Food Additives and Contaminants: Part B Surveillance

Aims & Scope

Food Additives & Contaminants: Part B publishes surveillance data indicating the presence and levels of occurrence of designated food additives, residues and contaminants in foods, food supplements and animal feed.

Data using validated methods must meet stipulated quality standards to be acceptable and must be presented in a prescribed format for subsequent data-handling.

Food Additives & Contaminants: Part B restricts its scope to include certain classes of food additives, residues and contaminants.

This is based on a goal of covering those areas where there is a need to record surveillance data for the purposes of exposure and risk assessment.

The scope is initially restricted to: Additives - food colours, artificial sweeteners, and preservatives; Residues – veterinary drug and pesticide residues; Contaminants – metals, mycotoxins, phycotoxins, plant toxins, nitrate/nitrite, PCDDs/PCFDs, PCBs, PAHs, acrylamide, 3-MPCD and contaminants derived from food packaging.

Readership: The readership includes scientists involved in all aspects of food safety and quality and particularly those involved in monitoring human exposure to chemicals from the diet.

Papers reporting surveillance data in areas other than the above should be submitted to Part A .

The scope of Part B will be expanded from time-to-time to ensure inclusion of new areas of concern.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	2.5
2024	2.50

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	9398

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	353

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.617

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

h-index

Year	Value
2024	46

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
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• Web of Science

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Medicine and Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Mycotoxin occurrence in commodities, feeds and feed ingredients sourced in the Middle East and Africa

  Citation: 119

  Authors: I., J., E.M.

• Glyphosate residues in Swiss market foods: monitoring and risk evaluation

  Citation: 118

  Authors: Otmar, Peter, Heinz, Jürg A., Christoph

• Occurrence of mycotoxins in maize, grass and wheat silage for dairy cattle in the Netherlands

  Citation: 98

  Authors: F., M.C., J.M., M.C.

• Essential and toxic heavy metals in cereals and agricultural products marketed in Kermanshah, Iran, and human health risk assessment

  Citation: 84

  Authors: Meghdad, Nazir, Kiomars, Razieh, Zahra

• Total and inorganic arsenic in fish samples from Norwegian waters

  Citation: 81

  Authors: Kaare, Bente M., Sylvia, Stig, Amund, Kjell, Jens J.

• Mycotoxins, pesticides and toxic metals in commercial spices and herbs

  Citation: 81

  Authors: Ingars, Iveta, Konstantins, Galina, Vadims

• Pesticide residues in leafy vegetables and human health risk assessment in North Central agricultural areas of Chile

  Citation: 80

  Authors: Sebastian, Stella, Paulina, Carlos, Arturo

• Profile and bioconcentration of minerals by King Bolete (<i>Boletus edulis</i>) from the PÅ‚ocka Dale in Poland

  Citation: 74

  Authors: Aneta, Joanna, Leszek, Jerzy

• Evaluation of pesticide residues in fruits and vegetables from Algeria

  Citation: 74

  Authors: Samira, Mohamed, Sidi Mohamed, Sihem, Fahima, Ghania

• Trace elements in<i>Thunnus thynnus</i>from Mediterranean Sea and benefit–risk assessment for consumers

  Citation: 73

  Authors: Giuseppa, Angela Giorgia, Vincenzo, Daniel, Patrizia, Nicola, Giacomo

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