Journal profile · Medicine-Medicine (miscellaneous)
Journal of Nutrition and Food Security
ISSN 2476-7417 · eISSN 2476-7425 · Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences and Health Services · Iran, Islamic Republic of
Journal of Nutrition and Food Security: fully open access; no APC; review about 16 weeks (community reports); acceptance rate 20% (journal website); 63 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Nutrition and Food Security is published by Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences and Health Services. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Nutrition, Health and Food Behavior, Nutritional Studies and Diet and Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet, together about 34.1% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Aims and Scope Journal of Nutrition and Food Security is a double-blind, peer-reviewed, open-access scholarly journal dedicated to advancing scientific knowledge on nutrition, food security, and sustainable food systems. The journal provides an interdisciplinary platform for researchers, health professionals, policymakers, and other stakeholders to disseminate high-quality research addressing the availability, accessibility, affordability, safety, quality, and utilization of nutritious food and their implications for human health and well-being. The journal welcomes original research articles, systematic and scoping reviews, meta-analyses, methodological studies, and evidence-based policy analyses covering nutritional, agricultural, environmental, economic, and social dimensions of food security. The scope includes, but is not limited to: Human nutrition and health, including nutritional status, dietary patterns, nutrient deficiencies, and diet-related diseases Food security and food insecurity, including food availability, access, affordability, utilization, and stability Maternal, infant, child, adolescent, adult, and older-adult nutrition Micronutrient deficiencies and nutritional interventions Community and public health nutrition Food quality, safety, and nutritional value Food systems and sustainable food production Agriculture, food supply, and nutrition linkages Sustainable diets and environmentally sustainable food systems Food policy, governance, and nutrition-sensitive policies Socioeconomic determinants of food security and nutrition Poverty, inequality, and vulnerable populations Climate change, environmental change, and their impacts on food and nutrition security Food loss, waste, storage, processing, and distribution Food markets, prices, affordability, and economic access to nutritious foods Food fortification, supplementation, and nutrition-sensitive interventions Traditional foods, dietary diversity, and culturally appropriate nutrition Food security in emergencies, conflicts, disasters, and humanitarian settings Urban, rural, and household food security Food system resilience and adaptation to climate and socioeconomic change Nutrition surveillance, assessment, and monitoring Modeling, forecasting, and data-driven approaches to food and nutrition security Innovation and emerging technologies for sustainable food systems and nutrition The journal particularly encourages interdisciplinary and translational research that connects nutrition
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Medicine-Medicine (miscellaneous)
Editor-in-chief Hassan Mozaffari-KhosraviPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Nutrition, Health and Food BehaviorNursing13.4%
- Nutritional Studies and DietMedicine13%
- Obesity, Physical Activity, DietMedicine7.7%
- Food Security and Socioeconomic DynamicsAgricultural and Biological Sciences7.2%
- Child Nutrition and Water AccessNursing5.9%
- Food Security and Health in Diverse PopulationsHealth Professions5.6%
- Food and Agricultural SciencesAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.6%
- Food Safety and HygieneAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.5%
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.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medicine (miscellaneous) | Q3 | 331/466 | 29th |
| Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health | Q4 | 597/725 | 17th |
| Food Science | Q4 | 359/420 | 14th |
| Nutrition and Dietetics | Q4 | 128/147 | 13th |
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
ScopusLetPub
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
- 0.8LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.17LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.21LetPub ·
- h-index
- 9OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 9OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.52OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 1,708Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 492 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 71 | 71 | 115 |
| 2025 | 63 | 63 | 171 |
| 2024 | 78 | 78 | 163 |
| 2023 | 75 | 75 | 111 |
| 2022 | 61 | 61 | 75 |
| 2021 | 49 | 49 | 67 |
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 16 weeksLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 20%Publisher website ·
- Peer review
- Peer reviewLetPub
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 accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LetPub | No APC | No | — | |
| Publisher website | No APC | — | — |
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 prepare9 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 250 words
- Keywords
- ≤ 5
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 7,000 words
- Reference style
- Chicago
- Templates
- Word
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
- Highlights
- Optional
- Graphical abstract
- Optional
- Cover letter
- Required
Article types accepted8, with length limits
- case reportterest, acknowledgment, and references. Case report should have 1500-2500 words. The title should include the words ‘case report’ as well amain text ≤ 2,500 words
- case reportsCase reports This kind of manuscript should include abstract, keywords, introduction, case report, discussion, conclusion, conflicts of interest, acknowledgment…Length not stated
- editorialEditorial These manuscripts need no structure and do not have abstract. But, their total words should be 2000 at maximum including references, while references …Length not stated
- letter to the editorLetter to the editor It should be about criticism of previous articles in this journal or the others, criticism or review over books, analysis of a related topi…Length not stated
- narrative reviewsNarrative reviews This kind of manuscripts should be written by researchers who are expert in the related field. Different parts of such articles include abstra…Length not stated
- review articlesReview articles, and reports should include an unstructured abstract (no more than 50 words) that states the purpose of the article and emphasizes the major con…Length not stated
- short communicationsShort communications It can be in the form of original article, systematic review, or an ongoing research which reports its interesting findings. The parts in t…Length not stated
- systematic reviewsSystematic reviews: This kind of manuscripts should be in form of meta-analysis, meta-synthesis, or without statistical analysis. JNFS encourages authors to con…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, License & copyright
- Authorship
Retractions follow the COPE flowchart. Model summary
Retraction Policy: The JNFS for retraction of a published article uses the COPE flowchart (http://publicationethics.org/sites/default/files/retraction-guidelines-cope.pdf)
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright Policy
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License which allows users to read, copy, distribute and make derivative works for non-commercial purposes from the material, as long as the author of the original work is cited properly.
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
- Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences and Health Services
- Country or region
- Iran, Islamic Republic of
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2476-7417
- Electronic ISSN
- 2476-7425
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 11, Issue 3 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Nutrition and Food Security
How long does peer review take at Journal of Nutrition and Food Security?
Authors report an average review time of about 16 weeks; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 20%. 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 Journal of Nutrition and Food Security?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 250 words; Keywords: ≤ 5; Manuscript length: ≤ 7,000 words; Reference style: Chicago; Templates: Word; Suggested reviewers: Optional; 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 Journal of Nutrition and Food Security?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Nutrition and Food Security is indexed in Scopus.
Is Journal of Nutrition and Food Security open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Nutrition and Food Security is a fully open-access journal. It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .