Food Security
PLOS publishes a broad range of Open food security research that is essential to global food availability, access, utilization, and stability. Explore pivotal interdisciplinary research across key food security fields including crop science, nutrition, and food systems.
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PLOS food security research addresses the global issues of food availability, exacerbated by the compounding impacts of climate change, demographic change, geopolitics and economic shocks.
Our Open Access multidisciplinary research papers showcase innovative approaches and technologies that help address key research areas in line with relevant United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), including overcoming boundaries in both crop sciences and food systems.
Through rigorous academic research and engagement with a broad range of societal stakeholders, we aim to effect systemic, evidence-based transformation across all aspects of global food access and security.
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Research spotlights
As a leading publisher in the field, these articles showcase research that has influenced academia, industry and/or policy.
Food security and small holder farming in Pacific Island countries and territories: A scoping review
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Food security research topics
PLOS publishes research across a broad range of topics. Take a look at the latest work in your field.
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Our commitment to Open Science means others can build on PLOS precision food security research and data to advance the food security field. Discover selected popular food security research below:
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38,630 authors from 175 countries chose PLOS to publish their food security research*
Reaching a global audience, this research has received over 24,887 news and blog mentions^
Research in this field has been cited 219,213 times
after authors published in a PLOS journal*
Related PLOS research Collections
Covering a connected body of work and evaluated by leading experts in their respective fields, our Collections make it easier to delve deeper into specific research topics from across the breadth of the PLOS portfolio.
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Related journals in food security
We provide a platform for food security research across various PLOS journals, allowing interdisciplinary researchers to explore food security research at all preclinical, translational and clinical research stages.
*Data source: Web of Science. © Copyright Clarivate 2024 | January 2004 – February 2024
^Data source: Altmetric.com | January 2004 – February 2024
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