Journal profile · Pediatrics
Maternal and Child Nutrition
ISSN 1740-8695 · eISSN 1740-8709 · Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd · ENGLAND · Quarterly · Founded 2005
Maternal and Child Nutrition: CAS Zone 2 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.48; fully open access; APC about USD 4,540; median 181 days to acceptance (93 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: fairly easy; 182 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Maternal and Child Nutrition is published by Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd 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 Child Nutrition and Water Access, Breastfeeding Practices and Influences and Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues, together about 46.2% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Maternal & Child Nutrition addresses fundamental aspects of nutrition and its outcomes in women and their children, both in early and later life, and keeps its audience fully informed about new initiatives, the latest research findings and innovative ways of responding to changes in public attitudes and policy. Drawing from global sources, the Journal provides an invaluable source of up to date information for health professionals, academics and service users with interests in maternal and child nutrition. Its scope includes pre-conception, antenatal and postnatal maternal nutrition, women's nutrition throughout their reproductive years, and fetal, neonatal, infant, child and adolescent nutrition and their effects throughout life. Topics covered include: Physiological, sociocultural, psychological, economic and political aspects of nutrition Design, implementation and evaluation of maternal-child public health nutrition policies and interventions Health inequities and social determinants of health, including food insecurity Health economics including cost-effectiveness studies Behaviour change Nutritional needs of mothers and their children in health and disease Nutritional risk assessment Development of valid research and evaluation methods
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Pediatrics
Editorial board by country: 2 in mainland China (about 4%); most named United Kingdom 16, United States 15, Canada 3, Mainland China 2, Australia 2 (51 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Child Nutrition and Water AccessNursing22.1%
- Breastfeeding Practices and InfluencesMedicine13.7%
- Child Nutrition and Feeding IssuesMedicine10.4%
- Food Security and Health in Diverse PopulationsHealth Professions7.5%
- Obesity, Physical Activity, DietMedicine7.3%
- Poverty, Education, and Child WelfareSocial Sciences5.3%
- Global Maternal and Child HealthMedicine4.1%
- Birth, Development, and HealthMedicine3.7%
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 |
| Minor | Pediatrics | Zone 2 |
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 |
| Minor | Pediatrics | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview 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 |
| Minor | Pediatrics | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
MEDLINEPubMedEmbaseCAB AbstractsCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: EBSCO
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
- 2.48LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 2.5Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.5Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 6.1LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 6.1Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 6.1Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.04LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.43LetPub ·
- h-index
- 51LetPub ·
- h-index
- 112OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,576OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.82OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 12%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 159LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 2Publisher website ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 168Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 997,261Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,652 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 96 | 96 | 27 |
| 2025 | 182 | 182 | 280 |
| 2024 | 195 | 195 | 1,025 |
| 2023 | 143 | 143 | 1,419 |
| 2022 | 159 | 159 | 2,437 |
| 2021 | 187 | 187 | 4,082 |
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
181 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 148 days – 226 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 31 days (95 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 218 days
- Sample
- 93 articles with submission and acceptance dates (325 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)
- 6–12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- Fairly easyLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 24%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 24%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 19 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 19 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 171 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 25 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 14 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double 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 4,540 / GBP 3,560 / EUR 3,990 | Yes | CC BY, CC BY-NC, CC BY-NC-ND | |
| OpenAlex | USD 4,130 / EUR 3,630 / GBP 3,240 | — | — | |
| 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)
What to prepare2 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 250 words
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 5,000 words
Article types accepted6, with length limits
- letters to the editoriii. Letters to the Editor Word limit: 250 words.Length not stated
- perspective articlesiv. Perspective ArticlesLength not stated
- research articleNUSCRIPT CATEGORIES AND REQUIREMENTS i. Research Articles Word limit: 5,000 words maximum, excluding abstract and references. In exceptionalmain text ≤ 5,000 words
- research articlesi. Research Articles Word limit: 5,000 words maximum, excluding abstract and references.Length not stated
- review articlea separate Supplementary Appendix. ii. Review Articles Word limit: 5,000 words maximum, excluding abstract and references. Abstract: 250 wmain text ≤ 5,000 words
- review articlesii. Review Articles Word limit: 5,000 words maximum, excluding abstract and references.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Publication ethics, Open access, Peer review, Preprints
- AI use 5. DISCLOSING THE USE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI)
If you or your co-authors have used Artificial Intelligence Generated Content (AIGC) tools such as ChatGPT and others based on large language models (LLMs) to develop any portion of a manuscript, their use must be described transparently and in detail in the Methods section.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics 6. EDITORIAL POLICIES AND ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS
Only publishes human studies Model summary
On occasion, the editorial team may publish their own original articles in this journal. In such cases, in accordance with COPE guidelines, the editor/author will recuse themselves from any discussion and decisions about the manuscript. Specifically, they are not involved in the peer review or editorial decision-making process for their own articles. This will also be made clear to readers should …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Your Open Access fees might be covered
Maternal & Child Nutrition is now part of Wiley’s Open Access portfolio. As a result, all submissions are subject to an Article Publication Charge if accepted and published in the journal (unless a waiver is applied). Automatic Article Publication Charge waivers and discounts will be given to authors from countries on Wiley’s Waivers and Discounts List. Authors should submit a waiver or discount r…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Double-anonymized peer review policy Model summary
the journal operates a double-anonymized peer review policy
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints
Preprint policy: considers preprints on non-commercial servers Model summary
This journal will consider for review articles previously available as preprints on non-commercial servers such as ArXiv, bioRxiv, psyArXiv, SocArXiv, engrXiv, etc.
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
- Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd
- Country or region
- ENGLAND
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Founded
- 2005
- ISSN
- 1740-8695
- Electronic ISSN
- 1740-8709
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 22, Issue 3 (July 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗DOAJ
- Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗DOAJ
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Maternal and Child Nutrition
What CAS zone is Maternal and Child Nutrition in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Maternal and Child Nutrition is in Zone 2 of Medicine, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Nutrition & Dietetics / Pediatrics. 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 Maternal and Child Nutrition?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.48; CiteScore 6.1, h-index 112.
How long does peer review take at Maternal and Child Nutrition?
Based on the dates recorded on 93 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 181 days (interquartile range 148–226 days); authors report an average review time of 6–12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Fairly easy”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 24% (2025). 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 Maternal and Child Nutrition?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 250 words; Manuscript length: ≤ 5,000 words. 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 Maternal and Child Nutrition based?
Of the 51 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 (16), United States (15) and Canada (3). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Maternal and Child Nutrition?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Maternal and Child Nutrition is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists MEDLINE, PubMed, Embase, CAB Abstracts and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Maternal and Child Nutrition open access, and what is the APC?
Maternal and Child Nutrition is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 4,540.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex, DOAJ; 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: .