Journal profile · Food Science & Technology
Food and drug law journal
ISSN 1064-590X · Food and Drug Law Institute · UNITED STATES · Quarterly · Founded 1992
Food and drug law journal: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.4; subscription journal; review over 36 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Food and drug law journal is published by Food and Drug Law Institute and is in Zone 4 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Intellectual Property and Patents, Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy and Biomedical Ethics and Regulation, together about 28.6% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Building on more than 70 years of scholarly discourse, the Food and Drug Law Journal is a peer-reviewed quarterly devoted to the analysis of legislation, regulations, court decisions, and public policies affecting industries regulated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and related agencies and authorities, including the development, manufacture, marketing, and use of drugs, medical devices, biologics, food, dietary supplements, cosmetics, veterinary, tobacco, and cannabis-derived products.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Food Science & Technology
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Intellectual Property and PatentsBusiness, Management and Accounting9.5%
- Pharmaceutical Economics and PolicyEconomics, Econometrics and Finance9.5%
- Biomedical Ethics and RegulationMedicine9.5%
- Biotechnology and Related FieldsMedicine9.5%
- Healthcare Policy and ManagementEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.8%
- Genetically Modified Organisms ResearchAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.8%
- Genomics and Rare DiseasesBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4.8%
- Pharmaceutical industry and healthcarePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics4.8%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Food Science & Technology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Law | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Nutrition & Dietetics | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Pharmacology & Pharmacy | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Food Science & Technology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Law | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Nutrition & Dietetics | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Pharmacology & Pharmacy | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Food Science & Technology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Law | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Nutrition & Dietetics | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Pharmacology & Pharmacy | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
ScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
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
- 0.4LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.9LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.13LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.13LetPub ·
- h-index
- 18LetPub ·
- h-index
- 5OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 4OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
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
- Average review time (community reports)
- over 36 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
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
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Food and Drug Law Institute
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Founded
- 1992
- ISSN
- 1064-590X
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Food and drug law journal
What CAS zone is Food and drug law journal in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Food and drug law journal is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Food Science & Technology / Law / Nutrition & Dietetics / Pharmacology & Pharmacy. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Food and drug law journal?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.4; CiteScore 0.9, h-index 5.
How long does peer review take at Food and drug law journal?
Authors report an average review time of over 36 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.
Which databases index Food and drug law journal?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Food and drug law journal is indexed in Scopus.
Is Food and drug law journal open access, and what is the APC?
Food and drug law journal is a subscription journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
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: .