Journal profile · Food Science & Technology
Plant Foods for Human Nutrition
ISSN 0921-9668 · eISSN 1573-9104 · Springer US · NETHERLANDS · Quarterly · Founded 1952
Plant Foods for Human Nutrition: CAS Zone 2 · Agricultural & Forestry Sciences (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 3.55; hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,990; median 74 days to acceptance (56 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: fairly easy; 185 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Plant Foods for Human Nutrition is published by Springer US and is in Zone 2 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Food composition and properties, Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities and Phytase and its Applications, together about 34.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Food Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Plant Foods for Human Nutrition (previously Qualitas Plantarum) is an international journal that publishes original research, critical reviews and Brief Reports. In all components described here, foods and beverages from plants for the general and molecular nutrition of human beings should be emphasized. Food antioxidants and health - Flavonoids, Antioxidant curcumin, Green tea, Food stability related to antioxidant activity, Anthocyanins, Polyphenols bioavailability, Food antioxidants, Foods and food diets with artificial intelligence Sustainable Food Science and Food Technology - Food sustainability in all fields, Food waste management, Green synthesis, Edible films, Post harvest quality, Food optimization, Nutraceutical foods, Green foods Food biotechnology - GMO foods, Molecular biotechnology, Anti-obesity foods, Anti-ageing foods Food Science, Biochemistry, and Nutrition - Prebiotic and probiotic foods, Bioactive peptides, Enzymatic hydrolysis, Volatile compounds in foods and beverage, In-vitro digestibilityFood processing, Food safety, Consumer protections - Physico-chemical properties of foods, Rheological properties, Food consumption and behavior, Allergenicity, Sensory evaluation, Food safety and contamination, Texture and microstructure, Food nanoparticles, Sensors and regulation, Food traceability, Flavor identification, Spectroscopy, Ultrasound Mass-spectrometry and chromatographyFood microbiology and health - Food fermentation, Gut microbiome, Food toxicology, Antimicrobial components.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Food Science & Technology
Editor-in-chief Octavio Paredes-LopezPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 2 in mainland China (about 7%); most named Brazil 3, Mexico 3, Mainland China 2, Italy 2, Spain 2 (30 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Food composition and propertiesNursing13.9%
- Phytochemicals and Antioxidant ActivitiesMedicine11.4%
- Phytase and its ApplicationsAgricultural and Biological Sciences8.9%
- Proteins in Food SystemsAgricultural and Biological Sciences7%
- Microbial Metabolites in Food BiotechnologyNursing5.5%
- Seed and Plant BiochemistryAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.4%
- Natural Antidiabetic Agents StudiesMedicine3.8%
- Antioxidant Activity and Oxidative StressMedicine3.7%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Chemistry, Applied | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Food Science & Technology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Nutrition & Dietetics | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Plant Sciences | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Plant Sciences | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Chemistry, Applied | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Food Science & Technology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Nutrition & Dietetics | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Chemistry, Applied | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Plant Sciences | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Food Science & Technology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Nutrition & Dietetics | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
MEDLINECASCAB AbstractsCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, EBSCO, ProQuest, Dimensions, CNKI, Baidu, AGRICOLA, Naver, OCLC, Portico, CLOCKSS, Semantic Scholar
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
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
- 3.55LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 3.6Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 4Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 5.5LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.73LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.94LetPub ·
- h-index
- 65LetPub ·
- h-index
- 124OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 2,002OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 3.63OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 8.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 16.12%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 178LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 457,700Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 3,799 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 117 | 43 | 72 |
| 2025 | 185 | 52 | 533 |
| 2024 | 134 | 25 | 976 |
| 2023 | 92 | 18 | 1,088 |
| 2022 | 99 | 22 | 1,710 |
| 2021 | 71 | 17 | 1,510 |
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 49 days – 117 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 19 days (101 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 96 days
- Sample
- 56 articles with submission and acceptance dates (331 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)
- 12–24 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- Fairly easyLetPub ·
- Submission to first decision
- 4 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Double 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 3,990 / EUR 2,990 / GBP 2,590 | — | — |
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)
Open calls for papers1, by deadline
Publisher websiteWhat to prepare4 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- 150–250 words
- Keywords
- ≥ 4
- Reference style
- Numbered, in order of citation
- Suggested reviewers
- Required, 5
Article types accepted6, with length limits
- research articleResearch Articles: Research articles should have a maximum of 16 pages and any additional material should be reported in a Supplementary Material (SM) section. …Length not stated
