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Food Science journal rankings 2025

143 ranked journals · Subfield in Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Food Science has 143 ranked journals in 2025. The median OJR rose 0.11 on 2024 to 0.90, below the world average of 1.00; Q1 starts at OJR 1.64. The two highest-scoring journals with stable ranks are Trends in Food Science & Technology and Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety: each is likely ranked within the top 3.

Ranks and citation indicators: 2025. Journal access status and listed APC: source snapshot September 23, 2026.

Ranked journals

Journals whose main subfield sits in this category and that published at least 30 citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) in 2022–2024, the window the 2025 score is computed on.

143
13% of Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Median OJR

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.

0.90+0.11 vs 2024
This subfieldAll 0.78World 1.00
Open-access journals

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.

49%
All fields: 38%
Median listed APC

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.

$3,205
Median positive listed APC: $3,205 among 82 journals. Another 2 list $0; 59 have no known price. All fields: $3,200.

Subfields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences (11)

143 ranked journals

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Food Science ranking, 2025

Rank is the position by OJR within the list on screen; 1 is the highest.

The small range under it is the likely rank range: in 95% of 1,000 resamples of the journal’s papers, it ranked inside that range. Journals whose ranges overlap are not clearly different.

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.

OJR

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 2024. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor.

Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2022–2024, the window the 2025 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked.

Share of the journal’s 2022–2024 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 2016 to 2025.

A label compares the 2022→2025 change with the median change of the journal’s field or domain. Rising needs a relative change of +10% or more that is at least 2 standard errors above zero; Falling needs -9.1% or less (rounded), at least 2 standard errors below zero. Sorting uses that relative change.

