Journal profile · food research
eFood
ISSN 2666-3066 · Wiley · China · Quarterly · Founded 2020
eFood: CAS Zone 3 · Agricultural & Forestry Sciences (2025 upgraded edition); fully open access; APC about USD 2,500; median 140 days to acceptance (91 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 83.3% (journal website); 97 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus; the journal's website says it has moved to a new publisher.
The journal's website says it has moved to a new publisher: As of July 2021 this journal has been transferred back to the journal owner and is no longer published by Atlantis Press. As a result, we are not accepting new submissions anymore. Published content will remain available on the Atlantis Press platform until further notice and will be migrated to SpringerLink in due course. Source ↗Publisher website ·
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
eFood is published by Wiley and is in Zone 3 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities, Protein Hydrolysis and Bioactive Peptides and Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies, together about 22.2% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The journal’s mission is to advance and disseminate knowledge of food science, and to promote and foster research into the chemistry, nutrition and safety of food worldwide, by supporting open dissemination and lively discourse about a wide range of the most important topics in global food and health.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): food research
Editor-in-chief Beiwei ZhuPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 34 in mainland China (about 40%); most named Mainland China 34, United States 7, South Korea 4, Italy 4, Spain 4 (84 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Phytochemicals and Antioxidant ActivitiesMedicine11.3%
- Protein Hydrolysis and Bioactive PeptidesBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5.5%
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5.5%
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering5.5%
- Educational Robotics and EngineeringComputer Science5.5%
- Probiotics and Fermented FoodsAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.1%
- Gut microbiota and healthBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4.9%
- Natural Antidiabetic Agents StudiesMedicine4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Food Science & Technology | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
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 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Google Scholar, CNKI, FSTA, Ulrichsweb, Wanfang DataPublisher website
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 7.5LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 74Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.92LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.14LetPub ·
- h-index
- 35OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 166OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 4.23OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 1.8%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 81LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 9,887Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 503 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 90 | 90 | 22 |
| 2025 | 97 | 97 | 329 |
| 2024 | 91 | 91 | 826 |
| 2023 | 74 | 74 | 1,139 |
| 2022 | 59 | 59 | 966 |
| 2021 | 39 | 39 | 668 |
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
140 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 88 days – 224 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 18 days (91 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 161 days
- Sample
- 91 articles with submission and acceptance dates (203 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 review time (community reports)
- about 2 weeksLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 83.3%Publisher website ·
- Submission to publication
- 100.8 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 20 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
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | EUR 2,400 / GBP 2,080 / USD 2,500 | Yes | CC BY | |
| OpenAlex | USD 2,500 / EUR 2,400 / GBP 2,080 | — | — | |
| LetPub | USD 2,500 / GBP 1,839 / EUR 2,168 | Yes | — | |
| Publisher website | No APC | — | — |
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 websiteOpen access
- Open access
Open access journal under CC BY-NC 4.0 license; all articles immediately and permanently free to read, download, copy & distribute. Model summary
eFood is an open access journal, i.e. all articles are immediately and permanently free to read, download, copy & distribute. The journal is published under the CC BY-NC 4.0 user license which defines the permitted 3rd-party reuse of its articles.
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
- Wiley
- Country or region
- China
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Founded
- 2020
- ISSN
- 2666-3066
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about eFood
What CAS zone is eFood in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, eFood is in Zone 3 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Food Science & Technology. 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.
How long does peer review take at eFood?
Based on the dates recorded on 91 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 140 days (interquartile range 88–224 days); authors report an average review time of about 2 weeks; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 83.3%. 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 eFood based?
Of the 84 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 34 (about 40%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Mainland China (34), United States (7) and South Korea (4). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index eFood?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, eFood is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is eFood open access, and what is the APC?
eFood is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 2,500.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex, DOAJ; 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: .