Polish Journal of Food and Nutrition Sciences

Polish Journal of Food and Nutrition Sciences is published by Polish Academy Sciences. Institute of Animal Reproduction and Food Research 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 Meat and Animal Product Quality, Food composition and properties and Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities, together about 31.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Food Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

The Polish Journal of Food and Nutrition Sciences publishes original, basic and applied papers and review articles on fundamental and applied food research, preferably these based on a research hypothesis, in the following Sections: Food Technology: - Innovative technology of food development including biotechnological and microbiological aspects - Effects of processing on food composition and nutritional value Food Chemistry: - Bioactive constituents of foods - Chemistry relating to major and minor components of food - Analytical methods Food Quality and Functionality: - Functional properties of food - Food physics - Quality, storage and safety of food Nutritional Research Section: - Nutritional studies relating to major and minor components of food “News” section: - Announcements of congresses - Miscellanea Out of the scope of the journal are: - Works which do not have a substantial impact on food and nutrition sciences - Works which are of only local significance i.e. concern indigenous foods, without wider applicability or exceptional nutritional or health related properties - Works which comprise merely data collections, based on the use of routine analytical or bacteriological methods standard methods, determination of mineral content or proximate analysis - Works concerning biological activities of foods but do not provide the chemical characteristics of compounds responsible for these properties - Nutritional questionnaire surveys - Works related to the characteristics of foods purchased at local markets - Works related to food law - Works emphasizing effects of farming / agricultural conditions / weather conditions on the quality of food constituents - Works which address plants for non-food uses (i.e. plants exhibiting therapeutic and/or medicinal effects) Reviews on specific topics relevant to the advance of the Baltic Region food science and nutrition research are particularly welcome. Review Policy: The Section Editors with the Editor-in-Chief will select submitted manuscripts in relationship to their innovative and original content. Referees will be selected from the Advisory Board and/or qualified Polish or foreign scientists. Acceptance of a paper rests with the Editor-in-Chief.

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): FOOD SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Editor-in-chief Magdalena KaramaćPublisher website

CAS Journal Ranking

Database indexing

SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub

International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub

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Impact

Impact factor

2.36LetPub · 2026-09-13

CiteScore 2026-06

4.5LetPub · 2026-09-13

SJR 2026-06

0.5LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP 2026-06

0.72LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

20LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

59OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

513OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

2.61OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

8.3%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

100%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

34LetPub · 2026-09-13

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.

Average review time (community reports)

about 20 weeksLetPub · 2026-09-13

Peer review

Peer reviewLetPub

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Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)

Submission fee

Charged; see the journal's website for the amount

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Publisher

Polish Academy Sciences. Institute of Animal Reproduction and Food Research

Country or region

POLAND

Language

English

ISSN

1230-0322

Electronic ISSN

2083-6007

Official links

• Journal homepage ↗LetPub
• Submission system ↗Publisher website
• Author guidelines ↗LetPub
• Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
• Special issues ↗Publisher website
• Peer review process ↗LetPub
• Editorial board ↗LetPub