Journal profile · Food Science & Technology
Innovative Food Science & Emerging Technologies
ISSN 1466-8564 · Elsevier BV · NETHERLANDS · Quarterly · Founded 2000
Innovative Food Science & Emerging Technologies: CAS Zone 1 · Agricultural & Forestry Sciences (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal); impact factor 6.88; hybrid open access; APC about USD 4,470; review about 3 months (community reports); community-reported acceptance: fairly easy; 450 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Innovative Food Science & Emerging Technologies is published by Elsevier BV and is in Zone 1 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Microbial Inactivation Methods, Meat and Animal Product Quality and Proteins in Food Systems, together about 33.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Food Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
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From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Food Science & Technology
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Microbial Inactivation MethodsBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology17.3%
- Meat and Animal Product QualityAgricultural and Biological Sciences8.7%
- Proteins in Food SystemsAgricultural and Biological Sciences7.5%
- Microencapsulation and Drying ProcessesAgricultural and Biological Sciences6.8%
- Listeria monocytogenes in Food SafetyBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5.8%
- Food Drying and ModelingAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.7%
- Phytochemicals and Antioxidant ActivitiesMedicine5%
- Food composition and propertiesNursing5%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Food Science & Technology | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Food Science & Technology | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Food Science & Technology | Zone 2 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
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
- 6.88LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 12LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.31LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.45LetPub ·
- h-index
- 96LetPub ·
- h-index
- 178OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 3,209OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 6.29OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 7.2%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 21.04%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 427LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 4,435 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 341 | 100 | 268 |
| 2025 | 450 | 128 | 2,497 |
| 2024 | 288 | 102 | 4,027 |
| 2023 | 230 | 76 | 5,077 |
| 2022 | 281 | 74 | 8,466 |
| 2021 | 254 | 79 | 9,706 |
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 3 monthsLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- Fairly easyLetPub ·
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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 4,470 / EUR 4,180 / GBP 3,580 / JPY 554,410 | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
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
- Elsevier BV
- Country or region
- NETHERLANDS
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Founded
- 2000
- ISSN
- 1466-8564
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Innovative Food Science & Emerging Technologies
What CAS zone is Innovative Food Science & Emerging Technologies in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Innovative Food Science & Emerging Technologies is in Zone 1 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences, and in Zone 1 of the minor category Food Science & Technology; it is a Top journal. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 1 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Innovative Food Science & Emerging Technologies?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 6.88; CiteScore 12, h-index 178.
How long does peer review take at Innovative Food Science & Emerging Technologies?
Authors report an average review time of about 3 months; the community-reported acceptance is “Fairly 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 Innovative Food Science & Emerging Technologies?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Innovative Food Science & Emerging Technologies is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Innovative Food Science & Emerging Technologies open access, and what is the APC?
Innovative Food Science & Emerging Technologies is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 4,470.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, 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: .