Journal profile · BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY-FOOD SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Food & Function
ISSN 2042-6496 · eISSN 2042-650X · Royal Society of Chemistry · ENGLAND · Founded 2010
Food & Function: CAS Zone 2 · Agricultural & Forestry Sciences (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal); impact factor 6.31; hybrid open access; review about 1 month (community reports); 721 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Food & Function is published by Royal Society of Chemistry and is in Zone 2 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Gut microbiota and health, Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities and Diet and metabolism studies, together about 24.4% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Food & Function provides a unique venue for physicists, chemists, biochemists, nutritionists and other food scientists to publish work at the interface of the chemistry, physics and biology of food. The journal focuses on food and the functions of food in relation to health.
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY-FOOD SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Gut microbiota and healthBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.1%
- Phytochemicals and Antioxidant ActivitiesMedicine8.2%
- Diet and metabolism studiesMedicine6.1%
- Proteins in Food SystemsAgricultural and Biological Sciences6.1%
- Protein Hydrolysis and Bioactive PeptidesBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5.5%
- Food composition and propertiesNursing5.3%
- Probiotics and Fermented FoodsAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.2%
- Microbial Metabolites in Food BiotechnologyNursing4.4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Food Science & Technology | Zone 2 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Food Science & Technology | Zone 2 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Food Science & Technology | Zone 2 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
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
- 6.31LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 11.5LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.23LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.13LetPub ·
- h-index
- 53LetPub ·
- h-index
- 158OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 6,822OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 6.04OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 3.2%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 19.03%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 604LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 10,310 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 586 | 203 | 317 |
| 2025 | 721 | 283 | 2,981 |
| 2024 | 919 | 295 | 10,151 |
| 2023 | 866 | 216 | 14,736 |
| 2022 | 1,047 | 137 | 22,369 |
| 2021 | 1,073 | 126 | 32,091 |
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 1 monthLetPub ·
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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access
- Open access Front cover Open Access
Food Funct. (2026) 17 (17): 7481. https://doi.org/10.1039/D6FO90071B Abstract View articletitled, Front cover Open the PDF for Front cover in another window
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
- Royal Society of Chemistry
- Country or region
- ENGLAND
- Language
- English
- Founded
- 2010
- ISSN
- 2042-6496
- Electronic ISSN
- 2042-650X
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Food & Function
What CAS zone is Food & Function in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Food & Function is in Zone 2 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Biochemistry & Molecular Biology / Food Science & Technology; it is a Top journal. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 1 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Food & Function?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 6.31; CiteScore 11.5, h-index 158.
How long does peer review take at Food & Function?
Authors report an average review time of about 1 month. 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 & Function?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Food & Function is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Food & Function open access, and what is the APC?
Food & Function is a hybrid journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, 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 2026-08-24). Last updated: .