Journal of Functional Foods

The Journal of Functional Foods is an open-access journal published by Elsevier, founded in 2009 and focused on healthy foods and biologically active food ingredients, with a 2025 impact factor of 3.9（Journal of Functional Foods）是由 Elsevier 出版的开放获取期刊，创刊于 2009 年，聚焦健康食品与生物活性食品成分，2025 年影响因子为 3.9。

Scope

• Food bioactive compounds and nutraceutical ingredients such as plant bioactives, dietary fibre, probiotics, prebiotics, functional lipids, bioactive peptides, vitamins, antioxidants, minerals and botanicals食品生物活性化合物与营养保健成分，如植物生物活性物、膳食纤维、益生菌、益生元、功能性脂质、生物活性肽、维生素、抗氧化剂、矿物质与植物药。
• Food digestion and its processes, including the microbiota and the gut-organ axis食品消化及其过程，涵盖微生物群与肠-器官轴。
• Characterization of healthy food constituents using in vivo animal or human studies, genomics, chemistry and biochemistry借助体内动物或人体研究、基因组学、化学与生物化学对健康食品成分的表征。
• Efficacy and safety of bioactive compounds, and the effects of processing, packaging and storage on food functionality生物活性化合物的功效与安全性，以及加工、包装与贮藏对食品功能的影响。
• Regulatory aspects such as labelling and health-claim substantiation, plus personalized nutrition, sport nutrition and the role of diet in disease prevention and management标签与健康声称依据等法规问题，以及个性化营养、运动营养与膳食在疾病预防和管理中的作用。

History

• The journal was launched in 2009 by Elsevier该刊 2009 年由 Elsevier 创办。
• It bridges food science, nutrition and health and welcomes interdisciplinary research该刊衔接食品科学、营养学与健康，欢迎跨学科研究。
• Since January 2020 it has been an open-access journal, retaining the same aims, editorial team and rigorous peer review自 2020 年 1 月起转为开放获取期刊，宗旨、编辑团队与严谨的评审标准保持不变。
• Its impact factor stood at 3.8 in 2023, 4.0 in 2024 and 3.9 in 2025影响因子由 2023 年的 3.8 至 2024 年的 4.0、2025 年的 3.9。

Editors

• The editor-in-chief is Rotimi Aluko of the University of Manitoba, Canada, whose interests include food and protein chemistry and bioactive peptides现任主编为（University of Manitoba）的 Rotimi Aluko，其研究方向包括食品与蛋白质化学及生物活性肽。
• Associate editors include Adele Costabile of the University of Roehampton, Cristina Garcia-Viguera of CEBAS-CSIC in Murcia and Wang Liao of Southeast University副编辑包括（Adele Costabile，University of Roehampton）、（Cristina Garcia-Viguera，CEBAS-CSIC）与（Wang Liao，Southeast University）。
• The editorial board has about 55 members from 24 countries and regions, led by China, the United States and Italy编委会约 55 人，来自 24 个国家或地区，以中国、美国与意大利人数最多。
• The journal applies a strict policy on the selection of editorial board members, associate editors and special issues该刊对编委会成员与副编辑的遴选以及专刊设有严格政策。