Journal of Nutrition

Journal of Nutrition is published by American Society for Nutrition and is in Zone 3 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Diet and metabolism studies, Muscle metabolism and nutrition and Nutritional Studies and Diet, together about 21.5% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

The Journal of Nutrition is the premier journal in its field and publishes peer-reviewed original research papers covering all aspects of experimental nutrition in humans and other animal species; special articles such as reviews and biographies of prominent nutrition scientists; and issues, opinions, and commentaries on controversial issues in nutrition.The Journal of Nutrition is an official monthly publication of the American Society for Nutrition (ASN) and focuses on the review of manuscripts that address human, animal, population, cellular, and molecular nutrition. JN is especially interested in publishing manuscripts that advance the understanding of nutritional mechanisms in human populations, in animals, in relevant model organisms, in appropriate primary cells or cell culture models, and/or at the molecular level. Manuscripts addressing interactions of nutrition with genetics, physiological regulation, health outcomes, and behavioral outcomes are generally well suited for review by The Journal of Nutrition.Types of Manuscripts Original Research Articles, Reviews, Perspectives, Supplements and Symposia, Letters to the Editor, and Corrections are shared article types across ASN's Journals Portfolio, and are described here. Article Types unique to JN are described below. Recommendations for article length can be found here.Most reviews published in JN will be part of a series entitled "Recent Advances in Nutritional Sciences (RANS)." These reviews will be published in a five-page format and provide a recent rather than historical review of the subject matter. These reviews are published to provide current information relative to the wide range of research topics of interest to the readers of JN and to serve as a useful resource for instructors of advanced nutrition courses. Authors are encouraged to cover the general background and history of the research area in a limited amount of space and to update the reader by citing good previously published comprehensive reviews. The majority of the text should deal with recent (last few years) information.More comprehensive reviews and commentaries are published as "Critical Reviews." Critical Reviews are meant to address and discuss published literature. They are not meant for presentation of new systematic reviews or an extensive analysis or reanalysis of data. JN will review suitable systematic reviews as regular research papers. Critical Reviews may be invited by the Editor-in-Chief or initiated by authors. For author-initiated reviews, it is strongly advised that an outline of the proposed review be submitted to the Editor-in-Chief prior to writing so that suitability for JN and the scope of the review can be determined before submission.

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): Nutrition & Dietetics

Editor-in-chief Xingen LeiPublisher website

Editorial board by country: 2 in mainland China (about 2%); most named United States 78, Canada 10, United Kingdom 7, France 3, Australia 3 (112 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website · 2026-10-01

CAS Journal Ranking

Database indexing

SCIEScopusLetPub

International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub

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Impact

Impact factor

4.15LetPub · 2026-09-13

Impact factor (publisher)

4.2Publisher website · 2026-10-01

CiteScore 2026-06

6.4LetPub · 2026-09-13

CiteScore (publisher)

6.4Publisher website · 2026-10-01

SJR 2026-06

1.21LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP 2026-06

1.14LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

240LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

374OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

19,710OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

3.02OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

4.8%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

32.99%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

388LetPub · 2026-09-13

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.

Other sources

Average review time (community reports)

2–4 weeksLetPub · 2026-09-13

Average acceptance (community reports)

Fairly hardLetPub · 2026-09-13

Acceptance rate (publisher)

21%Publisher website · 2026-10-01

Submission to first decision

6 daysPublisher website · 2026-10-01

First decision after review

35 daysPublisher website · 2026-10-01

Submission to acceptance

105 daysPublisher website · 2026-10-01

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.

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.

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.

Publisher

American Society for Nutrition

Country or region

UNITED STATES

Language

English

Frequency

Monthly

Founded

1928

ISSN

0022-3166

Electronic ISSN

1541-6100

Official links

• Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
• Submission system ↗Publisher website
• Special issues ↗Publisher website