CNKI Food Science Focus

Helping advance high-quality research and teaching through trustworthy, global food science.

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CNKI Food Science Focus is the new specialist database from CNKI and IFIS, the International Food Information Service 

Give researchers and students this powerful, trustworthy database. Ensure your institution is at the forefront of food research.

CNKI Food Science Focus is exclusively available in China, in partnership with CNKI. Now organisations focused on food science and technology have the power to research this global field of research including sensory science, food policy, sustainability, food safety and more.

Who is CNKI Food Science Focus designed for?

  • corporate organisations including food manufacturers, packaging companies, and firms involved in food processing and engineering
  • research organisations focused on food safety, biotechnology, and consumer science
  • university departments focused on food science and technology, and related areas including sensory science, food policy, sustainability, food safety and more
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JOURNALS, PATENTS AND MORE

Discover the world of research with 1.7 million* abstracts from peer-reviewed journals, patents, books, standards, conference proceedings, reviews, reports and theses. 

*statistic collected August 2024

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Updated weekly

Keep up-to-date with the latest research across food science and technology, with approximately 2,500 to 3,000 new records added weekly and the option to create personalised inbox alerts.

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Managed by experts

IFIS' team of experts assess journals for inclusion, considering quality, integrity and relevance.

They also monitor journals on the existing coverage list. Did you know that journals considered reputable can be hijacked by predatory publishers? We check for this too!

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Global coverage since 1969

Find relevant, trustworthy research from all over the world.

Abstracts and information are sourced from publications originally published in 41 languages and from 89 countries spanning the 1960s to the present day.

Fantastic discoverability due to the in-depth indexing

World-leading indexing

Abstracts indexed with the world’s most comprehensive food and beverage thesaurus, correcting for variations in terminology and synonyms.

Never again will you miss valuable information simply because you used a different search term.

Topics you can research in CNKI Food Science Focus

The CNKI Food Science Focus database focuses on post-farm gate aspects of food science, food technology and nutrition. It includes content on:

  • food processing
  • food analysis
  • physical properties of foods
  • food microbiology
  • food safety and public health
  • food biotechnology
  • sensory properties and sensory analysis of foods
  • consumer research
  • effects of foods on health
  • food business and economics
  • food policy
  • food security
  • sustainability
  • food processing equipment
  • and food packaging and packaging equipment.