Journal profile · FOOD SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Food Hygiene and Safety Science
ISSN 0015-6426 · eISSN 1882-1006 · Food Hygienic Society of Japan · JAPAN
Food Hygiene and Safety Science: CAS Zone 4 · Agricultural & Forestry Sciences (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0; fully open access; review 18–36 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 27 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus; flagged on an early-warning list or for an indexing change: check before submitting.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Food Hygiene and Safety Science is published by Food Hygienic Society of Japan 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 Pesticide Residue Analysis and Safety, Dye analysis and toxicity and Advanced Chemical Sensor Technologies, together about 27.4% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Information not localized
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): FOOD SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Pesticide Residue Analysis and SafetyAgricultural and Biological Sciences10.7%
- Dye analysis and toxicityChemistry8.5%
- Advanced Chemical Sensor TechnologiesEngineering8.3%
- Analytical Chemistry and ChromatographyChemistry7.4%
- Food Quality and Safety StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences6.9%
- Meat and Animal Product QualityAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.1%
- Biopolymer Synthesis and ApplicationsBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4.9%
- Analytical chemistry methods developmentChemistry4.7%
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 | Food Science & Technology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Food Science & Technology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
ScopusLetPub
Early warning / risk: Removed from SCIE for production reasons on 23 July 2025. CAS Early Warning Journal List: not listed in any of 6 editions.LetPub
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
- 0LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.7LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.2LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.5LetPub ·
- h-index
- 26LetPub ·
- h-index
- 36OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 507OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.33OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 4,338 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 29 | 29 | 2 |
| 2025 | 27 | 27 | 7 |
| 2024 | 29 | 29 | 19 |
| 2023 | 36 | 36 | 43 |
| 2022 | 33 | 33 | 55 |
| 2021 | 33 | 33 | 67 |
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)
- 18–36 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
Fully open accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
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.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access
- Open access Promotion of open access
J-STAGE promotes open access, which (1) provides free access to articles and (2) specifies the conditions of reuse including modification or redistribution. Over 90% of articles on J-STAGE are free to read. Open-access articles display a Creative Commons (CC) license and can be reused under the terms of the license. CC license on an article page CC license on an article PDF For more information ab…
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
- Food Hygienic Society of Japan
- Country or region
- JAPAN
- Language
- Japanese
- ISSN
- 0015-6426
- Electronic ISSN
- 1882-1006
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Food Hygiene and Safety Science
What CAS zone is Food Hygiene and Safety Science in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Food Hygiene and Safety Science is in Zone 4 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Food Science & Technology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Food Hygiene and Safety Science?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0; CiteScore 0.7, h-index 36.
How long does peer review take at Food Hygiene and Safety Science?
Authors report an average review time of 18–36 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 Hygiene and Safety Science?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Food Hygiene and Safety Science is indexed in Scopus.
Is Food Hygiene and Safety Science open access, and what is the APC?
Food Hygiene and Safety Science is a fully open-access 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .