Journal profile · Agricultural and Biological Sciences-Food Science
Food Science & Nutrition
ISSN 2048-7177 · John Wiley and Sons Ltd · United Kingdom
Food Science & Nutrition: CAS Zone 2 · Agricultural & Forestry Sciences (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 4.96; fully open access; APC about USD 3,630; median 152 days to acceptance (164 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 39% (journal website); 1,437 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Food Science & Nutrition is published by John Wiley and Sons Ltd 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 Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities, Food composition and properties and Meat and Animal Product Quality, together about 27.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Food Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Aims Food Science & Nutrition (FSN3) is an international, fully open access Wiley journal publishing rigorous, ethical, transparent, and impactful research that advances food science and nutritional science. The journal supports evidence-based practice and policy and contributes to healthier, more sustainable, equitable, and resilient food systems worldwide. Scope and Research Priorities Food Science & Nutrition welcomes fundamental, applied, translational, hypothesis-driven, and multidisciplinary research on foods, nutrients, dietary patterns, food ingredients, food processing and production systems, and their relationships with human or animal health, sustainability, and society. The journal prioritises studies that address important scientific questions and demonstrate appropriate novelty, methodological rigour, biological replication, analytical validation, statistical robustness, transparent reporting, and conclusions proportionate to the evidence. Manuscripts should provide mechanistic, nutritional, clinical, technological, environmental, industrial, societal, or policy insight and explain the broader significance, limitations, and potential application of the findings. For interdisciplinary submissions involving animals, plants, crops, traditional dietary materials, or food-derived bioactives, scope is determined by the primary scientific question and principal outcomes rather than by the biological source alone. Food or nutritional relevance must be central to the study design, analysis, interpretation, and conclusions. Incidental use of an edible species, dietary compound, feed ingredient, or traditional food material is insufficient to establish suitability. Food Science & Nutrition publishes Original Research Articles, Systematic Reviews, Meta-Analyses, Comprehensive Reviews, Research Methods Papers, Short Communications, Letters to the Editor, Commentaries, Perspectives, and Invited Editorials. Research Areas of Particular Interest Nutrition, Health, and Precision Nutrition Research on relationships among foods, nutrients, dietary patterns, nutritional status, and health, including nutritional epidemiology, clinical and public health nutrition, obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular and metabolic health, healthy ageing, life-course nutrition, dietary interventions, chronic disease prevention, personalised and precision nutrition, nutritional requirements, biomarkers, dietary behaviour, assessment, and robust causal-inference approaches. Molecular Nu
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Agricultural and Biological Sciences-Food Science
Editor-in-chief Essam HebishyPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 14 in mainland China (about 31%); most named Mainland China 14, United States 8, Italy 4, India 3, Taiwan, China 2 (45 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Phytochemicals and Antioxidant ActivitiesMedicine11.6%
- Food composition and propertiesNursing8.2%
- Meat and Animal Product QualityAgricultural and Biological Sciences7.4%
- Probiotics and Fermented FoodsAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.5%
- Protein Hydrolysis and Bioactive PeptidesBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5.1%
- Proteins in Food SystemsAgricultural and Biological Sciences5%
- Essential Oils and Antimicrobial ActivityAgricultural and Biological Sciences5%
- Gut microbiota and healthBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4.2%
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 3 |
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 3 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Food Science & Technology | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of SciencePubMedCASCurrent ContentsPublisher website
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
- 4.96LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 5Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 6.1LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 6.1Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.88LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.23LetPub ·
- h-index
- 15LetPub ·
- h-index
- 107OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 3,359OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 4.66OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 4%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 99.96%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 1,324LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 7,104 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 996 | 987 | 630 |
| 2025 | 1,437 | 1,425 | 6,861 |
| 2024 | 778 | 765 | 7,470 |
| 2023 | 719 | 706 | 12,519 |
| 2022 | 507 | 487 | 9,600 |
| 2021 | 622 | 606 | 16,228 |
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
152 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 106 days – 204 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 17 days (164 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 174 days
- Sample
- 164 articles with submission and acceptance dates (2,608 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 24 weeksLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 39%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 28 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- 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 3,630 / EUR 2,730 / GBP 2,360 | — | — | |
| LetPub | USD 3,300 / GBP 2,150 / EUR 2,480 | Yes | — | |
| Publisher website | No APC | — | — |
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)
What to prepare3 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 250 words
- Keywords
- 4–6
- Graphical abstract
- Required
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, Peer review
- Authorship Authorship
Please refer to the journal’s Authorship policy in the Editorial Policies and Ethical Considerations section for details on author listing eligibility.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Conflict of Interest Statement
Authors will be asked to provide a conflict of interest statement during the submission process. For details on what to include in this section, see the ‘Conflict of Interest’ section in the Editorial Policies and Ethical Considerations section below. Submitting authors should ensure they liaise with all co-authors to confirm agreement with the final statement.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data Sharing and Data Accessibility
Please review Wiley’s policy here. This journal expects data sharing.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review and Acceptance
The acceptance criteria for all papers are the quality and originality of the research and its significance to journal readership. Papers will only be sent to review if the Editor-in-Chief determines that the paper meets the appropriate quality and relevance requirements.
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
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Country or region
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2048-7177
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 14, Issue 9 (September 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Food Science & Nutrition
What CAS zone is Food Science & Nutrition in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Food Science & Nutrition is in Zone 2 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences, and in Zone 3 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 Science & Nutrition?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 4.96; CiteScore 6.1, h-index 107.
How long does peer review take at Food Science & Nutrition?
Based on the dates recorded on 164 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 152 days (interquartile range 106–204 days); authors report an average review time of about 24 weeks; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 39%. 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 Science & Nutrition?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 250 words; Keywords: 4–6; Graphical abstract: Required. 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 Science & Nutrition based?
Of the 45 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 14 (about 31%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Mainland China (14), United States (8) and Italy (4). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Food Science & Nutrition?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Food Science & Nutrition is indexed in SCIE and Scopus. The journal's website also lists Web of Science, PubMed, CAS and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Food Science & Nutrition open access, and what is the APC?
Food Science & Nutrition is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 3,630.
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: .