Journal profile · ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM-NUTRITION & DIETETICS
Nutrition & Diabetes
ISSN 2044-4052 · Springer Nature · ENGLAND · Founded 2011
Nutrition & Diabetes: CAS Zone 2 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 5.75; fully open access; APC about USD 4,090; median 305 days to acceptance (92 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: easy; 55 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Nutrition & Diabetes is published by Springer Nature 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 Diet and metabolism studies, Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins and Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases, together about 26.1% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Publishes across the spectrum of diabetes and nutrition-related disease. Wide exposure and article visibility via nature.com. Fully Open Access: ensuring that your work is easily discovered, accessed, and shared.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM-NUTRITION & DIETETICS
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Diet and metabolism studiesMedicine10.2%
- Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and LipoproteinsMedicine8.3%
- Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic DiseasesMedicine7.6%
- Nutritional Studies and DietMedicine7.3%
- Obesity, Physical Activity, DietMedicine5%
- Regulation of Appetite and ObesityNeuroscience4.9%
- Adipose Tissue and MetabolismMedicine4.6%
- Gestational Diabetes Research and ManagementMedicine4.5%
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 | Endocrinology & Metabolism | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Nutrition & Dietetics | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Endocrinology & Metabolism | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Nutrition & Dietetics | Zone 1 |
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 | Endocrinology & Metabolism | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Nutrition & Dietetics | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of ScienceMEDLINEPMCCASCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar
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
- 5.75LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 5.7Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 6.2Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 8.4LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.61LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.36LetPub ·
- h-index
- 28LetPub ·
- h-index
- 79OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 524OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 7.43OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 52LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 1,630,625Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 833 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 61 | 61 | 11 |
| 2025 | 55 | 55 | 296 |
| 2024 | 98 | 98 | 1,282 |
| 2023 | 26 | 26 | 412 |
| 2022 | 51 | 51 | 1,308 |
| 2021 | 36 | 36 | 1,106 |
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
305 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 233 days – 376 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 18 days (92 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 321 days
- Sample
- 92 articles with submission and acceptance dates (136 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)
- over 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 21 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 | EUR 3,290 / USD 4,090 / GBP 2,990 | Yes | CC BY, CC BY-NC-ND | |
| OpenAlex | USD 3,890 / EUR 3,190 / GBP 2,890 | — | — | |
| LetPub | GBP 2,690 / USD 3,590 / EUR 2,990 | 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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePublication ethics
- Publication ethics
Member of and subscribes to the principles of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). Model summary
This journal is a member of and subscribes to the principles of the Committee on Publication Ethics.
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
- Springer Nature
- Country or region
- ENGLAND
- Language
- English
- Founded
- 2011
- ISSN
- 2044-4052
- 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 Nutrition & Diabetes
What CAS zone is Nutrition & Diabetes in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Nutrition & Diabetes is in Zone 2 of Medicine, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Endocrinology & Metabolism / Nutrition & Dietetics. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Nutrition & Diabetes?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 5.75; CiteScore 8.4, h-index 79.
How long does peer review take at Nutrition & Diabetes?
Based on the dates recorded on 92 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 305 days (interquartile range 233–376 days); authors report an average review time of over 12 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.
Which databases index Nutrition & Diabetes?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Nutrition & Diabetes is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists Web of Science, MEDLINE, PMC, CAS and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Nutrition & Diabetes open access, and what is the APC?
Nutrition & Diabetes is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 4,090.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, Publisher website; 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: .