Best 10 Scopus Indexed Food Science Journals

A Food Science Journal is a type of peer-reviewed journal that experts in the food field use to share their latest research findings with other experts in the same field. The topics covered by Food Science Journals can include things like food safety, food processing, food chemistry, food engineering, and nutrition.

In this article, we have listed the top 10 Scopus-indexed food science journals based on the Scopus-cite score, which is a way of measuring how often a journal’s articles are cited by other researchers.

10 High Impact Factor Food Science Journals

1. Nature Sustainability

• Scopus coverage years: from 2018 to Present
• Publisher: Springer Nature
• E-ISSN:2398-9629
• Subject area: Social Sciences: Geography, Planning and DevelopmentEnvironmental Science: Management, Monitoring, Policy and LawAgricultural and Biological Sciences: Food ScienceSocial Sciences: Urban StudiesEnvironmental Science: EcologyView all
• Source type: Journal

2. Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition

Formerly known as CRC Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition

• Scopus coverage years:1981, from 1983 to 1984, from 1988 to Present
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis
• ISSN:1040-8398E-ISSN:1549-7852
• Subject area: Agricultural and Biological Sciences: Food ScienceEngineering: Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
• Source type: Journal

3. Trends in Food Science and Technology

• Scopus coverage years: from 1990 to Present
• Publisher: Elsevier
• ISSN:0924-2244
• Subject area: Agricultural and Biological Sciences: Food ScienceBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: Biotechnology
• Source type: Journal

4. Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety

• Scopus coverage years: from 2002 to 2003, from 2005 to Present
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• ISSN:1541-4337
• Subject area: Agricultural and Biological Sciences: Food Science
• Source type: Journal

5. Food Hydrocolloids

• Scopus coverage years:1986, from 1995 to 2023
• Publisher: Elsevier
• ISSN:0268-005X
• Subject area: Agricultural and Biological Sciences: Food ScienceChemical Engineering: General Chemical EngineeringChemistry: General Chemistry
• Source type: Journal

6. NJAS – Wageningen Journal of Life Sciences

• Scopus coverage years:1988, from 1997 to 2003, from 2005 to 2020
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis
• ISSN:1573-5214
• Subject area: Agricultural and Biological Sciences: Animal Science and ZoologyAgricultural and Biological Sciences: Agronomy and Crop ScienceSocial Sciences: DevelopmentAgricultural and Biological Sciences: Food ScienceAgricultural and Biological Sciences: Plant Science
• Source type: Journal

7. Advances in Nutrition

• Scopus coverage years: from 2010 to Present
• Publisher: American Society for Nutrition
• ISSN:2161-8313E-ISSN:2156-5376
• Subject area: Agricultural and Biological Sciences: Food ScienceNursing: Nutrition and DieteticsMedicine: Medicine (miscellaneous)
• Source type: Journal

8. Food Chemistry

Incorporating: Journal of Micronutrient Analysis

• Scopus coverage years: from 1976 to 2023
• Publisher: Elsevier
• ISSN:0308-8146E-ISSN:1873-7072
• Subject area: Agricultural and Biological Sciences: Food ScienceChemistry: Analytical Chemistry
• Source type: Journal

9. Food Reviews International

• Scopus coverage years: from 1985 to Present
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis
• ISSN:8755-9129E-ISSN:1525-6103
• Subject area: Agricultural and Biological Sciences: Food ScienceChemical Engineering: General Chemical Engineering
• Source type: Journal

10. Journal of Food and Drug Analysis

Open Access

• Scopus coverage years: from 1994 to Present
• Publisher: Elsevier
• ISSN:1021-9498E-ISSN:2224-6614
• Subject area: Agricultural and Biological Sciences: Food SciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: Pharmacology
• Source type: Journal

I hope, this article would help you to know the top ten Scopus-indexed highly cited journals in the field of food science.