Journal profile · Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
Food Biotechnology
ISSN 0890-5436 · eISSN 1532-4249 · Taylor and Francis Ltd. · UNITED STATES · Tri-annual · Founded 1987
Food Biotechnology: CAS Zone 4 · Agricultural & Forestry Sciences (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.87; subscription journal; APC charged, amount not published; review about 59 days (first decision after review, publisher); community-reported acceptance: easy; 48 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Food Biotechnology 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 Probiotics and Fermented Foods, Microbial Metabolites in Food Biotechnology and Enzyme Production and Characterization, together about 30.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Molecular Biology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Food Biotechnology is a subscription-based, peer-reviewed journal that is focused on current and emerging developments and applications of modern genetics, enzymatic, metabolic, and systems-based biochemical processes in food and food-related biological systems. The goal is to help produce and improve foods, food ingredients, and functional foods at the processing stage and beyond agricultural production. Other areas of strong interest are: microbial and fermentation-based metabolic processing to improve foods food microbiomes for health metabolic basis for food ingredients with health benefits molecular and metabolic approaches to functional foods biochemical processes for food waste remediation. In addition, articles addressing the topics of modern molecular, metabolic, and biochemical approaches to improving food safety and quality are also published. Researchers in agriculture, food science, and nutrition, including food and biotechnology consultants around the world will benefit from the research published in Food Biotechnology. The published research and reviews can be utilized to further educational and research programs and may also be applied to food quality and value-added processing challenges, which are continuously evolving and expanding based on the peer-reviewed research conducted and published in the journal. The journal welcomes for consideration the following: research articles and reviews. All articles received by the Journal will be subject to a single-anonymized Peer Review Policy via ScholarOne Manuscripts. Authors can choose to publish gold open access in this journal. Read the Instructions for Authors for information on how to submit your article.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Probiotics and Fermented FoodsAgricultural and Biological Sciences14.7%
- Microbial Metabolites in Food BiotechnologyNursing8.3%
- Enzyme Production and CharacterizationBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology7.6%
- Protein Hydrolysis and Bioactive PeptidesBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology7.2%
- Biofuel production and bioconversionEngineering5.3%
- Microbial Metabolic Engineering and BioproductionBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4.9%
- Enzyme Catalysis and ImmobilizationBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4%
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance3.9%
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 | Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Food Science & Technology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Food Science & Technology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Food Science & Technology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
EI CompendexEmbaseCASCAB AbstractsCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: Agricultural & Environmental Biotechnology Abstracts, Derwent Information, Ltd., Elsevier BIOBASE/Current Awareness in Biological Sciences, Environment Abstracts, Food Science and Technology Abstracts, Referativnyi Zhurnal/Russian Academy of Sciences, Reference Update, Research Alert
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
- 1.87LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.9Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.6LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 2.6Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.31LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.31Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.35LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 0.35Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 28LetPub ·
- h-index
- 55OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 387OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.13OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 20LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 18,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 925 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 15 | 1 | 7 |
| 2025 | 48 | 1 | 18 |
| 2024 | 19 | 3 | 68 |
| 2023 | 20 | 7 | 114 |
| 2022 | 20 | 5 | 129 |
| 2021 | 17 | 2 | 233 |
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
Publisher-reported review time from the journal's website
59 daysfirst decision after review · community reports over 12 weeks
The publisher's own definition applies; dates from this journal's articles in the last 24 months are not available yet, so the publisher's figure is used.
Figures by source
- Average review time (community reports)
- over 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 7%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 4 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 59 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 49 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous peer reviewPublisher website
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.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
- research articlesThe journal welcomes for consideration the following: research articles and reviews.Length not stated
- reviewsThe journal welcomes for consideration the following: research articles and reviews.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access Open access
Gold open access option available. Model summary
Food Biotechnology is a hybrid open access journal that is part of the Taylor & Francis Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. 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 read…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Single-anonymized peer review via ScholarOne Manuscripts. Model summary
All articles received by the Journal will be subject to a single-anonymized Peer Review Policy via ScholarOne Manuscripts.
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
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Tri-annual
- Founded
- 1987
- ISSN
- 0890-5436
- Electronic ISSN
- 1532-4249
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 40, Issue 3 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Food Biotechnology
What CAS zone is Food Biotechnology in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Food Biotechnology is in Zone 4 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology / Food Science & Technology. 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 Biotechnology?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.87; CiteScore 2.6, h-index 55.
How long does peer review take at Food Biotechnology?
The publisher reports about 59 days (first decision after review); authors report an average review time of over 12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 7%. 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 Biotechnology?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Food Biotechnology is indexed in SCIE and Scopus. The journal's website also lists EI Compendex, Embase, CAS, CAB Abstracts and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Food Biotechnology open access, and what is the APC?
Food Biotechnology is a subscription journal. APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex; 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: .