Journal profile · Nursing-Nutrition and Dietetics
BMJ Nutrition, Prevention and Health
ISSN 2516-5542 · BMJ Publishing Group · United Kingdom
BMJ Nutrition, Prevention and Health: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.6 (journal website); fully open access; APC charged, amount not published; median 154 days to acceptance (97 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 28% (journal website); 90 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
BMJ Nutrition, Prevention and Health is published by BMJ Publishing Group 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 Nutritional Studies and Diet, Child Nutrition and Water Access and Nutrition and Health in Aging, together about 30.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
BMJ Nutrition, Prevention & Health is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal published by BMJ in partnership with the NNEdPro Global Institute for Food, Nutrition and Health. The journal exists at the intersection of nutritional science, preventive medicine, and public health, publishing work that advances understanding of how diet, food systems, and nutrition-related behaviours shape health outcomes at the individual, community, and population level. The journal publishes research that advances understanding of how dietary exposures, nutritional status, and related behavioural, environmental, and biological factors influence prevention, development, and management of disease. Emphasis is placed on work with clear relevance to clinical decision-making, health service delivery, public health policy, population health, and nutrition education. Submissions are welcomed across a broad range of interrelated areas, including cardiometabolic health; clinical nutrition and dietetic practice; public health nutrition; global food security and sustainable food systems; and the environmental dimensions of diet, including climate change and sustainable dietary patterns. The journal also covers nutrition and immunity, alongside emerging areas such as food, mood, and mental health. Research addressing behavioural nutrition, dietary behaviour change, and food environments is within scope, as is work examining social determinants of health, equity, and disparities in nutrition outcomes. The journal supports studies of nutrition interventions and implementation strategies in healthcare and community settings aimed at improving prevention and health outcomes.The journal further welcomes contributions in precision nutrition, including the use of genetic, metabolic, and microbiome data to individualise dietary recommendations, as well as work applying data science and artificial intelligence to dietary assessment, prediction modelling, and population nutrition research. Nutrition across the life course is of interest, including women’s health, reproductive nutrition, pregnancy, and menopause. Education and workforce development are also central, with consideration given to innovations in nutrition training, curriculum development, and translation of evidence into practice. Methodological studies are encouraged where they strengthen dietary assessment, food classification, or evaluation of nutritional exposures and interventions. The journal publishes original research, systemati
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Nursing-Nutrition and Dietetics
Editor-in-chief Kathy MartynPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Nutritional Studies and DietMedicine12.6%
- Child Nutrition and Water AccessNursing9.8%
- Nutrition and Health in AgingMedicine8.4%
- Obesity, Physical Activity, DietMedicine8.3%
- Obesity and Health PracticesHealth Professions6.4%
- Diet and metabolism studiesMedicine6.2%
- Consumer Attitudes and Food LabelingMedicine4.1%
- Vitamin D Research StudiesMedicine4%
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)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
PMCPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar
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 (publisher)
- 2.6Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 4Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.86LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.95LetPub ·
- h-index
- 37OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 128OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.58OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 68,902Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 433 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 51 | 51 | 24 |
| 2025 | 90 | 90 | 150 |
| 2024 | 55 | 55 | 332 |
| 2023 | 61 | 61 | 493 |
| 2022 | 42 | 42 | 675 |
| 2021 | 59 | 59 | 1,435 |
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
154 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 101 days – 231 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 22 days (98 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 176 days
- Sample
- 97 articles with submission and acceptance dates (126 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)
- about 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 28%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 11 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 23 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 25 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single 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 | GBP 2,390 | Yes | CC BY, CC BY-NC, CC BY-NC-ND | |
| OpenAlex | GBP 1,500 | — | — | |
| LetPub | GBP 1,948 | Yes | — |
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)
Article types accepted4
- editorialEditorialLength not stated
- original researchOriginal researchLength not stated
- reviewReviewLength not stated
- systematic reviewSystematic reviewLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePeer review
- Peer review Peer Review Model
Single anonymised; the names of reviewers are hidden from the author
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
- BMJ Publishing Group
- Country or region
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2516-5542
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- 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 BMJ Nutrition, Prevention and Health
What CAS zone is BMJ Nutrition, Prevention and Health in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, BMJ Nutrition, Prevention and Health 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 BMJ Nutrition, Prevention and Health?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 2.6; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 4, h-index 37.
How long does peer review take at BMJ Nutrition, Prevention and Health?
Based on the dates recorded on 97 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 154 days (interquartile range 101–231 days); authors report an average review time of about 12 weeks; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 28% (2025). 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.
Which databases index BMJ Nutrition, Prevention and Health?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, BMJ Nutrition, Prevention and Health is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists PMC; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is BMJ Nutrition, Prevention and Health open access, and what is the APC?
BMJ Nutrition, Prevention and Health is a fully open-access journal. APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex, DOAJ; 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: .