Journal profile · Agricultural and Biological Sciences-Food Science
Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition
ISSN 1226-3311 · eISSN 2288-5978 · Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition
Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition: subscription journal; median 42 days to acceptance (92 articles, last 24 months); 119 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition is published by Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Food Quality and Safety Studies, Food and Agricultural Sciences and Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities, together about 45.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Food Science and Plant Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): Agricultural and Biological Sciences-Food Science
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Food Quality and Safety StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences26.3%
- Food and Agricultural SciencesAgricultural and Biological Sciences12.9%
- Phytochemicals and Antioxidant ActivitiesMedicine6.4%
- Food composition and propertiesNursing6.3%
- Probiotics and Fermented FoodsAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.1%
- Meat and Animal Product QualityAgricultural and Biological Sciences3.8%
- Medicinal Plant ResearchAgricultural and Biological Sciences3.6%
- Nutrition, Health and Food BehaviorNursing3%
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
Not covered by this edition.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Food Science | Q3 | 310/420 | 26th |
| Nutrition and Dietetics | Q4 | 111/147 | 24th |
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
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
- 1.4LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.2LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.33LetPub ·
- h-index
- 46OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,503OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.69OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 10,865 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 100 | 100 | 927 |
| 2025 | 119 | 119 | 1,984 |
| 2024 | 147 | 147 | 2,404 |
| 2023 | 150 | 150 | 2,251 |
| 2022 | 158 | 158 | 2,073 |
| 2021 | 215 | 159 | 2,308 |
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
42 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 29 days – 56 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 71 days (92 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 116 days
- Sample
- 92 articles with submission and acceptance dates (249 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".
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.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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
- Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition
- ISSN
- 1226-3311
- Electronic ISSN
- 2288-5978
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition
How long does peer review take at Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition?
Based on the dates recorded on 92 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 42 days (interquartile range 29–56 days). 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 Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition is indexed in Scopus.
Is Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition is a subscription 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .