Journal profile · Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
Journal of the American Society of Brewing Chemists
ISSN 0361-0470 · eISSN 1943-7854 · American Society of Brewing Chemists Inc. · UNITED STATES · Quarterly · Founded 1976
Journal of the American Society of Brewing Chemists: CAS Zone 4 · Agricultural & Forestry Sciences (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.13; hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,250; median 74 days to acceptance (93 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: easy; 45 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of the American Society of Brewing Chemists is published by American Society of Brewing Chemists Inc. 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 Fermentation and Sensory Analysis, Horticultural and Viticultural Research and Hops Chemistry and Applications, together about 47.3% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
As the leading journal in its discipline, the Journal of the American Society of Brewing Chemists (JASBC) aims to bridge the gap between fundamental and applied research in the fields of brewing, distilling, winemaking, fermented beverages, and other closely interrelated disciplines. JASBC publishes high-quality, peer-reviewed research articles, review articles, research letters, notes, and methods detailing the latest technological and scientific advancements from industry and academia. JASBC publishes research on beer, distilled spirits, wine, and other fermented beverages, along with their raw materials, process aids, and byproducts. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: chemistry relating to all major and minor components microbiology, biochemistry, and production science of fermented beverages new, novel, or improved methods used in evaluation and analysis physical/chemical composition, product stability, quality, and food safety advances in sensorial evaluation and consumer perception emerging technology and process improvements sustainability Please note, papers on therapeutic/clinical applications or those that employ non-human experimental trials will not be considered for publication. Authors wishing to submit to JASBC should review the Instructions for Authors. Further guidance can be found on our Author Services webpage. Peer Review Statement: JASBC is an international, peer-reviewed journal publishing high-quality, original research contributions in the pursuit of scientific knowledge. All submitted manuscripts are subject to initial appraisal by the Editor-in-Chief, and, if found suitable for further consideration, to single-anonymized peer review by independent, anonymous expert referees. Publishing Ethics Statement: JASBC adheres to the highest standards of publishing ethics, with rigorous processes in place to ensure this is achieved. Taylor & Francis is a member of Committee of Publication Ethics (COPE) and utilizes Similarity Check via CrossRef for all journals. More information on our ethical standards and policies The Journal has an appeals and complaints policy
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology
Editor-in-chief Scott J. BrittonPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Fermentation and Sensory AnalysisAgricultural and Biological Sciences32.3%
- Horticultural and Viticultural ResearchAgricultural and Biological Sciences7.6%
- Hops Chemistry and ApplicationsPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics7.5%
- Food Quality and Safety StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.9%
- Food composition and propertiesNursing4.5%
- Meat and Animal Product QualityAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.2%
- Fungal and yeast genetics researchBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4%
- Analytical Chemistry and ChromatographyChemistry3.9%
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 | Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology | 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 | Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Food Science & Technology | Zone 3 |
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 | Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Food Science & Technology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- CiteScore Q2 · 2025
Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website
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
- 2.13LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.1Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.1Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.5LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 4.5Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.5LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.5Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.84LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 0.84Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 36LetPub ·
- h-index
- 58OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 888OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.15OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 38.1%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 18.87%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 37LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 106,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 3,349 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 47 | 17 | 10 |
| 2025 | 45 | 20 | 100 |
| 2024 | 34 | 14 | 161 |
| 2023 | 34 | 9 | 141 |
| 2022 | 43 | 22 | 344 |
| 2021 | 61 | 16 | 479 |
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 Crossref · to
74 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 56 days – 106 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 43 days (93 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 124 days
- Sample
- 93 articles with submission and acceptance dates (100 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 3 monthsLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 42%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 24 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 25 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 45 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Single 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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publisher website | USD 3,250 | — | — |
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.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Article types accepted2
- research articleResearch Article | Published online: 14 Sep 2026Length not stated
- review articleReview Article | Published online: 10 Sep 2026Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePublication ethics, Open access, Peer review
- Publication ethics
Publishing Ethics Statement: JASBC adheres to the highest standards of publishing ethics, with rigorous processes in place to ensure this is achieved. Taylor & Francis is a member of Committee of Publication Ethics (COPE) and utilizes Similarity Check via CrossRef for all journals. Model summary
Publishing Ethics Statement: JASBC adheres to the highest standards of publishing ethics, with rigorous processes in place to ensure this is achieved. Taylor & Francis is a member of Committee of Publication Ethics (COPE) and utilizes Similarity Check via CrossRef for all journals.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access
Journal of the American Society of Brewing Chemists is a hybrid open access journal that is part of the Taylor & Francis Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research. Why choose open access? Incr…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Peer Review Statement: JASBC is an international, peer-reviewed journal publishing high-quality, original research contributions in the pursuit of scientific knowledge. All submitted manuscripts are subject to initial appraisal by the Editor-in-Chief, and, if found suitable for further consideration Model summary
Peer Review Statement: JASBC is an international, peer-reviewed journal publishing high-quality, original research contributions in the pursuit of scientific knowledge. All submitted manuscripts are subject to initial appraisal by the Editor-in-Chief, and, if found suitable for further consideration, to single-anonymized peer review by independent, anonymous expert referees.
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
- American Society of Brewing Chemists Inc.
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Founded
- 1976
- ISSN
- 0361-0470
- Electronic ISSN
- 1943-7854
- Society / sponsor
- American Society of Brewing Chemists
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 84, Issue 3 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of the American Society of Brewing Chemists
What CAS zone is Journal of the American Society of Brewing Chemists in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of the American Society of Brewing Chemists is in Zone 4 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology / 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 Journal of the American Society of Brewing Chemists?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.13; CiteScore 4.5, h-index 58.
How long does peer review take at Journal of the American Society of Brewing Chemists?
Based on the dates recorded on 93 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 74 days (interquartile range 56–106 days); authors report an average review time of about 3 months; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 42%. 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 the American Society of Brewing Chemists?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of the American Society of Brewing Chemists is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Journal of the American Society of Brewing Chemists open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of the American Society of Brewing Chemists is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,250.
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: .