Food and Bioproducts Processing

Food and Bioproducts Processing is published by Institution of Chemical Engineers and is in Zone 2 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Microencapsulation and Drying Processes, Food Drying and Modeling and Proteins in Food Systems, together about 25.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Food Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

FBP aims to be the principal international journal for publication of high quality, original papers in the branches of engineering and science dedicated to the safe processing of biological products. It is the only journal to exploit the synergy between biotechnology, bioprocessing and food engineering. Papers showing how research results can be used in engineering design, and accounts of experimental or theoretical research work bringing new perspectives to established principles, highlighting unsolved problems or indicating directions for future research, are particularly welcome. Contributions that deal with new developments in equipment or processes and that can be given quantitative expression are encouraged, including modelling and digitalisation studies. The Editorial Board is especially interested in papers that extend the boundaries of food and bioproducts processing using engineering principles.The journal publishes regular special issues focusing on specific topics. The core topic areas covered are:Biotechnology and Bioprocessing Biocatalysis and biotransformations Biocompatible materials and scaffolds Bioprocess modelling and optimization Bioreactor design and control Bioseparation Fermentation and bioreactor design Microbial physiology and metabolic engineering Product formulation Scale-up and preservation technologyBiorefining and Integrated Bioresource Engineering Process integration of biorefineries Feedstock fractionation and separation in relation to biorefinery integration Biorefineries and the Food-Energy-Water nexus Biorefinery value chain optimisation Integration of biorefinery concepts with food processing New functional food ingredients and non-food materials made feasible through the biorefinery context Biorefinery sustainability metrics Dynamic modelling and analysis of biorefinery systemsFood and Drink Process Engineering Engineering for food safety Environmental issues in food manufacture Minimal processing techniques Packaging Plant, process and product design Processing and microstructure interactions Unit operations, process modelling and optimization in food engineeringHygienic Manufacture and Product Safety Fouling and cleaning Good manufacturing practice Hazard analysis Heating and cooling methods, including freezing, pasteurization and thermal sterilization Hygienic design Non-thermal processes Process Analytical Technology (PAT) Regulation and validationPapers should be written in precise and concise English. Guidance on writing is available in the following open access articles:https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0008622307003545https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0008622308000122https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0008622308001723https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0008622310002927https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0008622311005525The Introduction should identify, clearly, the new science or novel contribution to knowledge in the work, and how it differs from previous studies in the field. FBP has a strong engineering focus and the Discussion should indicate how the findings can be applied to other, related but different systems. Papers that are not likely to be published are those:That use experimental design techniques to obtain response surfaces but gain little insight from them, and do not compare results to established mechanistic models; Demonstrating the application of existing methods to particular materials without providing new insights or quantitative models that would allow the findings to be applied to other materials without extensive experimentation; That are empirical and ignore established mechanistic models, e.g., empirical drying curves; Concerning the extraction, encapsulation and/or antioxidant activity of a specific food or biological material without providing insight that could be applied to a similar but different material; Containing only chemical analyses of biological materials or foodst

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): Engineering, Chemical

Editor-in-chief Vinod KumarPublisher website

Editorial board by country: 2 in mainland China (about 4%); most named United Kingdom 19, United States 7, Chile 5, Italy 3, Mainland China 2 (54 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website · 2026-10-01

CAS Journal Ranking

Database indexing

SCIEScopusLetPub

International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub

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Impact

Impact factor

4.74LetPub · 2026-09-13

Impact factor (publisher)

4.7Publisher website · 2026-10-01

CiteScore 2026-06

6.1LetPub · 2026-09-13

CiteScore (publisher)

6.1Publisher website · 2026-10-01

SJR 2026-06

0.71LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP 2026-06

0.93LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

56LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

120OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

1,879OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

4.84OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

4.3%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

25.32%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

225LetPub · 2026-09-13

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.

Figures by source

Average review time (community reports)

4–8 weeksLetPub · 2026-09-13

Average acceptance (community reports)

Fairly easyLetPub · 2026-09-13

Submission to first decision

4 daysPublisher website · 2026-10-01

First decision after review

45 daysPublisher website · 2026-10-01

Submission to acceptance

107 daysPublisher website · 2026-10-01

Acceptance to publication

2 daysPublisher website · 2026-10-01

Peer review

Single anonymous peer reviewPublisher website

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A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.

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Publisher

Institution of Chemical Engineers

Country or region

ENGLAND

Language

English

Frequency

Quarterly

Founded

1991

ISSN

0960-3085

Electronic ISSN

1744-3571

Official links

• Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
• Submission system ↗Publisher website
• Special issues ↗Publisher website