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NFS Journal is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 6), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by Elsevier GmbH.
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ISSN 2352-3646Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Elsevier GmbH
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Food Science | 111 / 420 | 73rd | Q2 |
| Nutrition and Dietetics | 48 / 147 | 67th | Q2 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2015–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 6.
NFS Journal is Q2 in Food Science (rank 111 of 420) and Q2 in Nutrition and Dietetics (rank 48 of 147), by CiteScore 2025.
NFS Journal 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 6, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 73rd percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.629, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 36.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$2,800 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.
NFS Journal is published by Elsevier GmbH. Its ISSN is 2352-3646.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
NFS Journal has an h-index of 42 and a 2-year mean of 3.56 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 6, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #115 of 407 Scopus journals in Food Science.
NFS Journal published 40 papers in 2025. 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 93 research articles (2023–2026), authors are most often from Poland (18.1%), Thailand (9.2%) and United Arab Emirates (7.5%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 1 retracted paper is recorded (3.7 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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