Journal profile · NUTRITION & DIETETICS
BMJ Nutrition, Prevention & Health
ISSN 2516-5542 · BMJ Publishing Group
BMJ Nutrition, Prevention & 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 ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
BMJ Nutrition, Prevention & 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)
Acceptance rate:28%Impact Factor (JCR):2.6Citescore:4Time to first decision with review:73 days*Time from acceptance to publication:23 days*2025 total content views:68,902More journal metricsHow we get these metrics*median number of days Aims & scope Editorial Board Ownership Journal information Journal Statistics 2025 Contact information For Authors To advertise Rights and permissions Affiliations
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): NUTRITION & 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
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
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 (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 ·
- Self-citation rate
- 7.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 76LetPub ·
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
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 28%Publisher 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 | — | — |
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 accepted6
- brief reportsBrief reportsLength not stated
- editorialsEditorialLength not stated
- educationEducationLength not stated
- original researchOriginal researchLength not stated
- reviewsReviewsLength not stated
- systematic reviewsSystematic reviewLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access
- Open access
Open access journal published by BMJ in association with NNEdPro Global Institute for Food, Nutrition and Health. Model summary
BMJ NPH is an open access journal published by BMJ in association with NNEdPro Global Institute for Food, Nutrition and Health.
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
- ISSN
- 2516-5542
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗DOAJ
- Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗DOAJ
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about BMJ Nutrition, Prevention & Health
What CAS zone is BMJ Nutrition, Prevention & Health in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, BMJ Nutrition, Prevention & 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 & 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 & 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); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 28%. 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 & Health?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, BMJ Nutrition, Prevention & Health is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is BMJ Nutrition, Prevention & Health open access, and what is the APC?
BMJ Nutrition, Prevention & 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: .