International Journal of Food Microbiology

The International Journal of Food Microbiology publishes papers dealing with all aspects of food microbiology. Articles must present information that is novel, has high impact and interest, and is of high scientific quality. They should provide scientific or technological advancement in the specific field of interest of the journal and enhance its strong international reputation. Preliminary or confirmatory results as well as contributions not strictly related to food microbiology will not be considered for publication. Full-length original research papers, review articles and book reviews in the fields of bacteriology, mycology, virology, parasitology, and immunology as they relate to the production, processing, service and consumption of foods and beverages are welcomed. Within this scope, topics of specific interest include: (1) incidence and types of food and beverage microorganisms, microbial interactions, microbial ecology of foods, intrinsic and extrinsic factors affecting microbial survival and growth in foods, and food spoilage; (2) microorganisms involved in food and beverage fermentations (including probiotics and starter cultures); (3) food safety, indices of the sanitary quality of foods, microbiological quality assurance, biocontrol, microbiological aspects of food preservation and novel preservation techniques, predictive microbiology and microbial risk assessment; (4) foodborne microorganisms of public health significance, and microbiological aspects of foodborne diseases of microbial origin; (5) methods for microbiological and immunological examinations of foods, as well as rapid, automated and molecular methods when validated in food systems; and (6) the biochemistry, physiology and molecular biology of microorganisms as they directly relate to food spoilage, foodborne disease and food fermentations.

Join the conversation about this journal

Quartiles

The set of journals have been ranked according to their SJR and divided into four equal groups, four quartiles. Q1 (green) comprises the quarter of the journals with the highest values, Q2 (yellow) the second highest values, Q3 (orange) the third highest values and Q4 (red) the lowest values.

Category	Year	Quartile
Food Science	1999	Q1
Food Science	2000	Q1
Food Science	2001	Q1
Food Science	2002	Q1
Food Science	2003	Q1
Food Science	2004	Q1
Food Science	2005	Q1
Food Science	2006	Q1
Food Science	2007	Q1
Food Science	2008	Q1
Food Science	2009	Q1
Food Science	2010	Q1
Food Science	2011	Q1
Food Science	2012	Q1
Food Science	2013	Q1
Food Science	2014	Q1
Food Science	2015	Q1
Food Science	2016	Q1
Food Science	2017	Q1
Food Science	2018	Q1
Food Science	2019	Q1
Food Science	2020	Q1
Food Science	2021	Q1
Food Science	2022	Q1
Food Science	2023	Q1
Medicine (miscellaneous)	1999	Q1
Medicine (miscellaneous)	2000	Q1
Medicine (miscellaneous)	2001	Q1
Medicine (miscellaneous)	2002	Q1
Medicine (miscellaneous)	2003	Q1
Medicine (miscellaneous)	2004	Q1
Medicine (miscellaneous)	2005	Q1
Medicine (miscellaneous)	2006	Q1
Medicine (miscellaneous)	2007	Q1
Medicine (miscellaneous)	2008	Q1
Medicine (miscellaneous)	2009	Q1
Medicine (miscellaneous)	2010	Q1
Medicine (miscellaneous)	2011	Q1
Medicine (miscellaneous)	2012	Q1
Medicine (miscellaneous)	2013	Q1
Medicine (miscellaneous)	2014	Q1
Medicine (miscellaneous)	2015	Q1
Medicine (miscellaneous)	2016	Q1
Medicine (miscellaneous)	2017	Q1
Medicine (miscellaneous)	2018	Q1
Medicine (miscellaneous)	2019	Q1
Medicine (miscellaneous)	2020	Q1
Medicine (miscellaneous)	2021	Q1
Medicine (miscellaneous)	2022	Q1
Medicine (miscellaneous)	2023	Q1
Microbiology	1999	Q2
Microbiology	2000	Q2
Microbiology	2001	Q2
Microbiology	2002	Q2
Microbiology	2003	Q2
Microbiology	2004	Q1
Microbiology	2005	Q1
Microbiology	2006	Q1
Microbiology	2007	Q2
Microbiology	2008	Q1
Microbiology	2009	Q1
Microbiology	2010	Q1
Microbiology	2011	Q1
Microbiology	2012	Q1
Microbiology	2013	Q1
Microbiology	2014	Q2
Microbiology	2015	Q1
Microbiology	2016	Q1
Microbiology	2017	Q2
Microbiology	2018	Q1
Microbiology	2019	Q1
Microbiology	2020	Q2
Microbiology	2021	Q2
Microbiology	2022	Q2
Microbiology	2023	Q2
Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality	1999	Q1
Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality	2000	Q1
Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality	2001	Q1
Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality	2002	Q1
Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality	2003	Q1
Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality	2004	Q1
Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality	2005	Q1
Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality	2006	Q1
Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality	2007	Q1
Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality	2008	Q1
Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality	2009	Q1
Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality	2010	Q1
Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality	2011	Q1
Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality	2012	Q1
Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality	2013	Q1
Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality	2014	Q1
Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality	2015	Q1
Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality	2016	Q1
Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality	2017	Q1
Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality	2018	Q1
Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality	2019	Q1
Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality	2020	Q1
Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality	2021	Q1
Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality	2022	Q1
Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality	2023	Q1

