Journal profile · Agricultural and Biological Sciences-Animal Science and Zoology
Food Science of Animal Resources
ISSN 2636-0772 · eISSN 2636-0780 · Korean Society for Food Science of Animal Resources · SOUTH KOREA
Food Science of Animal Resources: CAS Zone 3 · Agricultural & Forestry Sciences (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 4.87; fully open access; APC about USD 1,190; median 74 days to acceptance (82 articles, last 24 months); 40 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Food Science of Animal Resources is published by Korean Society for Food Science of Animal Resources and is in Zone 3 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Meat and Animal Product Quality, Food Quality and Safety Studies and Protein Hydrolysis and Bioactive Peptides, together about 46.4% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Food Science of Animal Resources (Food Sci. Anim. Resour.; ISSN 2636-0772) has published original papers and reviewed articles bimonthly since 1979. It covers the scientific and technological aspects of chemistry, biotechnology, processing, engineering, and microbiology of meat, egg, dairy, and edible insect/worm products.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Agricultural and Biological Sciences-Animal Science and Zoology
Editor-in-chief Sun JinPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 4 in mainland China (about 11%); most named South Korea 21, United States 7, Mainland China 4, Germany 2, Spain 2 (37 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Meat and Animal Product QualityAgricultural and Biological Sciences23.4%
- Food Quality and Safety StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences15%
- Protein Hydrolysis and Bioactive PeptidesBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology7.9%
- Animal Nutrition and PhysiologyAgricultural and Biological Sciences7.6%
- Nutrition, Health and Food BehaviorNursing6.4%
- Probiotics and Fermented FoodsAgricultural and Biological Sciences6.2%
- Insect Utilization and EffectsAgricultural and Biological Sciences3.8%
- Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental ImpactEnvironmental Science2.4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)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
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Food Science & Technology | Zone 3 |
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
SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
CAB AbstractsPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, EBSCO, ProQuest, Dimensions, CNKI, 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
- 4.87LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 4.9Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 4.6Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 7.8LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.87LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.2LetPub ·
- h-index
- 43OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 374OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 5.48OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 8.2%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 99.64%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 106LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,003 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 106 | 106 | 68 |
| 2025 | 40 | 40 | 212 |
| 2024 | 140 | 140 | 1,286 |
| 2023 | 81 | 81 | 1,028 |
| 2022 | 83 | 83 | 1,828 |
| 2021 | 74 | 74 | 1,432 |
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
74 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 44 days – 105 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 79 days (82 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 168 days
- Sample
- 82 articles with submission and acceptance dates (225 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 6 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 6 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Unspecified 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 990 / USD 1,190 / GBP 840 | Yes | CC BY, CC BY-NC-ND |
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 prepare5 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- 150–250 words
- Keywords
- ≥ 4
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 9,000 words
- Reference style
- Numbered, in order of citation
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
Article types accepted7, with length limits
- brief communicationFood Science of Animal Resources accepts submissions of the following article types: ResearchIs a manuscript containing results of clinical, laboratory, or expe…Length not stated
- editorialFood Science of Animal Resources accepts submissions of the following article types: ResearchIs a manuscript containing results of clinical, laboratory, or expe…Length not stated
- imageIs intended to share an interesting and impressive hematology-related image that has not been submitted or published elsewhere. The title should contain no more…Length not stated
- letterFood Science of Animal Resources accepts submissions of the following article types: ResearchIs a manuscript containing results of clinical, laboratory, or expe…main text ≤ 1,500 words
- perspectiveArticle covers a wide variety of topics of current hematology- related issues. It may include up to 1200 words, one figure, 2 tables and 10 references.Length not stated
- researchIs a manuscript containing results of clinical, laboratory, or experimental investigations. The article should be organized in the order of Title page, Abstract…Length not stated
- reviewFood Science of Animal Resources accepts submissions of the following article types: ResearchIs a manuscript containing results of clinical, laboratory, or expe…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Trial registration / reporting guidelines
- AI use Generative AI Images
Please check Springer’s policy on generative AI images and make sure your work adheres to the principles described therein. Back to top
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Authorship Authorship principles
These guidelines describe authorship principles and good authorship practices to which prospective authors should adhere to. Authorship clarified The Journal and Publisher assume all authors agreed with the content and that all gave explicit consent to submit and that they obtained consent from the responsible authorities at the institute/organization where the work has been carried out, before th…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Competing Interests
Authors are requested to disclose interests that are directly or indirectly related to the work submitted for publication. Interests within the last 3 years of beginning the work (conducting the research and preparing the work for submission) should be reported. Interests outside the 3-year time frame must be disclosed if they could reasonably be perceived as influencing the submitted work. Disclo…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data availability statements
All original research must include a data availability statement. This statement should explain how to access data supporting the results and analysis in the article, including links/citations to publicly archived datasets analysed or generated during the study. Please see our full policy here. If it is not possible to share research data publicly, for instance when individual privacy could be com…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright
Articles in Springer Nature open access journals do not require transfer of copyright as the copyright remains with the author. Details of the OA licences offered to authors can be found on the individual journal website, in the journal's How to publish with us guide. Back to top
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access publishing
To find out more about publishing your work Open Access in Food Science of Animal Resources, including information on fees, funding and licences, visit our Open access publishing page. Back to top
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Double-blind peer review
This journal follows a double-blind reviewing procedure. This means that the author will remain anonymous to the reviewers throughout peer review. It is the responsibility of the author to anonymize the manuscript and any associated materials. Author names, affiliations and any other potentially identifying information should be removed from the manuscript text and any accompanying files (such as …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Trial registration / reporting guidelines Clinical Trial Registration
The World Health Organization (WHO) definition of a clinical trial is "any research study that prospectively assigns human participants or groups of humans to one or more health-related interventions to evaluate the effects on health outcomes". The WHO defines health interventions as “A health intervention is an act performed for, with or on behalf of a person or population whose purpose is to ass…
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
- Korean Society for Food Science of Animal Resources
- Country or region
- SOUTH KOREA
- Language
- Korean
- ISSN
- 2636-0772
- Electronic ISSN
- 2636-0780
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗DOAJ
- Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗DOAJ
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Food Science of Animal Resources
What CAS zone is Food Science of Animal Resources in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Food Science of Animal Resources is in Zone 3 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Food Science & Technology. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 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 of Animal Resources?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 4.87; CiteScore 7.8, h-index 43.
How long does peer review take at Food Science of Animal Resources?
Based on the dates recorded on 82 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 74 days (interquartile range 44–105 days); authors report an average review time of about 6 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 Science of Animal Resources?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: 150–250 words; Keywords: ≥ 4; Manuscript length: ≤ 9,000 words; Reference style: Numbered, in order of citation; Suggested reviewers: Optional. 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 of Animal Resources based?
Of the 37 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 4 (about 11%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are South Korea (21), United States (7) and Mainland China (4). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Food Science of Animal Resources?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Food Science of Animal Resources is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists CAB Abstracts; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Food Science of Animal Resources open access, and what is the APC?
Food Science of Animal Resources is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 1,190.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, DOAJ, OpenAlex, 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .