Journal profile · FOOD SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Nutrition & Food Science
ISSN 0034-6659 · eISSN 1758-6917 · Emerald
Nutrition & Food Science: CAS Zone 4 · Agricultural & Forestry Sciences (2025 upgraded edition); subscription journal; 76 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Nutrition & Food Science is published by Emerald 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 Nutritional Studies and Diet, Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet and Culinary Culture and Tourism, together about 24.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): FOOD SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Nutritional Studies and DietMedicine8.5%
- Obesity, Physical Activity, DietMedicine8.2%
- Culinary Culture and TourismAgricultural and Biological Sciences8.2%
- Consumer Attitudes and Food LabelingMedicine7.7%
- Nutrition, Genetics, and DiseaseBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology6.6%
- Dietetics, Nutrition, and EducationHealth Professions5.6%
- Food composition and propertiesNursing4.6%
- Child Nutrition and Water AccessNursing4.4%
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 | 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)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusLetPub
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
- 3.2LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.31LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.45LetPub ·
- h-index
- 62OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 758OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.38OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 1.27%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 69LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 5,552 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 87 | 3 | 8 |
| 2025 | 76 | 4 | 64 |
| 2024 | 115 | 6 | 312 |
| 2023 | 54 | 4 | 356 |
| 2022 | 98 | 9 | 701 |
| 2021 | 91 | 3 | 499 |
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
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
- Emerald
- ISSN
- 0034-6659
- Electronic ISSN
- 1758-6917
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Nutrition & Food Science
What CAS zone is Nutrition & Food Science in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Nutrition & Food Science is in Zone 4 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.
Which databases index Nutrition & Food Science?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Nutrition & Food Science is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Nutrition & Food Science open access, and what is the APC?
Nutrition & Food Science 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .