Journal profile · Food Science & Technology
Journal of the Institute of Brewing
ISSN 0046-9750 · eISSN 2050-0416 · Wiley-Blackwell · ENGLAND · Bimonthly · Founded 1895
Journal of the Institute of Brewing: CAS Zone 3 · Agricultural & Forestry Sciences (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.97; fully open access; APC about USD 3,450; review about 6 months (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 23 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus; the journal's website says submissions are paused or closed; the journal's website says it has moved to a new publisher.
The journal's website says submissions are paused or closed: Wiley is no longer accepting new submissions for the journal. Source ↗Publisher website ·
The journal's website says it has moved to a new publisher: The #1 journal in Brewing Science As of January 2023, the Journal of the Institute of Brewing will no longer be published by Wiley. More information can be found on the new publisher’s website: https://www.ibd.org.uk/resources/ibd-publications/journal-of-the-institute-of-brewing/ Source ↗Publisher website ·
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of the Institute of Brewing is published by Wiley-Blackwell and is in Zone 3 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Horticultural and Viticultural Research, Fermentation and Sensory Analysis and Wine Industry and Tourism, together about 55.5% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The #1 journal in Brewing ScienceAs of January 2023, the Journal of the Institute of Brewing will no longer be published by Wiley. More information can be found on the new publisher’s website: https://www.ibd.org.uk/resources/ibd-publications/journal-of-the-institute-of-brewing/
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Food Science & Technology
Editor-in-chief David QuainPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Horticultural and Viticultural ResearchAgricultural and Biological Sciences25.1%
- Fermentation and Sensory AnalysisAgricultural and Biological Sciences21.7%
- Wine Industry and TourismBusiness, Management and Accounting8.6%
- Hops Chemistry and ApplicationsPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics6.3%
- Food composition and propertiesNursing4.9%
- Biofuel production and bioconversionEngineering3.4%
- Meat and Animal Product QualityAgricultural and Biological Sciences3%
- Fungal and yeast genetics researchBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.6%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 3 |
| 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 | Food Science & Technology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Food Science & Technology | 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
- 1.97LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.51LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.78LetPub ·
- h-index
- 43LetPub ·
- h-index
- 91OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 2,229OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.06OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 10%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 97.92%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 14LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 8,581 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 18 | 18 | 6 |
| 2025 | 23 | 23 | 13 |
| 2024 | 25 | 25 | 51 |
| 2023 | 26 | 26 | 106 |
| 2022 | 31 | 31 | 342 |
| 2021 | 44 | 44 | 495 |
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
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 6 monthsLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Peer review
- Single-anonymous peer review, at least 2 reviewersPublisher website · model-extracted
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
Fully open accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 3,450 / EUR 2,900 / GBP 2,300 | — | — |
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Colour charges
- Charged; see the journal's website for the amount
- Page charges
- Charged; see the journal's website for the amount
- Submission fee
- Charged; see the journal's website for the amount
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 prepare4 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 250 words
- Reference style
- Harvard
- Suggested reviewers
- Required, 4
- Not considered
- fruit-based wines and spirits
Article types accepted1
- reviewThe aim is for at least two reviewers to review a manuscript. On sending an invitation to a reviewer there are a number of outcomes. Best of all is ‘accept’ and…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteConflicts of interest, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Preprints, Self-archiving
- Conflicts of interest Conflict of interest
Any conflict of interest (financial, personal etc) should be declared. Detailed guidelines can be found here. If there are no conflicts of interest, then the following statement should be added - ‘the author(s) declare there are no conflicts of interest’.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright
Copyright allows you to protect your original material and stop your work being used by others without your permission. For Open Access, the authors retain copyright with a Creative Commons license. For publications that are not open access, the copywrite is transferred to the Institute of Brewing & Distilling. On acceptance the corresponding author signs a ‘copywrite transfer agreement’ on behalf…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Gold Open Access
This journal offers authors an open access option (OnlineOpen), with the advantage that the published article (pdf) is immediately freely available to everyone. For details of OnlineOpen and article publication charges see.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Review Process
Peer review with a minimum of two independent referees. Model summary
The aim is for at least two reviewers to review a manuscript. On sending an invitation to a reviewer there are a number of outcomes. Best of all is ‘accept’ and failing that, a prompt decline is also good as this triggers the invitation to a further potential review. Less good is the invitation that is ignored which after a month ‘auto-declines’ which then belatedly triggers a new request for a re…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprint policy
Preprints are accepted for review. Model summary
Please find the Wiley preprint policy here. The Journal of the Institute of Brewing will consider for review articles previously available as preprints. Authors may also post the submitted version of a manuscript to a preprint server at any time. Authors are requested to update any pre-publication versions with a link to the final published article.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Self-archiving Green Open Access
Authors must nominate four potential reviewers. Model summary
Green open access, also called self-archiving, is when the author places accepted peer reviewed version of the published article online in an institutional or online archive making it freely available to everyone. For details see.
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
- Wiley-Blackwell
- Country or region
- ENGLAND
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- Founded
- 1895
- ISSN
- 0046-9750
- Electronic ISSN
- 2050-0416
- Society / sponsor
- Institute of Brewing & Distilling
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 128, Issue 4 (2022)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of the Institute of Brewing
What CAS zone is Journal of the Institute of Brewing in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of the Institute of Brewing is in Zone 3 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences, and in Zone 4 of the minor category 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 Institute of Brewing?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.97; CiteScore 4, h-index 91.
How long does peer review take at Journal of the Institute of Brewing?
Authors report an average review time of about 6 months; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”. 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.
What are the manuscript requirements of Journal of the Institute of Brewing?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 250 words; Reference style: Harvard; Suggested reviewers: Required, 4. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Which databases index Journal of the Institute of Brewing?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of the Institute of Brewing is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Journal of the Institute of Brewing open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of the Institute of Brewing is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 3,450.
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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .