Journal profile · Agricultural and Biological Sciences-Food Science
Potravinarstvo
ISSN 1338-0230 · eISSN 1337-0960 · HACCP Consulting · Slovakia
Potravinarstvo: fully open access; no APC; review about 12 weeks (community reports); 0 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
The latest issue on the journal's website is from 2024 (Volume 18): the journal may have stopped publishing or moved platform in the last two years. Check its website before submitting.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Potravinarstvo is published by HACCP Consulting. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Food and Agricultural Sciences, Meat and Animal Product Quality and Advanced Scientific Research Methods, together about 36.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are Food Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Articles published in the journal are peer-reviewed and open-access online. Journal covers areas including food hygiene, food safety, and quality, food microbiology, food laws and regulations, ingredients and ingredient functionality, nutraceuticals, product formulation, sensory science and sensory statistical analysis, process control and its contribution to food processing operations, food chemistry, food toxicology, food engineering, food technology and biotechnology, nourishment, public health, primary production of food, food adulteration, food economics and marketing, the environmental effect on food and food machinery. All articles are published continuously during the year in one volume. Summary PDF file with all articles: Vol. 18
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Agricultural and Biological Sciences-Food Science
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Food and Agricultural SciencesAgricultural and Biological Sciences15.5%
- Meat and Animal Product QualityAgricultural and Biological Sciences12.1%
- Advanced Scientific Research MethodsAgricultural and Biological Sciences8.6%
- Food composition and propertiesNursing6.8%
- Phytochemicals and Antioxidant ActivitiesMedicine6.1%
- Animal Nutrition and PhysiologyAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.4%
- Probiotics and Fermented FoodsAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.3%
- Postharvest Quality and Shelf Life ManagementAgricultural and Biological Sciences3.6%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
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 | 213/389 | 45th |
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
- 2.5LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 2.4Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.23LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.45LetPub ·
- h-index
- 29OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 259OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.85OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,259 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 517 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 806 |
| 2024 | 66 | 66 | 1,083 |
| 2023 | 70 | 70 | 1,178 |
| 2022 | 62 | 62 | 1,082 |
| 2021 | 115 | 115 | 1,061 |
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 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Peer review
- Anonymous peer reviewLetPub
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LetPub | No APC | Yes | — |
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
- HACCP Consulting
- Country or region
- Slovakia
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1338-0230
- Electronic ISSN
- 1337-0960
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 18 (2024)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Potravinarstvo
How long does peer review take at Potravinarstvo?
Authors report an average review time of about 12 weeks. 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 Potravinarstvo?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Potravinarstvo is indexed in Scopus.
Is Potravinarstvo open access, and what is the APC?
Potravinarstvo is a fully open-access journal. It charges no article processing charge.
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: .