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Journal of Food Protection is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 5.4), WoS SCIE, DOAJ. Published by Elsevier B.V..
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ISSN 0362-028XVerify ISSN ↗1944-9097Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Elsevier B.V.
Cost to publish: Checking DOAJ for article charges…
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Food Science | 131 / 420 | 68th | Q2 |
| Microbiology | 88 / 194 | 54th | Q2 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1982–present (also 1977–1980), best quartile Q2, CiteScore 5.4.
Journal of Food Protection is Q2 in Food Science (rank 131 of 420) and Q2 in Microbiology (rank 88 of 194), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of Food Protection 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 5.4, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 68th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.725, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 162.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$2,300 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 of Food Protection is published by Elsevier B.V. Its print ISSN is 0362-028X and its online ISSN is 1944-9097.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Journal of Food Protection has an h-index of 199 and a 2-year mean of 3.92 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 5.4, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #98 of 407 Scopus journals in Food Science.
Journal of Food Protection published 241 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2020 with 332. 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 94 research articles (2026), authors are most often from United States (43.5%), China (10.6%) and United Kingdom (4.3%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 6 retracted papers are recorded (0.5 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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