Journal profile
Demetra
ISSN 2238-913X · Josely Correa Koury · Brazil
Demetra: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 33 weeks (community reports); 74 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Demetra is published by Josely Correa Koury. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Food, Nutrition, and Cultural Practices, Nutrition, Health and Food Behavior and Dietetics, Nutrition, and Education, together about 36% of its articles. Its main subfields are Food Science and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
DEMETRA: Alimentação, Nutrição & Saúde, e-ISSN 2238-913X, é periódico científico interdisciplinar editado pelo Instituto de Nutrição da Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro. Temos por missão publicar debates, análises e resultados de investigações relevantes para o campo da Alimentação, Nutrição e Saúde. DEMETRA: Alimentação, Nutrição & Saúde dá continuidade ao título CERES: Nutrição & Saúde / Nutrition & Health, ISSN 1981-0881, em atividade de 2006 até 2011. e-ISSN: 2238-913X | Ano de criação: 2006 | Área do conhecimento: Interdisciplinar | Qualis: B3
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Food, Nutrition, and Cultural PracticesAgricultural and Biological Sciences14.8%
- Nutrition, Health and Food BehaviorNursing14.5%
- Dietetics, Nutrition, and EducationHealth Professions6.6%
- Obesity, Physical Activity, DietMedicine5.5%
- Food and Agricultural SciencesAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.1%
- Consumer Attitudes and Food LabelingMedicine5%
- Public Health and NutritionMedicine4.5%
- Eating Disorders and BehaviorsPsychology4.3%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
DOAJLetPub
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
- h-index
- 20OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 57OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.33OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 910 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 33 | 33 | 185 |
| 2025 | 74 | 74 | 238 |
| 2024 | 46 | 46 | 302 |
| 2023 | 45 | 45 | 352 |
| 2022 | 46 | 46 | 434 |
| 2021 | 51 | 51 | 449 |
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 33 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 33 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
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — | |
| Publisher website | No APC | — | — |
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Submission fee
- No submission fee
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 prepare8 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 250 words
- Reference style
- Vancouver
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Suggested reviewers
- Required
- Highlights
- Optional
- Graphical abstract
- Optional
- Cover letter
- Required
- Not considered
- illustrations
Article types accepted2
- debateDebate: análise de temas relevantes do campo da Alimentação, Nutrição e Saúde. Deve conter comentários críticos desenvolvidos por autores convidados pelos Edito…Length not stated
- perspectivasPerspectivas: análises de temas conjunturais de importância para a Alimentação, Nutrição e Saúde, de interesse atual (máximo de 3.000 palavras).Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteData availability, Publication ethics, Peer review, Preprints
- Data availability
Funding source and process number must be declared; state if no funding received. Model summary
Informar a fonte de financiamento do estudo (agência ou outro financiador) bem como o número do processo referente ao financiamento. Caso o estudo não tenha recebido financiamento – declarar que o estudo não recebeu financiamento.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics
Required submissions: ethics committee approval, conflict of interest declaration, copyright declaration. Model summary
1- Aprovação do Comite de Ética em Pesquisa 2- Declaração de Conflito de Interesses 3- Declaração de Direito Autoral / Declaração de Responsabilidade
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Preprint manuscripts undergo single-blind review since author names are visible. Model summary
No que concerne aos artigos que já foram divulgados como preprints, a avaliação ocorrerá de forma simples cega, tendo em vista que será possível consultar os nomes dos autores do texto.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints
Preprint policy: authors are encouraged to deposit manuscripts in preprint platforms and must notify editors with URL and DOI. Model summary
A revista incentiva o depósito de manuscritos em plataformas preprints. Caso ocorra o depósito, é necessário que o autor notifique aos editores utilizando o campo "Comentários para o Editor" inserindo o link (URL) e o número do DOI do manuscrito aceito pela plataforma preprint.
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
- Josely Correa Koury
- Country or region
- Brazil
- Language
- English, Spanish, Portuguese
- ISSN
- 2238-913X
- Print ISSN
- 1981-0881
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Demetra
How long does peer review take at Demetra?
Authors report an average review time of about 33 weeks. 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 Demetra?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 250 words; Reference style: Vancouver; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Suggested reviewers: Required; Highlights: Optional; Graphical abstract: Optional; 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.
Which databases index Demetra?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Demetra is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Demetra open access, and what is the APC?
Demetra is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
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: .