South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Aims & Scope

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The Journal accepts articles from all basic and applied areas of dietetics and human nutrition, including clinical nutrition, community nutrition, food science, food policy, food service management, nutrition policy and public health nutrition. 2.

The Journal has a broad interpretation of the field of nutrition and recognizes that there are many factors that determine nutritional status and that need to be the subject of scientific investigation and reported in the Journal. 3.

The Journal seeks to serve a broad readership and to provide information that will be useful to the scientific community, the academic community, government and non-government stakeholders in the nutrition field, policy makers and industry. 4.

The Journal encourages articles from all investigators in the field of dietetics, food, nutrition and related areas.

In particular young researchers and researchers from historically disadvantaged backgrounds will be encouraged and supported to submit their research work for publication. 5.

The Journal is based in South Africa and encourages articles from other African countries to act as a forum for the discussion of African nutritional issues. 6.

The Journal is committed to high scientific and ethical standards. 7.

The Journal will accept letters for publication, which are relevant to the Journal. 8.

The Journal provides a forum for publication of congress abstracts, supplements, short communications and policy statements with their technical support papers. [...]

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Abstracting & Indexing

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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.

Licensing & Copyright

This journal operates under an Open Access model. Articles are freely accessible to the public immediately upon publication. The content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), allowing users to share and adapt the work with proper attribution.

Copyright remains with the author(s), and no permission is required for non-commercial use, provided the original source is cited.

Policy Links

This section provides access to essential policy documents, guidelines, and resources related to the journal’s publication and submission processes.

• Aims scope
• Homepage
• Oa statement
• Author instructions
• License terms
• Review url
• Board url
• Copyright url
• Plagiarism url
• Preservation url
• Apc url
• License

Plagiarism Policy

This journal follows a plagiarism policy. All submitted manuscripts are screened using reliable plagiarism detection software to ensure originality and academic integrity. Authors are responsible for proper citation and acknowledgment of all sources, and any form of plagiarism, including self-plagiarism, will not be tolerated.

For more details, please refer to our official: Plagiarism Policy.

APC Details

The journal’s Article Processing Charge (APC) policies support open access publishing in Medicine and Nursing, ensuring accessibility and quality in research dissemination.

This journal requires an Article Processing Charge (APC) to support open access publishing, covering peer review, editing, and distribution. The current APC is 1,250.00 GBP. Learn more.

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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.

• ‘Big is beautiful’ – an exploration with urban black community health workers in a South African township

  Citation: 83

  Authors: T, J M, M, L, N C, A

• Sport nutrition: A review of the latest guidelines for exercise and sport nutrition from the American College of Sport Nutrition, the International Olympic Committee and the International Society for Sports Nutrition

  Citation: 68

  Authors: S

• African leafy vegetables consumed by households in the Limpopo and KwaZulu-Natal provinces in South Africa

  Citation: 61

  Authors: M, A, Pj, Fam, Ws

• Consumer acceptance of yellow, provitamin A-biofortified maize in KwaZulu-Natal

  Citation: 47

  Authors: K., J., M., Fj

• Determinants of undernutrition among women of reproductive age in Tanzania mainland

  Citation: 45

  Authors: AH, E, SAH

• Perceptions of body size and its association with HIV/AIDS

  Citation: 45

  Authors: T., T.

• Food insecurity among students at the University of the Free State, South Africa

  Citation: 44

  Authors: L., J.

• Fast-food consumption among 17-year-olds in the Birth to Twenty cohort

  Citation: 44

  Authors: A., Jm, Sa

• Antenatal and postpartum depression: effects on infant and young child health and feeding practices

  Citation: 43

  Authors: SS, SM

• Community-based agricultural interventions in the context of food and nutrition security in South Africa

  Citation: 38

  Authors: M., C., S.