Food, Culture & Society
academic journal
Food, Culture & Society is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering all aspects of sociological research on the interrelationships between food and culture. It was established in 1996 as the Journal of the Association for the Study of Food and Society and renamed Journal for the Study of Food and Society in 1998, before obtaining its current name in 2003. It is published by Routledge on behalf of the Association for the Study of Food and Society and the editor-in-chief is Megan J. Elias (Boston University).
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According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2020 impact factor of 1.130.
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