28 up from 2017 | 191 | 36% | $3,990 | ||
30Microbial Risk AnalysisElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.43Q1 | 2.14 0.18 down from 2017 | 43 | 61% | $3,790 | ||
31Food Culture & SocietyRoutledge · United Kingdom | 1.43Q1 | 1.49 0.49 up from 2017 | 124 | 23% | — | ||
32International Journal of Gastronomy and Food ScienceElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.40Q1 | 2.16 0.27 down from 2017 | 55 | 21% | $3,580 | ||
33Food BiophysicsSpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 1.38Q1 | 2.38 0.17 up from 2017 | 126 | 20% | $2,590 | ||
34Foodborne Pathogens and DiseaseMary Ann Liebert, Inc. · United States | 1.35Q1 | 2.36 0.35 down from 2017 | 332 | 18% | — | ||
35Journal of Sensory StudiesWiley · United Kingdom | 1.31Q1 | 1.78 0.31 up from 2017 | 196 | 24% | $4,030 | ||
36Journal of Food ScienceWiley · United Kingdom | 1.31Q1 | 2.31 0.05 up from 2017 | 1,212 | 14% | $4,550 | ||
37International Journal of Food ScienceOAHindawi Publishing Corporation · United Kingdom | 1.30Q1 | 1.61 0.61 down from 2017 | 67 | 100% | $860 | ||
38Journal of the Science of Food and AgricultureWiley · United Kingdom | 1.29Q2 | 2.40 0.21 up from 2017 | 1,684 | 21% | $4,620 | ||
39Food Science & NutritionWiley · United States | 1.27Q2 | 2.01 0.33 up from 2017 | 341 | 97% | $3,630 | ||
40Journal of Food Science and TechnologySpringer Science+Business Media · India | 1.21Q2 | 2.12 0.17 down from 2017 | 1,300 | 100% | $4,090 | ||
41BeveragesOAMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute · Switzerland | 1.20Q2 | 2.12 0.22 up from 2017 | 124 | 100% | $1,930 | ||
42FermentationOAMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute · Switzerland | 1.20Q2 | 3.38 0.79 up from 2017 | 96 | 100% | $2,534 | ||
43Probiotics and Antimicrobial ProteinsSpringer Science+Business Media · United States | 1.19Q2 | 2.61 0.24 down from 2017 | 184 | 10% | $4,090 | ||
44Food Science and TechnologySociedade Brasileira de Ciência e Tecnologia de Alimentos · Brazil | 1.13Q2 | 1.72 0.13 down from 2017 | 412 | 100% | $750 | ||
45Gastronomy and TourismUnited States | 1.10Q2 | 1.25 0.10 up from 2017 | 32 | 6% | — | ||
46European Food Research and TechnologySpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 1.10Q2 | 2.06 0.02 up from 2017 | 632 | 32% | $2,590 | ||
47Polish Journal of Food and Nutrition SciencesOADe Gruyter Open · Poland | 1.09Q2 | 1.79 0.11 down from 2017 | 122 | 100% | $485 | ||
48International Journal of Food Science & TechnologyOAWiley · United Kingdom | 1.04Q2 | 2.39 0.16 up from 2017 | 975 | 17% | $2,638 | ||
49Drying TechnologyTaylor & Francis · United States | 1.02Q2 | 2.24 0.04 down from 2017 | 604 | 17% | — | ||
50Journal of Food ProtectionOAElsevier BV · United States | 1.02Q2 | 1.78 0.02 up from 2017 | 898 | 100% | $2,300 |
Subfields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with Food Science highlighted.
- Plant Science571
- Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics148
- Food Science146
- Animal Science and Zoology59
- Insect Science54
- Aquatic Science44
- Agronomy and Crop Science39
- Soil Science39
- General Agricultural and Biological Sciences32
- Forestry1
- Horticulture0
Journals
Citations made in 2018. Corpus-wide, 81.5% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
33 additional Food Science journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2015–2017, at least 80% of them with a subfield, and a positive world-average expectation. Ranks are within the whole category; filters hide rows without re-ranking. OJR excludes self-citations.
At a glance
Indicator year: 2018. Publication window: 2015–2017. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 146
- Window papers (baseline)
- 92,833 +5.1% from indicator year 2015
- Median OJR
- 0.67 -1.2% from indicator year 2015
- Rising journals (2025)
- 23
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2015–2017 in all journals of the world-average baseline, including non-core journals, counted by each paper’s own subfield. They are not the papers of the ranked journals alone.
| Measure | Year series | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ranked journals | 57 | 62 | 63 | 65 | 68 | 71 | 74 | 78 | 79 | 82 | 90 | 90 | 98 | 106 | 114 | 122 | 132 | 142 | 146 | 146 | 139 | 138 | 135 | 141 | 143 | 143 | |
| Window papers (baseline) | 23,802 | 27,613 | 29,648 | 32,605 | 33,868 | 37,418 | 41,005 | 45,025 | 49,224 | 53,915 | 60,495 | 67,616 | 73,777 | 78,992 | 83,751 | 88,320 | 90,740 | 91,510 | 92,833 | 96,087 | 102,584 | 111,656 | 119,977 | 124,739 | 127,440 | 133,186 | |
| Median OJR | 0.53 | 0.55 | 0.54 | 0.580 | 0.52 | 0.56 | 0.620 | 0.583 | 0.64 | 0.725 | 0.616 | 0.743 | 0.76 | 0.71 | 0.738 | 0.68 | 0.65 | 0.60 | 0.67 | 0.717 | 0.736 | 0.84 | 0.85 | 0.81 | 0.79 | 0.90 |
How to read these rankings
- OJR, the OpenJournalRank Indicator
- A field-normalized 3-year citation impact, computed from OpenAlex with the NCI3 method. It divides the citations a journal’s papers received by the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so 1.00 is the world average and 2.00 means twice as many citations as expected. Because it is normalized, it can be compared across fields. Read the methodology
- Quartiles
- Q1 to Q4 split the ranked journals of the list you are viewing into four equal groups by OJR. A journal’s quartile depends on the list: the same journal can be Q1 in its subfield and Q2 among all journals.
- Impact factor (2-year)
- Citations per paper over a two-year window, counted from OpenAlex. It is easy to compare with familiar impact factors but is not field-normalized, so compare it only within a field. It is not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. Why it differs from the Journal Impact Factor
- Rank ranges
- Each rank in the latest year carries a likely range from 1,000 resamples of the journal’s papers. Where two journals’ ranges overlap, the data cannot tell them apart, so treat neighbouring ranks as ties.