Journal profile · Agricultural and Biological Sciences-Food Science
Nutrition and Healthy Aging
ISSN 2451-9480 · eISSN 2451-9502 · SAGE Publications (formerly IOS Press) · Netherlands
Nutrition and Healthy Aging: fully open access; APC about USD 2,100; review about 24 weeks (community reports); 1 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Nutrition and Healthy Aging is published by SAGE Publications (formerly IOS Press). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Nutritional Studies and Diet, Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms and Nutrition and Health in Aging, together about 34.6% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): Agricultural and Biological Sciences-Food Science
Editor-in-chief Luigi FontanaPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Nutritional Studies and DietMedicine13.1%
- Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model OrganismsBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology11.5%
- Nutrition and Health in AgingMedicine10%
- Nutrition and Health StudiesMedicine6.5%
- Dementia and Cognitive Impairment ResearchMedicine5.8%
- Dietary Effects on HealthMedicine5.8%
- Muscle metabolism and nutritionBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4.6%
- Gut microbiota and healthBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4.2%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medicine (miscellaneous) | Q3 | 257/466 | 44th |
| Food Science | Q3 | 280/420 | 33rd |
| Nutrition and Dietetics | Q3 | 102/147 | 30th |
| Biochemistry | Q4 | 368/448 | 17th |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ScopusLetPub
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.9LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.37LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.3LetPub ·
- h-index
- 25OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 48OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.36OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 134 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 270 |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 | 416 |
| 2024 | 13 | 13 | 444 |
| 2023 | 15 | 15 | 417 |
| 2022 | 20 | 20 | 469 |
| 2021 | 13 | 13 | 467 |
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 24 weeksLetPub ·
- Peer review
- Anonymous peer review, Double anonymous peer reviewLetPub
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 accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LetPub | EUR 750 / USD 750 | Yes | — | |
| Publisher website | USD 2,100 / USD 1,050 | — | — |
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Discounts
- USD 1,050
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 prepare7 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 250 words
- Keywords
- ≥ 4
- Reference style
- Vancouver
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
- Highlights
- Required
- Cover letter
- Required
Article types accepted6, with length limits
- commentary0 words or less to the Editor-in-Chief. Commentaries Commentaries are usually commissioned and of at least 1000 words with an abstract and no other subdivisions…main text ≤ 1,000 words
- letters to the editorcan be proposed to the Editor-in-Chief. Letters to the Editor Authors can submit comments of 1000 words or less to the Editor-in-Chief. Commentaries Commentarie…main text ≤ 1,000 words
- meta-analysisMaterials and Methods There is no word limit to the materials and methods section, as the journal’s policy is that methodological rigor and reproducibility is o…Length not stated
- reviewMaterials and Methods There is no word limit to the materials and methods section, as the journal’s policy is that methodological rigor and reproducibility is o…Length not stated
- short communication"SYSTEMATIC REVIEW: full article title. Short Communications A short communication is an article of original scholarship of unusual interest of less than 1500 w…main text ≤ 1,500 words
- systematic reviewMaterials and Methods There is no word limit to the materials and methods section, as the journal’s policy is that methodological rigor and reproducibility is o…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Data availability, Publication ethics, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism, Preprints, Trial registration / reporting guidelines
- Authorship Author contributions
You will be asked to list the contribution of each author as part of the submission process. Please include the Author Contributions heading within your submission after the Acknowledgements section. The information you give on submission will then show under the Author Contributions heading later at the proofing stage.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data availability
The Journal is committed to facilitating openness, transparency and reproducibility of research, and has the following research data sharing policy. For more information, including FAQs please visit the Sage Research Data policy pages. Subject to appropriate ethical and legal considerations, authors are encouraged to: Share your research data in a relevant public data repository Include a data ava…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Ethical considerations
Please include your ethics approval statements under this heading, even if you have already included ethics approval information in your methods section. If ethical approval was not required, you need to explicitly state this. All papers reporting studies involving human participants, human data or human tissue must state that the relevant Ethics Committee or Institutional Review Board approved th…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Publishing fees and open access
Nutrition and Healthy Aging is an open access, peer-reviewed journal. All accepted articles are made freely available online immediately upon publication, are published under a Creative Commons license, and hosted online in perpetuity. If, after peer review, your manuscript is accepted for publication, a one-time article processing charge (APC) is payable to cover the cost of publishing, paid by t…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review policy
Peer review type: Single anonymized Model summary
The following summary describes the peer review process for this journal: Identity transparency: Single-anonymized Reviewer interacts with: Editor Review information published: None Your manuscript will undergo an initial evaluation. If it does not conform to the requirements laid out in these guidelines, it will be returned to you for amendments prior to peer review. Manuscripts may be desk rejec…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism Plagiarism
The journal and Sage take issues of copyright infringement, plagiarism or other breaches of best practice in publication very seriously. Please read Sage's complete policy on plagiarism and the actions we may take.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprints
The journal will consider submissions of manuscripts that have been posted on preprint servers. Please enter the preprint DOI in the designated field when submitting your manuscript. We advise that you inform the Journal Editorial office about your posted preprint at submission. Note that you should not post an updated version of your manuscript on a preprint server while it is being peer reviewed…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Trial registration / reporting guidelines Clinical trial registration
The journal endorses the ICMJE requirement that clinical trials are registered in a WHO-approved public trials registry at or before the time of first participant enrollment. However, consistent with the AllTrials campaign, retrospectively registered trials will be considered if the justification for late registration is acceptable. The trial registry name and URL, and registration number must be …
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
- SAGE Publications (formerly IOS Press)
- Country or region
- Netherlands
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2451-9480
- Electronic ISSN
- 2451-9502
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Nutrition and Healthy Aging
How long does peer review take at Nutrition and Healthy Aging?
Authors report an average review time of about 24 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.
What are the manuscript requirements of Nutrition and Healthy Aging?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 250 words; Keywords: ≥ 4; Reference style: Vancouver; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Suggested reviewers: Optional; Highlights: Required; Cover letter: Required. 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 Nutrition and Healthy Aging?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Nutrition and Healthy Aging is indexed in Scopus.
Is Nutrition and Healthy Aging open access, and what is the APC?
Nutrition and Healthy Aging is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 2,100.
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: .