Journal profile · Food Science & Technology
Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety
ISSN 1541-4337 · Wiley-Blackwell · UNITED STATES · Quarterly · Founded 2002
Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety: CAS Zone 1 · Agricultural & Forestry Sciences (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal); impact factor 15.71; hybrid open access; APC about USD 5,000; median 128 days to acceptance (104 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: moderate; 299 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety is published by Wiley-Blackwell and is in Zone 1 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Proteins in Food Systems, Meat and Animal Product Quality and Food composition and properties, together about 22.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Food Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety (CRFSFS) is one of the peer-reviewed on-line journals of the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT). It has been published since 2002 (www.ift.org). Review papers provide in-depth coverage of a narrowly defined topic on any food science or food safety aspect, including nutrition, engineering, microbiology, sensory evaluation, physiology, genetics, economics, regulations, and history. A typical review embodies careful assessment of all pertinent studies (weaknesses, strengths, discrepancies in findings) so that insightful, integrative interpretations, summaries, and conclusions are presented. For either an unsolicited or an invited manuscript authors should submit to the Scientific Editor a suitable title, a brief outline, and a short statement describing the importance of the topic and how the presentation will advance food science and food technology
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): Food Science & Technology
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Proteins in Food SystemsAgricultural and Biological Sciences9.1%
- Meat and Animal Product QualityAgricultural and Biological Sciences7.2%
- Food composition and propertiesNursing6.5%
- Microbial Inactivation MethodsBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5.9%
- Protein Hydrolysis and Bioactive PeptidesBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5.7%
- Listeria monocytogenes in Food SafetyBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5.6%
- Phytochemicals and Antioxidant ActivitiesMedicine4.9%
- Nanocomposite Films for Food PackagingMaterials Science4.9%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Food Science & Technology | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: yes
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Food Science & Technology | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Food Science & Technology | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: yes
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
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
- 15.71LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 25.5LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 2.7LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 3.17LetPub ·
- h-index
- 82LetPub ·
- h-index
- 240OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,725OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 15.02OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 2.6%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 30.45%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 267LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,525 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 292 | 167 | 518 |
| 2025 | 299 | 152 | 4,597 |
| 2024 | 241 | 144 | 7,383 |
| 2023 | 192 | 113 | 8,486 |
| 2022 | 216 | 73 | 13,320 |
| 2021 | 207 | 69 | 19,007 |
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 Crossref · to
128 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 100 days – 168 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 26 days (104 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 160 days
- Sample
- 104 articles with submission and acceptance dates (627 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".
Other sources
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- ModerateLetPub ·
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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 5,000 / EUR 4,320 / GBP 3,860 | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Founded
- 2002
- ISSN
- 1541-4337
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety
What CAS zone is Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety is in Zone 1 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences, and in Zone 1 of the minor category Food Science & Technology; it is a Top journal. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 1 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 15.71; CiteScore 25.5, h-index 240.
How long does peer review take at Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety?
Based on the dates recorded on 104 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 128 days (interquartile range 100–168 days); the community-reported acceptance is “Moderate”. 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 Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety open access, and what is the APC?
Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 5,000.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex; 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: .