Journal profile

Food & function

Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
ISSN2042-6496 | 2042-650X FormatPrint StatusCurrently indexed

Journal Citation Impact

Estimated influence, citation density, publishing volume, and citation integrity from the analytics table.

Impact Factor
4.53
Citation rate 6.41 10,820 total citations
h5-index 84 h5 depth signal
Cited share 84.4% 1,500 of 1,777
Total citations 10,820 Citation footprint
Metric signal 6.03 External metric anchor
Self-citation 2.7% 290 self-citations

Citations Trend

Monthly Publications Cadence

Citing Geographic Demographics

China 4,901
United States 764
Spain 503
Italy 244
Brazil 210

Citing Fields of Research

Phytochemicals 2,848
Food Science & Technology 1,726
Inflammatory Bowel Diseases & Infections 1,677
Diabetes 1,039
Lipids 780

Publishing Activity & Reach

Volume, recency, access pattern, and citing-community signals from the journal analytics record.

All-time article footprint 10,131 Articles tracked across the journal lifetime
Indexed publication set 1,777 1,500 cited publications
Last 12 months 777 64.8 publications/month
Open access share 31.7% 246 OA publications in the last year
Leading citing country China 4,901 citing publications
Leading citing field Phytochemicals 2,848 citing publications
Latest tracked publication 19 October 2026 10 recent records available

Coverage & Indexing History

MEDLINE
v1n1, Oct. 2010-
PubMed
v1n1, Oct. 2010-

Research Focus & Classification

Indexed Subjects

Inflammatory Bowel Diseases & Infections Phytochemicals Food Science & Technology Diabetes Lipids Nutrition & Dietetics

Issuing & Sponsoring Bodies

Contributor
Royal Society of Chemistry (Great Britain)

Broad Categories

Biochemistry Chemistry Nutritional Sciences Physiology Inflammatory Bowel Diseases & Infections Food Science & Technology Phytochemicals Lipids

MeSH Descriptors

Biochemical Phenomena Food Physical Phenomena

Latest Publications

Recent article records with DOI-first linking and condensed abstracts.

Bibliographical & Catalog Notes

Print issues ceased with v.7, no. 12 (2016).

Also issued online.