Journal profile · NUTRITION & DIETETICS
Nutrition Research and Practice
ISSN 1976-1457 · eISSN 2005-6168 · The Korean Society of Community Nutrition · South Korea · Quarterly · Founded 2007
Nutrition Research and Practice: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.05; fully open access; median 86 days to acceptance (84 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: easy; 73 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Nutrition Research and Practice is published by The Korean Society of Community Nutrition 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 Nutrition, Health and Food Behavior, Nutritional Studies and Diet and Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet, together about 37.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Nutrition Research and Practice (NRP) is an official journal, jointly published by the Korean Nutrition Society and the Korean Society of Community Nutrition since 2007. The journal had been published quarterly at the initial stage and has been published bimonthly since 2010. NRP aims to stimulate research and practice across diverse areas of human nutrition. The Journal publishes peer-reviewed original manuscripts on nutrition biochemistry and metabolism, community nutrition, nutrition and disease management, nutritional epidemiology, nutrition education, foodservice management in the following categories: Original Research Articles, Notes, Communications, and Reviews. Reviews will be received by the invitation of the editors only. Statements made and opinions expressed in the manuscripts published in this Journal represent the views of authors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the Societies.
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): NUTRITION & DIETETICS
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Nutrition, Health and Food BehaviorNursing14.2%
- Nutritional Studies and DietMedicine13.9%
- Obesity, Physical Activity, DietMedicine9.5%
- Nutrition and Health in AgingMedicine6%
- Consumer Attitudes and Food LabelingMedicine4.3%
- Sodium Intake and HealthNursing4.2%
- Phytochemicals and Antioxidant ActivitiesMedicine4.1%
- Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic DiseasesMedicine3.8%
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
SCIEScopusLetPub
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
- 2.05LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.5LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.57LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.69LetPub ·
- h-index
- 24LetPub ·
- h-index
- 71OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 847OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.25OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 4.8%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 97.81%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 72LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,425 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 49 | 49 | 11 |
| 2025 | 73 | 73 | 152 |
| 2024 | 68 | 68 | 265 |
| 2023 | 93 | 93 | 644 |
| 2022 | 72 | 72 | 746 |
| 2021 | 69 | 69 | 1,100 |
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
86 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 58 days – 117 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 21 days (84 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 106 days
- Sample
- 84 articles with submission and acceptance dates (122 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)
- 6–12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
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).
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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
- The Korean Society of Community Nutrition
- Country or region
- South Korea
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Founded
- 2007
- ISSN
- 1976-1457
- Electronic ISSN
- 2005-6168
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Nutrition Research and Practice
What CAS zone is Nutrition Research and Practice in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Nutrition Research and Practice 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 Research and Practice?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.05; CiteScore 3.5, h-index 71.
How long does peer review take at Nutrition Research and Practice?
Based on the dates recorded on 84 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 86 days (interquartile range 58–117 days); authors report an average review time of 6–12 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 Research and Practice?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Nutrition Research and Practice is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Nutrition Research and Practice open access, and what is the APC?
Nutrition Research and Practice is a fully open-access journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .