Nutrition Research
Published By:
Elsevier
Listing Type:
Enhanced
*
p-ISSN:
0271-5317
e-ISSN:
1879-0739
Founding Year:
1981
Access Model:
Journal Abbreviation:
Nutr Res
Peer Review:
Submission to First Decision:
8
days
Primary Language:
English
Impact Factor (
2025
):
3.6
Best Quartile:
Q2
Publication Frequency:
Monthly
APC:
USD
4000
Author Guidelines URL
https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/nutrition-research/publish/guide-for-authors
Editor-in-Chief
Richard Bruno, PhD, RD (The Ohio State University, Human Nutrition Program, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America (the))
Contents
Aims & Scope:
- Facilitate and promote global communication regarding nutritional research
- Publish relevant research that helps enhance human health and promote a comprehensive understanding of foods, nutrients, dietary patterns, and bioactive food components
- Facilitate exploration of interactions between dietary habits and environmental exposure, underlying health, and behavior and genetics
Article Processing Charges (APC):
- USD 4,000 for Open Access
- No fee for subscription
Impact Factor (
2025
):
3.6
5-Year Impact Factor:
4
Best Quartile (
2025
):
Q2
(
Scopus
)
Quartile Details:
- Q2 in Nutrition & Dietetics (JCR-JIF; Rank: 45/114; Percentile: 61)
- Q2 in Nutrition & Dietetics (JCR-JCI; Rank: 55/114; Percentile: 52.2)
- Q2 in Nutrition & Dietetics (Scopus-CiteScore; Rank: 51/147; Percentile: 65)
- Q2 in Endocrinology (Scopus-CiteScore; Rank: 55/132; Percentile: 58)
- Q2 in Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism (Scopus-CiteScore; Rank: 86/250; Percentile: 65)
Journal Citation Index (
2025
):
0.9
CiteScore (
2025
):
5.8
(
Scopus
)
h-index
(
2025
):
124
(
SCImago
)
SJR (
2025
):
0.915
SNIP (
2025
):
0.884
Submission to First Decision:
8
days
Submission to Post-Review Decision:
52
days
Submission to Acceptance:
116
days
Acceptance to Publication:
4
days
- MEDLINE
- Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE)
- SCImago Journal Rank (SJR)
- Scopus
- SNIP
Editor-in-Chief
Richard Bruno, PhD, RD (The Ohio State University, Human Nutrition Program, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America (the))
Other Members:
Editor-in-Chief
- Richard Bruno, PhD, RD (The Ohio State University, Human Nutrition Program, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America (the))
Managing Editor
- Joanna K. Hodges, PhD (The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America (the))
Associate Editors
- Jimmy W. Crott, PhD (Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America (the))
- Hannah D. Holscher, PhD, RD (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America (the))
- Dingbo (Daniel) Lin, PhD (Oklahoma State University, Department of Nutritional Sciences, Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States of America (the))
- Brenda Smith, PhD (Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America (the))
- Hea Jin Park, PhD (University of Georgia, Department of Nutritional Sciences, Athens, Georgia, United States of America (the))
- Xueliang (Jeff) Pan, PhD (The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America (the))
- Maren C. Podszun, PhD (University of Hohenheim, Department of Food Biofunctionality, Stuttgart, Germany)
- Rafaela G. Feresin, PhD (Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America (the))
Editorial Board Members
- Harvey Anderson, PhD (University of Toronto, Department of Nutritional Sciences and Physiology, Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
- Juan E. Andrade, PhD (University of Florida, Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America (the))
- Donald Beitz, PhD (Iowa State University of Science and Technology, Ames, Iowa, United States of America (the))
- Sherman Bigornia, PhD (University of New Hampshire, Department of Agriculture, Nutrition, and Food Systems, Durham, New Hampshire, United States of America (the))
- Christopher Blesso, PhD (University of Connecticut, Department of Nutritional Sciences, Storrs, Connecticut, United States of America (the))
- Bradley Bolling, PhD (University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Food Science, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America (the))
- Anthony Buckley, PhD (University of Leeds School of Food Science and Nutrition, Leeds, United Kingdom)
- Philip C. Calder, PhD, DPhil, RNutr, FRSB, FAfN (University of Southampton, Faculty of Medicine, Southampton, United Kingdom)
- Sisi Cao, PhD (San Diego State University School of Exercise and Nutritional Sciences, San Diego, California, United States of America (the))
- Franck Carbonero, PhD (Washington State University – Spokane Campus, Spokane, Washington, United States of America (the))
- Anitra C. Carr, PhD (University of Otago Christchurch, Department of Pathology and Biomedical Science, Christchurch, New Zealand)
- Gemma Casadesus Smith, PhD (University of Florida, Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America (the))
- Shiguo Chen, PhD (Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China)
- Soonkyu Chung, Ph.D. (University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts, United States of America (the))
- Alison Coates, Bsc, Bsc(hons), PhD (University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia)
- Tamara Cohen, PhD, RD (The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada)
- Wendy Dahl, PhD (University of Florida, Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America (the))
- Maria Carlota Dao, PhD (University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire, United States of America (the))
- Priyankar Dey, MS, PhD (Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology (Deemed to be University), Indra Puri Colony, Punjab, India)
- Jaapna Dhillon, PhD (University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America (the))
- Frank Duca, PhD (University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America (the))
- Michael Dzakovich, PhD (USDA/ARS Children’s Nutrition Research Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America (the))
- Sam Emerson, PhD (Oklahoma State University, Department of Nutritional Sciences, Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States of America (the))
- Zahra Farahnak, MPH, PhD (Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada)
- Mario G. Ferruzzi, PhD (USDA-ARS Arkansas Children’s Nutrition Center, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America (the))
- Javier Fontecha, PhD (Spanish National Research Council, Madrid, Spain)
- Philippe G. Frank , PhD (Niche Nutrition Cancer and Oxidative Metabolism, Tours, France)
- Sina Gallo, PhD, MSc, RD (University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America (the))
- Adrian Gombart, PhD (Oregon State University, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Corvallis, Oregon, United States of America (the))
- Liwei Gu, PhD (University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America (the))
- Xin Guo, PhD, RDN (Shandong University, Jinan, China)
- Shirin Hooshmand, PhD, RD (San Diego State University, San Diego, California, United States of America (the))
- Kate Huggins, PhD (Deakin University Institute for Health Transformation, Burwood, Australia)
- Jingjjing Jiao, PhD (Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China)
- Sarah A. Johnson, PhD, RDN (Florida State University, Department of Health Nutrition and Food Sciences, Tallahassee, Florida, United States of America (the))
- Carol Johnston, PhD, RD (Arizona State University College of Health Solutions, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America (the))
- Young-Hee Kang, PhD (Hallym University, Department of Food, Science and Nutrition, Chuncheon, Korea)
- James Philip Karl, PhD (US Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, Natick, Massachusetts, United States of America (the))
- Jennifer Kerns, MD, M.S.H.S. (Washington DC VA Medical Center Hospitalist Section, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America (the))
- Naiman Khan, PhD, RD (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America (the))
- Laura König, PhD (University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria)
- Jana Kraft, PhD (University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, United States of America (the))
- Marlena Kruger, PhD (Massey University School of Health Sciences, Palmerston North, New Zealand)
- Claire de La Serre, PhD (Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America (the))
- Joshua D. Lambert, PhD (The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America (the))
- Alessandro Laviano, MD (University of Rome La Sapienza, Rome, Italy)
- Shannon Lennon, PhD, RD (University of Delaware, Department of Kinesiology and Applied Physiology, Newark, Delaware, United States of America (the))
- Yunsook Lim, PhD (Kyung Hee University, Department of Food & Nutrition, Dongdaemun District, Korea)
- Mengyang Liu, PhD (Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China)
- Zhenhua Liu, PhD (University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts, United States of America (the))
- Brett Loman, PhD, RD (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, United States of America (the))
- Edralin A. Lucas, PhD (Oklahoma State University, Department of Nutritional Sciences, Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States of America (the))
- David Ma, PhD (University of Guelph, Department of Human Health and Nutritional Sciences, Guelph, Ontario, Canada)
- Kenneth N. Maclean, PhD (University of Colorado Anschutz School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America (the))
- Denise Mafra, PhD (Federal Fluminense University, Niterói, Brazil)
- Eunice Mah, PhD (Merieux NutriSciences Corporation, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America (the))
- Kelsey Mangano, PhD, RD (University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America (the))
- Denis M. Medeiros, PhD, RD (University of Missouri Kansas City School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America (the))
- Mary Miles, PhD, FACSM (Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, United States of America (the))
- Nancy E. Moran, PhD (Baylor College of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Houston, Texas, United States of America (the))
- Jennette P. Moreno, PhD (Baylor College Children’s Nutrition Research Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America (the))
- Muzi Na, PhD, MHS (The Pennsylvania State University, Department of Nutritional Sciences, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America (the))
- Andrew Neilson, PhD (NC State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America (the))
- John W. Newman, PhD (USDA-ARS Obesity and Metabolism Research Unit, Davis, California, United States of America (the))
- Nora O’Brien, PhD (University College Cork School of Food and Nutritional Sciences, Cork, Ireland)
- Aifric O’Sullivan, PhD (University College Dublin School of Agriculture and Food Science, Dublin, Ireland)
- Yongsoon Park, PhD (Hanyang University, Department of Food and Nutrition, Seongdong-gu, Korea)
- Mindy Patterson, PhD, RDN (Texas Woman’s University – Institute of Health Sciences-Houston Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America (the))
- Anandh Babu Pon Velayutham, PhD (The University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America (the))
- Abigail Raffner, PhD, RD, LD (Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America (the))
- Robert B. Rucker, PhD (University of California Davis, Department of Nutrition, Davis, California, United States of America (the))
- Shengmin Sang, PhD (North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University Center for Excellence in Post-Harvest Technologies, Kannapolis, North Carolina, United States of America (the))
- Chwan-Li (Leslie) Shen, Ph.D., C.C.R.P. (Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine, Lubbock, Texas, United States of America (the))
- Farzad Shidfar, PhD (Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran (Islamic Republic of)
- Sato Shogo, PhD (Texas A&M University Center for Biological Clocks Research, College Station, Texas, United States of America (the))
- Ryan Snodgrass, PhD (USDA-ARS Western Human Nutrition Research Center, Davis, California, United States of America (the))
- Kim Stote, PhD, MPH, RDN, CDN (Empire State University, Saratoga Springs, New York, United States of America (the))
- Rita Strakovsky, Ph.D., R.D. (Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, United States of America (the))
- Leon Straub, PhD (University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America (the))
- Susanne U. Talcott, PhD (Texas A&M University, Department of Nutrition, College Station, Texas, United States of America (the))
- Christopher Alan Taylor (The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America (the))
- Jeffery Tessem, PhD (Brigham Young University, Department of Microbiology and Molecular Biology, Provo, Utah, United States of America (the))
- Maya K. Vadiveloo, PhD, RD, FAHA (University of Rhode Island, Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences, Kingston, Rhode Island, United States of America (the))
- Rodrigo Valenzuela, PhD (University of Chile, Santiago, Chile)
- Roger Vaughan, PhD (High Point University, High Point, North Carolina, United States of America (the))
- Francesco Visioli, PhD (University of Padua, Department of Molecular Medicine, Padua, Italy)
- Stella Volpe, PhD, RDN, ACSM-CEP, FACSM (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Department of Human Nutrition Foods and Exercise, Blacksburg, Virginia, United States of America (the))
- Huijun Wang, PhD (Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention National Institute for Nutrition and Health, Beijing, China)
- Patty Wolf, PhD, RDN (Purdue University, Department of Nutrition Science, West Lafayette, Indiana, United States of America (the))
- Lei Wu, PhD (Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing, China)
- Juan Zheng, MD and PhD (Huazhong University of Science and Technology Tongji Medical College Tongji Hospital, Department of Endocrinology, Wuhan, China)
- Jiangjiang (Chris) Zhu, PhD (The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America (the))
- Jie (Jacky) Zhu, MD, PhD (Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas, United States of America (the))
- Angela Zivkovic, PhD (University of California Davis, Department of Nutrition, Davis, California, United States of America (the))
- Original Research
- Full-length papers
- Less than 6000 words*
- Sequence of sections: Title Page > Abstract > Graphical Abstract and Legend > Highlights > Manuscript File > Tables and/or Figures > Figure Legends
- Abstract: Unstructured and 250 words
- Double-spaced lines
- Narrative Review
- Less than 6000 words*
- Systematic Review/Meta-analysis
- Structured synthesis of literature
- Less than 6000 words*
- Methodological guidelines, such as PRISMA, must be followed
- Clinical Trial Protocol
- Human trials
- Less than 6000 words*
- Must be registered in an ICMJE- or WHO-approved public registry before the enrollment of the participants
- Registry name and registration number is required in the Abstract and Methods sections
- CONSORT flow diagram must be included upon submission
- Primary and secondary outcomes, sample-size calculation, randomization procedures, and blinding methods must be clarified
- Any devation from the registered protocol must be explained
- Methodological Advance
- Validated techniques or tools for research related to nutrition
- Standard operating protocols or workflows that have been tested and validated
- Less than 6000 words*
- Highlight the relevance of the described methodology
- Short Communication
- Concise findings
- Less than 3000 words*
- May include one or two figures or tables
- Editorial/Opinion
- Commentary on current issues
- Generally invited
- Less than 2000 words*
- Should align with the research published in Nutrition Research
*Word count comprises the main text (from Abstract till Conclusions). References are excluded from the recommended word counts.
URL
- https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/nutrition-research/publish/guide-for-authors
Miscellaneous
- Review Process: Single blind
- Language: Any English used consistently
- Acceptable manuscript formats: MS Word (.doc/.docx) or LaTeX (.tex)
- Ensure the equations, if any, are editable
- SI units throughout the article
- Headings on separate lines
- Numbered sections: 1.1, 1.2, … and 1.1.1, 1.1.2, …
- Abstract not numbered
Title Page
- Title: Concise and informative. Avoid formulae and abbreviations.
- Author names and affiliations
- Corresponding author details
Abstract
- Unstructured
- Word-limit: 250 words
- Avoid references
- 5–10 keywords
Highlights
- Highlights required during article submission
- To be submitted in a separate file named “Highlights”
- Comprise 3–5 bullet points, each at most 85 characters long (including spaces)
Graphical Abstract
- Required at submission
- Separate file
- Accepted file formats: MS Office, PDF, TIFF, and EPS
- Image dimensions at least 531 × 1328 pixels (h × w)
Figures
- Submit each figure as a separate file, named as Figure 1, Figure 2, etc.
- Number and cite the figures sequentially
- Legends submitted separately; define all abbreviations used in a figure and its legend at the end of the corresponding legend
- Accepted formats and resolutions
- Vector drawings: EPS and PDF
- Photographs: TIFF, JPG, and PNG (300 dpi)
- Bitmapped line drawings: TIFF, JPG, and PNG (1000 dpi)
- Charts and large tables: MS Excel
- Annotated images: MS Powerpoint (300 dpi for embedded images)
Tables
- Editable text and not images
- Number and cite sequentially
- Placed in the main manuscript file near the relevant text or in a separate section at the end
- Avoid vertical rules or shaded cells
Citations
- Numbered citations in square brackets
References
- Up to 6 authors are to be listed in a reference; “et al.” to be used only after that
- Format examples: http://sciencedirect.com/journal/nutrition-research/publish/guide-for-authors#writing-and-formatting-references
Supplementary Files
- Published as is
- Cite all material in the manuscript
Funding Sources
- Add funding details, including the sources and numbers of grants
- Format: “This work was supported by the <Funding Agency 1> [grant numbers xx, yy]; <Funding Agency 3> [grant number zz]; and <Funding Agency 3> [grant number aa].”
OR
“This research did not receive any specific grant from funding agencies in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors.”
Declaration of Competing Interests
- Professional or non-professional relationships with organizations or people that might impact the study
- Potential examples include Employment, Stock ownership, Consultancies, Paid expert testimony, Honoraria, Grants or any other funding, Patent applications, Affiliation with the journal, etc.
Declaration of Generative AI Use
- AI tools can be used as a support while preparing manuscripts
- AI tools must not replace human expertise and critical thinking
- Declare the use of AI tools as follows:
- Section title: “Declaration of generative AI and AI-assisted technologies in the manuscript preparation process.”
- Section content: “During the preparation of this work the author(s) used [NAME OF TOOL / SERVICE] in order to [REASON]. After using this tool/service, the author(s) reviewed and edited the content as needed and take(s) full responsibility for the content of the published article.”
- Do not add this declaration if AI tools not used
Acknowledgments
- List individuals who helped with the research
- The corresponding author should get permission from the individuals to be listed in this section
- Separate section before the references
Author Contributions
- Include contributions in the final article
- Listed using CRediT roles, including Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, and Writing – review and editing
Ethical approval and informed consent
- Ethical approval and declaration required for human studies
- Human studies should follow International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) guidelines and Declaration of Helsinki guidelines
- Written informed consent to participate and for publication required from the participants
Animal Studies
- Should follow ARRIVE guidelines
- A statement of declaration to be included in the manuscripts
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Enhanced
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