Popularity scores

January 2026
Journal popularity score 901
Discipline popularity scores (quartiles)
Microbiology 45(Q1)
Food Science 48(Q1)

Journal info (provided by editor)

Manuscripts received last year
75 manuscripts
Articles published last year
16 articles
% accepted last year
23% accepted
Immediately rejected last year
n/a
Open access status
open access
Two-year impact factor
2.40

Aims and Scope

The journal publishes original papers and reviews on the science and technology of malting, brewing, fermentation, quality and distilling/maturation.

Duration of manuscript handling phases

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

Characteristics of peer review process

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

Latest review

First review round: 26.0 weeks. Overall rating: 3 (good). Outcome: Accepted.

Motivation:
Otherwise high-quality editorial process, although very long and laborious. Editor-in-Chief was very fair and understanding, but still - much too long process.