- research articlesResearch articles should have a maximum of 16 pages and any additional material should be reported in a Supplementary Material (SM) section. The manuscript shou…Length not stated
- review articleResearch Articles: Research articles should have a maximum of 16 pages and any additional material should be reported in a Supplementary Material (SM) section. …references ≤ 80
- review articlesReview articles may have a maximum of 30 pages; additional data should be included in a SM section. The manuscript must include tables/figures and a maximum of …Length not stated
- short communicationResearch Articles: Research articles should have a maximum of 16 pages and any additional material should be reported in a Supplementary Material (SM) section. …Length not stated
- short communicationsShort Communications articles should have a maximum of 4 pagesLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Trial registration / reporting guidelines
- AI use Generative AI Images
Please check Springer’s policy on generative AI images and make sure your work adheres to the principles described therein. Back to top
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Authorship Authorship principles
These guidelines describe authorship principles and good authorship practices to which prospective authors should adhere to. Authorship clarified The Journal and Publisher assume all authors agreed with the content and that all gave explicit consent to submit and that they obtained consent from the responsible authorities at the institute/organization where the work has been carried out, before th…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Disclosures and declarations
Competing interests disclosure required Model summary
All authors are requested to include information regarding sources of funding, financial or non-financial interests, study-specific approval by the appropriate ethics committee for research involving humans and/or animals, informed consent if the research involved human participants, and a statement on welfare of animals if the research involved animals (as appropriate). The decision whether such …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data availability statements
Data transparency policy Model summary
All original research must include a data availability statement. This statement should explain how to access data supporting the results and analysis in the article, including links/citations to publicly archived datasets analysed or generated during the study. Please see our full policy here. If it is not possible to share research data publicly, for instance when individual privacy could be com…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Compliance with Ethical Standards
To ensure objectivity and transparency in research and to ensure that accepted principles of ethical and professional conduct have been followed, authors should include information regarding sources of funding, potential conflicts of interest (financial or non-financial), informed consent if the research involved human participants, and a statement on welfare of animals if the research involved an…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright
Open Choice articles do not require transfer of copyright as the copyright remains with the author. In opting for open access, the author(s) agree to publish the article under a Creative Commons license. Details of the OA licences offered to authors can be found on the individual journal website, in the journal's How to publish with us guide. Back to top
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access publishing
To find out more about publishing your work Open Access in Plant Foods for Human Nutrition, including information on fees, funding and licences, visit our Open access publishing page. Back to top
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Trial registration / reporting guidelines Clinical Trial Registration
The World Health Organization (WHO) definition of a clinical trial is "any research study that prospectively assigns human participants or groups of humans to one or more health-related interventions to evaluate the effects on health outcomes". The WHO defines health interventions as “A health intervention is an act performed for, with or on behalf of a person or population whose purpose is to ass…
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
- Springer US
- Country or region
- NETHERLANDS
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Founded
- 1952
- ISSN
- 0921-9668
- Electronic ISSN
- 1573-9104
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Plant Foods for Human Nutrition
What CAS zone is Plant Foods for Human Nutrition in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Plant Foods for Human Nutrition is in Zone 2 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Chemistry, Applied / Food Science & Technology / Nutrition & Dietetics / Plant Sciences. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Plant Foods for Human Nutrition?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 3.55; CiteScore 5.5, h-index 124.
How long does peer review take at Plant Foods for Human Nutrition?
Based on the dates recorded on 56 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 74 days (interquartile range 49–117 days); authors report an average review time of 12–24 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Fairly 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 Plant Foods for Human Nutrition?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: 150–250 words; Keywords: ≥ 4; Reference style: Numbered, in order of citation; Suggested reviewers: Required, 5. 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Plant Foods for Human Nutrition based?
Of the 30 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 2 (about 7%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Brazil (3), Mexico (3) and Mainland China (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Plant Foods for Human Nutrition?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Plant Foods for Human Nutrition is indexed in SCIE and Scopus. The journal's website also lists MEDLINE, CAS, CAB Abstracts and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Plant Foods for Human Nutrition open access, and what is the APC?
Plant Foods for Human Nutrition is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,990.
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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .