Nutrition

Aims & Scope

Nutrition has an open access mirror journal Nutrition: X, sharing the same aims and scope, editorial team, submission system and rigorous peer review.

Founded by Michael M.

Meguid in the early 1980's, Nutrition presents advances in nutrition research and science, informs its readers on new and advancing technologies and data in clinical nutrition practice, encourages the application of outcomes research and meta-analyses to problems in patient-related nutrition; and seeks to help clarify and set the research, policy and practice agenda for nutrition science to enhance human well-being in the years ahead.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	3
2024	3.20

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.961

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

h-index

Year	Value
2024	168

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	5168

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	3197

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science
• Medline
• Embase

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Medicine and Nursing, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Free radicals, antioxidants, and nutrition

  Citation: 1845

  Authors: Yun-Zhong, Sheng, Guoyao

• The mini nutritional assessment (MNA) and its use in grading the nutritional state of elderly patients

  Citation: 1579

  Authors: Bruno, Yves, Philip J, Fati, David, Sylvie, Jean-Louis

• Relationship between stress, eating behavior, and obesity

  Citation: 1161

  Authors: Susan J., Caryl A.

• Dietary fiber and body weight

  Citation: 777

  Authors: Joanne L.

• The strawberry: Composition, nutritional quality, and impact on human health

  Citation: 760

  Authors: Francesca, Sara, Josè M., Josè L., Bruno, Maurizio

• Development of a valid and reliable malnutrition screening tool for adult acute hospital patients

  Citation: 742

  Authors: Maree, Sandra, Judy, Merrilyn

• Dietary carbohydrate restriction as the first approach in diabetes management: Critical review and evidence base

  Citation: 680

  Authors: Richard D., Wendy K., Arne, Richard K., Eugene J., Eric C., Anthony, Lynda, Barbara A., Samy I., Jörgen Vesti, Thure, Laura, Karl S., Mary C., Jeff S., Gilbert B., Annika, Ralf, Ann, Katharine, Anssi H., Hussain M., Richard J., Jay, Nicolai

• Edible berries: Bioactive components and their effect on human health

  Citation: 670

  Authors: Shivraj Hariram, Se Won

• Maternal nutrition, fetal nutrition, and disease in later life

  Citation: 625

  Authors: David J.P.

• Clinical and metabolic response to probiotic administration in patients with major depressive disorder: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

  Citation: 621

  Authors: Ghodarz, Zahra, Maryam, Parvaneh, Hossein, Mohsen, Mohammad Reza, Zatollah, Ahmad

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