Journal profile · FOOD SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Food Science and Technology
ISSN 0101-2061 · eISSN 1678-457X · Sociedade Brasileira de Ciencia e Tecnologia de Alimentos, SBCTA · BRAZIL
Food Science and Technology: impact factor 1.19; fully open access; APC about USD 750; review about 12 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 127 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 Science and Technology is published by Sociedade Brasileira de Ciencia e Tecnologia de Alimentos, SBCTA. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Agricultural and Food Sciences, Meat and Animal Product Quality and Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities, together about 28.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Food Science. (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
- Agricultural and Food SciencesAgricultural and Biological Sciences11.1%
- Meat and Animal Product QualityAgricultural and Biological Sciences9.7%
- Phytochemicals and Antioxidant ActivitiesMedicine7.8%
- Food composition and propertiesNursing7.7%
- Postharvest Quality and Shelf Life ManagementAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.4%
- Sensory Analysis and Statistical MethodsAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.3%
- Protein Hydrolysis and Bioactive PeptidesBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4.3%
- Microbial Metabolites in Food BiotechnologyNursing4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
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CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
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CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ScopusLetPub
Early warning / risk: Removed from SCIE on 20 March 2023. CAS Early Warning Journal List: listed in the 2023 edition (low risk); not listed in the other 5 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
- 1.19LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.44LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.35LetPub ·
- h-index
- 27LetPub ·
- h-index
- 88OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 2,696OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.88OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 96.81%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 240LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 5,225 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 32 | 30 | 3 |
| 2025 | 127 | 124 | 73 |
| 2024 | 135 | 135 | 183 |
| 2023 | 359 | 359 | 1,662 |
| 2022 | 639 | 639 | 5,105 |
| 2021 | 537 | 537 | 5,087 |
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 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Peer review
- Double blind peer reviewLetPub
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 accessLetPub
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 750 | — | — | |
| LetPub | USD 220 | No | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Sociedade Brasileira de Ciencia e Tecnologia de Alimentos, SBCTA
- Country or region
- BRAZIL
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 0101-2061
- Electronic ISSN
- 1678-457X
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Food Science and Technology
What is the impact factor of Food Science and Technology?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.19; CiteScore 3, h-index 88.
How long does peer review take at Food Science and Technology?
Authors report an average review time of about 12 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 Science and Technology?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Food Science and Technology is indexed in Scopus.
Is Food Science and Technology open access, and what is the APC?
Food Science and Technology is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 750.
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: .