JAOCS, Journal of the American Oil Chemists' Society

Aims & Scope

The Journal of the American Oil Chemists’ Society (JAOCS) is an international peer-reviewed journal that publishes significant original scientific research and technological advances on fats, oils, oilseed proteins, and related materials through original research articles, invited reviews, short communications, and letters to the editor.

We seek to publish reports that will significantly advance scientific understanding through hypothesis driven research, innovations, and important new information pertaining to analysis, properties, processing, products, and applications of these food and industrial resources.

Breakthroughs in food science and technology, biotechnology (including genomics, biomechanisms, biocatalysis and bioprocessing), and industrial products and applications are particularly appropriate.

JAOCS also considers reports on the lipid composition of new, unique, and traditional sources of lipids that definitively address a research hypothesis and advances scientific understanding.

However, the genus and species of the source must be verified by appropriate means of classification.

In addition, the GPS location of the harvested materials and seed or vegetative samples should be deposited in an accredited germplasm repository.

Compositional data suitable for Original Research Articles must embody replicated estimate of tissue constituents, such as oil, protein, carbohydrate, fatty acid, phospholipid, tocopherol, sterol, and carotenoid compositions.

Other components unique to the specific plant or animal source may be reported.

Furthermore, lipid composition papers should incorporate elements of year­to­year, environmental, and/ or cultivar variations through use of appropriate statistical analyses.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	2.4
2024	1.90

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	12246

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	6764

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.468

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

h-index

Year	Value
2024	139

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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 Chemical Engineering and Chemistry, 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.

• A distillation method for the quantitative determination of malonaldehyde in rancid foods

  Citation: 2191

  Authors: Basil G., Betty M., Margaret T., Leroy

• Variables affecting the yields of fatty esters from transesterified vegetable oils

  Citation: 1377

  Authors: B., E. H., T. L.

• Free radicals, oxidative stress, and antioxidants in human health and disease

  Citation: 1157

  Authors: Okezie I.

• Chromatographically homogeneous lecithin from egg phospholipids

  Citation: 1020

  Authors: W. S., M. S., M. L., J. L.

• Functional properties of soy proteins

  Citation: 957

  Authors: John E.

• Transesterification kinetics of soybean oil 1

  Citation: 903

  Authors: Bernard, Royden O., Everett H.

• Polyphenols in olive oils

  Citation: 899

  Authors: T.

• Kinetics of transesterification of soybean oil

  Citation: 741

  Authors: H., D.

• Chia seeds as a source of natural lipid antioxidants

  Citation: 689

  Authors: M. Silvia, E. E., D. E.

• Analyzing biodiesel: standards and other methods

  Citation: 655

  Authors: Gerhard

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