Journal Information

npj Science of Food is an online-only and open access journal publishes high-quality, high-impact papers related to food safety, security, integrated production, processing and packaging, the changes and interactions of food components, and the influence on health and wellness properties of food. The journal will support fundamental studies that advance the science of food beyond the classic focus on processing, thereby addressing basic inquiries around food from the public and industry. It will also support research that might result in innovation of technologies and products that are public-friendly while promoting the United Nations sustainable development goals.

Abstracting & Indexing

npj Science of Food is currently indexed in:

  • Biological Abstracts
  • CAB Abstracts
  • Journal Citation Reports/Science Edition
  • SCOPUS
  • INSPEC
  • BIOSIS
  • Google Scholar
  • PubMedCentral
  • ProQuest-ExLibris Summon
  • OCLC WorldCat Discovery Service
  • Current Contents/ Agriculture
  • Biology & Environmental Sciences
  • SCImago
  • DOAJ
  • CNKI
  • INIS Atomindex
  • ProQuest Agricultural & Environmental Science Database
  • ProQuest-ExLibris Primo
  • Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE)
  • Semantic Scholar
  • IFIS Publishing
  • WTI AG
  • Meta
  • Naver
  • Dimensions
  • UGC-CARE List (India)
  • TD Net Discovery Service
  • Norwegian Register for Scientific Journals and Series
  • BFI List
  • CNPIEC
  • CLOCKSS
  • Portico
  • Baidu
  • Wanfang

Aims and Scope

Find out about the journal's aims and scope.

Content types

Please see the detailed outline of the content types that npj Science of Food considers.

About the Editors

npj Science of Food international Editors span the breadth of the research areas covered by the journal.

Open Access

npj Science of Food is a fully open access journal. More on Creative Commons Attribution licenses and the benefits of publishing open access can be found in this section.

Article Processing Charges

To allow immediate global open access to all articles, npj Science of Food levies an article processing charge (APC). Current APCs and waiver information are available in this section.

Journal Impact

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About the Partner

npj Science of Food is a high-quality Nature Portfolio journal published by Springer Nature in partnership with Beijing Technology and Business University. 

About the npj Series

The npj Series are online-only, open access journals that drive high-impact open science.