Food Quality and Preference

Food Quality and Preference is a journal for sensory, consumer and behavioural research on food and non-food products, published by Elsevier and established in 1988, an official journal of the Sensometric Society and the European Sensory Science Society, with a 2025 impact factor of 5.9（Food Quality and Preference）是 Elsevier 出版、1988 年创刊的感官与消费者行为研究期刊，涵盖食品及非食品产品，并作为（Sensometric Society）与（European Sensory Science Society）的官方刊物，2025 年影响因子为 5.9。

Scope

• Sensory and consumer research on food and non-food products, including perception, preference and acceptance针对食品与非食品产品的感官与消费者研究，涵盖感知、偏好与接受度。
• Sensometrics and the statistical modelling of sensory and consumer data感官计量学（sensometrics）与感官、消费者数据的统计建模。
• Methodological work such as descriptive analysis, discrimination testing and time-dependent measures of perception描述性分析、判别检验与时间依赖性感知测量等方法学研究。
• Original research, critical reviews and short communications across sensory and consumer science感官与消费者科学领域的原创研究、批判性综述与短通讯。
• Special invited issues and conference issues that bridge research and application in consumer and market research连接研究与应用的受邀专题与会议专辑，面向消费者与市场研究。

History

• The journal was established in 1988 and published its first volume that year, originally under the Longman Scientific & Technical imprint before moving to Elsevier该刊 1988 年创刊并出版首卷，最初由（Longman Scientific & Technical）出版，后转由 Elsevier 出版。
• It is published by Elsevier and currently issued eight times a year现由 Elsevier 出版，每年发行 8 期。
• It is an official journal of the Sensometric Society and of the European Sensory Science Society, and hosts special conference and virtual issues该刊是（Sensometric Society）与（European Sensory Science Society）的官方期刊，并出版会议专辑与虚拟专辑。
• Its 2025 impact factor is 5.9, placing it in the first quartile of food science and technology journals2025 年影响因子为 5.9，位居食品科学技术领域的 Q1 分区。

Editors

• The editorial team includes Armand Cardello of the US Army Soldier Systems Center and Sara Jaeger of Vescor Research in Copenhagen, joined by John Prescott of TasteMatters, Sydney编辑团队包括（US Army Soldier Systems Center）的 Armand Cardello 与（Vescor Research）的 Sara Jaeger，以及（TasteMatters）的 John Prescott。
• John Prescott served as joint Editor-in-Chief from 2005 to 2024John Prescott 曾于 2005 至 2024 年担任联合主编。
• Associate editors include Kees de Graaf of Wageningen University, Hye-Seong Lee of Ewha Womans University and Erminio Monteleone副编辑包括（Wageningen University）的 Kees de Graaf、（Ewha Womans University）的 Hye-Seong Lee 与 Erminio Monteleone。
• The editorial board has 68 editors and members from 23 countries, led by the United States, Italy and Denmark, and peer review is handled through Editorial Manager编委会共 68 人，来自 23 个国家，以美国、意大利与丹麦人数最多，稿件经（Editorial Manager）系统同行评审。