Journal profile · Nutrition & Dietetics
ARCHIVOS LATINOAMERICANOS DE NUTRICION
ISSN 0004-0622 · eISSN 2309-5806 · Archivos Latinoamericanos Nutricion · VENEZUELA · Quarterly · Founded 1966
ARCHIVOS LATINOAMERICANOS DE NUTRICION: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.23; fully open access; APC about USD 300; review about 23 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 89 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
ARCHIVOS LATINOAMERICANOS DE NUTRICION is published by Archivos Latinoamericanos Nutricion and is in Zone 4 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Health and Lifestyle Studies, Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet and Agricultural and Food Production Studies, together about 38.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Archivos Latinoamericanos de Nutrición, es la revista oficial de la Sociedad Latinoamericana de Nutrición (SLAN) que se publica desde el año 1966, cuando el Instituto Nacional de Nutrición (INN) transfiere a la recién creada Sociedad Latinoamericana de Nutrición la revista Archivos Venezolanos de Nutrición, publicada por el INN desde 1950. Archivos Latinoamericanos de Nutrición (Arch Latinoamer Nutr, ISSN 0004-0622 / ISSN-e: 2309-5806), es una revista ibero latinoamericana que publica editoriales, artículos originales, artículos breves, revisiones sistemáticas y narrativas, artículos especiales y cartas al editor, sobre temas de alimentación, nutrición humana, bioquímica nutricional aplicada, nutrición clínica, nutrición pública y comunitaria, educación en nutrición, ciencia y tecnología de alimentos, microbiología de alimentos, entre otras. Es una revista de acceso abierto y su publicación es electrónica. Archivos Latinoamericanos de Nutrición se encuentra en los principales índices y bases de datos internacionales, tales como Web of Science (WoS), Scopus (Elsevier), con presencia en SCImago Journal & Country Rank (SJR); DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals): Google Scholar; CABI: Incluida en bases especializadas como CAB Abstracts, Nutrition Abstracts and Reviews, y Dairy Science Abstracts; Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) ; Food Science and Technology Abstracts (FSTA); BASE (Bielefeld Academic Search Engine; SciELO (Scientific Electronic Library Online): LILACS (Literatura Latinoamericana y del Caribe en Ciencias de la Salud); Latindex (Directorio y Catálogo); BIBLAT (Bibliografía Latinoamericana): MIAR (Matriz de Información para el Análisis de Revistas), PERIODICA; REVENCYT; Saber UCV, ASEREME.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Nutrition & Dietetics
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Chile 4, Argentina 3, Colombia 2 (9 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Health and Lifestyle StudiesHealth Professions19.4%
- Obesity, Physical Activity, DietMedicine12%
- Agricultural and Food Production StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences7.3%
- Food, Nutrition, and Cultural PracticesAgricultural and Biological Sciences6.2%
- Food composition and propertiesNursing4.4%
- Child Nutrition and Water AccessNursing4.4%
- Agricultural and Food SciencesAgricultural and Biological Sciences3.7%
- Nutritional Studies and DietMedicine3.6%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Nutrition & Dietetics | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Nutrition & Dietetics | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Nutrition & Dietetics | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of SciencePubMedCASCAB AbstractsSciELOPublisher website
Other: MIAR, Food Science & Technology Abstracts, Latindex (Directorio), Literatura Latinoamericana en Ciencias de la Salud (LILACS), Repositorio Institucional Saber-UCV, SCImago Journal & Country Rank (SJR), Google Scholar, Nutrition Abstracts and Reviews, Dairy Science Abstracts, Food Science and Technology Abstracts (FSTA), Latindex (Directorio y Catálogo), BIBLAT (Bibliografía Latinoamericana), MIAR (Matriz de Información para el Análisis de Revistas), PERIODICA, REVENCYT, Saber UCV, ASEREME
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
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
- 0.23LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.7LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.14LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.18LetPub ·
- h-index
- 30LetPub ·
- h-index
- 27OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 87OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 3.63OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 97.87%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 28LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,093 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 408 | 408 | 1,586 |
| 2025 | 89 | 89 | 390 |
| 2024 | 58 | 58 | 38 |
| 2023 | 26 | 26 | 39 |
| 2022 | 37 | 37 | 118 |
| 2021 | 30 | 30 | 460 |
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
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 23 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 23 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
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
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | USD 300 | Yes | CC BY-NC | |
| OpenAlex | USD 300 | — | — | |
| LetPub | USD 300 | Yes | — | |
| Publisher website | USD 400 | — | — |
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Submission fee
- USD 400
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)
What to prepare5 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 250 words
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 4,500 words
- Reference style
- Vancouver
- Templates
- Word
- Cover letter
- Required
Article types accepted7
- artículos brevespublica editoriales, artículos originales, artículos breves, revisiones sistemáticas y narrativas, artículos especiales y cartas al editorLength not stated
- artículos especialespublica editoriales, artículos originales, artículos breves, revisiones sistemáticas y narrativas, artículos especiales y cartas al editorLength not stated
- artículos originalespublica editoriales, artículos originales, artículos breves, revisiones sistemáticas y narrativas, artículos especiales y cartas al editorLength not stated
- cartas al editorpublica editoriales, artículos originales, artículos breves, revisiones sistemáticas y narrativas, artículos especiales y cartas al editorLength not stated
- editorialespublica editoriales, artículos originales, artículos breves, revisiones sistemáticas y narrativas, artículos especiales y cartas al editorLength not stated
- revisiones narrativaspublica editoriales, artículos originales, artículos breves, revisiones sistemáticas y narrativas, artículos especiales y cartas al editorLength not stated
- revisiones sistemáticaspublica editoriales, artículos originales, artículos breves, revisiones sistemáticas y narrativas, artículos especiales y cartas al editorLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, License & copyright, Open access, Plagiarism, Preprints
- Authorship
Originality and exclusivity requirement for submitted manuscripts Model summary
Todos los manuscritos presentados a la revista deben ser originales, que no estén en consideración simultánea en otro lugar y no infrinjan los derechos de propiedad intelectual de ninguna persona u organización.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International license Model summary
Esta obra está bajo una licencia de Creative Commons Reconocimiento-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 4.0 Internacional
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access
Licencia de acceso abierto: CC BY-NC 4.0. Model summary
Se usa la licencia Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism
Antiplagio: máximo 20% de coincidencia con textos previos; revisión con Similarity Check de Crossref. Model summary
Los autores se comprometen a no incluir en el manuscrito postulado, otros textos publicados anteriormente por ellos, cuidando, que no exista más de un 20 % de coincidencia entre un texto previo y el postulado.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Aceptación de Preprints
Aceptación de preprints: acepta documentos publicados previamente en servidores de preprints reconocidos. Model summary
Esta revista acepta documentos previamente publicados en servidores preprints reconocidos (SciELO Preprints, Medxiv, ArXiv, bioRxiv, Plos y otros que se consideren por el comité editorial). Si un artículo se encuentra publicado total o parcialmente en las páginas web de un evento o congreso, en un servidor preprint (SciELO Preprints, PMC, Plos, MedRxiv) o red social académica (ResearchGate), los a…
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
- Archivos Latinoamericanos Nutricion
- Country or region
- VENEZUELA
- Language
- Multi-Language
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Founded
- 1966
- ISSN
- 0004-0622
- Electronic ISSN
- 2309-5806
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about ARCHIVOS LATINOAMERICANOS DE NUTRICION
What CAS zone is ARCHIVOS LATINOAMERICANOS DE NUTRICION in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, ARCHIVOS LATINOAMERICANOS DE NUTRICION is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Nutrition & Dietetics. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of ARCHIVOS LATINOAMERICANOS DE NUTRICION?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.23; CiteScore 0.7, h-index 27.
How long does peer review take at ARCHIVOS LATINOAMERICANOS DE NUTRICION?
Authors report an average review time of about 23 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”. 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.
What are the manuscript requirements of ARCHIVOS LATINOAMERICANOS DE NUTRICION?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 250 words; Manuscript length: ≤ 4,500 words; Reference style: Vancouver; Templates: Word; Cover letter: Required. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of ARCHIVOS LATINOAMERICANOS DE NUTRICION based?
Of the 9 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Chile (4), Argentina (3) and Colombia (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index ARCHIVOS LATINOAMERICANOS DE NUTRICION?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, ARCHIVOS LATINOAMERICANOS DE NUTRICION is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists Web of Science, PubMed, CAS, CAB Abstracts and SciELO; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is ARCHIVOS LATINOAMERICANOS DE NUTRICION open access, and what is the APC?
ARCHIVOS LATINOAMERICANOS DE NUTRICION is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 300.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, Publisher website; 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .