Journal profile · Food Science & Technology
STARCH-STARKE
ISSN 0038-9056 · eISSN 1521-379X · Wiley-VCH Verlag · GERMANY · Monthly · Founded 1949
STARCH-STARKE: CAS Zone 4 · Agricultural & Forestry Sciences (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.49; hybrid open access; APC about USD 4,260; median 233 days to acceptance (92 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: about 50%; 177 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
STARCH-STARKE is published by Wiley-VCH Verlag 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 Food composition and properties, Microbial Metabolites in Food Biotechnology and Polysaccharides Composition and Applications, together about 39.4% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Download Flyer The journal aims to be the premier point of reference for modern starch and non-starch carbohydrate related research and knowledge, having evolved from a focus on traditional processing of starches and their industrial applications. The journal accepts research papers, reviews, notes, and letters to the Editor across the breadth of starch and no-starch carbohydrates research and utilization. The key areas of focus are i) biosynthesis and modification, ii) nutrition (food and drinks, feed and clinical nutrition), and iii) biomedical. Authors are encouraged to submit new research findings within these areas and benefit from reading other articles within their field of interest. Starch and non-starch carbohydrates related biosynthesis and modification work accepted for submission to the journal includes: genotype specific variation; structure and properties of biosynthetic enzymes; influence of the environment on starch biosynthesis; mutations (including GM crops); development of α-glucan structures and their interactions; biosynthesis and interactions of non-glucans within (and associated with) starches (proteins and lipids); granule structure and architecture; chemical, biochemical, and physical modification; investigative techniques; and effects of storage upon starch structure. Work relevant to nutrition of interest to the journal includes: animal (including fish and bird) and human digestion; processing and processing induced modification to digestion; disease-related modifications to digestion; amylases; derivatives used within the food and feed industries; resistant starches and prebiotics; enteral and parenteral feeding; flavors and flavor carriers; interactions within food and feed systems; nutritive and non-nutritive sweeteners; calorie and weight management; and fermentation. Biomedical research related to the journal's interests include: pharmaceutical formulations; excipients; taste masking; carriers; encapsulation; solid and liquid delivery systems; dosage formats; topical Additional Benefits: Online access via Wiley Online Library Accepted Articles/EarlyView for faster publication Impact Factor: 2.741 (2021 Journal Citation Reports) ISSN: 0038-9056 (print). 1521-379X (online). Currently 12 issues per year. How to cite: To make sure that references to this journal are correctly recorded and resolved (for example in CrossRef, PubMed, or ISI Web of Knowledge), please use the following abbreviated title in any citations: "Starch/Stär
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Food Science & Technology
Editor-in-chief Barbara BiduskiPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 1, Brazil 1, Mexico 1, New Zealand 1 (4 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Food composition and propertiesNursing22.6%
- Microbial Metabolites in Food BiotechnologyNursing8.5%
- Polysaccharides Composition and ApplicationsAgricultural and Biological Sciences8.3%
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering6.9%
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance6.7%
- Enzyme Production and CharacterizationBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5.5%
- biodegradable polymer synthesis and propertiesMaterials Science4.9%
- Nanocomposite Films for Food PackagingMaterials Science3.9%
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)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
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
EI CompendexWeb of SciencePubMedCASCAB AbstractsCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: ProQuest, AGRICOLA
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
- 2.49LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 2.6Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.6Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 5.8LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 5.8Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 5.8Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.56LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.73LetPub ·
- h-index
- 71LetPub ·
- h-index
- 143OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 3,367OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.34OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 3.8%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 7.13%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 142LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 141Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 260,948Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 13,922 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 170 | 46 | 39 |
| 2025 | 177 | 72 | 336 |
| 2024 | 197 | 92 | 900 |
| 2023 | 193 | 108 | 1,141 |
| 2022 | 198 | 26 | 2,236 |
| 2021 | 202 | 23 | 2,555 |
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
233 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 160 days – 293 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 18 days (92 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 247 days
- Sample
- 92 articles with submission and acceptance dates (354 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)
