Journal profile
Food and Environment Safety
ISSN 2068-6609 · eISSN 2559-6381 · Stefan cel Mare University of Suceava · Romania
Food and Environment Safety: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 12 weeks (community reports); 24 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Food and Environment Safety is published by Stefan cel Mare University of Suceava. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Food and Agricultural Sciences, Food composition and properties and Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities, together about 37.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Food Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The scientific journal Food and Environment Safety is a quarterly publication (4 issues per year) of the Food Engineering Faculty, Ştefan cel Mare University - Suceava, Romania. The journal publishes original articles presenting latest research in food science and environmental protection, with an international audience and scope. Main topics of interest include raw materials in food industry, food processes and technologies, food microbiology, biotechnologies, chemical engineering, biosensors, control and quality assurance, biochemistry (food related), sustainability of the food sector, environment and consumer protection, marketing, agriculture and applied sciences etc. Articles published in Food and Environment Safety Journal should have an emphasis on one of food production, consumer and environment safety, diet and health improvement themes. Full length articles as well as reviews are accepted and published in an Open Access style, in both print and electronic version. Generally, the time from submission to publication in case of article acceptance is 5-6 months. Subscription information can be obtained from: -e-mail: fiajournal@fia.usv.ro - postal address: Faculty of Food Engineering, Stefan cel Mare University of Suceava, Universitatii str., No. 13, 720229, Suceava,Romania
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editor-in-chief Sonia GUTTPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Romania 30, United States 3, Japan 2, Spain 2, Türkiye 2 (46 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Food and Agricultural SciencesAgricultural and Biological Sciences18.6%
- Food composition and propertiesNursing11.3%
- Phytochemicals and Antioxidant ActivitiesMedicine7.5%
- Advanced Scientific Research MethodsAgricultural and Biological Sciences7.5%
- Probiotics and Fermented FoodsAgricultural and Biological Sciences5%
- Polysaccharides Composition and ApplicationsAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.5%
- Meat and Animal Product QualityAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.2%
- Seed and Plant BiochemistryAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.2%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
DOAJLetPub
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
- h-index
- 7OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 2OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.16OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 435 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 17 | 17 | 29 |
| 2025 | 24 | 24 | 63 |
| 2024 | 22 | 22 | 54 |
| 2023 | 25 | 25 | 43 |
| 2022 | 35 | 35 | 46 |
| 2021 | 44 | 44 | 28 |
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)
- about 12 weeksLetPub ·
- 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
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY-NC-ND | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — | |
| Publisher website | No APC | — | — |
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Submission fee
- No submission fee
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)
What to prepare3 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 250 words
- Reference style
- Numbered, in order of citation
- Templates
- Word
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism, Preprints
- Authorship Authorship
Originality declaration; not published previously; not under consideration elsewhere; approved by all authors. Model summary
Food and Environment Safety Journal requires that the individual contributions of authors to be specified in the manuscript. An 'author' is considered to be a person who substantially contributed intelectually, such as conception, design, data acquisition, analysis, revising, approval, to a published study. Acquisition of funding, collection of data, or general supervision of the research group, a…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Competing interests
The journal policy is to require authors to declare all competing interests in relation to their work. Submitted manuscripts must include a ‘competing interests’ section at the end of the manuscript describing all competing interests (financial and non-financial). Where authors have no competing interests, “The author(s) declare(s) that they have no competing interests” statement should be include…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Availability of data and materials
For ensuring a transparent research, Journal of Food and Environment Safety considers that the materials, results and raw data the manuscript is based on should be available to those interested. Therefore, we advise authors to deposit datasets in publicly available repositories (where available and appropriate) or to present them in the main manuscript or as additional supporting files, in machine…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Misconduct
Human studies must comply with Declaration of Helsinki; ethical statement required for sensory evaluation involving humans. Model summary
In cases of suspected research or publication misconduct, the Editor may contact and share manuscripts with third parties, for example, author(s)’ institution(s) and ethics committee(s).
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright Notice
Authors retain copyright; CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license. Model summary
Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms: Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal. Au…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access
Open access under BOAI definition; articles freely available; authors' work licensed under a Common Creative license. Model summary
Food and Environment Safety Journal adheres to the BOAI definition of Open Access publishing, meaning that users have the right to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of these articles or use them for any other lawful purpose. All articles accepted are made freely available for readers, and the work of the authors is licensed under a Common Creative license.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review Process
Emphasis on food production, consumer and environment safety, diet and health improvement themes. Model summary
FOOD SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENT journal (ISSN 2068 - 6609) publishes the latest scientific researchers in the country and abroad. The works presented are subject to an evaluation process. Editors and members of the scientific board are selected depending on their skills and their experience based on scientific work quality. English is preferred in writing articles as it is the universal language of sc…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism Plagiarism
All submitted papers are screened for plagiarism using specialized software. If plagiarism is identified, the COPE guidelines on plagiarism will be followed.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints
Preprint policy: posting online prior to and during submission permitted and encouraged. Model summary
Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (See The Effect of Open Access).
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
- Stefan cel Mare University of Suceava
- Country or region
- Romania
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2068-6609
- Electronic ISSN
- 2559-6381
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Food and Environment Safety
How long does peer review take at Food and Environment Safety?
Authors report an average review time of about 12 weeks. 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 and Environment Safety?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 250 words; Reference style: Numbered, in order of citation; Templates: Word. 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 and Environment Safety based?
Of the 46 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Romania (30), United States (3) and Japan (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Food and Environment Safety?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Food and Environment Safety is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Food and Environment Safety open access, and what is the APC?
Food and Environment Safety is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, 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: .