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EFSA Journal is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 5.9), WoS SCIE, DOAJ. Published by Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
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ISSN 1831-4732Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Veterinary (miscellaneous) | 3 / 44 | 94th | Q1 |
| Animal Science and Zoology | 34 / 520 | 93rd | Q1 |
| Parasitology | 13 / 82 | 84th | Q1 |
| Plant Science | 94 / 541 | 82nd | Q1 |
| Food Science | 116 / 420 | 72nd | Q2 |
| Microbiology | 76 / 194 | 61st | Q2 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2003–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 5.9.
EFSA Journal is Q1 in Veterinary (miscellaneous) (rank 3 of 44), Q1 in Animal Science and Zoology (rank 34 of 520) and Q1 in Parasitology (rank 13 of 82), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 6 subject areas in all.
EFSA Journal is indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded, 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 5.9, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 94th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 1.122, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 167.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$2,400 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.
EFSA Journal is published by Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd. Its ISSN is 1831-4732.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
EFSA Journal has an h-index of 195 and a 2-year mean of 3.7 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 5.9, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #3 of 43 Scopus journals in Veterinary (miscellaneous).
EFSA Journal published 441 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2023 with 528. 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 1 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.
Index data is curated from public sources (Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, DOAJ). CiteScore and quartiles reflect the latest available Scopus release. Always verify a journal's current status on its official source before submitting.
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