Journal profile · Environmental Science-Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
Journal of Food Safety and Food Quality-Archiv fur Lebensmittelhygiene
ISSN 0003-925X · Verlag M. und H. Schaper GmbH · GERMANY
Journal of Food Safety and Food Quality-Archiv fur Lebensmittelhygiene: CAS Zone 4 · Agricultural & Forestry Sciences (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.7; hybrid open access; 18 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Food Safety and Food Quality-Archiv fur Lebensmittelhygiene is published by Verlag M. und H. Schaper GmbH 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 Meat and Animal Product Quality, Food Safety and Hygiene and Probiotics and Fermented Foods, together about 35.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Food Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The "Journal of Food Safety and Food Quality“ provides a platform for papers including case studies and discussion papers dealing with topics from all areas of food hygiene (food originating from animals) including dairy hygiene, food monitoring, beef cattle and meat examination, meat hygiene and food technology.
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): Environmental Science-Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Meat and Animal Product QualityAgricultural and Biological Sciences18%
- Food Safety and HygieneAgricultural and Biological Sciences9.3%
- Probiotics and Fermented FoodsAgricultural and Biological Sciences7.9%
- Identification and Quantification in FoodBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology7.3%
- Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiologyAgricultural and Biological Sciences6.4%
- Listeria monocytogenes in Food SafetyBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology6.4%
- Milk Quality and Mastitis in Dairy CowsAgricultural and Biological Sciences5%
- Animal Nutrition and PhysiologyAgricultural and Biological Sciences3.5%
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 | Chemistry, Applied | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Food Science & Technology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Toxicology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Chemistry, Applied | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Food Science & Technology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Toxicology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Chemistry, Applied | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Food Science & Technology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Toxicology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview 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
- 0.7LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.7LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.2LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.17LetPub ·
- h-index
- 17OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 38OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.96OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 11.1%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 30.19%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 16LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 602 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 20 | 20 | 2 |
| 2025 | 18 | 18 | 32 |
| 2024 | 18 | 18 | 20 |
| 2023 | 19 | 19 | 16 |
| 2022 | 20 | 20 | 24 |
| 2021 | 23 | 23 | 17 |
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.
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.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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
- Verlag M. und H. Schaper GmbH
- Country or region
- GERMANY
- Language
- Multi-Language
- ISSN
- 0003-925X
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Food Safety and Food Quality-Archiv fur Lebensmittelhygiene
What CAS zone is Journal of Food Safety and Food Quality-Archiv fur Lebensmittelhygiene in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Food Safety and Food Quality-Archiv fur Lebensmittelhygiene is in Zone 4 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Chemistry, Applied / Food Science & Technology / Toxicology. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 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 Food Safety and Food Quality-Archiv fur Lebensmittelhygiene?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.7; CiteScore 0.7, h-index 17.
Which databases index Journal of Food Safety and Food Quality-Archiv fur Lebensmittelhygiene?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Food Safety and Food Quality-Archiv fur Lebensmittelhygiene is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Journal of Food Safety and Food Quality-Archiv fur Lebensmittelhygiene open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Food Safety and Food Quality-Archiv fur Lebensmittelhygiene is a hybrid journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, 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 2026-08-24). Last updated: .