Global Food Security

Aims & Scope

Motivation for Global Food Security arose from concern about the difficulty scientists and policy makers have in keeping up with the expanding volume of information about the challenge of meeting human food and nutritional needs while protecting environmental services.

Hence, the Journal aims to provide readers with: Strategic views of experts from a wide range of disciplinary perspectives on prospects for ensuring food security, based on the best available science, in a clear and readable form for a wide audience, bridging the gap between biological, social and environmental sciences.

Reviews, opinions and debates that synthesize, extend and critique research approaches and findings from the rapidly growing body of original publications on global food security.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	9.6

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	2.697

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	93

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	857

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	3001

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Abstracting & Indexing

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

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• 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, Engineering, Environmental Science and Social Sciences, 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.

• Improving nutrition through biofortification: A review of evidence from HarvestPlus, 2003 through 2016

  Citation: 856

  Authors: Howarth E., Amy

• Livestock: On our plates or eating at our table? A new analysis of the feed/food debate

  Citation: 721

  Authors: Anne, Cees, Alessandra, Giuseppe, Carolyn, Pierre

• Food system resilience: Defining the concept

  Citation: 596

  Authors: D.M., J., B., P., A., Q.B., P., M., J.

• Impacts of climate change on the livestock food supply chain; a review of the evidence

  Citation: 464

  Authors: C.M., D., D.E., P.K., M.

• Reducing risks to food security from climate change

  Citation: 462

  Authors: Bruce M., Sonja J., Pramod K., Caitlin, Evan, Ana Maria, Julian, Todd, Leocadio, Philip K., Eva

• Concepts and critical perspectives for food environment research: A global framework with implications for action in low- and middle-income countries

  Citation: 449

  Authors: Christopher, Anju, Helen, Anna, Adam, Jennifer, Sofia, Suneetha

• Nutrition-sensitive agriculture: What have we learned so far?

  Citation: 438

  Authors: Marie T., Agnes R., Mysbah

• Dealing with the game-changing technologies of Agriculture 4.0: How do we manage diversity and responsibility in food system transition pathways?

  Citation: 410

  Authors: Laurens, David

• How much of the world's food do smallholders produce?

  Citation: 368

  Authors: Vincent, Navin, Zia, Larissa, Brenton

• Rapid breeding and varietal replacement are critical to adaptation of cropping systems in the developing world to climate change

  Citation: 361

  Authors: Gary N., Jill E., Biswanath

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