Journal profile · Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
ISSN 0021-8561 · eISSN 1520-5118 · American Chemical Society · UNITED STATES · Weekly · Founded 1953
Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry: CAS Zone 1 · Agricultural & Forestry Sciences (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal); impact factor 6.68; transformative journal; APC about USD 4,500; median 113 days to acceptance (101 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: 81%; 2,740 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry is published by American Chemical Society 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 Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities, Fermentation and Sensory Analysis and Pesticide and Herbicide Environmental Studies, together about 25.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Food Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry publishes cutting-edge studies and reviews on the chemistry and biochemistry of agriculture and food.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Editor-in-chief Thomas F. HofmannPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Phytochemicals and Antioxidant ActivitiesMedicine11.6%
- Fermentation and Sensory AnalysisAgricultural and Biological Sciences7.3%
- Pesticide and Herbicide Environmental StudiesEnvironmental Science7%
- Meat and Animal Product QualityAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.1%
- Proteins in Food SystemsAgricultural and Biological Sciences5%
- Pesticide Residue Analysis and SafetyAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.9%
- Protein Hydrolysis and Bioactive PeptidesBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4.4%
- Analytical Chemistry and ChromatographyChemistry4%
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 | Agriculture, Multidisciplinary | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Chemistry, Applied | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Food Science & Technology | Zone 2 |
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 | Agriculture, Multidisciplinary | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Chemistry, Applied | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Food Science & Technology | Zone 2 |
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 | Agriculture, Multidisciplinary | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Chemistry, Applied | Zone 2 |
| 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
- 6.68LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 6.7Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 9.5LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 9.5Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.21LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.34LetPub ·
- h-index
- 262LetPub ·
- h-index
- 419OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 45,476OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 6.62OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 11.9%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 8.72%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 2,582LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 62,357 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2,253 | 258 | 1,556 |
| 2025 | 2,740 | 369 | 15,947 |
| 2024 | 2,514 | 339 | 32,226 |
| 2023 | 1,907 | 265 | 38,204 |
| 2022 | 1,595 | 180 | 43,032 |
| 2021 | 1,547 | 173 | 50,758 |
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
113 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 81 days – 150 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 11 days (11 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 122 days
- Sample
- 101 articles with submission and acceptance dates (5,187 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 2.4 monthsLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- 81%LetPub ·
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
Transformative journalLetPub
A subscription journal moving to full open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 4,500 | — | — |
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
- American Chemical Society
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Weekly
- Founded
- 1953
- ISSN
- 0021-8561
- Electronic ISSN
- 1520-5118
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 74, Issue 36 (September 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
What CAS zone is Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry is in Zone 1 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences, and in Zone 1 of the minor category Agriculture, Multidisciplinary / Chemistry, Applied / 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 Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 6.68; CiteScore 9.5, h-index 419.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry?
Based on the dates recorded on 101 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 113 days (interquartile range 81–150 days); authors report an average review time of about 2.4 months; the community-reported acceptance is “81%”. 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 Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry is a transformative journal. APC about USD 4,500.
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: .