Journal profile · Agricultural and Biological Sciences-Food Science
Journal of Food Quality and Hazards Control
ISSN 2345-685X · eISSN 2345-6825 · Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences · Iran, Islamic Republic of
Journal of Food Quality and Hazards Control: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 90 days (submission to acceptance, publisher); 34 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Food Quality and Hazards Control is published by Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Food Safety and Hygiene, Food and Agricultural Sciences and Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology, together about 32.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Food Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Journal of Food Quality and Hazards Control (J. Food Qual. Hazards Control) is an international peer-reviewed quarterly journal that aims at publishing of high quality articles involved in food quality, food hygiene, food safety, and food control which scientists from all over the world may submit their manuscript. This academic journal aims to improve international exchange of new findings and recent developments in all aspects of agricultural and biological sciences. This free of charge journal is published in both online and print forms and welcomes the manuscripts that fulfill the general criteria of novelty and scientific importance. Among the most significant objectives of Journal of Food Quality and Hazards Control are to ensure that the articles reflect a wide range of topics regarding journal scopes; to do a fair, scientific, fast, as well as high quality peer-review process; to provide a wide and diverse geographical coverage of articles around the world; and to publish the articles having a trustable resource of scientific information for the audiences. The types of acceptable submissions include original article, review article, short communication, letter to the editor, case report, editorial, as well as book review. Journal of Food Quality and Hazards Control is an official journal of Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran. This is an open access journal under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) that allows readers to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of its articles and allow readers to use them for any other lawful purpose. The scopes are as below: - Food quality assurance and improvement - Food preservation - Food additives - Food spoilage - Food control - Food safety - Food toxicology - Food bacteriology - Food parasitology - Food virology - Food mycology - Food chemistry and biochemistry - Food biotechnology - Novel methods for detection of food hazards - Molecular identification of pathogens in food - Nutrigenomics - Drinking water safety
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
- Food Safety and HygieneAgricultural and Biological Sciences14.7%
- Food and Agricultural SciencesAgricultural and Biological Sciences10.4%
- Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiologyAgricultural and Biological Sciences7.4%
- Probiotics and Fermented FoodsAgricultural and Biological Sciences6%
- Meat and Animal Product QualityAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.9%
- Essential Oils and Antimicrobial ActivityAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.4%
- Mycotoxins in Agriculture and FoodAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.2%
- Listeria monocytogenes in Food SafetyBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Food Science | Q3 | 230/420 | — |
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
ScopusDOAJLetPub
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.8LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.28LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.45LetPub ·
- h-index
- 17OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 53OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.96OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 17,341Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 338 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 16 | 16 | 100 |
| 2025 | 34 | 34 | 235 |
| 2024 | 32 | 32 | 329 |
| 2023 | 32 | 32 | 235 |
| 2022 | 40 | 40 | 162 |
| 2021 | 24 | 24 | 212 |
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
Publisher-reported review time from the journal's website
90 dayssubmission to acceptance · community reports about 8 weeks
The publisher's own definition applies; dates from this journal's articles in the last 24 months are not available yet, so the publisher's figure is used.
Figures by source
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 8 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to first decision
- 7 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to final decision
- 10 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance
- 90 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 8 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Unspecified 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
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — | |
| Publisher website | No APC | — | — |
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)
What to prepare1 items from the author guidelines
- Cover letter
- Required
Article types accepted14, with length limits
- book reviewThe types of acceptable submissions include original article, review article, short communication, letter to the editor, case report, editorial, as well as book…Length not stated
- book reviewsAcceptable submissions can consist of original articles, review articles, short communications, letters to editors, case reports, editorials, and book reviews.Length not stated
- case reportcommunication - Letter to the editor - Case report - Editorial - Book review Preparation of manuscript Original article The text should not exceed 7000 words, e…main text ≤ 7,000 words
- case reportsAcceptable submissions can consist of original articles, review articles, short communications, letters to editors, case reports, editorials, and book reviews.Length not stated
- editorialThe types of acceptable submissions include original article, review article, short communication, letter to the editor, case report, editorial, as well as book…Length not stated
- editorialsAcceptable submissions can consist of original articles, review articles, short communications, letters to editors, case reports, editorials, and book reviews.Length not stated
- letter to the editorThe types of acceptable submissions include original article, review article, short communication, letter to the editor, case report, editorial, as well as book…Length not stated
- letters to editorsAcceptable submissions can consist of original articles, review articles, short communications, letters to editors, case reports, editorials, and book reviews.Length not stated
- original articleThe types of acceptable submissions include original article, review article, short communication, letter to the editor, case report, editorial, as well as book…Length not stated
- original articlesAcceptable submissions can consist of original articles, review articles, short communications, letters to editors, case reports, editorials, and book reviews.Length not stated
- review articleThe types of acceptable submissions include original article, review article, short communication, letter to the editor, case report, editorial, as well as book…Length not stated
- review articlesAcceptable submissions can consist of original articles, review articles, short communications, letters to editors, case reports, editorials, and book reviews.Length not stated
- short communicationThe types of acceptable submissions include original article, review article, short communication, letter to the editor, case report, editorial, as well as book…Length not stated
- short communicationsAcceptable submissions can consist of original articles, review articles, short communications, letters to editors, case reports, editorials, and book reviews.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteConflicts of interest, Open access
- Conflicts of interest Conflicts of interest:
Authors should describe the relevant funding, patents, and stocks. The authors should disclose all sources of conflict of interest, including interests or relationships, financial or otherwise. The potential sources of conflict of interest include patent or stock ownership, membership on a company's board of directors or advisory board, or receiving speaker's fees from a company. If authors have n…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access
Open access under CC BY 4.0 Model summary
This is an open access journal under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) allowing readers to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of its articles use them for any other legal purposes.
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
- Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences
- Country or region
- Iran, Islamic Republic of
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2345-685X
- Electronic ISSN
- 2345-6825
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗DOAJ
- Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Food Quality and Hazards Control
How long does peer review take at Journal of Food Quality and Hazards Control?
The publisher reports about 90 days (submission to acceptance); authors report an average review time of about 8 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.
Which databases index Journal of Food Quality and Hazards Control?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Food Quality and Hazards Control is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Journal of Food Quality and Hazards Control open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Food Quality and Hazards Control is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex, 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: .