SJR

The SJR is a size-independent prestige indicator that ranks journals by their 'average prestige per article'. It is based on the idea that 'all citations are not created equal'. SJR is a measure of scientific influence of journals that accounts for both the number of citations received by a journal and the importance or prestige of the journals where such citations come from It measures the scientific influence of the average article in a journal, it expresses how central to the global scientific discussion an average article of the journal is.

Year	SJR
1999	1.071
2000	1.032
2001	1.031
2002	1.113
2003	1.233
2004	1.502
2005	1.511
2006	1.541
2007	1.349
2008	1.442
2009	1.475
2010	1.610
2011	1.607
2012	1.603
2013	1.612
2014	1.493
2015	1.614
2016	1.481
2017	1.366
2018	1.381
2019	1.364
2020	1.310
2021	0.997
2022	0.970
2023	1.026

Total Documents

Evolution of the number of published documents. All types of documents are considered, including citable and non citable documents.

Year	Documents
1999	182
2000	259
2001	269
2002	217
2003	292
2004	258
2005	280
2006	309
2007	372
2008	377
2009	339
2010	382
2011	340
2012	348
2013	316
2014	334
2015	367
2016	336
2017	321
2018	299
2019	313
2020	289
2021	290
2022	274
2023	262

Citations per document

This indicator counts the number of citations received by documents from a journal and divides them by the total number of documents published in that journal. The chart shows the evolution of the average number of times documents published in a journal in the past two, three and four years have been cited in the current year. The two years line is equivalent to journal impact factor ™ (Thomson Reuters) metric.

Cites per document	Year	Value
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	1999	1.780
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2000	2.115
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2001	2.157
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2002	2.362
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2003	3.237
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2004	3.005
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2005	3.562
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2006	3.867
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2007	3.825
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2008	3.851
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2009	3.974
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2010	4.361
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2011	4.461
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2012	4.597
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2013	4.384
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2014	4.696
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2015	4.700
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2016	4.591
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2017	4.534
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2018	4.610
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2019	4.790
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2020	5.581
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2021	6.322
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2022	6.195
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2023	5.977
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	1999	1.780
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2000	2.044
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2001	2.023
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2002	2.146
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2003	3.046
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2004	2.956
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2005	3.460
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2006	3.601
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2007	3.499
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2008	3.607
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2009	3.850
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2010	4.266
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2011	4.201
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2012	4.360
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2013	4.247
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2014	4.334
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2015	4.484
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2016	4.310
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2017	4.356
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2018	4.473
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2019	4.844
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2020	5.614
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2021	6.115
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2022	6.182
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2023	5.962
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	1999	1.686
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2000	1.816
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2001	1.608
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2002	1.831
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2003	2.786
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2004	2.764
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2005	3.115
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2006	3.028
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2007	2.978
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2008	3.383
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2009	3.673
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2010	3.786
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2011	3.807
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2012	4.053
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2013	3.730
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2014	3.920
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2015	4.029
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2016	4.070
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2017	3.990
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2018	4.209
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2019	4.784
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2020	5.289
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2021	6.033
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2022	5.867
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2023	5.704

Total Cites

Self-Cites

Evolution of the total number of citations and journal's self-citations received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years.
Journal Self-citation is defined as the number of citation from a journal citing article to articles published by the same journal.

