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Food, Culture & Society
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Food, Culture & Society

1552-8014

Published by: Taylor & Francis

https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rffc20/current

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Social Sciences and Humanities 1293 6 7 3

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 16
Documents by Best Scientists*: 16
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 0
SCIMAGO H-index: 32
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.359
Impact Factor: 1.1

Overview

Top Research Topics at Food, Culture, and Society?

Food, Culture, and Society is organized to address concerns in the fields of Advertising, Social science, Gender studies, Anthropology and Taste (sociology). It connects the study in Taste (sociology) with the closely related area of Aesthetics.

  • Advertising (8.85%)
  • Social science (8.74%)
  • Gender studies (8.32%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Consuming Food and Constructing Identities among Arabic and South Asian Immigrant Women (86 citations)
  • Defining World Hunger: Scale and Neoliberal Ideology in International Food Security Policy Discourse (80 citations)
  • Veganism, Identity and the Quest for Authenticity (75 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Food, Culture, and Society:

The most cited articles cover a variety of subjects, including Social psychology, Social science, Advertising, Gender studies and Economic growth. The works on Social psychology tackled in the journal publications bring together disciplines like Qualitative research, Relation (history of concept), Ideology and Negotiation. Issues in Social science were discussed in the most cited articles, taking into consideration concepts from other disciplines like Diversity (politics), Resistance (psychoanalysis), Politics and Cultural diversity.

What topics the last edition of the journal is best known for?

  • World War II
  • Law
  • China

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

Food, Culture, and Society mostly deals with topics like Gender studies, Politics, Food studies, Art history and Environmental ethics. The majority of Gender studies studies presented zero in on Race (biology). The Food studies study tackled is a key component of adjacent topics in the area of Experiential learning.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Engagements in Situationally Appropriate Home Cooking (2 citations)
  • On the epistemological limits of “real food” discourse (1 citations)
  • Local food development in the Moose Cree First Nation: taking steps to build local food sustainability (1 citations)

Papers citation over time

A key indicator for each journal is its effectiveness in reaching other researchers with the papers published at that venue.

The chart below presents the interquartile range (first quartile 25%, median 50% and third quartile 75%) of the number of citations of articles over time.

The top authors publishing in Food, Culture, and Society (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Krishnendu Ray (11 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Lucy M. Long (6 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • Richard Wilk (5 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Josée Johnston (5 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Matthew J. Wild (5 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition.

The overall trend for top authors publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top authors.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Food, Culture, and Society (based on the number of publications) are:

  • New York University (33 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 4 more than at the previous edition,
  • University of Toronto (22 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition, 4 more than at the previous edition,
  • City University of New York (21 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • The Graduate Center, CUNY (15 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition,
  • University of California, Davis (10 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition.

The overall trend for top affiliations publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top affiliations.

Publication chance based on affiliation

The publication chance index shows the ratio of articles published by the best research institutions in the journal edition to all articles published within that journal. The best research institutions were selected based on the largest number of articles published during all editions of the journal.

The chart below presents the percentage ratio of articles from top institutions (based on their ranking of total papers).Top affiliations were grouped by their rank into the following tiers: top 1-10, top 11-20, top 21-50, and top 51+. Only articles with a recognized affiliation are considered.

During the most recent 2021 edition, 6.45% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 12.41% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 5.52% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 19.31% of all publications and 62.76% were from other institutions.

Returning Authors Index

A very common phenomenon observed among researchers publishing scientific articles is the intentional selection of journals they have already attended in the past. In particular, it is worth analyzing the case when the authors participate in the same journal from year to year.

The Returning Authors Index presented below illustrates the ratio of authors who participated in both a given as well as the previous edition of the journal in relation to all participants in a given year.

Returning Institution Index

The graph below shows the Returning Institution Index, illustrating the ratio of institutions that participated in both a given and the previous edition of the conference in relation to all affiliations present in a given year.

The experience to innovation index

Our experience to innovation index was created to show a cross-section of the experience level of authors publishing in a journal. The index includes the authors publishing at the last edition of a journal, grouped by total number of publications throughout their academic career (P) and the total number of citations of these publications ever received (C).

The group intervals were selected empirically to best show the diversity of the authors' experiences, their labels were selected as a convenience, not as judgment. The authors were divided into the following groups:

  • Novice - P < 5 or C < 25 (the number of publications less than 5 or the number of citations less than 25),
  • Competent - P < 10 or C < 100 (the number of publications less than 10 or the number of citations less than 100),
  • Experienced - P < 25 or C < 625 (the number of publications less than 25 or the number of citations less than 625),
  • Master - P < 50 or C < 2500 (the number of publications less than 50 or the number of citations less than 2500),
  • Star - P ≥ 50 and C ≥ 2500 (both the number of publications greater than 50 and the number of citations greater than 2500).

The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.

Career Opportunities in Food, Culture, and Society Studies

An additional field to consider in relation to Food, Culture, and Society study is Marriage and Family Therapy. A number of scholars in this field have focused on the societal and family impact of food culture, making this a natural intersection of interests. The requirements for becoming a Marriage and Family Therapist, such as those outlined for the state of Wisconsin, can provide valuable insight into potential career paths for those interested in this field. As a Marriage and Family Therapist, you will have an opportunity to delve deeper into societal and cultural aspects that shape and influence family dynamics, including meals and food traditions. You will have the potential to facilitate improvement in the well-being of families and individuals by addressing these issues. Engagement in this profession will require specific educational and licensing requirements. To learn more about these requirements and how to become a Marriage and Family Therapist, consider reviewing some of the education and licensing guidelines. To get you started, this guide on Marriage counseling education requirements in Wisconsin offers a comprehensive step-by-step process to entering the field, which can be quite helpful for aspiring therapists in Wisconsin and beyond.

Top Publications

  • The value of social eating at culturally and linguistically diverse lunch clubs: a descriptive study

    (2022)
    7 Citations
  • The bitter and the sweet: a cultural comparison of non-alcoholic beverage consumption in Japan and Australia

    Rebecca Suter;Caroline Miller;Timothy Gill;John Coveney

    (2020)
    6 Citations
  • Evolving antinomies of culinary practice: Britain 1968-2016

    (2022)
    3 Citations
  • Is a vegetable garden essential? Toronto gardens as culinary infrastructure

    (2022)
    2 Citations
  • Key aspects of food-related activities for developing a conceptual framework of food pedagogies - Perspectives from community food leaders in Australia

    (2022)
    1 Citations
  • Navigating discipline and indulgence: the performance of contradiction on Instagram food posts in the Philippines

    (2022)
    1 Citations
  • Vintage postcards from the African world: in the dignity of their work and the joy of their play

    Marion Nestle

    (2021)
    0 Citations

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