Journal profile · Agricultural and Biological Sciences-Food Science
Journal of Food Distribution Research
ISSN 2643-3354 · Food Distribution Research Society
Journal of Food Distribution Research: subscription journal; APC about USD 65; 0 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Food Distribution Research is published by Food Distribution Research Society. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Economics of Agriculture and Food Markets, Consumer Market Behavior and Pricing and Agricultural economics and policies, together about 38.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Marketing. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Journal of Food Distribution Research has an applied, problem-oriented focus on issues of importance facing the US agribusiness economic sector. The Journal’s emphasis is on the flow of products and services through the food wholesale and retail distribution system. Related areas of interest include patterns of consumption, impacts of technology on processing and manufacturing, packaging and transport, data and information systems in the food and agricultural industry, market development, financial issues in agribusiness, and international trade in food products and agricultural commodities. Business and agricultural and applied economic applications are encouraged.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Agricultural and Biological Sciences-Food Science
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Economics of Agriculture and Food MarketsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance16.3%
- Consumer Market Behavior and PricingBusiness, Management and Accounting12.1%
- Agricultural economics and policiesSocial Sciences10.1%
- Consumer Retail Behavior StudiesBusiness, Management and Accounting4.7%
- Agriculture and Agroindustry StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.7%
- Organic Food and AgricultureAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.3%
- Supply Chain and Inventory ManagementBusiness, Management and Accounting3.9%
- Consumer Attitudes and Food LabelingMedicine3.9%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
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CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
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CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
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CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agronomy and Crop Science | Q4 | 370/422 | 12th |
| Economics and Econometrics | Q4 | 664/755 | 12th |
| Food Science | Q4 | 373/420 | 11th |
| Marketing | Q4 | 199/221 | 10th |
| Management Science and Operations Research | Q4 | 206/225 | 8th |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Ag Econ Search, Google Scholar, RePEc, Econ Papers, IDEAS, CAB InternationalPublisher 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
- 0.7LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.15LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.21LetPub ·
- h-index
- 7OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 4OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 124 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
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
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewPublisher website
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
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publisher website | USD 65 | — | — |
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)
Article types accepted3
- conference special issue articlesEditor(s) invite presenters of research reports from the previous annual FDRS conference to submit their complete manuscripts to be considered for inclusion in …Length not stated
- research articlesAcceptable methodologies include survey, review, and critique; analysis and syntheses of previous research; econometric or other statistical analysis; and case …Length not stated
- teaching casesJFDR editors encourage the submission of Harvard-style teaching cases (refer to the teaching case studies guidelines in the Instructions for Submission section)…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePublication ethics, License & copyright, Open access
- Publication ethics
Follows COPE guidelines on research and publication ethics. Model summary
The Journal adheres to the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) guidelines on research and publications ethics.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright
Non-commercial reproduction permitted for educational or scientific advancement. Model summary
Copies of articles in the Journal may be non-commercially reproduced for the purpose of educational or scientific advancement.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access
Open access; articles freely available under permissive licensing. Model summary
Journal of Food Distribution Research is an open-access journal and published articles are made freely available under licensing that allows them to be read, copied, re-distributed and re-used.
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
- Food Distribution Research Society
- ISSN
- 2643-3354
- Print ISSN
- 0047-245X
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Food Distribution Research
Which databases index Journal of Food Distribution Research?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Food Distribution Research is indexed in Scopus.
Is Journal of Food Distribution Research open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Food Distribution Research is a subscription journal. APC about USD 65.
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: .