Cites	Year	Value
Self Cites	1999	199
Self Cites	2000	216
Self Cites	2001	157
Self Cites	2002	223
Self Cites	2003	263
Self Cites	2004	242
Self Cites	2005	296
Self Cites	2006	345
Self Cites	2007	411
Self Cites	2008	466
Self Cites	2009	414
Self Cites	2010	506
Self Cites	2011	429
Self Cites	2012	415
Self Cites	2013	409
Self Cites	2014	408
Self Cites	2015	452
Self Cites	2016	356
Self Cites	2017	318
Self Cites	2018	385
Self Cites	2019	287
Self Cites	2020	243
Self Cites	2021	227
Self Cites	2022	219
Self Cites	2023	181
Total Cites	1999	867
Total Cites	2000	1030
Total Cites	2001	1250
Total Cites	2002	1524
Total Cites	2003	2269
Total Cites	2004	2300
Total Cites	2005	2654
Total Cites	2006	2989
Total Cites	2007	2964
Total Cites	2008	3466
Total Cites	2009	4073
Total Cites	2010	4641
Total Cites	2011	4613
Total Cites	2012	4626
Total Cites	2013	4544
Total Cites	2014	4351
Total Cites	2015	4475
Total Cites	2016	4383
Total Cites	2017	4517
Total Cites	2018	4580
Total Cites	2019	4631
Total Cites	2020	5238
Total Cites	2021	5510
Total Cites	2022	5514
Total Cites	2023	5086

External Cites per Doc

Cites per Doc

Evolution of the number of total citation per document and external citation per document (i.e. journal self-citations removed) received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years. External citations are calculated by subtracting the number of self-citations from the total number of citations received by the journal’s documents.

Cites	Year	Value
External Cites per document	1999	1.372
External Cites per document	2000	1.615
External Cites per document	2001	1.769
External Cites per document	2002	1.832
External Cites per document	2003	2.693
External Cites per document	2004	2.645
External Cites per document	2005	3.074
External Cites per document	2006	3.186
External Cites per document	2007	3.014
External Cites per document	2008	3.122
External Cites per document	2009	3.458
External Cites per document	2010	3.801
External Cites per document	2011	3.811
External Cites per document	2012	3.969
External Cites per document	2013	3.864
External Cites per document	2014	3.927
External Cites per document	2015	4.031
External Cites per document	2016	3.960
External Cites per document	2017	4.049
External Cites per document	2018	4.097
External Cites per document	2019	4.544
External Cites per document	2020	5.354
External Cites per document	2021	5.863
External Cites per document	2022	5.936
External Cites per document	2023	5.750
Cites per document	1999	1.780
Cites per document	2000	2.044
Cites per document	2001	2.023
Cites per document	2002	2.146
Cites per document	2003	3.046
Cites per document	2004	2.956
Cites per document	2005	3.460
Cites per document	2006	3.601
Cites per document	2007	3.499
Cites per document	2008	3.607
Cites per document	2009	3.850
Cites per document	2010	4.266
Cites per document	2011	4.201
Cites per document	2012	4.360
Cites per document	2013	4.247
Cites per document	2014	4.334
Cites per document	2015	4.484
Cites per document	2016	4.310
Cites per document	2017	4.356
Cites per document	2018	4.473
Cites per document	2019	4.844
Cites per document	2020	5.614
Cites per document	2021	6.115
Cites per document	2022	6.182
Cites per document	2023	5.962

% International Collaboration

International Collaboration accounts for the articles that have been produced by researchers from several countries. The chart shows the ratio of a journal's documents signed by researchers from more than one country; that is including more than one country address.

