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Best Food Science journals

417 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Food Science. All are listed below, ranked by CiteScore percentile — 105 of them sit in quartile Q1. Every title links to a full profile with Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, DOAJ and open-access details.

# Journal CiteScore Percentile Quartile WoS ABDC OA
1 Nature Sustainability 44.1 99th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
2 Nature Food 33.2 99th Q1 SCIE – No
3 Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition 29.4 99th Q1 SCIE – No
4 Trends in Food Science and Technology 27.3 99th Q1 SCIE – No
5 Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety 25.5 98th Q1 SCIE – No
6 Annual Review of Food Science and Technology 25.2 98th Q1 SCIE – No
7 Food Hydrocolloids 25.2 98th Q1 SCIE – No
8 Food Reviews International 20.6 98th Q1 SCIE – No
9 Advances in Nutrition 19.4 97th Q1 SCIE – No
10 Food Packaging and Shelf Life 19.4 97th Q1 SCIE – No
11 Current Opinion in Food Science 19.1 97th Q1 SCIE – No
12 Food Chemistry 17.5 97th Q1 SCIE – No
13 Global Food Security 17.2 97th Q1 SCIE – No
14 Journal of Future Foods 16.9 96th Q1 ESCI – Yes
15 Advanced Agrochem 14.9 96th Q1 ESCI – Yes
16 Antioxidants 14.7 96th Q1 SCIE – Yes
17 Food Control 14.7 96th Q1 SCIE – No
18 Grain and Oil Science and Technology 13.9 95th Q1 ESCI – Yes
19 LWT 13.6 95th Q1 SCIE – Yes
20 Meat Science 13.6 95th Q1 SCIE – No
21 Food Research International 13.4 95th Q1 SCIE – No
22 Journal of Food Engineering 12.7 94th Q1 SCIE – No
23 Current Research in Food Science 12.5 94th Q1 SCIE – Yes
24 Food Security 12.4 94th Q1 SCIE – No
25 Postharvest Biology and Technology 12 94th Q1 SCIE – No
26 Food Science and Human Wellness 12 93rd Q1 SCIE – Yes
27 Innovative Food Science and Emerging Technologies 12 93rd Q1 SCIE – No
28 Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology 11.9 93rd Q1 SCIE – Yes
29 Biosystems Engineering 11.7 93rd Q1 SCIE – No
30 Food and Function 11.5 92nd Q1 SCIE – No
31 International Journal of Biological Macromolecules 11.4 92nd Q1 SCIE – No
32 Food Policy 11 92nd Q1 SCIE, SSCI B No
33 Food Chemistry: X 10.7 92nd Q1 SCIE – Yes
34 International Journal of Food Properties 10.7 92nd Q1 SCIE – Yes
35 Advances in Sample Preparation 10.6 91st Q1 ESCI – Yes
36 Food Hydrocolloids for Health 10.5 91st Q1 ESCI – Yes
37 Food Microbiology 10.5 91st Q1 SCIE – No
38 Food Quality and Preference 10.4 91st Q1 SCIE A No
39 Foods 10.3 90th Q1 SCIE – Yes
40 Nutrients 10.2 90th Q1 SCIE – Yes
41 Food Chemistry Advances 10.1 90th Q1 – – Yes
42 International Journal of Food Microbiology 10 90th Q1 SCIE – No
43 Food and Chemical Toxicology 9.9 89th Q1 SCIE – No
44 Food Frontiers 9.9 89th Q1 ESCI – Yes
45 Journal of Food Biochemistry 9.9 89th Q1 SCIE – No
46 Food Production, Processing and Nutrition 9.8 89th Q1 ESCI – Yes
47 Journal of Agriculture and Food Research 9.8 88th Q1 ESCI – Yes
48 Bioresources and Bioprocessing 9.7 88th Q1 SCIE – Yes
49 Current Nutrition Reports 9.7 88th Q1 SCIE – No
50 Frontiers in Nutrition 9.6 88th Q1 SCIE – Yes
51 Agriculture and Food Security 9.6 87th Q1 ESCI – Yes
52 Quality Assurance and Safety of Crops and Foods 9.6 87th Q1 SCIE – No
53 Measurement: Food 9.5 87th Q1 ESCI – Yes
54 British Food Journal 9.3 87th Q1 SCIE B No
55 GM Crops and Food 9.1 87th Q1 SCIE – Yes
56 Legume Science 9.1 86th Q1 ESCI – Yes
57 Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture 9 86th Q1 SCIE – Yes
58 Food and Bioprocess Technology 9 86th Q1 SCIE – No
59 Journal of Integrative Agriculture 9 86th Q1 SCIE – Yes
60 Food Additives and Contaminants - Part A 9 85th Q1 SCIE – No
61 Natural Products and Bioprospecting 9 85th Q1 ESCI – Yes
62 Food Chemistry: Molecular Sciences 8.9 85th Q1 ESCI – Yes
63 Food Structure 8.9 85th Q1 SCIE – No
64 Future Foods 8.9 84th Q1 ESCI – Yes
65 ES Food and Agroforestry 8.8 84th Q1 – – Yes
66 Journal of Food Science and Technology 8.8 84th Q1 SCIE – No
67 Food and Energy Security 8.7 84th Q1 SCIE – Yes
68 Journal of Food Quality 8.6 83rd Q1 SCIE – Yes
69 Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries 8.3 83rd Q1 SCIE – No
70 npj Science of Food 8.3 83rd Q1 SCIE – Yes
71 Annals of Agricultural Sciences 8.2 83rd Q1 SCIE – Yes
72 Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture 8.1 82nd Q1 SCIE – No
73 Food Bioscience 8 82nd Q1 SCIE – No
74 Food Physics 8 82nd Q1 ESCI – Yes
75 Food Quality and Safety 7.8 82nd Q1 SCIE – Yes
76 Food Science of Animal Resources 7.8 82nd Q1 SCIE – Yes
77 Agriculture (Switzerland) 7.8 81st Q1 SCIE – Yes
78 Journal of Dairy Science 7.8 81st Q1 SCIE – Yes
79 Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology 7.7 81st Q1 ESCI – No
80 Fermentation 7.7 81st Q1 SCIE – Yes
81 Molecular Nutrition and Food Research 7.6 80th Q1 SCIE – No
82 eFood 7.5 80th Q1 ESCI – Yes
83 Journal of Food Processing and Preservation 7.5 80th Q1 SCIE – No
84 Journal of Food Composition and Analysis 7.4 80th Q1 SCIE – No
85 Journal of Texture Studies 7.4 79th Q1 SCIE – No
86 Journal of Cereal Science 7.3 79th Q1 SCIE – No
87 Journal of Functional Foods 7.2 79th Q1 SCIE – Yes
88 International Dairy Journal 7.1 79th Q1 SCIE – No
89 Food and Nutrition Research 7.1 78th Q1 SCIE – Yes
90 International Journal of Food Science and Technology 7.1 78th Q1 SCIE – Yes
91 Sustainable Food Technology 7 78th Q1 ESCI – Yes
92 Functional Food Science 6.9 78th Q1 – – No
93 Bioactive Carbohydrates and Dietary Fibre 6.9 77th Q1 ESCI – No
94 European Food Research and Technology 6.9 77th Q1 SCIE – No
95 Food Analytical Methods 6.9 77th Q1 SCIE – No
96 Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics 6.9 77th Q1 SCIE – No
97 International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition 6.8 77th Q1 SCIE – No
98 Applied and Environmental Microbiology 6.7 76th Q1 SCIE – Yes
99 Journal of Foodservice Business Research 6.6 76th Q1 – C No
100 Journal of Ethnic Foods 6.6 76th Q1 – – Yes
101 Agricultural and Food Economics 6.5 76th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – Yes
102 Advances in Food and Nutrition Research 6.5 75th Q1 – – No
103 Applied Food Research 6.5 75th Q1 ESCI – Yes
104 Journal of Food Process Engineering 6.4 75th Q1 SCIE – No
105 Food Science and Technology International 6.3 75th Q1 SCIE – No
106 International Journal of Gastronomy and Food Science 6.3 74th Q2 SCIE – No
107 Food and Bioproducts Processing 6.1 74th Q2 SCIE – No
108 International Journal of Food Science 6.1 74th Q2 ESCI – Yes
109 Systems Microbiology and Biomanufacturing 6.1 74th Q2 ESCI – No
110 Food Science and Nutrition 6.1 73rd Q2 SCIE – No
111 Cereal Chemistry 6 73rd Q2 SCIE – No
112 Journal of Food Measurement and Characterization 6 73rd Q2 SCIE – No
113 NFS Journal 6 73rd Q2 ESCI – Yes
114 Food Science and Biotechnology 6 72nd Q2 SCIE – No
115 Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems 6 72nd Q2 SCIE – Yes
116 EFSA Journal 5.9 72nd Q2 SCIE – Yes
117 Journal of Animal Science and Technology 5.9 72nd Q2 SCIE – Yes
118 Journal of Dietary Supplements 5.9 72nd Q2 ESCI – No
119 Journal of Insects as Food and Feed 5.9 71st Q2 SCIE – No
120 Food Bioengineering 5.8 71st Q2 ESCI – Yes
121 Horticulture Advances 5.8 71st Q2 ESCI – Yes
122 Starch/Staerke 5.8 71st Q2 SCIE – No
123 Agribusiness 5.7 70th Q2 SCIE, SSCI C No
124 Food and Waterborne Parasitology 5.7 70th Q2 ESCI – Yes
125 Food Innovation and Advances 5.7 70th Q2 ESCI – Yes
126 Journal of Food Science 5.6 70th Q2 SCIE – No
127 Beverage Plant Research 5.5 69th Q2 ESCI – Yes
128 Journal of Food and Drug Analysis 5.5 69th Q2 SCIE – No
129 Plant Foods for Human Nutrition 5.5 69th Q2 SCIE – No
130 Animal Bioscience 5.4 69th Q2 SCIE – Yes
131 Journal of Food Protection 5.4 68th Q2 SCIE – Yes
132 Food and Agricultural Immunology 5.3 68th Q2 SCIE – Yes
133 Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition 5.3 68th Q2 SCIE – Yes
134 Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry 5.3 68th Q2 SCIE – No
135 Journal of International Food and Agribusiness Marketing 5.3 67th Q2 ESCI B No
136 Journal of Food Products Marketing 5.2 67th Q2 ESCI B No
137 Food and Environmental Virology 5.2 67th Q2 SCIE – No
138 International Journal of Dairy Technology 5.2 67th Q2 SCIE – No
139 Phytochemical Analysis 5.2 67th Q2 SCIE – No
140 Journal of Animal Science 5.1 66th Q2 SCIE – No
141 PharmaNutrition 5.1 66th Q2 ESCI – No
142 Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems 5.1 66th Q2 SCIE – Yes
143 Foods and Raw Materials 5 66th Q2 ESCI – No
144 ACS Agricultural Science and Technology 5 65th Q2 ESCI – No
145 World Mycotoxin Journal 4.9 65th Q2 SCIE – No
146 Advances in Agriculture 4.8 65th Q2 ESCI – Yes
147 CABI Agriculture and Bioscience 4.8 65th Q2 ESCI – Yes
148 AgriEngineering 4.7 64th Q2 ESCI – Yes
149 Beverages 4.7 64th Q2 ESCI – Yes
150 JAOCS, Journal of the American Oil Chemists' Society 4.7 64th Q2 SCIE – No
151 Journal of Stored Products Research 4.7 64th Q2 SCIE – No
152 Current Developments in Nutrition 4.6 63rd Q2 ESCI – Yes
153 Food Biophysics 4.6 63rd Q2 SCIE – No
154 Food Additives and Contaminants: Part B Surveillance 4.5 63rd Q2 SCIE – No
155 Journal of the American Society of Brewing Chemists 4.5 63rd Q2 SCIE – No
156 Potato Research 4.5 63rd Q2 SCIE – No
157 Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism 4.5 62nd Q2 ESCI – Yes
158 Polish Journal of Food and Nutrition Sciences 4.5 62nd Q2 SCIE – Yes
159 Food Technology and Biotechnology 4.4 62nd Q2 SCIE – Yes
160 Oeno One 4.4 62nd Q2 SCIE – Yes
161 ACS Food Science and Technology 4.4 61st Q2 ESCI – No
162 Frontiers in Food Science and Technology 4.4 61st Q2 ESCI – Yes
163 Nutraceuticals 4.4 61st Q2 – – Yes
164 Preventive Nutrition and Food Science 4.4 61st Q2 ESCI – No
165 Food and Nutrition Bulletin 4.3 60th Q2 SCIE – No
166 Food Safety and Health 4.3 60th Q2 ESCI – Yes
167 Journal of Food Safety 4.3 60th Q2 SCIE – No
168 Human Nutrition and Metabolism 4.2 60th Q2 ESCI – Yes
169 Italian Journal of Food Science 4.2 59th Q2 – – Yes
170 Journal of AOAC International 4.2 59th Q2 SCIE – No
171 Journal of Sustainable Forestry 4.2 59th Q2 SCIE – No
172 Nutrition and Metabolic Insights 4.2 59th Q2 ESCI – Yes
173 Bioscience of Microbiota, Food and Health 4.1 58th Q2 SCIE – No
174 European Journal of Lipid Science and Technology 4.1 58th Q2 SCIE – No
175 Foodborne Pathogens and Disease 4.1 58th Q2 SCIE – No
176 Bioactive Compounds in Health and Disease 4 58th Q2 – – No
177 Cogent Food and Agriculture 4 57th Q2 SCIE – Yes
178 Flavour and Fragrance Journal 4 57th Q2 SCIE – No
179 Journal of Nutritional Science 4 57th Q2 ESCI – Yes
180 Journal of the Institute of Brewing 4 57th Q2 SCIE – No
181 Lifestyle Genomics 4 57th Q2 SCIE – Yes
182 Meat and Muscle Biology 4 56th Q2 ESCI – Yes
183 Climate Smart Agriculture 3.9 56th Q2 – – Yes
184 International Journal of Food Design 3.8 56th Q2 – – No
185 Food Science and Applied Biotechnology 3.7 56th Q2 – – No
186 American Journal of Enology and Viticulture 3.7 55th Q2 SCIE – No
187 Food Materials Research 3.7 55th Q2 – – Yes
188 Journal of Environmental Science and Health - Part B Pesticides, Food Contaminants, and Agricultural Wastes 3.7 55th Q2 SCIE – No
189 Environmental Research Communications 3.6 55th Q2 SCIE – Yes
190 Food Ethics 3.6 55th Q2 – – No
191 Food Safety and Risk 3.6 54th Q2 – – Yes
192 Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition 3.6 54th Q2 SCIE – Yes
193 OCL - Oilseeds and Fats, Crops and Lipids 3.6 54th Q2 ESCI – Yes
194 AIMS Agriculture and Food 3.6 53rd Q2 ESCI – No
195 Food, Culture and Society 3.6 53rd Q2 SSCI – No
196 Q Open 3.5 53rd Q2 ESCI C Yes
197 Nutrition Research and Practice 3.5 53rd Q2 SCIE – No
198 British Poultry Science 3.5 52nd Q2 SCIE – No
199 Journal of Inclusion Phenomena and Macrocyclic Chemistry 3.5 52nd Q2 SCIE – No
200 Wine Economics and Policy 3.5 52nd Q2 ESCI – Yes
201 Agricultural Research 3.4 52nd Q2 ESCI – No
202 International Food and Agribusiness Management Review 3.4 52nd Q2 SCIE – Yes
203 Journal of Berry Research 3.4 51st Q2 SCIE – No
204 Food and Humanity 3.3 51st Q2 ESCI – No
205 Functional Foods in Health and Disease 3.3 51st Q2 ESCI – No
206 Journal of Applied Biology and Biotechnology 3.3 51st Q2 – – No
207 Journal of Agricultural and Food Industrial Organization 3.3 50th Q2 – C No
208 Journal of Culinary Science and Technology 3.3 50th Q2 ESCI C No
209 Journal fur Verbraucherschutz und Lebensmittelsicherheit 3.3 50th Q2 SCIE – No
210 Nutrition and Food Science 3.2 50th Q2 ESCI – No
211 International Journal of Food Engineering 3.2 49th Q3 SCIE – No
212 International Journal of Food Studies 3.1 49th Q3 – – Yes
213 Irish Journal of Agricultural and Food Research 3.1 49th Q3 SCIE – Yes
214 npj Sustainable Agriculture 3.1 49th Q3 ESCI – Yes
215 Caraka Tani: Journal of Sustainable Agriculture 3.1 48th Q3 ESCI – Yes
216 Frontiers in Aquaculture 3.1 48th Q3 – – Yes
217 Bio-based and Applied Economics 3 48th Q3 ESCI C Yes
218 Italian Journal of Food Safety 2.9 48th Q3 ESCI – Yes
219 Italian Review of Agricultural Economics 2.9 47th Q3 – – No
220 Journal of Animal and Feed Sciences 2.9 47th Q3 SCIE – No
221 Journal of Sensory Studies 2.9 47th Q3 SCIE – No
222 JSFA reports 2.9 47th Q3 ESCI – No
223 Recent Advances in Food, Nutrition and Agriculture 2.9 47th Q3 – – No
224 Grasas y Aceites 2.9 46th Q3 SCIE – Yes
225 Animal Production Science 2.8 46th Q3 SCIE – No
226 Applied Food Biotechnology 2.8 46th Q3 ESCI – Yes
227 Journal of Aquatic Food Product Technology 2.8 46th Q3 SCIE – No
228 Annual Plant Reviews Online 2.8 45th Q3 ESCI – No
229 Applied Animal Science 2.8 45th Q3 ESCI – No
230 Journal of Food Quality and Hazards Control 2.8 45th Q3 – – Yes
231 Journal of Wine Research 2.8 45th Q3 – – No
232 Ciencia e Tecnica Vitivinicola 2.8 44th Q3 SCIE – Yes
233 Journal of Wine Economics 2.7 44th Q3 SCIE, SSCI C No
234 Anbar Journal of Agricultural Sciences 2.7 44th Q3 – – Yes
235 Journal of the ASABE 2.7 44th Q3 SCIE – No
236 Animal Science Journal 2.7 43rd Q3 SCIE – No
237 Journal of Oil Palm Research 2.7 43rd Q3 – – No
238 Advances in Food Security and Sustainability 2.6 43rd Q3 – – No
239 Scifood 2.6 43rd Q3 – – No
240 Arabian Journal of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants 2.6 42nd Q3 – – No
241 Current Research in Nutrition and Food Science 2.6 42nd Q3 ESCI – No
242 Ecology of Food and Nutrition 2.6 42nd Q3 SCIE – No
243 Food Biotechnology 2.6 42nd Q3 SCIE – No
244 Eastern-European Journal of Enterprise Technologies 2.5 42nd Q3 – – Yes
245 Agriculture and Forestry 2.5 41st Q3 – – Yes
246 Brazilian Journal of Food Technology 2.5 41st Q3 – – Yes
247 Czech Journal of Food Sciences 2.5 41st Q3 SCIE – Yes
248 Mljekarstvo 2.4 41st Q3 SCIE – Yes
249 Emirates Journal of Food and Agriculture 2.4 40th Q3 SCIE – Yes
250 Exploration of Foods and Foodomics 2.4 40th Q3 – – Yes
251 Food and Foodways 2.4 40th Q3 ESCI – No
252 Revista Brasileira de Fruticultura 2.4 40th Q3 SCIE – Yes
253 Indonesian Journal of Halal Research 2.3 39th Q3 – – Yes
254 World Food Policy 2.3 39th Q3 – – No
255 Acta Alimentaria 2.2 39th Q3 SCIE – No
256 South African Journal of Enology and Viticulture 2.2 39th Q3 SCIE – Yes
257 Current Nutrition and Food Science 2.2 38th Q3 ESCI – No
258 International Food Research Journal 2.2 38th Q3 SCIE – No
259 Journal of Dairy Research 2.2 38th Q3 SCIE – No
260 Journal of Microbiology, Biotechnology and Food Sciences 2.2 38th Q3 ESCI – No
261 Food Engineering Series 2.2 37th Q3 – – No
262 Journal of Food Science and Technology (China) 2.1 37th Q3 – – Yes
263 Journal of Horticultural Research 2.1 37th Q3 – – Yes
264 Journal of Nanjing Forestry University (Natural Sciences Edition) 2.1 37th Q3 – – No
265 Squalen Bulletin of Marine and Fisheries Postharvest and Biotechnology 2.1 37th Q3 – – Yes
266 Canrea Journal: Food Technology, Nutritions, and Culinary Journal 2 36th Q3 – – No
267 Eurobiotech Journal 2 36th Q3 ESCI – Yes
268 Global Food History 2 36th Q3 – – No
269 Mediterranean Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism 2 36th Q3 ESCI – No
270 Ciencia e Agrotecnologia 2 35th Q3 SCIE – Yes
271 International Journal on Food System Dynamics 2 35th Q3 – – Yes
272 Jurnal Ilmiah Perikanan dan Kelautan 2 35th Q3 – – Yes
273 Onco 2 35th Q3 ESCI – Yes
274 Voprosy Detskoi Dietologii 2 35th Q3 – – No
275 Agricultural and Food Science 1.9 34th Q3 SCIE – Yes
276 Journal of Tea Science 1.9 34th Q3 – – Yes
277 Nutrire 1.9 34th Q3 ESCI – No
278 International Journal of Nutrition Sciences 1.9 33rd Q3 – – Yes
279 Nutrition and Healthy Aging 1.9 33rd Q3 – – Yes
280 Shipin Kexue/Food Science 1.9 33rd Q3 – – Yes
281 Food and Feed Research 1.8 33rd Q3 – – Yes
282 Acta Scientiarum Polonorum, Technologia Alimentaria 1.8 32nd Q3 ESCI – No
283 Food Studies 1.8 32nd Q3 – – No
284 Pakistan Journal of Agricultural Sciences 1.8 32nd Q3 SCIE – No
285 Food Science and Technology Research 1.7 32nd Q3 SCIE – No
286 Online Journal of Animal and Feed Research 1.7 32nd Q3 – – No
287 Food Research 1.7 31st Q3 – – Yes
288 Journal of Applied Botany and Food Quality 1.7 31st Q3 SCIE – Yes
289 Indonesian Journal of Biotechnology 1.6 31st Q3 – – Yes
290 Organic Farming 1.6 31st Q3 – – No
291 Food Processing: Techniques and Technology 1.6 30th Q3 – – Yes
292 Progress in Nutrition 1.6 30th Q3 – – No
293 Science and Technology of Food Industry 1.6 30th Q3 – – Yes
294 Economia Agro-Alimentare 1.5 29th Q3 ESCI – Yes
295 Food Science of Animal Products 1.5 29th Q3 – – Yes
296 Italus Hortus 1.5 29th Q3 – – Yes
297 Journal of Fruit Science 1.5 29th Q3 – – Yes
298 Bulletin of the Transilvania University of Brasov, Series II: Forestry, Wood Industry, Agricultural Food Engineering 1.5 28th Q3 – – No
299 Culture, Agriculture, Food and Environment 1.5 28th Q3 ESCI – No
300 Theory and Practice of Meat Processing 1.5 28th Q3 – – Yes

All remaining Food Science journals (117)

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