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Food Science · 98 journals ranked · top 40 listed

Best open-access journals for Food Science

The top 40 of 98 Food Science journals, open-access only, ranked by Scimago quartile, then by whether OpenAlex and Scimago agree on the subject and how central Food Science is to each journal, then OpenAlex cites/paper (2-year window), leaving out journals both place in another discipline, drawn from a 17,500-venue index. Predatory venues are excluded; the FAQ below gives the exact ranking rule. These are field-wide rankings — for a shortlist matched to your specific paper, paste your title and abstract into the Journal Finder (a free account starts with 25 welcome credits).

Data as of — the date our venue index was last rebuilt from OpenAlex and Scimago.

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  1. 1
    Current Research in Food Science
    8.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  2. 2
    LWT
    7.5 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  3. 3
    Foods
    7.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  4. 4
    Food Chemistry Advances
    7.0 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    Open AccessDOAJScopusPubMed
  5. 5
    Future Foods
    6.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  6. 6
    Food Chemistry X
    6.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  7. 7
    npj Science of Food
    6.2 cites/paper · Q1 · Nature Portfolio
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  8. 8
    Fermentation
    5.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
  9. 9
    Food Science of Animal Resources
    5.6 cites/paper · Q1
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  10. 10
    Journal of Agriculture and Food Research
    5.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  11. 11
    International Journal of Food Science & Technology
    5.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Wiley
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  12. 12
    International Journal of Food Properties
    4.6 cites/paper · Q1 · Marcel Dekker
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
  13. 13
    Applied Food Research
    3.9 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  14. 14
    EFSA Journal
    3.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Wiley
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  15. 15
    Food Science and Human Wellness
    1.4 cites/paper · Q1 · Elsevier BV
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  16. 16
    Applied Biological Chemistry
    5.7 cites/paper · Q1 · Springer Nature
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  17. 17
    International Journal of Microbiology
    3.3 cites/paper · Q1 · Hindawi Publishing Corporation
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  18. 18
    Food and Agricultural Immunology
    6.8 cites/paper · Q2 · Taylor & Francis
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  19. 19
    Quality Assurance and Safety of Crops & Foods
    5.8 cites/paper · Q2 · Codon Publications
    Open AccessScopusWeb of Science
  20. 20
    Journal of Food Protection
    4.1 cites/paper · Q2 · Elsevier BV
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  21. 21
    CyTA - Journal of Food
    4.1 cites/paper · Q2 · Taylor & Francis
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
  22. 22
    Italian Journal of Food Science
    3.9 cites/paper · Q2 · Chiriotti Editori
    Open AccessDOAJScopus
  23. 23
    Beverages
    3.7 cites/paper · Q2 · Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  24. 24
    Journal of Food Quality
    2.9 cites/paper · Q2 · Hindawi Publishing Corporation
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  25. 25
    Polish Journal of Food and Nutrition Sciences
    2.7 cites/paper · Q2 · De Gruyter Open
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  26. 26
    Journal of the Institute of Brewing
    1.1 cites/paper · Q2 · Wiley
    Open AccessScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  27. 27
    Discover Food
    3.8 cites/paper · Q2 · Springer Nature
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  28. 28
    Trends in Sciences
    1.7 cites/paper · Q2 · Walailak University
    Open AccessScopus
  29. 29
    Acta Scientiarum Polonorum Technologia Alimentaria
    4.3 cites/paper · Q3
    Open AccessScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  30. 30
    Current Research in Nutrition and Food Science Journal
    2.6 cites/paper · Q3
    Open AccessScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  31. 31
    African Journal of Food Agriculture Nutrition and Development
    1.8 cites/paper · Q3 · African Scholarly Science Communications Trust
    Open AccessDOAJScopusPubMed
  32. 32
    Brazilian Journal of Food Technology
    1.8 cites/paper · Q3 · Institute of Food Technology
    Open AccessDOAJScopus
  33. 33
    Czech Journal of Food Sciences
    1.3 cites/paper · Q3 · Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of Science
  34. 34
    Food Research
    1.2 cites/paper · Q3 · Rynnye Lyan Resources
    Open AccessDOAJScopus
  35. 35
    Journal of Microbiology Biotechnology and Food Sciences
    1.2 cites/paper · Q3 · Slovak University of Agriculture
    Open AccessScopusWeb of Science
  36. 36
    Food Processing Techniques and Technology
    1.0 cites/paper · Q3 · Kemerovo State University
    Open AccessDOAJScopus
  37. 37
    Eastern-European Journal of Enterprise Technologies
    0.8 cites/paper · Q3 · Kharkiv State Academy of Physical Culture
    Open AccessScopus
  38. 38
    Italian Journal of Food Safety
    0.7 cites/paper · Q3 · PAGEPress (Italy)
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
  39. 39
    Asian Journal of Dairy and Food Research
    0.3 cites/paper · Q3 · Agricultural Research Communication Center
    Open AccessScopusPubMed
  40. 40
    Microbiology Research
    3.2 cites/paper · Q3 · Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
    Open AccessDOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed

“Cites/paper” is the OpenAlex 2-year citation rate — a transparent signal, not a licensed Impact Factor. Many regional and open-access journals are strong but aren’t covered by Scimago, so they show “no Scimago quartile”; that’s a coverage gap, not a quality judgement.

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Frequently asked

Current Research in Food Science, LWT, Foods, Food Chemistry Advances, Future Foods lead this list, drawn from a 17,500-venue index. The top 40 of 98 ranked venues are listed on this page; 17 are Scimago Q1, 11 Q2 and 12 Q3. Journals are placed by two independent classifications, OpenAlex's and Scimago's, plus any documented corrections. A journal both place under Food Science ranks ahead, within its Scimago quartile, of one only OpenAlex places there — because Scimago does not cover it, files it as Multidisciplinary, or files it under a neighbouring subject or only under a broad “(miscellaneous)” category (which counts as agreement when Food Science is the journal's main OpenAlex subfield). 5 journals OpenAlex files under Food Science are left out because OpenAlex's main field for them and Scimago's categories both place them in another discipline. By Scimago quartile first (Q1 → Q4, then venues without one). Within a quartile, journals both sources place under Food Science come first, then venues whose main OpenAlex subfield is Food Science come before those that list it second or third, and ties go to OpenAlex cites/paper over a 2-year window. A venue whose main subfield is unrelated to Food Science — fewer than a quarter of the venues filed under that subfield (or fewer than five) are also filed under Food Science — is listed after all the others. Only open-access venues are included. Cites/paper is a transparent citation rate, not a licensed Impact Factor, and journals flagged as predatory are excluded. For a match to your specific paper use the Journal Finder (15 credits; free account starts with 25).

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