Year	International Collaboration
1999	17.58
2000	11.58
2001	17.84
2002	15.67
2003	22.60
2004	21.32
2005	23.57
2006	24.60
2007	22.31
2008	21.75
2009	23.60
2010	26.70
2011	29.41
2012	25.57
2013	35.13
2014	28.14
2015	30.79
2016	32.44
2017	28.66
2018	28.76
2019	30.99
2020	31.14
2021	30.34
2022	28.10
2023	25.57

Citable documents

Non-citable documents

Not every article in a journal is considered primary research and therefore "citable", this chart shows the ratio of a journal's articles including substantial research (research articles, conference papers and reviews) in three year windows vs. those documents other than research articles, reviews and conference papers.

Documents	Year	Value
Non-citable documents	1999	5
Non-citable documents	2000	5
Non-citable documents	2001	9
Non-citable documents	2002	6
Non-citable documents	2003	8
Non-citable documents	2004	4
Non-citable documents	2005	5
Non-citable documents	2006	4
Non-citable documents	2007	4
Non-citable documents	2008	6
Non-citable documents	2009	9
Non-citable documents	2010	12
Non-citable documents	2011	15
Non-citable documents	2012	21
Non-citable documents	2013	22
Non-citable documents	2014	17
Non-citable documents	2015	8
Non-citable documents	2016	6
Non-citable documents	2017	6
Non-citable documents	2018	8
Non-citable documents	2019	9
Non-citable documents	2020	14
Non-citable documents	2021	11
Non-citable documents	2022	8
Non-citable documents	2023	1
Citable documents	1999	482
Citable documents	2000	499
Citable documents	2001	609
Citable documents	2002	704
Citable documents	2003	737
Citable documents	2004	774
Citable documents	2005	762
Citable documents	2006	826
Citable documents	2007	843
Citable documents	2008	955
Citable documents	2009	1049
Citable documents	2010	1076
Citable documents	2011	1083
Citable documents	2012	1040
Citable documents	2013	1048
Citable documents	2014	987
Citable documents	2015	990
Citable documents	2016	1011
Citable documents	2017	1031
Citable documents	2018	1016
Citable documents	2019	947
Citable documents	2020	919
Citable documents	2021	890
Citable documents	2022	884
Citable documents	2023	852

Cited documents

Uncited documents

Ratio of a journal's items, grouped in three years windows, that have been cited at least once vs. those not cited during the following year.

Documents	Year	Value
Uncited documents	1999	171
Uncited documents	2000	162
Uncited documents	2001	218
Uncited documents	2002	214
Uncited documents	2003	174
Uncited documents	2004	170
Uncited documents	2005	134
Uncited documents	2006	108
Uncited documents	2007	113
Uncited documents	2008	119
Uncited documents	2009	121
Uncited documents	2010	105
Uncited documents	2011	113
Uncited documents	2012	112
Uncited documents	2013	135
Uncited documents	2014	97
Uncited documents	2015	75
Uncited documents	2016	88
Uncited documents	2017	90
Uncited documents	2018	86
Uncited documents	2019	79
Uncited documents	2020	69
Uncited documents	2021	53
Uncited documents	2022	52
Uncited documents	2023	46
Cited documents	1999	316
Cited documents	2000	342
Cited documents	2001	400
Cited documents	2002	496
Cited documents	2003	571
Cited documents	2004	608
Cited documents	2005	633
Cited documents	2006	722
Cited documents	2007	734
Cited documents	2008	842
Cited documents	2009	937
Cited documents	2010	983
Cited documents	2011	985
Cited documents	2012	949
Cited documents	2013	935
Cited documents	2014	907
Cited documents	2015	923
Cited documents	2016	929
Cited documents	2017	947
Cited documents	2018	938
Cited documents	2019	877
Cited documents	2020	864
Cited documents	2021	848
Cited documents	2022	840
Cited documents	2023	807