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

Entomology

Food Science & Technology

Soil & Crop 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

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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

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?

  1. Increase the discoverability and readership of your article
  2. Make an impact and reach new readers, not just those with easy access to a research library
  3. Freely share your work with anyone, anywhere
  4. Comply with funding mandates and meet the requirements of your institution, employer or funder
  5. 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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