Popularity scores

January 2026
Journal popularity score 92.8
Discipline popularity scores (quartiles)
Agriculture 12(Q1)
Food Science 36(Q1)

Journal info (provided by editor)

Manuscripts received last year
106 manuscripts
Articles published last year
38 articles
% accepted last year
38% accepted
Immediately rejected last year
20% imm. rejected
Open access status
open access
Two-year impact factor
0.66

Aims and scope

The editor has not yet provided this information.

Duration of manuscript handling phases

Duration first review round
3.0 months
Tot. handling time acc. manuscripts
5.9 months
Decision time immediate rejection
n/a
Overall rating manuscript handling
5.0 / 5.0

Characteristics of peer review process

Average number of review rounds
16.0 rounds
Difficulty of reviewer comments
5.0 / 5.0 (very difficult)
Average number of review reports
4.0 reports
Quality of review reports
4.0 / 5.0

Latest review

First review round: 13.0 weeks. Overall rating: 5 (excellent). Outcome: Accepted.

Motivation:
This journal is very serious about its publication standards and quality. It gave me revisions about 15 times for which the quality of my manuscript has been increased quite a lot. I think this journal is a very well venue for publication.