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Journal fur Verbraucherschutz und Lebensmittelsicherheit is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 3.3), WoS SCIE. It is covered by India's One Nation One Subscription scheme for reading access. Published by Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH.
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ISSN 1661-5751Verify ISSN ↗1661-5867Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Cost to publish: About US$3,490 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Food Animals | 17 / 46 | 64th | Q2 |
| Agronomy and Crop Science | 169 / 422 | 60th | Q2 |
| Food Science | 207 / 420 | 50th | Q2 |
| Biotechnology | 190 / 325 | 41st | Q3 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2006–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 3.3.
Journal fur Verbraucherschutz und Lebensmittelsicherheit is Q2 in Food Animals (rank 17 of 46), Q2 in Agronomy and Crop Science (rank 169 of 422) and Q2 in Food Science (rank 207 of 420), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 4 subject areas in all.
Journal fur Verbraucherschutz und Lebensmittelsicherheit 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 3.3, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 64th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.361, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 37.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$3,490 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.
Journal fur Verbraucherschutz und Lebensmittelsicherheit is published by Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH. Its print ISSN is 1661-5751 and its online ISSN is 1661-5867.
Yes. It is part of the One Nation One Subscription (ONOS) national subscription, so readers at participating Indian institutions get its full text. ONOS does not cover its article processing charge.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Journal fur Verbraucherschutz und Lebensmittelsicherheit has an h-index of 44 and a 2-year mean of 2.29 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 3.3, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #13 of 45 Scopus journals in Food Animals.
Journal fur Verbraucherschutz und Lebensmittelsicherheit published 52 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2017 with 72. 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.
In its latest 79 research articles (2024–2026), authors are most often from Germany (32.4%), China (8.6%) and Brazil (7%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 2 retracted papers are recorded (1.2 per 1,000 papers). 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.
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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