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Applied Food Biotechnology is Scopus-indexed (Q3, CiteScore 2.8), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by National Nutrition and Food Technology Research Institute.
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ISSN 2345-5357Verify ISSN ↗2423-4214Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: National Nutrition and Food Technology Research Institute
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Food Science | 225 / 420 | 46th | Q3 |
| Biotechnology | 206 / 325 | 36th | Q3 |
| Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology | 87 / 134 | 35th | Q3 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2014–present, best quartile Q3, CiteScore 2.8.
Applied Food Biotechnology is Q3 in Food Science (rank 225 of 420), Q3 in Biotechnology (rank 206 of 325) and Q3 in Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology (rank 87 of 134), by CiteScore 2025.
Applied Food Biotechnology is indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 2.8, which places it in quartile Q3 at the 46th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.263, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 29.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$200 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
Applied Food Biotechnology is published by National Nutrition and Food Technology Research Institute. Its print ISSN is 2345-5357 and its online ISSN is 2423-4214.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Applied Food Biotechnology has an h-index of 8 and a 2-year mean of 0 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 2.8, quartile Q3. On 2-year citations it ranks #374 of 407 Scopus journals in Food Science.
Applied Food Biotechnology published 7 papers in 2021; its busiest recent year was 2020 with 10. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
Scopus status: Active. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
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