Journal profile · Food Science & Technology
Food Analytical Methods
ISSN 1936-9751 · eISSN 1936-976X · Springer US · UNITED STATES · Quarterly · Founded 2008
Food Analytical Methods: CAS Zone 3 · Agricultural & Forestry Sciences (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 3.04; hybrid open access; APC about USD 2,490; median 94 days to acceptance (128 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: easy; 227 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Food Analytical Methods is published by Springer US 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 Analytical chemistry methods development, Spectroscopy and Chemometric Analyses and Advanced Chemical Sensor Technologies, together about 28.2% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Food Analytical Methods publishes original articles, review articles, and notes on novel and/or state-of-the-art analytical methods or issues to be solved, as well as significant improvements or interesting applications to existing methods for food and beverages. These include analytical technology and methodology for food microbial contaminants, food chemistry and toxicology, food quality, food authenticity and food traceability. The broad scope of the journal aims to incorporate all analytical aspects of Food and Beverages, such as animal feed, tea and other infusions. The journal covers fundamental and specific aspects of the development, optimization, and practical implementation in routine laboratories, and validation of food analytical methods for the monitoring of food safety and quality.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Food Science & Technology
Editorial board by country: 4 in mainland China (about 10%); most named Spain 9, United States 5, Mainland China 4, Italy 4, Brazil 3 (39 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Analytical chemistry methods developmentChemistry9.9%
- Spectroscopy and Chemometric AnalysesChemistry9.5%
- Advanced Chemical Sensor TechnologiesEngineering8.9%
- Pesticide Residue Analysis and SafetyAgricultural and Biological Sciences7.8%
- Analytical Chemistry and ChromatographyChemistry6.1%
- Phytochemicals and Antioxidant ActivitiesMedicine5.9%
- Identification and Quantification in FoodBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4.5%
- Meat and Animal Product QualityAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.5%
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 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Food Science & Technology | Zone 3 |
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 | Food Science & Technology | Zone 3 |
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 CompendexINSPECCAB AbstractsCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, EBSCO, ProQuest, Dimensions, CNKI, Baidu, AGRICOLA, Naver, OCLC, Portico, CLOCKSS, Semantic Scholar
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
- 3.04LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 3Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 3.2Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 6.9LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.53LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.83LetPub ·
- h-index
- 35LetPub ·
- h-index
- 84OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 2,679OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.59OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 16.67%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 223LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 619,300Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 4,270 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 317 | 76 | 147 |
| 2025 | 227 | 50 | 656 |
| 2024 | 172 | 35 | 1,048 |
| 2023 | 126 | 27 | 1,184 |
| 2022 | 263 | 45 | 3,926 |
| 2021 | 258 | 45 | 4,342 |
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
94 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 71 days – 121 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 11 days (128 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 104 days
- Sample
- 128 articles with submission and acceptance dates (590 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)
- 9–24 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Submission to first decision
- 12 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Double 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 2,490 / EUR 3,890 | — | — |
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)
Open calls for papers1, by deadline
Publisher websiteWhat to prepare5 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- 150–250 words
- Keywords
- ≥ 4
- Reference style
- Author–date
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
- Not considered
- supplementary materials; citations in Conclusions section; complete sentence as title; sections required by other journals
Article types accepted3
- brief communicationOriginal research, Reviews, and Brief communications. Please note that a single blind review is used for this journal. Back to topLength not stated
- original researchOriginal research, Reviews, and Brief communications. Please note that a single blind review is used for this journal. Back to topLength not stated
- reviewOriginal research, Reviews, and Brief communications. Please note that a single blind review is used for this journal. Back to topLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, Publication ethics, Open access, Trial registration / reporting guidelines
- AI use Generative AI Images
Please check Springer’s policy on generative AI images and make sure your work adheres to the principles described therein. Back to top
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Authorship Authorship principles
These guidelines describe authorship principles and good authorship practices to which prospective authors should adhere to. Authorship clarified The Journal and Publisher assume all authors agreed with the content and that all gave explicit consent to submit and that they obtained consent from the responsible authorities at the institute/organization where the work has been carried out, before th…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Disclosures and declarations
All authors are requested to include information regarding sources of funding, financial or non-financial interests, study-specific approval by the appropriate ethics committee for research involving humans and/or animals, informed consent if the research involved human participants, and a statement on welfare of animals if the research involved animals (as appropriate). The decision whether such …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data availability statements
All original research must include a data availability statement. This statement should explain how to access data supporting the results and analysis in the article, including links/citations to publicly archived datasets analysed or generated during the study. Please see our full policy here. If it is not possible to share research data publicly, for instance when individual privacy could be com…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Compliance with Ethical Standards
To ensure objectivity and transparency in research and to ensure that accepted principles of ethical and professional conduct have been followed, authors should include information regarding sources of funding, potential conflicts of interest (financial or non-financial), informed consent if the research involved human participants, and a statement on welfare of animals if the research involved an…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access publishing
To find out more about publishing your work Open Access in Food Analytical Methods, including information on fees, funding and licences, visit our Open access publishing page. Back to top
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Trial registration / reporting guidelines Clinical Trial Registration
The World Health Organization (WHO) definition of a clinical trial is "any research study that prospectively assigns human participants or groups of humans to one or more health-related interventions to evaluate the effects on health outcomes". The WHO defines health interventions as “A health intervention is an act performed for, with or on behalf of a person or population whose purpose is to ass…
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
- Springer US
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Founded
- 2008
- ISSN
- 1936-9751
- Electronic ISSN
- 1936-976X
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Food Analytical Methods
What CAS zone is Food Analytical Methods in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Food Analytical Methods 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 3 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Food Analytical Methods?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 3.04; CiteScore 6.9, h-index 84.
How long does peer review take at Food Analytical Methods?
Based on the dates recorded on 128 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 94 days (interquartile range 71–121 days); authors report an average review time of 9–24 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”. 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.
What are the manuscript requirements of Food Analytical Methods?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: 150–250 words; Keywords: ≥ 4; Reference style: Author–date; Suggested reviewers: Optional. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of Food Analytical Methods based?
Of the 39 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 4 (about 10%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Spain (9), United States (5) and Mainland China (4). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Food Analytical Methods?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Food Analytical Methods is indexed in SCIE and Scopus. The journal's website also lists EI Compendex, INSPEC, CAB Abstracts and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Food Analytical Methods open access, and what is the APC?
Food Analytical Methods is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 2,490.
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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .