Journal profile · Physiology
International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity
ISSN 1479-5868 · BioMed Central · ENGLAND · Monthly · Founded 2004
International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity: CAS Zone 1 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal); impact factor 7.05; fully open access; APC about USD 3,285; median 159 days to acceptance (94 articles, last 24 months); 172 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity is published by BioMed Central and is in Zone 1 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet, Physical Activity and Health and Urban Transport and Accessibility, together about 52.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity (IJBNPA) is an open access, peer-reviewed journal offering high quality articles, rapid publication and wide diffusion in the public domain. IJBNPA is devoted to furthering the understanding of the behavioral aspects of diet and physical activity and is unique in its inclusion of multiple levels of analysis (including populations, groups and individuals) and its inclusion of epidemiology, behavioral, theoretical and measurement research areas. IJBNPA prioritises research based on randomised controlled trials (RCTs), systematic reviews (with or without meta-analyses, as appropriate), and observational studies that feature a temporal dimension. IJBNPA will also review other study designs, such as strong or ground-breaking methodological papers, rigorous qualitative studies, debate papers, and commentaries. IJBNPA publishes pilot studies only in exceptional circumstances and it does not publish protocol papers or letters to the editors.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Physiology
Editor-in-chief Melanie HinglePublisher website
Editorial board by country: 2 in mainland China (about 1%); most named United States 42, Australia 42, United Kingdom 24, Netherlands 9, Canada 7 (163 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Obesity, Physical Activity, DietMedicine25.1%
- Physical Activity and HealthMedicine19.7%
- Urban Transport and AccessibilitySocial Sciences7.5%
- Children's Physical and Motor DevelopmentPsychology6%
- Nutritional Studies and DietMedicine4.7%
- Behavioral Health and InterventionsPsychology3.9%
- Consumer Attitudes and Food LabelingMedicine3.8%
- Eating Disorders and BehaviorsPsychology3.1%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Nutrition & Dietetics | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Physiology | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Nutrition & Dietetics | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Physiology | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Nutrition & Dietetics | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Physiology | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
MEDLINEEmbasePsycINFOCASCAB AbstractsPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, 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
- 7.05LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 7.1Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 9Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 10.2LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 2.05LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 2.26LetPub ·
- h-index
- 95LetPub ·
- h-index
- 212OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 2,337OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 7.8OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 4.2%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 157LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 4,700,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,816 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 112 | 112 | 58 |
| 2025 | 172 | 172 | 979 |
| 2024 | 148 | 148 | 2,332 |
| 2023 | 150 | 150 | 3,744 |
| 2022 | 161 | 161 | 4,771 |
| 2021 | 167 | 167 | 8,832 |
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
159 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 121 days – 199 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 19 days (94 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 189 days
- Sample
- 94 articles with submission and acceptance dates (323 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 ·
- Submission to first decision
- 5 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 11 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 | EUR 2,690 / USD 3,285 / GBP 2,340 | Yes | CC BY, CC0 | |
| OpenAlex | USD 3,177 / EUR 2,608 / GBP 2,267 | — | — | |
| LetPub | GBP 2,190 / USD 3,070 / EUR 2,520 | Yes | — | |
| Publisher website | GBP 2,340 / USD 3,285 / EUR 2,690 | — | — |
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
- Templates
- LaTeX
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
- Not considered
- protocol papers; letters to the editors
Article types accepted6
- brief reportFormatting guidelines for specific article types can be found below. Research Review Brief report Comment Debate MethodologyLength not stated
- commentFormatting guidelines for specific article types can be found below. Research Review Brief report Comment Debate MethodologyLength not stated
- debateFormatting guidelines for specific article types can be found below. Research Review Brief report Comment Debate MethodologyLength not stated
- methodologyFormatting guidelines for specific article types can be found below. Research Review Brief report Comment Debate MethodologyLength not stated
- researchFormatting guidelines for specific article types can be found below. Research Review Brief report Comment Debate MethodologyLength not stated
- reviewFormatting guidelines for specific article types can be found below. Research Review Brief report Comment Debate MethodologyLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Data availability, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- Authorship
Manuscripts must be submitted by an author, not a third party. Model summary
Please note that a manuscript can only be submitted by an author of the manuscript and may not be submitted by a third party.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Formatting the 'Availability of data and materials' section of your manuscript
CC0 1.0 Public Domain Dedication waiver applies to all published data. Model summary
The following format for the 'Availability of data and materials section of your manuscript should be used:
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Licensing and copyright
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY) licence for open access articles. Model summary
Creative Commons licences Open access articles in Springer Nature journals are published under Creative Commons licences. These provide an industry-standard framework to support easy re-use of open access material. Under Creative Commons licences, authors retain copyright of their articles. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity articles are published open access under…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Benefits of open access
Publishing open access (OA) offers a number of benefits, including greater reach and readership for your work: Cited more 1.6x more citations of OA articles than non-OA articles across all subjects Downloaded more 4x more downloads of OA articles than non-OA articles Greater impact 2.5x more Altmetric attention. OA articles attracted 1.9x more news mentions and 1.2x more policy mentions Open acces…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review policy
Peer review is the process used to evaluate the quality of a manuscript before publication. Independent researchers in the relevant field assess submitted manuscripts to check their validity and robustness. Their feedback guides editors in making publication decisions. Typically, two or more experts evaluate each manuscript based on three main criteria: scientific robustness: is the research metho…
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
- BioMed Central
- Country or region
- ENGLAND
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Founded
- 2004
- ISSN
- 1479-5868
- Society / sponsor
- International Society of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- 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 International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity
What CAS zone is International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity is in Zone 1 of Medicine, and in Zone 1 of the minor category Nutrition & Dietetics / Physiology; it is a Top journal. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 1 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 7.05; CiteScore 10.2, h-index 212.
How long does peer review take at International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity?
Based on the dates recorded on 94 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 159 days (interquartile range 121–199 days); authors report an average review time of 4–8 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 International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Templates: LaTeX; Suggested reviewers: Optional. 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 International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity based?
Of the 163 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 2 (about 1%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (42), Australia (42) and United Kingdom (24). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists MEDLINE, Embase, PsycINFO, CAS and CAB Abstracts; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity open access, and what is the APC?
International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 3,285.
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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .