Journal profile
Acta Universitatis Cibiniensis Series E Food Technology
ISSN 2344-150X · Sciendo · Poland
Acta Universitatis Cibiniensis Series E Food Technology: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 12 weeks (community reports); 22 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Acta Universitatis Cibiniensis Series E Food Technology is published by Sciendo. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities, Food composition and properties and Probiotics and Fermented Foods, together about 29.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Food Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Publishing House and Owner: Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu, RomaniaAims and ScopeACTA UNIVERSITATIS CIBINIENSIS, Series E : Food Technology (AUCFT) is an open access, peer-reviewed international scientific journal that publishes papers covering a wide range of topics in the following areas:Food technology, biotechnology and engineering;Food analysis and control;Quality assurance and food safety;Management of modern food processing;Food innovation and products design;Modelling, simulation and optimisation of food processes.The journal will publish:original research papers and short communications describing important new discoveries or further developments in the above-mentioned topics;reviews, mainly of new rapidly developing areas of food technology and related fields;special themed issues on relevant topics;short presentations of the doctoral thesis finished by PhD-students coordinated by professors from “Lucian Blaga” University of Sibiu, Romania in the fields of food technology, food engineering or biotechnology.Particularly welcome are papers showing how research results can be used in food technology and engineering and experimental or theoretical research work bringing new perspectives to established principles, highlighting unsolved problems or indicating directions for future research in the food area.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editor-in-chief Ovidiu TITAPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Romania 6, Portugal 1 (7 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Phytochemicals and Antioxidant ActivitiesMedicine10.6%
- Food composition and propertiesNursing9.7%
- Probiotics and Fermented FoodsAgricultural and Biological Sciences8.9%
- Meat and Animal Product QualityAgricultural and Biological Sciences7.5%
- Protein Hydrolysis and Bioactive PeptidesBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology7.3%
- Microbial Metabolites in Food BiotechnologyNursing6.6%
- Fermentation and Sensory AnalysisAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.4%
- Postharvest Quality and Shelf Life ManagementAgricultural and Biological Sciences3.5%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
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CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
DOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
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Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- h-index
- 17OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 41OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.71OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 301 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22 | 22 | 2 |
| 2024 | 19 | 19 | 27 |
| 2023 | 24 | 24 | 46 |
| 2022 | 24 | 24 | 63 |
| 2021 | 28 | 28 | 120 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with PubMed · to
Too few articlesOnly 3 articles from the last 24 months carry both submission and acceptance dates, too few for a median
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 12 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY-NC-ND | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Article types accepted3
- original researchOriginal ResearchLength not stated
- reviewReviewLength not stated
- short communicationShort CommunicationLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright
- License & copyright Copyright 2026 © Paradigm. All rights reserved.
Currency:EUR €USD $GBP £ Terms of servicePrivacy policyEthical policiesAccessibility
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Sciendo
- Country or region
- Poland
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2344-150X
- Print ISSN
- 2344-1496
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗DOAJ
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Acta Universitatis Cibiniensis Series E Food Technology
How long does peer review take at Acta Universitatis Cibiniensis Series E Food Technology?
Authors report an average review time of about 12 weeks. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Where are the editorial board members of Acta Universitatis Cibiniensis Series E Food Technology based?
Of the 7 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Romania (6) and Portugal (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Acta Universitatis Cibiniensis Series E Food Technology?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Acta Universitatis Cibiniensis Series E Food Technology is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Acta Universitatis Cibiniensis Series E Food Technology open access, and what is the APC?
Acta Universitatis Cibiniensis Series E Food Technology is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, Publisher website; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-25). Last updated: .