''Nutrients'' is a
peer-reviewed
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open-access
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scientific journal
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publishing reviews, regular research papers, and short communications on all aspects of
nutrition
Nutrition is the biochemistry, biochemical and physiology, physiological process by which an organism uses food and water to support its life. The intake of these substances provides organisms with nutrients (divided into Macronutrient, macro- ...
. It was established in 2009 and is published by
MDPI
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.
Until September 2018, the
editor-in-chief
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was Jonathan Buckley of the
University of South Australia
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. In 2018, Buckley and the other nine senior editorial board members resigned, claiming that MDPI "pressured them to accept manuscripts of mediocre quality and importance." The current editors-in-chief are Maria Luz Fernandez (
University of Connecticut
The University of Connecticut (UConn) is a public land-grant research university system with its main campus in Storrs, Connecticut, United States. It was founded in 1881 as the Storrs Agricultural School, named after two benefactors. In 1893, ...
) and Lluis Serra-Majem (
University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria).
The journal is affiliated with the
Asia Pacific Nutrigenomics Nutrigenetics Organisation,
European Sport Nutrition Society,
Italian Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition,
Nutrition Society of New Zealand,
Ocular Wellness & Nutrition Society,
Società Italiana di Scienze dell’Alimentazione,
Spanish Nutrition Society, and the
Spanish Society of Community Nutrition.
Abstracting and indexing
The journal is abstracted and indexed in:
According to the ''
Journal Citation Reports
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'', the journal has a 2023
impact factor
The impact factor (IF) or journal impact factor (JIF) of an academic journal is a type of journal ranking. Journals with higher impact factor values are considered more prestigious or important within their field.
The Impact Factor of a journa ...
of 4.8.
See also
*
Australian paradox
References
External links
*{{Official website, http://www.mdpi.com/journal/nutrients/
Open access journals
MDPI academic journals
English-language journals
Semi-monthly journals
Academic journals established in 2009
Nutrition and dietetics journals