Journal profile · Toxicology
Food and Agricultural Immunology
ISSN 0954-0105 · eISSN 1465-3443 · Taylor and Francis Ltd. · ENGLAND · Quarterly · Founded 1989
Food and Agricultural Immunology: CAS Zone 4 · Agricultural & Forestry Sciences (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 3.71; JCR Q2 (journal website); fully open access; APC about USD 2,990; median 113 days to acceptance (41 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: easy; 24 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Food and Agricultural Immunology is published by Taylor and Francis 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 Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Research, Biosensors and Analytical Detection and Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques, together about 25.6% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Food and Agricultural Immunology is an international open-access, peer-reviewed journal publishing original articles and reviews related to the understanding of the relationship between nutrition, immune function, and overall health. The fields of Nutrition and Immunology are becoming intertwined with the impact of foods, dietary ingredients (and regional diets), and farming methods on human health becoming a key focus. Food and Agricultural Immunology ’s aim is to present impactful and interesting research at the interface between these areas and increase knowledge in nutritional science and immunology relevant to human health. Food and Agricultural Immunology welcomes manuscripts addressing the interactions of nutrition with endocrinology, immunology, physiology, and agriculture relevant to health, behavior, and wellbeing. Manuscripts reporting studies on the following topics are also within the scope of Food and Agricultural Immunology : nutritional epidemiology nutritional requirements nutritional intervention studies metabolic studies body composition energetics appetite metabolic syndrome obesity and obesity-related comorbidities The journal accepts original research and review articles. All articles received by the journal are subject to a single-anonymized peer review. Read the Instructions for Authors for information on how to submit your article.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Toxicology
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 1, France 1, Italy 1 (3 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis ResearchMedicine10.8%
- Biosensors and Analytical DetectionEngineering7.7%
- Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniquesBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology7.1%
- Allergic Rhinitis and SensitizationMedicine6%
- Mycotoxins in Agriculture and FoodAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.9%
- Pharmacological Effects and AssaysAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.4%
- Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies ResearchMedicine5.3%
- Pesticide Residue Analysis and SafetyAgricultural and Biological Sciences5%
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 4 |
| Minor | Food Science & Technology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Immunology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Toxicology | 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 |
| Minor | Immunology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Toxicology | 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 3 |
| Minor | Immunology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Toxicology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- JCR Q2 · best quartile · 2025
- CiteScore Q1 · 2025
Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website
Database indexing
SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
CASCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: EBSCO, Analytical Abstracts, BIOSIS, CAB International, Centre National De La Recherche Scientifique (INIST), Essential Biosafety: AGBIOS, Food Science and Technology Abstracts, International Food Safety News, Research Alert, Research Trends in Food Safety, Research Trends in Food Science & Technology, SciSearch
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
- 3.71LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 3.7Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.5Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 5.3LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 5.3Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.48LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.48Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.52LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 0.52Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 30LetPub ·
- h-index
- 53OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 824OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 6.59OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 16.2%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 21LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 297,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,548 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 9 | 9 | 5 |
| 2025 | 24 | 24 | 146 |
| 2024 | 23 | 23 | 218 |
| 2023 | 40 | 40 | 305 |
| 2022 | 54 | 54 | 407 |
| 2021 | 54 | 54 | 632 |
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
113 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 64 days – 305 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 15 days (41 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 129 days
- Sample
- 41 articles with submission and acceptance dates (43 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 3 monthsLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 27%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 15 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 33 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 14 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 | AUD 4,165 / EUR 2,875 / GBP 2,392 / USD 2,990 | Yes | CC BY, CC BY-NC | |
| OpenAlex | GBP 1,880 | — | — | |
| LetPub | EUR 2,875 / USD 2,990 / GBP 2,392 | No | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
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 accepted2
- original researchThe journal accepts original research and review articles.Length not stated
- reviewThe journal accepts original research and review articles.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access Open access
Open access journal Model summary
Food and Agricultural Immunology is an open access journal and only publishes open access articles. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research. Why choose open access? Increase the discoverability and readership of your article Make an impact and reach new readers, not j…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Single-anonymized peer review Model summary
All articles received by the journal are subject to a single-anonymized peer review.
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
- Taylor and Francis Ltd.
- Country or region
- ENGLAND
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Founded
- 1989
- ISSN
- 0954-0105
- Electronic ISSN
- 1465-3443
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 37, Issue 1 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗DOAJ
- Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗DOAJ
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Food and Agricultural Immunology
What CAS zone is Food and Agricultural Immunology in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Food and Agricultural Immunology is in Zone 4 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Chemistry, Applied / Food Science & Technology / Immunology / Toxicology. 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 and Agricultural Immunology?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 3.71; CiteScore 5.3, h-index 53.
How long does peer review take at Food and Agricultural Immunology?
Based on the dates recorded on 41 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 113 days (interquartile range 64–305 days); authors report an average review time of about 3 months; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 27%. 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 JCR quartile is Food and Agricultural Immunology in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q2 (best quartile). JCR quartiles are Clarivate's to confirm and a different system from the CAS zones; in the CAS ranking the journal is in Zone 4 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences.
Where are the editorial board members of Food and Agricultural Immunology based?
Of the 3 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (1), France (1) and Italy (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Food and Agricultural Immunology?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Food and Agricultural Immunology is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists CAS and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Food and Agricultural Immunology open access, and what is the APC?
Food and Agricultural Immunology is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 2,990.
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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .