What's new in March 2026

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New Records in FSTA

Covering a wide range of interdisciplinary content from journal articles and trade publications to conference proceedings and industry patents, FSTA is full of high-quality scientific abstracts and is updated weekly. Here's a selection of what was included in FSTA during March 2026:

• FSTA now contains over 2.44 million high-quality scientific records spanning from 1969 onwards.

• During March, 17,218 new records were added to the database. The records comprise more than 8,500 research and trade articles, over 7,000 patents, and over 1,000 reviews, as well as book chapters, books, theses, and reports.

• The latest records indexed feature content from 502 different sources. These include 157 publishers based in 46 countries.

• March also saw us add 6 new titles to the live list of journals being monitored for relevant content for FSTA, after being carefully checked to ensure the journals’ quality, integrity, and relevance to FSTA. Most importantly, we use our 60-point checklist to identify and exclude journals with potentially predatory or unethical publishing practices.
  
  These new journals have been sourced from the UK and China, and focus on general food-related areas such as Nutrition, Health, Biotechnology, and Agriculture, as well as specialist topics like Poultry Science. Data from these titles will flow into FSTA over the upcoming weeks.
  
  

We welcome new journal suggestions from publishers and researchers. If you would like to recommend a journal for indexing in FSTA, please submit it through our Recommend a Journal page. Our editorial team will assess whether the journal meets our criteria for inclusion in FSTA.

 

Want to know if a journal is indexed in FSTA? Check quickly and easily with the Journal Lookup Service.

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