About this journal
Aims and scope
Food Biotechnology is an international, peer-reviewed journal that is focused on current and emerging developments and applications of modern genetics, enzymatic, metabolic and systems-based biochemical processes in food and food-related biological systems. The goal is to help produce and improve foods, food ingredients, and functional foods at the processing stage and beyond agricultural production.
Other areas of strong interest are microbial and fermentation-based metabolic processing to improve foods, food microbiomes for health, metabolic basis for food ingredients with health benefits, molecular and metabolic approaches to functional foods, and biochemical processes for food waste remediation. In addition, articles addressing the topics of modern molecular, metabolic and biochemical approaches to improving food safety and quality are also published.
Researchers in agriculture, food science and nutrition, including food and biotechnology consultants around the world will benefit from the research published in Food Biotechnology. The published research and reviews can be utilized to further educational and research programs and may also be applied to food quality and value added processing challenges, which are continuously evolving and expanding based upon the peer reviewed research conducted and published in the journal.
Peer Review Policy: All submitted manuscripts are subject to initial appraisal by the Editor, and if found suitable for further consideration, to peer review by independent, anonymous expert referees. All peer review is single anonymized and submission is online via ScholarOne Manuscripts.
Publication office: Taylor & Francis, Inc., 530 Walnut Street, Suite 850, Philadelphia, PA 19106.
Journal metrics
Usage
- 18K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
- 1.8 (2023) Impact Factor
- 2.0 (2023) 5 year IF
- 3.8 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
- Q2 CiteScore Best Quartile
- 0.526 (2023) SNIP
- 0.379 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
- 3 days avg. from submission to first decision
- 50 days avg. from submission to first post-review decision
- 35 days avg. from acceptance to online publication
- 7% acceptance rate
Understanding and using journal metrics
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We strongly recommend that you always use a number of metrics, alongside other qualitative factors such as a journal’s aims & scope, its readership, and a review of past content published in the journal. In addition, a single article should always be assessed on its own merits and never based on the metrics of the journal it was published in.
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Journal metrics in brief
Usage and acceptance rate data above are for the last full calendar year and are updated annually in February. Speed data is updated every six months, based on the prior six months. Citation metrics are updated annually mid-year. Please note that some journals do not display all of the following metrics (find out why).
- Usage: the total number of times articles in the journal were viewed by users of Taylor & Francis Online in the previous calendar year, rounded to the nearest thousand.
Citation Metrics
- Impact Factor*: the average number of citations received by articles published in the journal within a two-year window. Only journals in the Clarivate Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI) and the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) have an Impact Factor.
- Impact Factor Best Quartile*: the journal’s highest subject category ranking in the Journal Citation Reports. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest Impact Factors.
- 5 Year Impact Factor*: the average number of citations received by articles in the journal within a five-year window.
- CiteScore (Scopus)†: the average number of citations received by articles in the journal over a four-year period.
- CiteScore Best Quartile†: the journal’s highest CiteScore ranking in a Scopus subject category. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest CiteScores.
- SNIP (Source Normalized Impact per Paper): the number of citations per paper in the journal, divided by citation potential in the field.
- SJR (Scimago Journal Rank): Average number of (weighted) citations in one year, divided by the number of articles published in the journal in the previous three years.
Speed/acceptance
- From submission to first decision: the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the journal to receive a first decision. Based on manuscripts receiving a first decision in the last six months.
- From submission to first post-review decision: the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the journal to receive a first decision if it is sent out for peer review. Based on manuscripts receiving a post-review first decision in the last six months.
- From acceptance to online publication: the average (median) number of days from acceptance of a manuscript to online publication of the Version of Record. Based on articles published in the last six months.
- Acceptance rate: articles accepted for publication by the journal in the previous calendar year as percentage of all papers receiving a final decision.
For more details on the data above, please read the Author Services guide to understanding journal metrics.
*Copyright: Journal Citation Reports®, Clarivate Analytics
†Copyright: CiteScore™, Scopus
Editorial board
Editor
Kalidas Shetty
Professor of Plant Science & Founding Director of Global Institute of Food Security & International Agriculture (GIFSIA)
North Dakota State University
Fargo, ND 58108 USA
E-mail: [email protected]
Editorial Board
Kolawole Banwo - University Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria
P. Michael Davidson - University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
Hanne Frøkiær - University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Santos Garcia - University of Nuevo Leon, San Nicolas, Mexico
Dallas G. Hoover - University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, USA
Deng-Xing Hou - Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, Japan
Chartchai Khanongnuch - Chiangmai University, Chiangmai, Thailand
Dietrich Knorr - Technische Universitat Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Parthena Kotzekidou - Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Marta Laranjo - MED-Mediterranean Institute for Agriculture, Environment and Development, Portugal
Anthony L. Pometto III - Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, USA
Dipayan Sarkar - North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota, USA
Prathap Shetty - Pondicherry University, Pondicherry, India
Zuoxing Zheng - Valent Biosciences Corp, Long Grove, Illinois, USA
Abstracting and indexing
Abstracted/indexed in: Agricultural & Environmental Biotechnology Abstracts, BioSciences Information Service of Biological Abstracts (BIOSIS), CAB ABSTRACTS, Chemical Abstracts, Current Contents/Agriculture, Biology, and Environmental Sciences, Derwent Information, Ltd., Elsevier BIOBASE/Current Awareness in Biological Sciences, EMBASE/Excerpta Medica, Engineering Index/COMPENDEX PLUS, Environment Abstracts, Food Science and Technology Abstracts, Referativnyi Zhurnal/Russian Academy of Sciences, Reference Update, Research Alert, and Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE).
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Open access
Food Biotechnology is a hybrid open access journal that is part of our Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research.
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- Increase the discoverability and readership of your article
- Make an impact and reach new readers, not just those with easy access to a research library
- Freely share your work with anyone, anywhere
- Comply with funding mandates and meet the requirements of your institution, employer or funder
- Rigorous peer review for every open access article
Article Publishing Charges (APC)
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