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Rank 1; likely between #1 and #2 of 143Trends in Food Science & TechnologyElsevier BV · United Kingdom
5.07Q119.06 2.36 up from 20241,03024%$5,440
Rank 2; likely between #1 and #2 of 143Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food SafetyWiley · United States
4.87Q116.74 1.69 up from 202457151%$5,000
Rank 3; likely between #3 and #7 of 143Food Engineering ReviewsSpringer Science+Business Media · United States
3.70Q115.10 5.61 up from 20248946%$3,090
Rank 4; likely between #3 and #5 of 143Food HydrocolloidsElsevier BV · United Kingdom
3.67Q113.97 1.57 up from 20243,20525%$4,990Rising vs field, 2022–25
Rank 5; likely between #4 and #14 of 143Sustainable Food TechnologyOARoyal Society of Chemistry
3.00Q110.29 3.67 up from 2024207100%—
Rank 6; likely between #4 and #15 of 143Journal of Future FoodsOAElsevier BV · China
2.98Q110.05 1.45 up from 2024170100%$0 listed
Rank 7; likely between #5 and #8 of 143Critical Reviews in Food Science and NutritionTaylor & Francis · United States
2.97Q110.99 1.37 up from 20241,37325%—Rising vs field, 2022–25
Rank 8; likely between #5 and #15 of 143Future FoodsOAElsevier BV · Netherlands
2.71Q17.55 1.88 down from 2024405100%$1,990
Rank 9; likely between #7 and #12 of 143Food Research InternationalElsevier BV · Netherlands
2.71Q19.19 0.57 up from 20244,16122%$4,320Rising vs field, 2022–25
Rank 10; likely between #7 and #12 of 143Food ChemistryElsevier BV · United Kingdom
2.69Q110.65 0.32 up from 20249,72516%$4,930Rising vs field, 2022–25
Rank 11; likely between #5 and #20 of 143Food Production Processing and NutritionOABioMed Central · United Kingdom
2.63Q17.84 0.63 up from 2024193100%$2,390
Rank 12; likely between #7 and #15 of 143Current Research in Food ScienceOAElsevier BV · Netherlands
2.60Q18.40 0.44 up from 2024775100%$3,170
Rank 13; likely between #10 and #16 of 143Food Chemistry XOAElsevier BV · Netherlands
2.51Q18.23 0.38 down from 20241,900100%$2,330
Rank 14; likely between #10 and #22 of 143Food Reviews InternationalTaylor & Francis · United States
2.36Q17.36 0.23 up from 202434413%—
Rank 15; likely between #12 and #20 of 143Food Quality and PreferenceElsevier BV · United Kingdom
2.33Q16.58 0.49 up from 202467661%$4,420
Rank 16; likely between #4 and #51 of 143Food PhysicsOAElsevier BV
2.28Q17.11 1.73 down from 202437100%$700
Rank 17; likely between #15 and #20 of 143LWTOAElsevier BV · United Kingdom
2.21Q17.29 0.21 up from 20244,203100%$3,240Rising vs field, 2022–25
Rank 18; likely between #15 and #22 of 143Innovative Food Science & Emerging TechnologiesElsevier BV · United Kingdom
2.20Q17.28 0.39 down from 202476728%$4,470
Rank 19; likely between #14 and #25 of 143Applied Food ResearchOAElsevier BV · Netherlands
2.16Q16.04 1.80 down from 2024625100%$2,050
Rank 20; likely between #15 and #24 of 143Food Chemistry AdvancesOAElsevier BV · United Kingdom
2.14Q16.93 0.61 up from 2024850100%$2,080
Rank 21; likely between #12 and #32 of 143Food StructureElsevier BV · Netherlands
2.13Q16.73 0.85 up from 202412137%$3,570
Rank 22; likely between #19 and #26 of 143Food ControlElsevier BV · United Kingdom
2.03Q17.30 0.13 up from 20241,96627%$4,340Rising vs field, 2022–25
Rank 23; likely between #18 and #29 of 143British Food JournalEmerald Publishing Limited · United Kingdom
2.01Q15.11 0.74 down from 202470223%—Rising vs field, 2022–25
Rank 24; likely between #22 and #28 of 143FoodsOAMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute · Switzerland
1.93Q16.45 0.60 up from 202412,676100%$3,499Rising vs field, 2022–25
Rank 25; likely between #11 and #55 of 143Sustainable Food ProteinsWiley
1.88Q15.80 2.00 up from 20243093%$2,900
Rank 26; likely between #23 and #32 of 143International Journal of Food MicrobiologyElsevier BV · Netherlands
1.86Q15.95 0.36 up from 202494332%$4,090Rising vs field, 2022–25
Rank 27; likely between #21 and #36 of 143International Journal of Food PropertiesOAMarcel Dekker · United States
1.84Q16.38 1.33 up from 2024503100%$2,306Rising vs field, 2022–25
Rank 28; likely between #18 and #39 of 143Measurement FoodOAElsevier BV · United Kingdom
1.84Q16.63 1.79 up from 2024162100%$1,810
Rank 29; likely between #25 and #34 of 143Journal of Food EngineeringElsevier BV · Netherlands
1.81Q16.04 0.19 down from 202495134%$4,350
Rank 30; likely between #26 and #33 of 143Food BioscienceElsevier BV · Netherlands
1.81Q16.35 0.08 down from 20244,16313%$3,380
Rank 31; likely between #24 and #34 of 143Food MicrobiologyElsevier BV · United Kingdom
1.80Q15.72 0.72 up from 202453435%$4,210
Rank 32; likely between #15 and #46 of 143Current Food Science and Technology ReportsSpringer Nature
1.74Q15.93 3.01 up from 2024467%$3,590
Rank 33; likely between #21 and #44 of 143Food Hydrocolloids for HealthOAElsevier BV · Netherlands
1.68Q15.71 0.20 down from 2024130100%$2,300
Rank 34; likely between #21 and #44 of 143Food Innovation and AdvancesOAPublisher not listed
1.68Q15.55 1.73 down from 202476100%—
Rank 35; likely between #29 and #38 of 143Food and Bioprocess TechnologySpringer Science+Business Media · United States
1.68Q15.89 0.39 down from 202496833%$2,690
Rank 36; likely between #26 and #42 of 143Discover FoodOASpringer Nature · Switzerland
1.64Q14.25 1.29 down from 2024252100%$1,590
Rank 37; likely between #31 and #40 of 143International Journal of Gastronomy and Food ScienceElsevier BV · Netherlands
1.62Q24.45 0.16 down from 202459833%$3,580
Rank 38; likely between #32 and #39 of 143Food Science & NutritionWiley · United States
1.62Q25.49 0.96 up from 20241,89299%$3,630Rising vs field, 2022–25
Rank 39; likely between #30 and #40 of 143Probiotics and Antimicrobial ProteinsSpringer Science+Business Media · United States
1.61Q25.49 0.54 up from 202455023%$4,090
Rank 40; likely between #36 and #55 of 143Journal of Ethnic FoodsOABioMed Central · South Korea
1.40Q24.15 0.19 up from 2024140100%$0 listed
Rank 41; likely between #36 and #56 of 143International Journal of Food ScienceOAHindawi Publishing Corporation · United Kingdom
1.38Q23.53 0.57 down from 2024267100%$860
Rank 42; likely between #39 and #52 of 143Food and HumanityElsevier BV
1.36Q24.18 1.29 up from 202449017%$2,990
Rank 43; likely between #35 and #61 of 143Annual Review of Food Science and TechnologyAnnual Reviews · United States
1.34Q214.00 2.79 up from 20246595%—
Rank 44; likely between #33 and #67 of 143NFS JournalOAElsevier BV · Germany
1.31Q24.10 0.01 up from 202480100%$2,800
Rank 45; likely between #40 and #54 of 143Food and Bioproducts ProcessingElsevier BV · United Kingdom
1.31Q25.11 1.16 up from 202442129%$3,970
Rank 46; likely between #41 and #52 of 143Journal of Food ScienceWiley · United Kingdom
1.31Q24.17 0.60 up from 20241,53554%$4,550
Rank 47; likely between #42 and #52 of 143Journal of the Science of Food and AgricultureWiley · United Kingdom
1.30Q24.22 0.44 up from 20242,28442%$4,620
Rank 48; likely between #42 and #55 of 143European Food Research and TechnologySpringer Science+Business Media · Germany
1.28Q24.63 0.75 up from 202469635%$2,590
Rank 49; likely between #40 and #58 of 143Journal of Food QualityOAHindawi Publishing Corporation · United States
1.28Q23.50 1.03 down from 2024561100%$2,570
Rank 50; likely between #40 and #61 of 143Journal of Texture StudiesWiley · United Kingdom
1.26Q23.47 0.69 up from 202419754%$3,920

The endpoints below each rank show its likely range. How rank ranges are calculated

Citations made in 2025. Corpus-wide, 84.3% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.

35 additional Food Science journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2022–2024, 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.

Rising journals

At a glance

Indicator year: 2025. Publication window: 2022–2024. How these summaries are calculated

Ranked journals
143
Window papers (baseline)
133,186 +11.0% from indicator year 2022
Median OJR
0.90 +5.5% from indicator year 2022
Rising journals (2025)
23

Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2022–2024 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.

Category by indicator year
MeasureYear series20002001200220032004200520062007200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Ranked journals57626365687174787982909098106114122132142146146139138135141143143
Window papers (baseline)23,80227,61329,64832,60533,86837,41841,00545,02549,22453,91560,49567,61673,77778,99283,75188,32090,74091,51092,83396,087102,584111,656119,977124,739127,440133,186
Median OJR0.530.550.540.5800.520.560.6200.5830.640.7250.6160.7430.760.710.7380.680.650.600.670.7170.7360.840.850.810.790.90

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.