Journal profile · FOOD SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Italian Journal of Food Safety
ISSN 2239-7132 · PAGEPress Publications · Italy
Italian Journal of Food Safety: CAS Zone 4 · Agricultural & Forestry Sciences (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.5 (journal website); fully open access; APC charged, amount not published; median 83 days to acceptance (77 articles, last 24 months); 123 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Italian Journal of Food Safety is published by PAGEPress Publications 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 Safety and Hygiene, Listeria monocytogenes in Food Safety and Meat and Animal Product Quality, together about 37% of its articles. Its main subfields are Food Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Focus, Scope and Objectives The Italian Journal of Food Safety (IJFS) is the official journal of the Italian Association of Veterinary Food Hygienists (AIVI). The Journal addresses veterinary food hygienists, specialists in the food industry and experts offering technical support and advice on food of animal origin. The Italian Journal of Food Safety publishes original research papers concerning food safety and hygiene, animal health, zoonoses and food safety, food safety economics. Reviews, editorials, technical reports, brief notes, conference proceedings, letters to the Editor, book reviews are also welcome. Every article published in the Journal will be peer-reviewed by experts in the field and selected by members of the editorial board. The publication of manuscripts is subject to the approval of the Editor who has knowledge of the field discussed in the manuscript in accordance with the principles of Peer Review; referees will be selected from the Editorial Board or among qualified scientists of the international scientific community. Articles must be written in English and must adhere to the guidelines and details contained in the Instructions to Authors. Peer review process Introduction Peer review is applied to all research articles and the majority of other article types published in the Italian Journal of Food Safety. This entails at least two independent, expert peer reviewers. Letters to the Editor may be subject to peer review at the Editor's discretion. Policy All submissions to the Italian Journal of Food Safety are first checked for completeness (criteria for desk reject are available in the Guide for Authors) before being sent to an Editor, who decides whether they are suitable for peer review. If an Editor is on the author list or has a competing interest in a particular manuscript, another member of the Editorial Board will be assigned to oversee peer review. When making a decision, Editors will consider the peer-reviewed reports, but they will not be bound by the opinions or recommendations contained in them. A single peer reviewer's or the Editor's concern may result in the manuscript being rejected. Peer review reports are sent to authors along with the editorial decision on their manuscript. At the Italian Journal of Food Safety papers undergo a single-blind review process - meaning that the reviewers’ identity is not shared with the authors. Selection Peer reviewer selection is critical to the publication process. A variety of fact
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): FOOD SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Editor-in-chief Alessandra De CesarePublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Italy 43, Spain 2, Portugal 1, Greece 1, Saudi Arabia 1 (48 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Food Safety and HygieneAgricultural and Biological Sciences13%
- Listeria monocytogenes in Food SafetyBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology12.4%
- Meat and Animal Product QualityAgricultural and Biological Sciences11.6%
- Identification and Quantification in FoodBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology9.5%
- Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiologyAgricultural and Biological Sciences7.9%
- Probiotics and Fermented FoodsAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.3%
- Milk Quality and Mastitis in Dairy CowsAgricultural and Biological Sciences3.9%
- Microbial Inactivation MethodsBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3.8%
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 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 3 |
| 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
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of SciencePMCPublisher website
Other: AGRICOLA
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 (publisher)
- 1.5Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.9LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 2.9Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.34LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.44LetPub ·
- h-index
- 31OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 206OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.66OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 6.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 46LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,192 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 117 | 117 | 4 |
| 2025 | 123 | 123 | 48 |
| 2024 | 63 | 63 | 148 |
| 2023 | 45 | 45 | 164 |
| 2022 | 44 | 44 | 241 |
| 2021 | 39 | 39 | 393 |
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 PubMed · to
83 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 58 days – 128 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 48 days (77 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 147 days
- Sample
- 77 articles with submission and acceptance dates (118 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 10 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 10 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous 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 400 | No | CC BY-NC | |
| OpenAlex | EUR 400 | — | — | |
| LetPub | EUR 400 | 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 websiteAI use, Authorship, Publication ethics, Open access, Peer review
- AI use Generative artificial intelligence (AI) and AI-assisted technologies
This policy establishes transparency standards for authors, readers, reviewers, and editors regarding the use of Generative AI and AI-assisted technologies in the writing process. It does not govern the use of AI tools for data analysis or the generation of research insights. PAGEPress will monitor developments in this field and revise this policy as needed in response to the rapid evolution of AI…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Authorship Authorship and Contributorship
All persons designated as authors should qualify for authorship according to the ICMJE criteria. Each author should have participated sufficiently in the work to take public responsibility for the content. Authorship credit should only be based on substantial contributions to: i) conception and design, or analysis and interpretation of data, and to ii) drafting the article or revising it criticall…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Misconduct
False or misleading information, such as identity theft and suggesting fake peer-reviewers, will result in the manuscript being rejected, further investigation in accordance with the Publisher’s misconduct policy (https://www.pagepress.org/site/plagiarism_misconduct), and notification to the authors' institutions/employers. The Publisher follows the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) guidance …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access Policy
This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer-review policy
All submissions to Italian Journal of Food Safety are first checked for completeness (criteria for desk reject are available in the Guide for Authors) before being sent to an Editor, who decides whether they are suitable for peer review. If an Editor is on the author list or has a competing interest in a particular manuscript, another member of the Editorial Board will be assigned to oversee peer …
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
- PAGEPress Publications
- Country or region
- Italy
- Language
- English, Italian
- ISSN
- 2239-7132
- Society / sponsor
- Italian Association of Veterinary Food Hygienists and it
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Italian Journal of Food Safety
What CAS zone is Italian Journal of Food Safety in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Italian Journal of Food Safety 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 3 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Italian Journal of Food Safety?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 1.5; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 2.9, h-index 31.
How long does peer review take at Italian Journal of Food Safety?
Based on the dates recorded on 77 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 83 days (interquartile range 58–128 days); authors report an average review time of about 10 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 Italian Journal of Food Safety based?
Of the 48 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Italy (43), Spain (2) and Portugal (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Italian Journal of Food Safety?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Italian Journal of Food Safety is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists Web of Science and PMC; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Italian Journal of Food Safety open access, and what is the APC?
Italian Journal of Food Safety is a fully open-access journal. APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website, DOAJ; 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: .