Journal profile · NUTRITION & DIETETICS
Journal of Nutritional Science
ISSN 2048-6790 · Cambridge University Press · United Kingdom
Journal of Nutritional Science: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 76 (journal website); fully open access; APC about USD 3,655; median 232 days to acceptance (100 articles, last 24 months); 96 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Nutritional Science is published by Cambridge University Press and is in Zone 4 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, Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet and Child Nutrition and Water Access, together about 40% of its articles. Its main subfields are Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Journal of Nutritional Science ISSN: 2048-6790 (Online) Frequency: 1 volume per year Journal of Nutritional Science is an international, peer-reviewed, online only, open access journal that welcomes high-quality research articles in all aspects of nutrition. The underlying aim of all work should be, as far as possible, to develop nutritional concepts. JNS encompasses the full spectrum of nutritional science including public health nutrition, epidemiology, dietary surveys, nutritional requirements, metabolic studies, body composition, energetics, appetite, obesity, ageing, endocrinology, immunology, neuroscience, microbiology, genetics, molecular and cellular biology and nutrigenomics. JNS is willing to consider studies reporting negative results, providing that they make a clear contribution to nutritional knowledge - such as by challenging current orthodoxy, or the inability to reproduce important recent findings. JNS welcomes Primary Research Papers, Brief Reports, Review Articles, Systematic Reviews, Workshop Reports, Letters to the Editor and Obituaries.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): NUTRITION & DIETETICS
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Nutritional Studies and DietMedicine16%
- Obesity, Physical Activity, DietMedicine13.7%
- Child Nutrition and Water AccessNursing10.3%
- Diet and metabolism studiesMedicine8.8%
- Consumer Attitudes and Food LabelingMedicine5.6%
- Food Security and Health in Diverse PopulationsHealth Professions5.3%
- Nutrition and Health in AgingMedicine3.4%
- Muscle metabolism and nutritionBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3.2%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Nutrition & Dietetics | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Nutrition & Dietetics | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
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
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 76Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.62LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.84LetPub ·
- h-index
- 58OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 465OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.19OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 99.65%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 93LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,030 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 81 | 81 | 22 |
| 2025 | 96 | 96 | 217 |
| 2024 | 87 | 87 | 339 |
| 2023 | 131 | 131 | 840 |
| 2022 | 108 | 108 | 1,293 |
| 2021 | 110 | 110 | 1,890 |
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 PubMed · to
232 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 165 days – 322 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 35 days (100 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 269 days
- Sample
- 100 articles with submission and acceptance dates (196 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)
- about 7 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 17 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 | USD 3,655 / GBP 2,610 | Yes | CC BY, CC BY-NC-SA, CC BY-NC-ND | |
| OpenAlex | USD 2,600 / GBP 2,100 | — | — | |
| LetPub | USD 2,240 / GBP 1,800 | Yes | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
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)
Article types accepted7
- brief reportResearch Article*Review and Review Article*Systematic Review*Meta Analysis*Brief Report*Protocol Paper*Letter to the Editor**Workshop Report**EditorialPerspecti…Length not stated
- letter to the editorResearch Article*Review and Review Article*Systematic Review*Meta Analysis*Brief Report*Protocol Paper*Letter to the Editor**Workshop Report**EditorialPerspecti…Length not stated
- protocolResearch Article*Review and Review Article*Systematic Review*Meta Analysis*Brief Report*Protocol Paper*Letter to the Editor**Workshop Report**EditorialPerspecti…Length not stated
- research articleResearch Article*Review and Review Article*Systematic Review*Meta Analysis*Brief Report*Protocol Paper*Letter to the Editor**Workshop Report**EditorialPerspecti…Length not stated
- reviewResearch Article*Review and Review Article*Systematic Review*Meta Analysis*Brief Report*Protocol Paper*Letter to the Editor**Workshop Report**EditorialPerspecti…Length not stated
- review articleResearch Article*Review and Review Article*Systematic Review*Meta Analysis*Brief Report*Protocol Paper*Letter to the Editor**Workshop Report**EditorialPerspecti…Length not stated
- systematic reviewResearch Article*Review and Review Article*Systematic Review*Meta Analysis*Brief Report*Protocol Paper*Letter to the Editor**Workshop Report**EditorialPerspecti…Length not stated
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
- Cambridge University Press
- Country or region
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2048-6790
- Society / sponsor
- Nutrition Society
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- 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 Journal of Nutritional Science
What CAS zone is Journal of Nutritional Science in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Nutritional Science is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Nutrition & Dietetics. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Journal of Nutritional Science?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 76 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 4, h-index 58.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Nutritional Science?
Based on the dates recorded on 100 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 232 days (interquartile range 165–322 days); authors report an average review time of about 7 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.
Which databases index Journal of Nutritional Science?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Nutritional Science is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Journal of Nutritional Science open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Nutritional Science is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 3,655.
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: .