Journal profile · NUTRITION & DIETETICS
Current Nutrition & Food Science
ISSN 1573-4013 · eISSN 2212-3881 · Bentham
Current Nutrition & Food Science: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); subscription journal; median 87 days to acceptance (67 articles, last 24 months); 77 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Current Nutrition & Food Science is published by Bentham 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 Food and Agricultural Sciences, Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities and Medicinal Plant Research, together about 31.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Food Science and Nutrition and Dietetics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): NUTRITION & DIETETICS
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Food and Agricultural SciencesAgricultural and Biological Sciences12.9%
- Phytochemicals and Antioxidant ActivitiesMedicine10.9%
- Medicinal Plant ResearchAgricultural and Biological Sciences7.8%
- Food composition and propertiesNursing6.5%
- Nutritional Studies and DietMedicine5.4%
- Probiotics and Fermented FoodsAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.4%
- Fatty Acid Research and HealthNursing4.1%
- Nutrition, Health and Food BehaviorNursing3.8%
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.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health | Q3 | 424/725 | — |
| Food Science | Q3 | 259/420 | — |
| Nutrition and Dietetics | Q3 | 94/147 | — |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ESCIScopusLetPub
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.2LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.3LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.35LetPub ·
- h-index
- 41OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 268OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.04OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 4.06%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 96LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,535 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 90 | 4 | 968 |
| 2025 | 77 | 14 | 1,442 |
| 2024 | 76 | 9 | 1,258 |
| 2023 | 136 | 15 | 1,181 |
| 2022 | 147 | 5 | 1,064 |
| 2021 | 96 | 17 | 986 |
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 Crossref · to
87 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 70 days – 111 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 154 days (67 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 251 days
- Sample
- 67 articles with submission and acceptance dates (261 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".
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.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Bentham
- ISSN
- 1573-4013
- Electronic ISSN
- 2212-3881
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Current Nutrition & Food Science
What CAS zone is Current Nutrition & Food Science in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Current Nutrition & Food Science 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.
How long does peer review take at Current Nutrition & Food Science?
Based on the dates recorded on 67 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 87 days (interquartile range 70–111 days). 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 Current Nutrition & Food Science?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Current Nutrition & Food Science is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Current Nutrition & Food Science open access, and what is the APC?
Current Nutrition & Food Science is a subscription journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, 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: .