Journal profile · Nutrition & Dietetics
Advances in Nutrition
ISSN 2161-8313 · eISSN 2156-5376 · American Society for Nutrition · UNITED STATES
Advances in Nutrition: CAS Zone 2 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal); impact factor 12.61; subscription journal; APC about USD 5,200; median 108 days to acceptance (96 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 23% (journal website); 182 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Advances in Nutrition is published by American Society for Nutrition and is in Zone 2 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Nutritional Studies and Diet, Diet and metabolism studies and Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet, together about 33.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Advances in Nutrition (AN/Adv Nutr) publishes literature reviews* focused on key findings and recent research in all areas of interest to nutritional scientists and biomedical researchers. This would include nutrition-related research efforts directed toward biochemical, molecular, and genetic studies utilizing experimental animal models, domestic animals, and human subjects. The other major focus of the journal is on clinical nutrition, epidemiology and public health, and nutrition education. Review articles will focus on progress made during the past few years rather than research developments over a broad, historical timeframe. In addition to review articles, AN will publish Perspectives, Letters to the Editor, and supplements. Supplement proposals must be approved by the editor prior to submission. AN also publishes Nutrient Information briefs which outline the dietary requirements, food sources, deficiencies, and other important information about nutrients. All submitted material with scientific content will undergo peer review by the Editors or their designees before acceptance for publication.*Note that reviews of data on publicly available databases, including NHANES, are considered original research and are out of scope for this journal.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Nutrition & Dietetics
Editor-in-chief Steven AbramsPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 37, Canada 6, Australia 4, United Kingdom 2, India 1 (54 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Nutritional Studies and DietMedicine15.3%
- Diet and metabolism studiesMedicine10.6%
- Obesity, Physical Activity, DietMedicine8.1%
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5.8%
- Child Nutrition and Water AccessNursing5.2%
- Consumer Attitudes and Food LabelingMedicine5.1%
- Nutrition, Genetics, and DiseaseBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4.3%
- Infant Nutrition and HealthNursing3.5%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Nutrition & Dietetics | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: yes
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Nutrition & Dietetics | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Nutrition & Dietetics | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: yes
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor
- 12.61LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 12.7Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 19.4LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 19.4Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 3.06LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 2.93LetPub ·
- h-index
- 69LetPub ·
- h-index
- 190OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,471OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 8.16OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 1.6%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 98.8%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 113LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,457 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 132 | 132 | 88 |
| 2025 | 182 | 178 | 1,293 |
| 2024 | 164 | 162 | 2,520 |
| 2023 | 157 | 155 | 4,797 |
| 2022 | 149 | 149 | 5,100 |
| 2021 | 189 | 188 | 8,414 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with PubMed · to
108 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 69 days – 167 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 5 days (96 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 119 days
- Sample
- 96 articles with submission and acceptance dates (285 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- 6–12 weeksLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 23%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 3 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 37 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance
- 99 daysPublisher website ·
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 5,200 / EUR 4,860 / GBP 4,160 / JPY 644,960 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | USD 5,310 | — | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Preprints
- Open access Open Access
Article Publishing Charge (APC): USD 5,310 (excluding taxes). Review this journal’s open access policy.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints
Systematic reviews must include a completed PRISMA checklist with initial manuscript submission, effective November 1, 2024. Model summary
NEW! Beginning November 1, 2024, authors of systematic reviews will be required to include a completed PRISMA checklist with their initial manuscript submission.
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- American Society for Nutrition
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2161-8313
- Electronic ISSN
- 2156-5376
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Advances in Nutrition
What CAS zone is Advances in Nutrition in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Advances in Nutrition is in Zone 2 of Medicine, and in Zone 1 of the minor category Nutrition & Dietetics; it is a Top journal. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 1 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Advances in Nutrition?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 12.61; CiteScore 19.4, h-index 190.
How long does peer review take at Advances in Nutrition?
Based on the dates recorded on 96 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 108 days (interquartile range 69–167 days); authors report an average review time of 6–12 weeks; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 23%. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Where are the editorial board members of Advances in Nutrition based?
Of the 54 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (37), Canada (6) and Australia (4). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Advances in Nutrition?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Advances in Nutrition is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Advances in Nutrition open access, and what is the APC?
Advances in Nutrition is a subscription journal. APC about USD 5,200.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-25). Last updated: .