Journal profile · Medicine-Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Food Production Processing and Nutrition
ISSN 2661-8974 · BMC · United Kingdom
Food Production Processing and Nutrition: CAS Zone 2 · Agricultural & Forestry Sciences (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 6.3 (journal website); fully open access; APC about USD 2,390; median 120 days to acceptance (79 articles, last 24 months); 72 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Food Production Processing and Nutrition is published by BMC and is in Zone 2 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Food composition and properties, Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities and Meat and Animal Product Quality, together about 30.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Food Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Food Production, Processing and Nutrition journal aims to provide a unique dedicated forum for publication of the highest quality and novel contributions in the field. Both fundamental research and applied areas are of interest and these extend to food production with respect to variety improvement and selection as well as green processing. Food safety, elimination of contaminants, and retention of nutrients and bioactive components that play a role in health promotion of consumers, are important aspects that will be covered. The journal publishes articles that deal with topics on food production and processing from farm to fork, and their influence on nutrition and health. Production technologies, absorption, bioavailability and personalized nutrition with consideration of gut microbiota are also of interest to the journal. Results may be communicated in the form of original research and reviews.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Medicine-Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Editor-in-chief Fereidoon ShahidiPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 8 in mainland China (about 29%); most named Mainland China 8, United States 4, Canada 4, Brazil 2, Japan 1 (28 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Food composition and propertiesNursing11%
- Phytochemicals and Antioxidant ActivitiesMedicine9.8%
- Meat and Animal Product QualityAgricultural and Biological Sciences9.4%
- Protein Hydrolysis and Bioactive PeptidesBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology7.8%
- Probiotics and Fermented FoodsAgricultural and Biological Sciences6.5%
- Proteins in Food SystemsAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.2%
- Microbial Metabolites in Food BiotechnologyNursing4.9%
- Microencapsulation and Drying ProcessesAgricultural and Biological Sciences3.4%
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 | Food Science & Technology | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Food Science & Technology | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Food Science & Technology | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
EI CompendexCASCAB AbstractsPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, ProQuest, Dimensions, CNKI, Baidu, Naver, OCLC, Portico, CLOCKSS
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) 2025
- 6.3Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 7.1Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 9.8LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.98LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.49LetPub ·
- h-index
- 42OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 184OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 12.45OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 1.6%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 72LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 878,900Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 416 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 71 | 71 | 53 |
| 2025 | 72 | 72 | 718 |
| 2024 | 97 | 97 | 2,218 |
| 2023 | 62 | 62 | 1,760 |
| 2022 | 35 | 35 | 955 |
| 2021 | 35 | 35 | 1,215 |
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
120 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 87 days – 169 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 82 days (79 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 213 days
- Sample
- 79 articles with submission and acceptance dates (166 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 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to first decision
- 13 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 12 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 | EUR 1,990 / USD 2,390 / GBP 1,590 | No | CC BY | |
| OpenAlex | USD 2,390 / EUR 1,990 / GBP 1,590 | — | — | |
| LetPub | GBP 1,590 / USD 2,390 / EUR 1,990 | No | — | |
| Publisher website | GBP 1,590 / USD 2,390 / EUR 1,990 | — | — |
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)
Open calls for papers1, by deadline
Publisher websiteWhat to prepare2 items from the author guidelines
- Reference style
- Numbered, in order of citation
- Templates
- LaTeX and Word
Article types accepted3
- commentFormatting guidelines for specific article types can be found below. Review Research CommentLength not stated
- researchFormatting guidelines for specific article types can be found below. Review Research CommentLength not stated
- reviewFormatting guidelines for specific article types can be found below. Review Research CommentLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteData availability, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- Data availability Formatting the 'Availability of data and materials' section of your manuscript
Data sharing strongly encouraged or required; deposit in public repositories or include in paper/supporting files. Model summary
The following format for the 'Availability of data and materials section of your manuscript should be used:
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Licensing and copyright
Open access articles published under CC BY-NC-ND or CC BY licences; authors retain copyright. Model summary
Creative Commons licences Open access articles in Springer Nature journals are published under Creative Commons licences. These provide an industry-standard framework to support easy re-use of open access material. Under Creative Commons licences, authors retain copyright of their articles. Food Production, Processing and Nutrition articles are published open access under a CC BY-NC-ND (Creative C…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Benefits of open access
Publishing open access (OA) offers a number of benefits, including greater reach and readership for your work: Cited more 1.6x more citations of OA articles than non-OA articles across all subjects Downloaded more 4x more downloads of OA articles than non-OA articles Greater impact 2.5x more Altmetric attention. OA articles attracted 1.9x more news mentions and 1.2x more policy mentions Open acces…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review policy
Peer review is the process used to evaluate the quality of a manuscript before publication. Independent researchers in the relevant field assess submitted manuscripts to check their validity and robustness. Their feedback guides editors in making publication decisions. Typically, two or more experts evaluate each manuscript based on three main criteria: scientific robustness: is the research metho…
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
- BMC
- Country or region
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2661-8974
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Food Production Processing and Nutrition
What CAS zone is Food Production Processing and Nutrition in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Food Production Processing and Nutrition is in Zone 2 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Food Science & Technology. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Food Production Processing and Nutrition?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 6.3 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 9.8, h-index 42.
How long does peer review take at Food Production Processing and Nutrition?
Based on the dates recorded on 79 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 120 days (interquartile range 87–169 days); 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 Production Processing and Nutrition?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Reference style: Numbered, in order of citation; Templates: LaTeX and 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 Production Processing and Nutrition based?
Of the 28 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 8 (about 29%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Mainland China (8), United States (4) and Canada (4). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Food Production Processing and Nutrition?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Food Production Processing and Nutrition is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists EI Compendex, CAS and CAB Abstracts; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Food Production Processing and Nutrition open access, and what is the APC?
Food Production Processing and Nutrition is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 2,390.
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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .