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Best Food Science journals

417 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Food Science. The top 100 by CiteScore percentile are listed below — 100 of them sit in quartile Q1. Every title links to a full profile with Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, DOAJ and open-access details.

# Journal CiteScore Percentile Quartile WoS ABDC OA
1 Nature Sustainability 44.1 99th Q1 SCIE, SSCI No
2 Nature Food 33.2 99th Q1 SCIE No
3 Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition 29.4 99th Q1 SCIE No
4 Trends in Food Science and Technology 27.3 99th Q1 SCIE No
5 Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety 25.5 98th Q1 SCIE No
6 Annual Review of Food Science and Technology 25.2 98th Q1 SCIE No
7 Food Hydrocolloids 25.2 98th Q1 SCIE No
8 Food Reviews International 20.6 98th Q1 SCIE No
9 Advances in Nutrition 19.4 97th Q1 SCIE No
10 Food Packaging and Shelf Life 19.4 97th Q1 SCIE No
11 Current Opinion in Food Science 19.1 97th Q1 SCIE No
12 Food Chemistry 17.5 97th Q1 SCIE No
13 Global Food Security 17.2 97th Q1 SCIE No
14 Journal of Future Foods 16.9 96th Q1 ESCI Yes
15 Advanced Agrochem 14.9 96th Q1 ESCI Yes
16 Antioxidants 14.7 96th Q1 SCIE Yes
17 Food Control 14.7 96th Q1 SCIE No
18 Grain and Oil Science and Technology 13.9 95th Q1 ESCI Yes
19 LWT 13.6 95th Q1 SCIE Yes
20 Meat Science 13.6 95th Q1 SCIE No
21 Food Research International 13.4 95th Q1 SCIE No
22 Journal of Food Engineering 12.7 94th Q1 SCIE No
23 Current Research in Food Science 12.5 94th Q1 SCIE Yes
24 Food Security 12.4 94th Q1 SCIE No
25 Postharvest Biology and Technology 12 94th Q1 SCIE No
26 Food Science and Human Wellness 12 93th Q1 SCIE Yes
27 Innovative Food Science and Emerging Technologies 12 93th Q1 SCIE No
28 Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology 11.9 93th Q1 SCIE Yes
29 Biosystems Engineering 11.7 93th Q1 SCIE No
30 Food and Function 11.5 92th Q1 SCIE No
31 International Journal of Biological Macromolecules 11.4 92th Q1 SCIE No
32 Food Policy 11 92th Q1 SCIE, SSCI B No
33 Food Chemistry: X 10.7 92th Q1 SCIE Yes
34 International Journal of Food Properties 10.7 92th Q1 SCIE Yes
35 Advances in Sample Preparation 10.6 91th Q1 ESCI Yes
36 Food Hydrocolloids for Health 10.5 91th Q1 ESCI Yes
37 Food Microbiology 10.5 91th Q1 SCIE No
38 Food Quality and Preference 10.4 91th Q1 SCIE A No
39 Foods 10.3 90th Q1 SCIE Yes
40 Nutrients 10.2 90th Q1 SCIE Yes
41 Food Chemistry Advances 10.1 90th Q1 Yes
42 International Journal of Food Microbiology 10 90th Q1 SCIE No
43 Food and Chemical Toxicology 9.9 89th Q1 SCIE No
44 Food Frontiers 9.9 89th Q1 ESCI Yes
45 Journal of Food Biochemistry 9.9 89th Q1 SCIE No
46 Food Production, Processing and Nutrition 9.8 89th Q1 ESCI Yes
47 Journal of Agriculture and Food Research 9.8 88th Q1 ESCI Yes
48 Bioresources and Bioprocessing 9.7 88th Q1 SCIE Yes
49 Current Nutrition Reports 9.7 88th Q1 SCIE No
50 Frontiers in Nutrition 9.6 88th Q1 SCIE Yes
51 Agriculture and Food Security 9.6 87th Q1 ESCI Yes
52 Quality Assurance and Safety of Crops and Foods 9.6 87th Q1 SCIE No
53 Measurement: Food 9.5 87th Q1 ESCI Yes
54 British Food Journal 9.3 87th Q1 SCIE B No
55 GM Crops and Food 9.1 87th Q1 SCIE Yes
56 Legume Science 9.1 86th Q1 ESCI Yes
57 Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture 9 86th Q1 SCIE Yes
58 Food and Bioprocess Technology 9 86th Q1 SCIE No
59 Journal of Integrative Agriculture 9 86th Q1 SCIE Yes
60 Food Additives and Contaminants - Part A 9 85th Q1 SCIE No
61 Natural Products and Bioprospecting 9 85th Q1 ESCI Yes
62 Food Chemistry: Molecular Sciences 8.9 85th Q1 ESCI Yes
63 Food Structure 8.9 85th Q1 SCIE No
64 Future Foods 8.9 84th Q1 ESCI Yes
65 ES Food and Agroforestry 8.8 84th Q1 No
66 Journal of Food Science and Technology 8.8 84th Q1 SCIE No
67 Food and Energy Security 8.7 84th Q1 SCIE Yes
68 Journal of Food Quality 8.6 83th Q1 SCIE Yes
69 Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries 8.3 83th Q1 SCIE No
70 npj Science of Food 8.3 83th Q1 SCIE Yes
71 Annals of Agricultural Sciences 8.2 83th Q1 SCIE Yes
72 Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture 8.1 82th Q1 SCIE No
73 Food Bioscience 8 82th Q1 SCIE No
74 Food Physics 8 82th Q1 ESCI Yes
75 Food Quality and Safety 7.8 82th Q1 SCIE Yes
76 Food Science of Animal Resources 7.8 82th Q1 SCIE Yes
77 Agriculture (Switzerland) 7.8 81th Q1 SCIE Yes
78 Journal of Dairy Science 7.8 81th Q1 SCIE Yes
79 Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology 7.7 81th Q1 ESCI No
80 Fermentation 7.7 81th Q1 SCIE Yes
81 Molecular Nutrition and Food Research 7.6 80th Q1 SCIE No
82 eFood 7.5 80th Q1 ESCI Yes
83 Journal of Food Processing and Preservation 7.5 80th Q1 SCIE No
84 Journal of Food Composition and Analysis 7.4 80th Q1 SCIE No
85 Journal of Texture Studies 7.4 79th Q1 SCIE No
86 Journal of Cereal Science 7.3 79th Q1 SCIE No
87 Journal of Functional Foods 7.2 79th Q1 SCIE Yes
88 International Dairy Journal 7.1 79th Q1 SCIE No
89 Food and Nutrition Research 7.1 78th Q1 SCIE Yes
90 International Journal of Food Science and Technology 7.1 78th Q1 SCIE Yes
91 Sustainable Food Technology 7 78th Q1 ESCI Yes
92 Functional Food Science 6.9 78th Q1 No
93 Bioactive Carbohydrates and Dietary Fibre 6.9 77th Q1 ESCI No
94 European Food Research and Technology 6.9 77th Q1 SCIE No
95 Food Analytical Methods 6.9 77th Q1 SCIE No
96 Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics 6.9 77th Q1 SCIE No
97 International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition 6.8 77th Q1 SCIE No
98 Applied and Environmental Microbiology 6.7 76th Q1 SCIE Yes
99 Journal of Foodservice Business Research 6.6 76th Q1 C No
100 Journal of Ethnic Foods 6.6 76th Q1 Yes

Rank and percentile are within the Food Science Scopus subject table (CiteScore 2025, dataset 2026-06-09). A journal can rank differently in its other subject areas — open its profile for the full picture.

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