Journal profile · Nutrition & Dietetics
Nutrition Research Reviews
ISSN 0954-4224 · eISSN 1475-2700 · Cambridge University Press · ENGLAND · Semiannual · Founded 1988
Nutrition Research Reviews: CAS Zone 2 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 7.25; hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,550; community-reported acceptance: moderate; 38 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Nutrition Research Reviews is published by Cambridge University Press 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 Nutritional Studies and Diet, Diet and metabolism studies and Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies, together about 30% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Nutrition Research Reviews offers a comprehensive overview of nutritional science today. By distilling the latest research and linking it to established practice, the journal consistently delivers the widest range of in-depth articles in the field of nutritional science. It presents up-to-date, critical reviews of key topics in nutrition science advancing new concepts and hypotheses that encourage the exchange of fundamental ideas on nutritional well-being in both humans and animals. Nutrition Research Reviews also publishes scoping and substantive systematic reviews.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Nutrition & Dietetics
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Nutritional Studies and DietMedicine10.3%
- Diet and metabolism studiesMedicine10.2%
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance9.5%
- Obesity, Physical Activity, DietMedicine6.2%
- Legal case studies and regulationsSocial Sciences5.1%
- Muscle metabolism and nutritionBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4.6%
- Fatty Acid Research and HealthNursing4%
- Child Nutrition and Water AccessNursing4%
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 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: yes
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Nutrition & Dietetics | Zone 2 |
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: yes
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
- 7.25LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 10Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 15LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.77LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 2.15LetPub ·
- h-index
- 71LetPub ·
- h-index
- 132OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 589OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 7.13OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 75%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 35LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 850 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 21 | 19 | 9 |
| 2025 | 38 | 30 | 185 |
| 2024 | 37 | 33 | 490 |
| 2023 | 30 | 23 | 711 |
| 2022 | 23 | 12 | 513 |
| 2021 | 41 | 28 | 1,489 |
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 acceptance (community reports)
- ModerateLetPub ·
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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 3,550 / GBP 2,460 | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
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
- Cambridge University Press
- Country or region
- ENGLAND
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Semiannual
- Founded
- 1988
- ISSN
- 0954-4224
- Electronic ISSN
- 1475-2700
- Society / sponsor
- Nutrition Society
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Nutrition Research Reviews
What CAS zone is Nutrition Research Reviews in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Nutrition Research Reviews is in Zone 2 of Medicine, and in Zone 2 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 Research Reviews?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 7.25; CiteScore 15, h-index 132.
Which databases index Nutrition Research Reviews?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Nutrition Research Reviews is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Nutrition Research Reviews open access, and what is the APC?
Nutrition Research Reviews is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,550.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, 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: .