Journal profile · Food Science & Technology
Molecular Nutrition & Food Research
ISSN 1613-4125 · eISSN 1613-4133 · Wiley-VCH Verlag · GERMANY · Monthly · Founded 2004
Molecular Nutrition & Food Research: CAS Zone 3 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 4.43; hybrid open access; APC about USD 4,880; median 159 days to acceptance (98 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: hard; 424 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Molecular Nutrition & Food Research is published by Wiley-VCH Verlag 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 Gut microbiota and health, Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities and Fatty Acid Research and Health, together about 22.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Nutrition and Dietetics. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Molecular Nutrition & Food Research is a primary research journal devoted to health, safety and all aspects of molecular nutrition such as nutritional biochemistry, nutrigenomics and metabolomics, aiming to link the information arising from related disciplines: Bioactivity: Nutritional and medical effects of food constituents including bioavailability, functionality and kinetics at the molecular level Immunology: Understanding the interactions of food and the immune system. Microbiology: Food spoilage, food pathogens, chemical and physical approaches of fermented foods and novel microbial processes Chemistry: Isolation and analysis of bioactive food ingredients while considering environmental aspects
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Food Science & Technology
Editor-in-chief Julia ReuterPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Gut microbiota and healthBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology9.7%
- Phytochemicals and Antioxidant ActivitiesMedicine7.5%
- Fatty Acid Research and HealthNursing5.3%
- Nutrition, Genetics, and DiseaseBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5.2%
- Phytase and its ApplicationsAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.2%
- Food composition and propertiesNursing4.7%
- Antioxidant Activity and Oxidative StressMedicine4.5%
- Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic DiseasesMedicine4.2%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Food Science & Technology | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Food Science & Technology | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Food Science & Technology | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
EI CompendexWeb of ScienceMEDLINEPubMedCASCAB AbstractsCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: AGRICOLA
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
- 4.43LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 4.5Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 4.5Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 7.6LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 7.6Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 7.6Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.18LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.92LetPub ·
- h-index
- 114LetPub ·
- h-index
- 191OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 3,748OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 3.83OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 2.2%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 32.41%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 350LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 361Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 918,545Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 6,512 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 270 | 167 | 154 |
| 2025 | 424 | 216 | 1,487 |
| 2024 | 302 | 176 | 2,169 |
| 2023 | 334 | 203 | 3,489 |
| 2022 | 288 | 123 | 4,300 |
| 2021 | 319 | 140 | 5,735 |
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 117 days – 197 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 21 days (98 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 186 days
- Sample
- 98 articles with submission and acceptance dates (716 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 1 monthLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- HardLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 35%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 35%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 21 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 21 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 134 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 21 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Single-anonymous peer reviewPublisher website · model-extracted
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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 4,880 / EUR 4,030 / GBP 3,240 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | EUR 196 | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Page charges
- For each additional page beyond these limits, the corresponding author will be charged 196 EUR +VAT.
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 prepare4 items from the author guidelines
- Templates
- LaTeX
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
- Graphical abstract
- Optional
- Not considered
- Research based solely on cell culture
Article types accepted7, with length limits
- research articleThree types of scientific contributions are considered for publication: (i) Research articles describing complete investigations. Unsolicited research articles …main text ≤ 6,500 words
- research articles(i) Research articles describing complete investigations. Unsolicited research articles should not exceed 6500 words in total; this includes references, figure …Length not stated
- reviewThree types of scientific contributions are considered for publication: (i) Research articles describing complete investigations. Unsolicited research articles …Length not stated
- review articleThree types of scientific contributions are considered for publication: (i) Research articles describing complete investigations. Unsolicited research articles …main text ≤ 8,500 words
- reviews(ii) Reviews providing an overview on the current research in a specific field. Review articles should not exceed 8500 words in total including references, figu…Length not stated
- short communicationThree types of scientific contributions are considered for publication: (i) Research articles describing complete investigations. Unsolicited research articles …Length not stated
- short communications(iii) Short communications (previously Food & Function) describing studies of well-documented functional bioextracts/mixtures exhibiting pharmacological, medica…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, License & copyright, Open access
- AI use Responsible use of AI
Using AI responsibly helps ensure your work remains original, ethical, and aligned with scholarly standards. Please look into the Wiley AI guidelines.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Conflict of Interest Statement
All authors must declare conflicts of interest in a separate paragraph after acknowledgements. Model summary
All authors must declare financial/commercial conflicts of interest. Even if there are none, this should be stated in a separate paragraph following on from the acknowledgements section. This is a mandatory requirement for all articles.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data Sharing and Data Accessibility
Data sharing expected; authors must archive data in a public repository and include a data accessibility statement. Model summary
Please review Wiley’s policy here. This journal expects data sharing. The journal expects authors to share the data and other artefacts supporting the results in the paper by archiving it in an appropriate public repository. Authors must include a data accessibility statement, including a link to the repository they have used, in order that this statement can be published alongside their paper.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Open Access Licenses, Funding requirements and Copyright
If your paper is accepted, the author identified as the formal corresponding author for the paper will receive an email prompting them to login into Author Services; where via the Wiley Author Licensing Service (WALS) they will be able to complete the license agreement on behalf of all authors on the paper. (a) For authors signing the copyright transfer agreementIf the Open Access option (see (b))…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access Licenses, Funding requirements and Copyright
If your paper is accepted, the author identified as the formal corresponding author for the paper will receive an email prompting them to login into Author Services; where via the Wiley Author Licensing Service (WALS) they will be able to complete the license agreement on behalf of all authors on the paper. (a) For authors signing the copyright transfer agreementIf the Open Access option (see (b))…
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-VCH Verlag
- Country or region
- GERMANY
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Founded
- 2004
- ISSN
- 1613-4125
- Electronic ISSN
- 1613-4133
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 70, Issue 18 (September 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Molecular Nutrition & Food Research
What CAS zone is Molecular Nutrition & Food Research in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Molecular Nutrition & Food Research is in Zone 3 of Medicine, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Food Science & Technology. 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 Molecular Nutrition & Food Research?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 4.43; CiteScore 7.6, h-index 191.
How long does peer review take at Molecular Nutrition & Food Research?
Based on the dates recorded on 98 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 159 days (interquartile range 117–197 days); authors report an average review time of about 1 month; the community-reported acceptance is “Hard”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 35% (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 Molecular Nutrition & Food Research?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Templates: LaTeX; Suggested reviewers: Optional; Graphical abstract: 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.
Which databases index Molecular Nutrition & Food Research?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Molecular Nutrition & Food Research is indexed in SCIE and Scopus. The journal's website also lists EI Compendex, Web of Science, MEDLINE, PubMed, CAS, CAB Abstracts and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Molecular Nutrition & Food Research open access, and what is the APC?
Molecular Nutrition & Food Research is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 4,880.
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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .