Journal profile · FOOD SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Foods and Raw Materials
ISSN 2308-4057 · eISSN 2310-9599 · Kemerovo State University · Russian Federation
Foods and Raw Materials: CAS Zone 4 · Agricultural & Forestry Sciences (2025 upgraded edition); fully open access; no APC; review about 24 weeks (community reports); 31 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Foods and Raw Materials is published by Kemerovo State University 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 Food Industry and Aquatic Biology, Protein Hydrolysis and Bioactive Peptides and Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities, together about 32.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Food Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Журнал «Foods and Raw Materials» – рецензируемый высококвартильный научный журнал на английском языке, освещающий широкий круг вопросов пищевой промышленности.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): FOOD SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Russia 3, Morocco 2, India 1 (6 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Food Industry and Aquatic BiologyAgricultural and Biological Sciences16.6%
- Protein Hydrolysis and Bioactive PeptidesBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology8.9%
- Phytochemicals and Antioxidant ActivitiesMedicine7.3%
- Meat and Animal Product QualityAgricultural and Biological Sciences6.7%
- Food composition and propertiesNursing5%
- Probiotics and Fermented FoodsAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.8%
- Freezing and Crystallization ProcessesEngineering4.8%
- Microbial Metabolites in Food BiotechnologyNursing4.6%
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)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Food Science & Technology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Google Scholar, WOS, ВАК, РИНЦPublisher 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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 5LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.46LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.74LetPub ·
- h-index
- 25OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 173OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.1OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 12%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 98.11%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 35LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 1,984Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 628 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 32 | 32 | 1 |
| 2025 | 31 | 31 | 27 |
| 2024 | 52 | 52 | 214 |
| 2023 | 59 | 59 | 445 |
| 2022 | 45 | 45 | 428 |
| 2021 | 41 | 41 | 410 |
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 24 weeksLetPub ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous 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 accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
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
Все содержимое журнала индексируется в Scopus. Model summary
Весь контент журнала включен в международную базу Scopus.
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
- Kemerovo State University
- Country or region
- Russian Federation
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2308-4057
- Electronic ISSN
- 2310-9599
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Foods and Raw Materials
What CAS zone is Foods and Raw Materials in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Foods and Raw Materials is in Zone 4 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Food Science & Technology. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
How long does peer review take at Foods and Raw Materials?
Authors report an average review time of about 24 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Foods and Raw Materials based?
Of the 6 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Russia (3), Morocco (2) and India (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Foods and Raw Materials?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Foods and Raw Materials is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Foods and Raw Materials open access, and what is the APC?
Foods and Raw Materials is a fully open-access journal. It charges no article processing charge.
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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .