Journal profile · Nutrition & Dietetics
European Journal of Nutrition
ISSN 1436-6207 · eISSN 1436-6215 · Springer Berlin Heidelberg · GERMANY · Bimonthly · Founded 1960
European Journal of Nutrition: CAS Zone 2 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 4.45; hybrid open access; APC about USD 2,890; median 185 days to acceptance (110 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: moderate; 283 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
The journal's website announces a move to full open access: We are pleased to announce that European Journal of Nutrition will become a fully open access (OA) on 1 January 2027. Source ↗Publisher website ·
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
European Journal of Nutrition is published by Springer Berlin Heidelberg and is in Zone 2 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, Fatty Acid Research and Health and Gut microbiota and health, together about 30.7% of its articles. Its main subfields are Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Announcement We are pleased to announce that European Journal of Nutrition will become a fully open access (OA) on 1 January 2027. As a result, all submissions received from 1 July 2026 are subject to an article publication charge (APC) if accepted and published in the journal (unless a waiver is applied). Please see our FAQs which can be found at the bottom of this page for more information on APCs, funding options, waivers and the journal's transition to fully open access. The European Journal of Nutrition publishes original papers, reviews, short communications, and letters to the editor in the nutritional sciences. The manuscripts submitted to the European Journal of Nutrition should have their major focus on the impact of nutrients and non-nutrients on immunology and inflammation, gene expression, metabolism, chronic diseases, or carcinogenesis, or a major focus on epidemiology, including intervention studies with healthy subjects and with patients, biofunctionality of food and food components, or the impact of diet on the environment. Papers with a major focus on traditional medicine or food technology are not within the scope of the European Journal of Nutrition and will not be considered for publication.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Nutrition & Dietetics
Editor-in-chief Kieran TuohyPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 2 in mainland China (about 4%); most named United Kingdom 18, Germany 6, United States 5, Switzerland 3, Greece 3 (55 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Nutritional Studies and DietMedicine19%
- Fatty Acid Research and HealthNursing6.4%
- Gut microbiota and healthBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5.3%
- Antioxidant Activity and Oxidative StressMedicine5.3%
- Diet and metabolism studiesMedicine5.1%
- Obesity, Physical Activity, DietMedicine4.7%
- Consumer Attitudes and Food LabelingMedicine4.1%
- Folate and B Vitamins ResearchMedicine4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Nutrition & Dietetics | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Nutrition & Dietetics | Zone 2 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Nutrition & Dietetics | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
MEDLINEEmbaseCASCAB AbstractsCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, EBSCO, ProQuest, Dimensions, CNKI, Baidu, AGRICOLA, Naver, OCLC, Portico, CLOCKSS, Semantic 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
- 4.45LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 4.5Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 4.9Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 8.9LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.34LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.29LetPub ·
- h-index
- 85LetPub ·
- h-index
- 149OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 3,211OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 3.9OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 4.4%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 49.24%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 261LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 2,400,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 4,808 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 249 | 179 | 85 |
| 2025 | 283 | 162 | 921 |
| 2024 | 269 | 146 | 2,118 |
| 2023 | 221 | 138 | 3,278 |
| 2022 | 317 | 199 | 6,030 |
| 2021 | 309 | 172 | 8,442 |
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
185 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 132 days – 305 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 23 days (110 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 215 days
- Sample
- 110 articles with submission and acceptance dates (593 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)
- 4–8 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- ModerateLetPub ·
- Submission to first decision
- 7 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewPublisher website
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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 2,890 / EUR 4,490 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
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 prepare3 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- 150–250 words
- Keywords
- ≥ 4
- Not considered
- Case studies
Article types accepted13
- case studyFormal requirements: Accepted article types: Original Articles, Reviews, Short Communications, Letters to the Editors, Comments.Case studies will not be accepte…Length not stated
- commentsAccepted article types: Original Articles, Reviews, Short Communications, Letters to the Editors, Comments.Length not stated
- editorialFormal requirements: Accepted article types: Original Articles, Reviews, Short Communications, Letters to the Editors, Comments.Case studies will not be accepte…Length not stated
- letterFormal requirements: Accepted article types: Original Articles, Reviews, Short Communications, Letters to the Editors, Comments.Case studies will not be accepte…Length not stated
- letters to the editorFormal requirements: Accepted article types: Original Articles, Reviews, Short Communications, Letters to the Editors, Comments.Case studies will not be accepte…Length not stated
- letters to the editorsAccepted article types: Original Articles, Reviews, Short Communications, Letters to the Editors, Comments.Length not stated
- original articleFormal requirements: Accepted article types: Original Articles, Reviews, Short Communications, Letters to the Editors, Comments.Case studies will not be accepte…Length not stated
- original articlesAccepted article types: Original Articles, Reviews, Short Communications, Letters to the Editors, Comments.Length not stated
- reviewFormal requirements: Accepted article types: Original Articles, Reviews, Short Communications, Letters to the Editors, Comments.Case studies will not be accepte…Length not stated
- review articleFormal requirements: Accepted article types: Original Articles, Reviews, Short Communications, Letters to the Editors, Comments.Case studies will not be accepte…Length not stated
- reviewsAccepted article types: Original Articles, Reviews, Short Communications, Letters to the Editors, Comments.Length not stated
- short communicationFormal requirements: Accepted article types: Original Articles, Reviews, Short Communications, Letters to the Editors, Comments.Case studies will not be accepte…Length not stated
- short communicationsAccepted article types: Original Articles, Reviews, Short Communications, Letters to the Editors, Comments.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Trial registration / reporting guidelines
- AI use Generative AI Images
Please check Springer’s policy on generative AI images and make sure your work adheres to the principles described therein. Back to top
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Authorship Authorship principles
These guidelines describe authorship principles and good authorship practices to which prospective authors should adhere to. Authorship clarified The Journal and Publisher assume all authors agreed with the content and that all gave explicit consent to submit and that they obtained consent from the responsible authorities at the institute/organization where the work has been carried out, before th…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Conflict of interest
Conflict of interest declaration is mandatory for all submissions. Model summary
Authors must indicate whether or not they have a financial relationship with the organization that sponsored the research. This note should be added in a separate section before the reference list. If no conflict exists, authors should state: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest. Back to top
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data availability statements
Authors are recommended to adhere to EQUATOR Network minimum reporting guidelines. Model summary
All original research must include a data availability statement. This statement should explain how to access data supporting the results and analysis in the article, including links/citations to publicly archived datasets analysed or generated during the study. Please see our full policy here. If it is not possible to share research data publicly, for instance when individual privacy could be com…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Ethical standards
Animal studies considered only if sufficiently justified (work could not have been done in human volunteers); welfare and ethics approval required. Model summary
Manuscripts submitted for publication must contain a statement to the effect that all human and animal studies have been approved by the appropriate ethics committee and have therefore been performed in accordance with the ethical standards laid down in the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments. It should also be stated clearly in the text that all persons gave their informed conse…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright
Open Choice articles do not require transfer of copyright as the copyright remains with the author. In opting for open access, the author(s) agree to publish the article under a Creative Commons license. Details of the OA licences offered to authors can be found on the individual journal website, in the journal's How to publish with us guide. Back to top
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access publishing
To find out more about publishing your work Open Access in European Journal of Nutrition, including information on fees, funding and licences, visit our Open access publishing page. Back to top
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Trial registration / reporting guidelines Clinical Trial Registration
Clinical trials (phase II to IV) must be registered in publicly available repositories; retrospective registration allowed if before publication. Model summary
The World Health Organization (WHO) definition of a clinical trial is "any research study that prospectively assigns human participants or groups of humans to one or more health-related interventions to evaluate the effects on health outcomes". The WHO defines health interventions as “A health intervention is an act performed for, with or on behalf of a person or population whose purpose is to ass…
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
- Springer Berlin Heidelberg
- Country or region
- GERMANY
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- Founded
- 1960
- ISSN
- 1436-6207
- Electronic ISSN
- 1436-6215
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about European Journal of Nutrition
What CAS zone is European Journal of Nutrition in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, European Journal of Nutrition is in Zone 2 of Medicine, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Nutrition & Dietetics. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of European Journal of Nutrition?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 4.45; CiteScore 8.9, h-index 149.
How long does peer review take at European Journal of Nutrition?
Based on the dates recorded on 110 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 185 days (interquartile range 132–305 days); authors report an average review time of 4–8 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Moderate”. 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 European Journal of Nutrition?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: 150–250 words; Keywords: ≥ 4. 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 European Journal of Nutrition based?
Of the 55 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 2 (about 4%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United Kingdom (18), Germany (6) and United States (5). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index European Journal of Nutrition?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, European Journal of Nutrition is indexed in SCIE and Scopus. The journal's website also lists MEDLINE, Embase, CAS, CAB Abstracts and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is European Journal of Nutrition open access, and what is the APC?
European Journal of Nutrition is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 2,890.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .