Journal profile · Nutrition & Dietetics
Nutrition & Metabolism
ISSN 1743-7075 · BioMed Central · ENGLAND · Irregular · Founded 2004
Nutrition & Metabolism: CAS Zone 2 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 3.86; fully open access; APC about USD 3,690; median 144 days to acceptance (107 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: moderate; 170 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Nutrition & Metabolism is published by BioMed Central 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, Nutritional Studies and Diet and Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases, together about 24.6% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Nutrition & Metabolism publishes studies with a clear focus on nutrition and metabolism with applications ranging from nutrition needs, exercise physiology, clinical and population studies, as well as the underlying mechanisms in these aspects. The areas of interest for Nutrition & Metabolism encompass studies in molecular nutrition in the context of obesity, diabetes, lipedemias, metabolic syndrome and exercise physiology. Manuscripts related to molecular, cellular and human metabolism, nutrient sensing and nutrient–gene interactions are also in interest, as are submissions that have employed new and innovative strategies like metabolomics/lipidomics or other omics-based biomarkers to predict nutritional status and metabolic diseases.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Nutrition & Dietetics
Editor-in-chief Barbora PiknovaPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 26 in mainland China (about 18%); most named United States 36, Mainland China 26, United Kingdom 13, Australia 13, Italy 11 (143 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Diet and metabolism studiesMedicine9.9%
- Nutritional Studies and DietMedicine7.7%
- Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic DiseasesMedicine7.1%
- Adipose Tissue and MetabolismMedicine6.7%
- Fatty Acid Research and HealthNursing6.2%
- Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and LipoproteinsMedicine6%
- Muscle metabolism and nutritionBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5.7%
- Liver Disease Diagnosis and TreatmentMedicine5.3%
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 | Nutrition & Dietetics | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Nutrition & Dietetics | Zone 3 |
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 | Nutrition & Dietetics | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
EmbaseCASCAB AbstractsPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, ProQuest, Dimensions, CNKI, Baidu, AGRICOLA, Naver, OCLC, Portico, CLOCKSS, Semantic 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
- 3.86LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 3.9Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 4.8Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 5.6LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.04LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.03LetPub ·
- h-index
- 68LetPub ·
- h-index
- 129OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,244OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 4.09OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 2.6%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 166LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 2,300,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,853 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 146 | 146 | 61 |
| 2025 | 170 | 170 | 725 |
| 2024 | 116 | 116 | 983 |
| 2023 | 53 | 53 | 642 |
| 2022 | 85 | 85 | 1,626 |
| 2021 | 109 | 109 | 3,090 |
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
144 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 98 days – 206 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 17 days (107 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 169 days
- Sample
- 107 articles with submission and acceptance dates (351 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)
- 4–8 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- ModerateLetPub ·
- Submission to first decision
- 12 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 13 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 2,990 / USD 3,690 / GBP 2,690 | Yes | CC BY, CC BY-NC-ND | |
| OpenAlex | USD 3,590 / EUR 2,890 / GBP 2,590 | — | — | |
| LetPub | GBP 2,490 / USD 3,390 / EUR 2,790 | 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)
Open calls for papers2, by deadline
Publisher websiteExcerpts 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
- BioMed Central
- Country or region
- ENGLAND
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Irregular
- Founded
- 2004
- ISSN
- 1743-7075
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- 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 & Metabolism
What CAS zone is Nutrition & Metabolism in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Nutrition & Metabolism is in Zone 2 of Medicine, and in Zone 3 of the minor category 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 & Metabolism?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 3.86; CiteScore 5.6, h-index 129.
How long does peer review take at Nutrition & Metabolism?
Based on the dates recorded on 107 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 144 days (interquartile range 98–206 days); authors report an average review time of 4–8 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Moderate”. 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 & Metabolism based?
Of the 143 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 26 (about 18%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (36), Mainland China (26) and United Kingdom (13). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Nutrition & Metabolism?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Nutrition & Metabolism is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists Embase, CAS and CAB Abstracts; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Nutrition & Metabolism open access, and what is the APC?
Nutrition & Metabolism is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 3,690.
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: .