Journal profile · Immunology and Microbiology-Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
Bioscience of Microbiota Food and Health
ISSN 2186-3342 · BMFH Press · Japan
Bioscience of Microbiota Food and Health: CAS Zone 4 · Biology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.07; fully open access; median 133 days to acceptance (46 articles, last 24 months); 30 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Bioscience of Microbiota Food and Health is published by BMFH Press and is in Zone 4 of Biology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Gut microbiota and health, Probiotics and Fermented Foods and Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research, together about 53.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Nutrition and Dietetics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
BMFH is a multidisciplinary journal aimed at providing insight into the study of intestinal microbiota, development of probiotics/prebiotics/biogenics, bioscience of lactic acid bacteria, and food immunology and food function. The journal publishes reports of significant results as high quality full papers and notes dealing with advanced research in these fields. Letters to the editor can be submitted to the journal. BMFH also features review articles targeted to broader audience.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Immunology and Microbiology-Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Gut microbiota and healthBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology27%
- Probiotics and Fermented FoodsAgricultural and Biological Sciences20.4%
- Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens researchMedicine6.3%
- Diet and metabolism studiesMedicine6.1%
- Gastrointestinal motility and disordersMedicine5.4%
- Microbial Metabolites in Food BiotechnologyNursing3.9%
- Infant Nutrition and HealthNursing2.7%
- Dermatology and Skin DiseasesMedicine2.5%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Biology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Biology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Microbiology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Nutrition & Dietetics | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Biology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Biology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Microbiology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Nutrition & Dietetics | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Microbiology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Nutrition & Dietetics | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
PubMedPublisher website
Other: Journal Citation Reports/Science Edition, Biological Abstracts, BIOSIS Previews
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor
- 2.07LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 2.1Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.56LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.64LetPub ·
- h-index
- 39OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 168OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.3OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 99.07%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 33LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 381 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 22 | 22 | 1 |
| 2025 | 30 | 30 | 29 |
| 2024 | 48 | 48 | 200 |
| 2023 | 32 | 32 | 225 |
| 2022 | 33 | 33 | 338 |
| 2021 | 20 | 20 | 251 |
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
133 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 99 days – 161 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 20 days (46 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 152 days
- Sample
- 46 articles with submission and acceptance dates (58 in the window); the latest was accepted on
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".
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
Fully open accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright, Open access
- License & copyright
Open-access articles display a Creative Commons (CC) license and can be reused under the terms of the license. Model summary
Open-access articles display a Creative Commons (CC) license and can be reused under the terms of the license.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Promotion of open access
Open access policy: free access to articles and specified conditions of reuse including modification or redistribution. Model summary
J-STAGE promotes open access, which (1) provides free access to articles and (2) specifies the conditions of reuse including modification or redistribution. Over 90% of articles on J-STAGE are free to read. Open-access articles display a Creative Commons (CC) license and can be reused under the terms of the license. CC license on an article page CC license on an article PDF For more information ab…
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
- BMFH Press
- Country or region
- Japan
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2186-3342
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Bioscience of Microbiota Food and Health
What CAS zone is Bioscience of Microbiota Food and Health in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Bioscience of Microbiota Food and Health is in Zone 4 of Biology, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Microbiology / Nutrition & Dietetics. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Biology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Bioscience of Microbiota Food and Health?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.07; CiteScore 4.1, h-index 39.
How long does peer review take at Bioscience of Microbiota Food and Health?
Based on the dates recorded on 46 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 133 days (interquartile range 99–161 days). 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.
Which databases index Bioscience of Microbiota Food and Health?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Bioscience of Microbiota Food and Health is indexed in SCIE and Scopus. The journal's website also lists PubMed; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Bioscience of Microbiota Food and Health open access, and what is the APC?
Bioscience of Microbiota Food and Health is a fully open-access journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .