Dear Joana P. A. Ferreira I rephrase my answer which I gave on a related question here on RG: https://www.researchgate.net/post/Why_do_the_companion_journals_of_some_established_journals_not_have_an_impact_factor_yet

The journal “Food Chemistry Advances” is an example of a so-called companion journal, and it is a relatively young (new) title. Getting an index in Clarivate’s SCIE/SSCI takes a couple of years and is preceded by indexing in their ESCI. After the original journal “Food Chemistry” (CiteScore 14.9 and IF 8.8) https://www.journals.elsevier.com/food-chemistry Elsevier started three companion journals:

-Food Chemistry X (CiteScore 4.3 and IF 6.1 (SCIE)) started in 2019 https://www.journals.elsevier.com/food-chemistry-x APC 2350 USD (while Food Chemistry charge for their open access a staggering 4300 USD but this is optional)

-Food Chemistry: Molecular Sciences (CiteScore 2.1 and IF 3.3 (ESCI) indexed in 2022) started in 2020 https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/food-chemistry-molecular-sciences APC 2000 USD

-Food Chemistry Advances (CiteScore 0.6) just started in 2022 https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/food-chemistry-advances till 30 June 2024 for 875 USD (after that APC 1750 USD)

Advantages are:

-It is like the transfer service that some publishers offer a way to speed things up. If rejected for the ‘mother’ journal all possible peer review is transferred to one of the companion journals

-The relatively young titles are less expensive (for open access)

-The companion journal profit from the reputation, infrastructure etc. of the well-established title and most likely will receive indexing relatively soon

Disadvantages are:

-It might be perceived as “your manuscript is not good enough for the ‘real’ title". Although one must acknowledge that a traditional subscription-based journal has ‘space limitations’ and simply cannot publish everything (even if good enough) despite the growth in submissions

-There is no guarantee that the new title will be successful (although I honestly don’t know examples where the companion journals were not 'successful')

So, yes in most cases I think it is a pretty safe choice to publish in a companion journal like “Food Chemistry Advances”.

Best regards.

Title: Food Chemistry Advances Publisher: Elsevier ISSN:2772753X

It is listed in DOAJ indexed open access journals.

It is listed in Scopus indexed journals.

It is not included in the list of journals with JCR index (with impact factor).

It is not included in Master Journal List indexed journals.

Not listed in PMC or Medline indexed journals.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/food-chemistry-advances

Журнал super, но не для меня- очень дорого.

Yes!

Lamentable, Science paid is stay turned. This is unsustainable and fake news the journal food chemistry advances.

I recomend the Acta:

- Acta Scientiarum. Agronomy, 36(1), 27-33.