- about 1 monthLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- 50%LetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 63%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 63%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 62 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 62 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 177 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 17 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Single-anonymous peer reviewPublisher website · model-extracted
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 4,260 / EUR 3,550 / GBP 2,900 | — | — |
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)
What to prepare9 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 200 words
- Keywords
- ≤ 5
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 5,000 words
- Reference style
- Author–date
- Templates
- LaTeX and Word
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
- Highlights
- Optional
- Graphical abstract
- Optional
- Cover letter
- Optional
Article types accepted5, with length limits
- research articleThree types of scientific contributions are considered for publication:(i) Research articles describing complete and novel investigations. Research papers consi…Length not stated
- research paperThree types of scientific contributions are considered for publication:(i) Research articles describing complete and novel investigations. Research papers consi…main text ≤ 5,000 words
- reviewThree types of scientific contributions are considered for publication:(i) Research articles describing complete and novel investigations. Research papers consi…Length not stated
- short communicationThree types of scientific contributions are considered for publication:(i) Research articles describing complete and novel investigations. Research papers consi…main text ≤ 2,500 words
- short communications(iii) Short communications describing results that are brief, novel, timely and/or of such importance that rapid publication is warranted. They should be subdiv…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteConflicts of interest, Data availability, License & copyright, Open access
- Conflicts of interest Conflict of Interest Statement
All authors must declare conflicts of interest in a separate paragraph after acknowledgements; mandatory for all articles. Model summary
All authors must declare financial/commercial conflicts of interest. Even if there are none, this should be stated in a separate paragraph following on from the acknowledgements section. This is a mandatory requirement for all articles.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data Sharing and Data Accessibility
Data sharing expected; authors must archive data in a public repository and include a data accessibility statement. Model summary
Please review Wiley’s policy here. This journal expects data sharing. The journal expects authors to share the data and other artefacts supporting the results in the paper by archiving it in an appropriate public repository. Authors must include a data accessibility statement, including a link to the repository they have used, in order that this statement can be published alongside their paper.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright Policy, Licensing Agreements and Funding
If your paper is accepted, the author identified as the formal corresponding author for the paper will receive an email prompting them to login into Author Services; where via the Wiley Author Licensing Service (WALS) they will be able to complete the license agreement on behalf of all authors on the paper. (a) For authors signing the copyright transfer agreementIf the OnlineOpen option (b) is not…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access
Journal committed to inclusive science; submissions welcomed from all backgrounds. Model summary
The journal STARCH is committed to fostering inclusive science that reflects the disciplinary, human, and geographic diversity of our discipline and community. Submissions are welcomed from applicants of all ethnicities, races, colors, religions, sexes, sexual orientations, gender identities, national origins, disabilities, ages, and other individual status.
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
- Wiley-VCH Verlag
- Country or region
- GERMANY
- Language
- Multi-Language
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Founded
- 1949
- ISSN
- 0038-9056
- Electronic ISSN
- 1521-379X
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 78, Issue 9 (September 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about STARCH-STARKE
What CAS zone is STARCH-STARKE in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, STARCH-STARKE 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.
What is the impact factor of STARCH-STARKE?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.49; CiteScore 5.8, h-index 143.
How long does peer review take at STARCH-STARKE?
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 233 days (interquartile range 160–293 days); authors report an average review time of about 1 month; the community-reported acceptance is “about 50%”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 63% (2025). 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 STARCH-STARKE?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 200 words; Keywords: ≤ 5; Manuscript length: ≤ 5,000 words; Reference style: Author–date; Templates: LaTeX and Word; Suggested reviewers: Optional; Highlights: Optional; Graphical abstract: Optional; Cover letter: Optional. 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 STARCH-STARKE based?
Of the 4 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (1), Brazil (1) and Mexico (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index STARCH-STARKE?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, STARCH-STARKE is indexed in SCIE and Scopus. The journal's website also lists EI Compendex, Web of Science, PubMed, CAS, CAB Abstracts and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is STARCH-STARKE open access, and what is the APC?
STARCH-STARKE is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 4,260.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, 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: .