Journal profile · Food Science & Technology
Flavour and Fragrance Journal
ISSN 0882-5734 · eISSN 1099-1026 · John Wiley and Sons Ltd · ENGLAND · Bimonthly · Founded 1985
Flavour and Fragrance Journal: CAS Zone 4 · Agricultural & Forestry Sciences (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.55; hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,950; median 133 days to acceptance (98 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: fairly easy; 89 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Flavour and Fragrance Journal is published by John Wiley and Sons Ltd and is in Zone 4 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity, Phytochemistry and Biological Activities and Natural product bioactivities and synthesis, together about 41.3% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Flavour and Fragrance Journal (FFJ) publishes original research articles, reviews and special reports on all aspects of flavour and fragrance. Its high scientific standards and international character is ensured by a strict refereeing system and an editorial team representing the multidisciplinary expertise of our field of research. Because analysis is the matter of many submissions and supports the data used in many other domains, a special attention is placed on the quality of analytical techniques. All natural or synthetic products eliciting or influencing a sensory stimulus related to gustation or olfaction are eligible for publication in the Journal. Eligible as well are the techniques related to their preparation, characterization and safety. This notably involves chemical and biotechnological synthesis methods as well as extraction for production, but also material science for formulation, analytical and sensory analysis, physical chemistry, modeling, microbiology, chemosensory perception and legislation. The overall aim is to produce a journal of the highest quality which provides a scientific forum for academia as well as for industry on all aspects of flavors, fragrances and related materials, and which is valued by readers and contributors alike.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Food Science & Technology
Editor-in-chief Renjie ChaiPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 5 in mainland China (about 28%); most named Mainland China 5, United States 2, France 2, Italy 2, Japan 1 (18 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Essential Oils and Antimicrobial ActivityAgricultural and Biological Sciences22.7%
- Phytochemistry and Biological ActivitiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences11.9%
- Natural product bioactivities and synthesisBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology6.7%
- Plant biochemistry and biosynthesisBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology6.5%
- Advanced Chemical Sensor TechnologiesEngineering6.2%
- Biochemical and biochemical processesBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4.8%
- Fermentation and Sensory AnalysisAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.7%
- Olfactory and Sensory Function StudiesNeuroscience4.7%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Chemistry, Applied | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Food Science & Technology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Chemistry, Applied | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Food Science & Technology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Chemistry, Applied | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Food Science & Technology | 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
EI CompendexWeb of SciencePubMedEmbaseCASCAB AbstractsCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: AGRICOLA
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
- 2.55LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.5Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 4Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.46LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.71LetPub ·
- h-index
- 62LetPub ·
- h-index
- 103OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,947OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.5OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 16.76%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 77LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 77Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 129,539Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 3,585 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 116 | 40 | 56 |
| 2025 | 89 | 29 | 103 |
| 2024 | 72 | 42 | 256 |
| 2023 | 59 | 25 | 392 |
| 2022 | 44 | 11 | 358 |
| 2021 | 49 | 9 | 505 |
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
133 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 81 days – 189 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 15 days (98 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 164 days
- Sample
- 98 articles with submission and acceptance dates (231 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)
- 18–36 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- Fairly easyLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 38%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 58 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 179 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 12 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous peer reviewPublisher website
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 3,950 / EUR 3,300 / GBP 2,590 | — | — |
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.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Article types accepted5, with length limits
- letterThe following types of papers are published in Flavour and Fragrance Journal: Reviews and Research Articles (please, note that mini-reviews and short communicat…Length not stated
- letter to the editorThe following types of papers are published in Flavour and Fragrance Journal: Reviews and Research Articles (please, note that mini-reviews and short communicat…main text ≤ 1,000 words
- research articleThe following types of papers are published in Flavour and Fragrance Journal: Reviews and Research Articles (please, note that mini-reviews and short communicat…main text ≤ 3,500 words
- reviewThe following types of papers are published in Flavour and Fragrance Journal: Reviews and Research Articles (please, note that mini-reviews and short communicat…main text ≤ 5,000 words
- short communicationThe following types of papers are published in Flavour and Fragrance Journal: Reviews and Research Articles (please, note that mini-reviews and short communicat…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Data availability, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Preprints
- Authorship Authorship
All listed authors should have contributed to the manuscript substantially and have agreed to the final submitted version. Review editorial standards and scroll down for a description of authorship criteria.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data Sharing and Data Availability
This journal encourages data sharing. Review Wiley’s Data Sharing policy where you will be able to see and select the data availability statement that is right for your submission.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Reproduction of Copyright Material
If excerpts from copyrighted works owned by third parties are included, credit must be shown in the contribution. It is your responsibility to also obtain written permission for reproduction from the copyright owners. For more information visit Wiley’s Copyright Terms & Conditions FAQ.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access
No submission fees Model summary
This journal does not charge submission fees.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review 1. Submission and Peer Review Process
Single-blind peer review model Model summary
Once the submission materials have been prepared in accordance with the Author Guidelines, manuscripts should be submitted online through the Research Exchange platform. Free Format SubmissionFlavour and Fragrance Journal now offers Free Format submission for a simplified and streamlined submission process. For help with submissions, please contact: ffj.eo@wiley.com This journal does not charge su…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints
Preprint server articles accepted Model summary
This journal accepts articles previously published on preprint servers.
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
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Country or region
- ENGLAND
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- Founded
- 1985
- ISSN
- 0882-5734
- Electronic ISSN
- 1099-1026
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Flavour and Fragrance Journal
What CAS zone is Flavour and Fragrance Journal in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Flavour and Fragrance Journal is in Zone 4 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Chemistry, Applied / Food Science & Technology. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Flavour and Fragrance Journal?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.55; CiteScore 4, h-index 103.
How long does peer review take at Flavour and Fragrance Journal?
Based on the dates recorded on 98 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 133 days (interquartile range 81–189 days); authors report an average review time of 18–36 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Fairly easy”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 38% (2025). 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 Flavour and Fragrance Journal based?
Of the 18 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 5 (about 28%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Mainland China (5), United States (2) and France (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Flavour and Fragrance Journal?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Flavour and Fragrance Journal is indexed in SCIE and Scopus. The journal's website also lists EI Compendex, Web of Science, PubMed, Embase, CAS, CAB Abstracts and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Flavour and Fragrance Journal open access, and what is the APC?
Flavour and Fragrance Journal is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,950.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .