Journal profile · Agricultural and Biological Sciences-Food Science
Food Bioengineering
ISSN 2770-2081 · Wiley · Australia
Food Bioengineering: CAS Zone 4 · Agricultural & Forestry Sciences (2026 Xinrui edition); impact factor 5.5 (journal website); fully open access; APC about USD 2,300; median 90 days to acceptance (74 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 27% (journal website); 50 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Food Bioengineering is published by Wiley and is classed under Agricultural & Forestry Sciences in the CAS Journal Ranking. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Probiotics and Fermented Foods, Food composition and properties and Gut microbiota and health, together about 23.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Molecular Biology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Food Bioengineering is a peer-reviewed journal that dedicates to publish and present high-quality articles, including Research Article, Short Communication, Review Article, and Editorial to cover pioneering trends and developments in all areas to combine Biological Engineering, Food Science and Food Process Engineering. The journal aims to provide a global forum for the multidisciplinary Food Science/Bioengineering/Nutraceutical/Food Chemical Engineering research community and advance research on innovative technologies and next-generation ingredient sources for healthy and sustainable food developments. The scope of this journal includes but is not limited to the following topics: Biosynthesis and metabolic engineering for food production Engineering of chassis organisms and biological pathways for the production of functional foods and nutraceutical ingredients (e.g., plant bioactives, functional lipids, oligosaccharides and peptides); Development of new microbial strains for food fermentation Food enzymology Engineering of enzymes to improve enzyme performance during food production by rational design and directed evolution; Immobilization of enzymes Food bioprocess engineering Monitoring of bioprocess using multiomics analysis; Prediction and Optimization of the behavior of microbial community and the quality of fermented food; intelligent Separation and Purification processes of biologically active food ingredients Biomaterials for food packaging Design and development of innovative packaging materials like new polymers and polymer nanocomposites to improve the safety, quality, and shelf-life of foods Health significance of functional foods Bioavailability, efficacy and safety of food bioactives and the mechanisms by which foods components are able to modulate physiological parameters and gut microbiota Future foods Design and production of novel bio-foods such as artificial meat, algae products, and etc. Biosensors for food analysis Development of biosensors for bioprocess control and food composition/safety analysis Food chemical engineering The phenomenon, mechanism and monitoring of heat transfer, momentum transfer, mass transfer and reactive kinetics during food fermentation, processing, preservation, packaging, and etc.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Agricultural and Biological Sciences-Food Science
Editor-in-chief Liming ZhaoPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 35 in mainland China (about 53%); most named Mainland China 35, United States 7, Canada 4, Netherlands 3, Denmark 2 (66 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Probiotics and Fermented FoodsAgricultural and Biological Sciences8.3%
- Food composition and propertiesNursing7.6%
- Gut microbiota and healthBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology7.3%
- Proteins in Food SystemsAgricultural and Biological Sciences6.2%
- Enzyme Catalysis and ImmobilizationBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5.4%
- Meat and Animal Product QualityAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.7%
- Enzyme Production and CharacterizationBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4.7%
- Phytochemicals and Antioxidant ActivitiesMedicine4.4%
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)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Food Science & Technology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
EI CompendexWeb of ScienceCASPublisher website
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 (publisher)
- 5.5Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 5.5Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 5.8LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 5.8Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 5.8Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.73LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.78LetPub ·
- h-index
- 19OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 45OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 5.69OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 38LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 2Publisher website ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 38Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 128,210Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 203 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 32 | 32 | 14 |
| 2025 | 50 | 50 | 164 |
| 2024 | 42 | 42 | 527 |
| 2023 | 42 | 42 | 437 |
| 2022 | 37 | 37 | 351 |
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
90 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 64 days – 130 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 19 days (76 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 119 days
- Sample
- 74 articles with submission and acceptance dates (85 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 18 weeksLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 27%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 27%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 19 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 19 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 79 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 19 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 18 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 | USD 2,300 / GBP 1,910 / EUR 2,210 | Yes | CC BY | |
| OpenAlex | USD 0 | — | — | |
| LetPub | USD 2,800 / GBP 2,060 / EUR 2,428 | Yes | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
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 prepare5 items from the author guidelines
- Keywords
- ≤ 7
- Reference style
- APA
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Suggested reviewers
- Required
- Graphical abstract
- Required
Article types accepted4, with length limits
- editorialContributions falling into the following categories will be considered for publication: Research Article, Short Communication, Review Article, and Editorial.Length not stated
- research articleContributions falling into the following categories will be considered for publication: Research Article, Short Communication, Review Article, and Editorial.main text ≤ 8,000 words
- review articleContributions falling into the following categories will be considered for publication: Research Article, Short Communication, Review Article, and Editorial.Length not stated
- short communicationContributions falling into the following categories will be considered for publication: Research Article, Short Communication, Review Article, and Editorial.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Data availability, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism, Preprints, Self-archiving
- Authorship Authorship
All listed authors should have contributed to the manuscript substantially and have agreed to the final submitted version. Review editorial standards and scroll down for a description of authorship criteria.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data Sharing and Data Availability
This journal encourages data sharing. Review Wiley’s Data Sharing policy where you will be able to see and select the data availability statement that is right for your submission.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics
COPE member Model summary
This journal follows the core practices of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and handles cases of research and publication misconduct accordingly (https://publicationethics.org/core-practices).
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Reproduction of Copyright Material
If excerpts from copyrighted works owned by third parties are included, credit must be shown in the contribution. It is your responsibility to also obtain written permission for reproduction from the copyright owners. For more information visit Wiley’s Copyright Terms & Conditions FAQ.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Understanding open access
Food Bioengineering is open access. All content is freely available to read, download and share immediately upon publication.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review SUBMISSION AND PEER REVIEW PROCESS
Single-blind peer review by three reviewers Model summary
Submission process Once the submission materials have been prepared in accordance with the author guidelines, new submissions should be made via the Research Exchange submission portal: https://authors.wiley.com/journal/FBE2. You may check the status of your submission at any time by logging on to submission.wiley.com and clicking the "My Submissions" button. For technical help with the submission…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism
iThenticate CrossCheck Model summary
This journal uses iThenticate’s CrossCheck software to detect instances of overlapping and similar text in submitted manuscripts.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprint your manuscript on Authorea
Preprints allowed Model summary
You can now opt to seamlessly preprint your manuscript at submission, through Wiley’s Under Review service, powered by Authorea. Make your work citable and discoverable, before it is accepted or published.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Self-archiving Self-Archiving definitions and policies
Please review Wiley’s guidelines on sharing your research here. The submitted version of the manuscript, the accepted version, and the published version (Version of Record) can all be deposited on an institutional or other repository of the author's choice without embargo.
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
- Wiley
- Country or region
- Australia
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2770-2081
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 5, Issue 2 (June 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Food Bioengineering
What CAS zone is Food Bioengineering in?
In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Food Bioengineering?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 5.5 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 5.8, h-index 19.
How long does peer review take at Food Bioengineering?
Based on the dates recorded on 74 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 90 days (interquartile range 64–130 days); authors report an average review time of about 18 weeks; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 27% (2025). 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 Bioengineering?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Keywords: ≤ 7; Reference style: APA; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Suggested reviewers: Required; Graphical abstract: Required. 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 Bioengineering based?
Of the 66 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 35 (about 53%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Mainland China (35), United States (7) and Canada (4). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Food Bioengineering?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Food Bioengineering is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists EI Compendex, Web of Science and CAS; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Food Bioengineering open access, and what is the APC?
Food Bioengineering is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 2,300.
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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .