Journal profile · Nutrition & Dietetics
Nutricion Hospitalaria
ISSN 0212-1611 · eISSN 1699-5198 · ARAN Ediciones S.A. · SPAIN · Bimonthly · Founded 1986
Nutricion Hospitalaria: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.11; fully open access; APC charged, amount not published; review 3–6 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 235 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Nutricion Hospitalaria is published by ARAN Ediciones S.A. 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 Health and Lifestyle Studies, Nutrition and Health in Aging and Clinical Nutrition and Gastroenterology, together about 38.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Physiology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The journal Nutrición Hospitalaria was born following the SENPE Bulletin (1981-1983) and the SENPE journal (1984-1985). It is the official organ of expression of the Spanish Society of Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism. Throughout its 36 years of existence has been adapting to the rhythms and demands set by the scientific community and the trends of the editorial processes, being its most recent milestone the achievement of Impact Factor (JCR) in 2009. Its content covers the fields of the sciences of nutrition, with special emphasis on nutritional support.
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): Nutrition & Dietetics
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Chile 5, Argentina 4, Colombia 2, Portugal 1 (12 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Health and Lifestyle StudiesHealth Professions15.1%
- Nutrition and Health in AgingMedicine14.2%
- Clinical Nutrition and GastroenterologyNursing9.2%
- Obesity, Physical Activity, DietMedicine9%
- Nutritional Studies and DietMedicine7.7%
- Diet and metabolism studiesMedicine4.6%
- Body Composition Measurement TechniquesMedicine4.3%
- Eating Disorders and BehaviorsPsychology3.4%
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 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Nutrition & Dietetics | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Nutrition & Dietetics | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub
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
- 1.11LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.9LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.31LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.41LetPub ·
- h-index
- 43LetPub ·
- h-index
- 43OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 508OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.47OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 15.4%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 98.38%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 140LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 3,244 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 238 | 238 | 16 |
| 2025 | 235 | 235 | 108 |
| 2024 | 197 | 197 | 194 |
| 2023 | 234 | 234 | 541 |
| 2022 | 205 | 205 | 796 |
| 2021 | 227 | 227 | 1,190 |
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)
- 3–6 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 8 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 | EUR 450 | No | CC BY-NC-SA | |
| OpenAlex | EUR 450 | — | — | |
| LetPub | EUR 450 | No | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- ARAN Ediciones S.A.
- Country or region
- SPAIN
- Language
- Spanish, English
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- Founded
- 1986
- ISSN
- 0212-1611
- Electronic ISSN
- 1699-5198
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Nutricion Hospitalaria
What CAS zone is Nutricion Hospitalaria in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Nutricion Hospitalaria 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 4 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Nutricion Hospitalaria?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.11; CiteScore 1.9, h-index 43.
How long does peer review take at Nutricion Hospitalaria?
Authors report an average review time of 3–6 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”. 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Nutricion Hospitalaria based?
Of the 12 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Chile (5), Argentina (4) and Colombia (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Nutricion Hospitalaria?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Nutricion Hospitalaria is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Nutricion Hospitalaria open access, and what is the APC?
Nutricion Hospitalaria is a fully open-access journal. APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, 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: .