Journal profile · NUTRITION & DIETETICS
Nutrition and Dietary Supplements
ISSN 1179-1489 · Dove Medical Press · United Kingdom
Nutrition and Dietary Supplements: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.7 (journal website); fully open access; APC about USD 3,230; review about 16 weeks (community reports); acceptance rate 24% (journal website); 13 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Nutrition and Dietary Supplements is published by Dove Medical 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 Child Nutrition and Water Access, Nutritional Studies and Diet and Diet and metabolism studies, together about 32.6% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Ara Kirakosyan Nutrition and Dietary Supplements is an international, peer-reviewed, open access journal focusing on research into nutritional requirements in health and disease, impact on metabolism and the identification and optimal use of dietary strategies and supplements necessary for normal growth and development. Nutrition and Dietary Supplements will no longer consider meta-analyses for publication. Specific topics covered in the journal include: Epidemiology, prevalence of related disorders such as obesity, diabetes, dyslipidemias Biochemistry and cellular metabolism of nutrients Effect of nutrition on metabolic control Impact of hormones and genetics on nutrient handling Identification of cofactors and development of effective supplementation strategies Dietary strategies Behavior modification Consumer and patient adherence, quality of life Public Health Policy & Health Economics The journal welcomes submitted papers covering original research, basic science, clinical and epidemiological studies, reviews and evaluations, guidelines, expert opinion and commentary, case reports and extended reports. Updated 4 August 2025
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): NUTRITION & DIETETICS
Editor-in-chief Ara KirakosyanPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 19, Saudi Arabia 4, Japan 1, Belgium 1, Sri Lanka 1 (26 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Child Nutrition and Water AccessNursing16.5%
- Nutritional Studies and DietMedicine8.1%
- Diet and metabolism studiesMedicine8.1%
- Food Security and Health in Diverse PopulationsHealth Professions5.9%
- Poverty, Education, and Child WelfareSocial Sciences4.8%
- Child Nutrition and Feeding IssuesMedicine4.8%
- Obesity, Physical Activity, DietMedicine4.4%
- Gut microbiota and healthBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3.7%
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)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIDOAJLetPub
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
- 1.7Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.7Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 24OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 72OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.98OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 12LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 57,259Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 190 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 17 | 17 | 4 |
| 2025 | 13 | 13 | 3 |
| 2024 | 12 | 12 | 34 |
| 2023 | 9 | 9 | 87 |
| 2022 | 3 | 3 | 18 |
| 2021 | 13 | 13 | 163 |
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)
- 24%Publisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 16 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 3,230 | Yes | CC BY, CC BY-NC | |
| OpenAlex | USD 1,806 | — | — | |
| LetPub | USD 2,630 | Yes | — |
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 accepted2
- case reportAuthors may use these detailed descriptions of different paper types accepted by Dove Medical Press (case reports, reviews, etc) to decide how to label their pa…Length not stated
- reviewAuthors may use these detailed descriptions of different paper types accepted by Dove Medical Press (case reports, reviews, etc) to decide how to label their pa…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePeer review
- Peer review
Member of and subscribes to the principles of COPE. Model summary
This journal is a member of and subscribes to the principles of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
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
- Dove Medical Press
- Country or region
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1179-1489
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- 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 Nutrition and Dietary Supplements
What CAS zone is Nutrition and Dietary Supplements in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Nutrition and Dietary Supplements 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 Nutrition and Dietary Supplements?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 1.7 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; h-index 24.
How long does peer review take at Nutrition and Dietary Supplements?
Authors report an average review time of about 16 weeks; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 24%. 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 Nutrition and Dietary Supplements based?
Of the 26 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (19), Saudi Arabia (4) and Japan (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Nutrition and Dietary Supplements?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Nutrition and Dietary Supplements is indexed in ESCI and DOAJ.
Is Nutrition and Dietary Supplements open access, and what is the APC?
Nutrition and Dietary Supplements is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 3,230.
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: .