Journal profile · Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Public Health Nutrition
ISSN 1368-9800 · eISSN 1475-2727 · Cambridge University Press · ENGLAND · Bimonthly · Founded 1998
Public Health Nutrition: CAS Zone 3 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.97; fully open access; APC about USD 3,655; review 3–6 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 216 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Public Health Nutrition is published by Cambridge University Press and is in Zone 3 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet, Nutritional Studies and Diet and Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling, together about 45.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Public Health Nutrition ISSN: 1368-9800 (Print), 1475-2727 (Online) Frequency: 1 volume per year Public Health Nutrition is an international peer-reviewed journal that publishes original papers, review articles and policy relevant papers related to nutrition and public health. The aim of the journal is to increase knowledge and understanding of the causes of diet related disease across the world and report on insights to improve nutritional quality, food security and health. The journal also encourages debate of key issues through commentaries and collections. Public Health Nutrition publishes manuscripts from low-, middle- and high-income countries that report on; nutritional epidemiology, behavioural nutrition relating to healthy, affordable and sustainable diets, food environments and food systems and evaluation of nutrition interventions including evaluation of nutrition policies. Public Health Nutrition also publishes manuscripts on topics interacting with nutrition and health such as food and planetary health and nutrition communication. The journal is of interest to epidemiologists and nutritionists working in research or in areas related to disease prevention where application of solution-based nutritional research is key.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Obesity, Physical Activity, DietMedicine20.6%
- Nutritional Studies and DietMedicine15.3%
- Consumer Attitudes and Food LabelingMedicine9.4%
- Child Nutrition and Water AccessNursing9%
- Food Security and Health in Diverse PopulationsHealth Professions7.6%
- Global Public Health Policies and EpidemiologyBusiness, Management and Accounting3.1%
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance3.1%
- Breastfeeding Practices and InfluencesMedicine2.8%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Nutrition & Dietetics | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Nutrition & Dietetics | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Nutrition & Dietetics | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub
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
- 2.97LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 3Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 6.2LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.03LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.15LetPub ·
- h-index
- 122LetPub ·
- h-index
- 210OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 5,456OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.91OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 3.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 193LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 8,426 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 169 | 169 | 47 |
| 2025 | 216 | 216 | 444 |
| 2024 | 256 | 256 | 1,377 |
| 2023 | 282 | 282 | 2,385 |
| 2022 | 267 | 267 | 3,462 |
| 2021 | 516 | 516 | 8,966 |
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)
- 3–6 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 18 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double 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 | USD 3,655 / GBP 2,610 | Yes | CC BY, CC BY-NC-SA, CC BY-NC-ND | |
| OpenAlex | USD 3,550 / GBP 2,460 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
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)
Article types accepted12
- articleArticleLength not stated
- commentaryResearch Paper*Short Communication*Systematic Review with or without Meta-analysis* Scoping review* (for less studied topics)Commentary**Letter to the Editor**E…Length not stated
- editorialResearch Paper*Short Communication*Systematic Review with or without Meta-analysis* Scoping review* (for less studied topics)Commentary**Letter to the Editor**E…Length not stated
- letter to the editorResearch Paper*Short Communication*Systematic Review with or without Meta-analysis* Scoping review* (for less studied topics)Commentary**Letter to the Editor**E…Length not stated
- meta-analysisResearch Paper*Short Communication*Systematic Review with or without Meta-analysis* Scoping review* (for less studied topics)Commentary**Letter to the Editor**E…Length not stated
- research paperResearch Paper*Short Communication*Systematic Review with or without Meta-analysis* Scoping review* (for less studied topics)Commentary**Letter to the Editor**E…Length not stated
- reviewResearch Paper*Short Communication*Systematic Review with or without Meta-analysis* Scoping review* (for less studied topics)Commentary**Letter to the Editor**E…Length not stated
- review articleReview ArticleLength not stated
- scoping reviewScoping review* (for less studied topics)Length not stated
- short communicationResearch Paper*Short Communication*Systematic Review with or without Meta-analysis* Scoping review* (for less studied topics)Commentary**Letter to the Editor**E…Length not stated
- systematic reviewResearch Paper*Short Communication*Systematic Review with or without Meta-analysis* Scoping review* (for less studied topics)Commentary**Letter to the Editor**E…Length not stated
- systematic review with or without meta-analysisSystematic Review with or without Meta-analysis*Length not stated
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
- Cambridge University Press
- Country or region
- ENGLAND
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- Founded
- 1998
- ISSN
- 1368-9800
- Electronic ISSN
- 1475-2727
- Society / sponsor
- Nutrition Society
- 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 Public Health Nutrition
What CAS zone is Public Health Nutrition in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Public Health Nutrition is in Zone 3 of Medicine, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Nutrition & Dietetics / Public, Environmental & Occupational Health. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Public Health Nutrition?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.97; CiteScore 6.2, h-index 210.
How long does peer review take at Public Health Nutrition?
Authors report an average review time of 3–6 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 Public Health Nutrition?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Public Health Nutrition is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Public Health Nutrition open access, and what is the APC?
Public Health Nutrition is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 3,655.
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: .