About this journal
Aims and scope
Cogent Food & Agriculture, is a multidisciplinary open access journal, publishing scientifically sound peer-reviewed research, including replication studies, in food, nutrition, veterinary and agricultural sciences. The journal provides a fast, flexible and reliable option for open access publishing, helping authors share their work across disciplines and with a global audience.
Our Editors, each a specialist in their subject area, assess manuscripts objectively and fairly and provide quality, constructive and timely peer review. Rather than accepting manuscripts based on their level of importance or impact, editors assess manuscripts objectively, accepting valid, scientific research with sound rigorous methodology. Article-level metrics let the research speak for itself.
Cogent Food & Agriculture considers original research and review articles in the following sections and broad topical areas:
Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Sciences
What can you expect if you publish in Cogent Food & Agriculture?
- A straightforward and friendly publishing service
- Immediate, free access to your article for anyone anywhere in the world
- Rigorous peer review featuring constructive dialogue with experts
- Retention of the full copyright in your work
- Rapid publication on a state-of-the-art platform
- Global marketing and indexing, including innovative article-level metrics
- High production values
- Perpetual archive preservation of your work
Journal metrics
Usage
- 1.1M annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
- 1.7 (2023) Impact Factor
- Q2 Impact Factor Best Quartile
- 2.7 (2023) 5 year IF
- 3.3 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
- Q2 CiteScore Best Quartile
- 1.138 (2023) SNIP
- 0.455 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
- 41 days avg. from submission to first decision
- 72 days avg. from submission to first post-review decision
- 16 days avg. from acceptance to online publication
- 26% acceptance rate
Understanding and using journal metrics
Journal metrics can be a useful tool for readers, as well as for authors who are deciding where to submit their next manuscript for publication. However, any one metric only tells a part of the story of a journal’s quality and impact. Each metric has its limitations which means that it should never be considered in isolation, and metrics should be used to support and not replace qualitative review.
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.
For more details, please read the Author Services guide to understanding journal metrics.
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-in-Chief
Manuel Tejada Moral (University of Seville, Spain)
Jump to section
Cogent Food & Agriculture publishes across four sections of food science & technology and the agricultural sciences. Each section is led by a Section Editor and is supported by an Editorial Board, as listed below.
Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Science
Section Editor
Pedro González-Redondo (University of Seville, Spain)
Entomology
Section Editor
Manuel Tejada Moral (University of Seville, Spain)
Food Science & Technology
Section Editor
María Luisa Escudero Gilete (University of Seville, Spain)
Soil & Crop Sciences
Section Editor
Manuel Tejada Moral (University of Seville, Spain)
Editors
Dr. Habib Ali (Khwaja Farid University of Engineering and Information Technology, Pakistan)
Francisco J. Matus Baeza (University of La Frontera, Chile)
Saber Abd-Allah (Beni-Suef University, Egypt)
Mohammed Hamood AL-Farga (University of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia)
Juan Manuel Corpa Arenas (Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Spain)
Ali Bilgili (Ankara University, Turkey)
César Plaza De Carlos (Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Spain)
Ramazan Çakmakçi (Atatürk University, Turkey)
Giovanni Dinelli (University of Bologna, Italy)
Arantxa Villagrá García (Centro de Investigación y Tecnología Animal (CITA), Spain)
Vasil Georgiev (The Stephan Angeloff Institute of Microbiology, Bulgaria)
Daniel Gonzalez-Mendoza (Institute of Agricultural Sciences of the Autonomous University of Baja California, Mexico)
Hongju He (Henan Institute of Science and Technology, China)
Salam A. Ibrahim (North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, United States)
Amin Mousavi Khaneghah (Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brazil)
Kemal Kirkçi (Selçuk University, Turkey)
Vijaykumar Kore (SSWP College of Agriculture, India)
De Li Liu (Wagga Wagga Agricultural Institute, Australia)
Abdalbasit Adam Mariod (University of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia)
Irma Celi Mariátegui (National Agrarian University, Peru)
Ester Bartolomé Medina (University of Seville, Spain)
Pastora Flores Mengual (University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain)
Gerson Nakazato (Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Brazil)
María Jesús Navarro-Ríos (Miguel Hernández University of Elche, Spain)
Mehmood Ali Noor (Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China)
Ibrahim Ortas (Çukurova University, Turkey)
Barbaros Özer (Ankara University, Turkey)
Toomas Paalme (Tallinn University, Estonia)
Dr. Isidoro Gómez Parrales (University of Seville, Spain)
Vicente Rodríguez-Estévez (University of Córdoba, Spain)
Nevin Sanlier (Biruni Üniversitesi, Turkey)
Muhammad Ibrahim Shah (University of Alberta, Canada)
Marcus Vinícius Tres (Federal University of Santa Maria, Brazil)
Theodoros Varzakas (Technological Educational Institute of Peloponnese, Greece)
Quan V. Vuong (University of Newcastle, Australia)
Lee Seong Wei (University of Malaysia Kelantan, Malaysia)
Hongshun Yang (National University of Singapore, Singapore)
Claudio Zaccone (University of Foggia, Italy)
Cogent Food & Agriculture editorial office - [email protected]
Abstracting and indexing
Cogent Food & Agriculture is indexed in:
- Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
- Food Science & Technology Abstracts (FSTA)
- Agricola Database
- CAB Abstracts
- CAS – Chemical Abstracts
- Inspec, International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)
- Applied Science & Technology Source Ultimate (EBSCO)
- ProQuest Agriculture Journals
- GoOA (National Science Library, Chinese Academy of Science)
- CNKI Scholar
- British Library
- Cabell’s International
- Finnish Publication Forum, E-Lib Bremen
- Ontario Council of University Libraries (OCUL)
- DTU Library
- Ulrich’s, J-Gate Portal
- Primo Central Index- Ex libris
- WorldCat Discovery Services- OCLC
- Google Scholar
- CrossRef
- Web of Science (Science Citation Index Expanded)
Cogent OA is working with all major indexers to include Cogent Food & Agriculture as soon as possible once it becomes eligible .
Open access
Cogent Food & Agriculture is an open access journal and only publishes open access articles. 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.
Why choose open access?
- 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)
To publish open access in this journal you may be asked to pay an Article Publishing Charge (APC). You may be able to publish your article at no cost to yourself or with a reduced APC if your institution or research funder has an open access agreement or membership with Taylor & Francis. Discounts and waivers may also be available for researchers in selected countries when publishing in open access journals.
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News, offers and calls for papers
Calls for papers
- Advancements in Alternative Proteins for Aquafeed: Enhancing Nutritional Quality and Utilization
- Artificial Intelligence Applications for the Global Transformation of Agriculture and Food Systems: An Interdisciplinary Approach
- Cellular Agriculture as the Next Generation Technology for Sustainable Production of Agricultural Products
- Emerging Food Pathogens
- Camel Milk, Meat, and Urine Products
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