Nutrition Journals
Elsevier's nutrition journals cover a wide range of topics across the field of nutrition from education, health, diet, and research to disease prevention and management. Whether you are looking to enhance your knowledge, subscribe to a journal in print or online, or submit an article or case study, this page is your starting point to finding a journal, locating existing research, or having your research published.
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Advances in Nutrition
An Open Access International Review Journal of the American Society for Nutrition opens in new tab/window
Advances in Nutrition is ranked 2nd in the field of Nutrition and Dietetics and publishes reviews spanning basic, translational, clinical, and population research. Articles focus on recent advancements in contemporary topics and innovative methods to broaden knowledge in nutrition and related biomedical sciences.
Clinical Nutrition
An Official Journal of the European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism (ESPEN) opens in new tab/window
Clinical Nutrition publishes on nutritional and metabolic care and the relationship between nutrition and disease in basic science and clinical practice with a focus on those factors in acute and chronic diseases which have metabolic and nutritional implications. The Journal also publishes scientific works related to the development of new techniques and their application in the field of clinical nutrition.
Clinical Nutrition ESPEN
An Official Journal of the European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism (ESPEN) opens in new tab/window
Clinical Nutrition ESPEN publishes peer-reviewed articles covering the relationship between nutrition and disease in the setting of basic science and clinical practice.
Clinical Nutrition Open Science
An Official Journal of the European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism (ESPEN) opens in new tab/window
With an aim to stimulate experimental research activities in the field of clinical nutrition, the journal welcomes the latest and most exciting experimental and clinical articles on methodology, nutrient physiology and metabolism, nutritional neurosciences, toxicities, immunology, nutrigenomics, molecular nutrition, vitamins, trace elements, antioxidants, genetics and microbiota.
Current Developments in Nutrition
An Open Access Journal of the American Society for Nutrition opens in new tab/window
Current Developments in Nutrition briskly reviews, publishes, and disseminates high-quality research encompassing the breadth of nutrition science. Its scope ranges from mechanistic studies at molecular, biochemical, and cellular levels to whole-body metabolism, fitness, and clinical and population health. New areas include food and nutrition policy; eating behavior; implementation science; food systems; animal nutrition; exercise physiology and nutrition; and food and nutrition of Indigenous people.
Human Nutrition & Metabolism
Human Nutrition & Metabolism is a new journal dedicated to research focusing on the physiology and athophysiology of nutrition and metabolism in humans. The journal publishes original papers, reviews, commentaries and opinion pieces in human nutritional and metabolic science to bridge the gap between preclinical and clinical work. Papers can focus on areas such as lifestyle, diabetes, insulin resistance, metabolic diseases, undernutrition, in-hospital nutrition, and disease specific nutrition.
Journal of Renal Nutrition
Official Journal of the Council on Renal Nutrition of the National Kidney Foundation opens in new tab/window and the International Society of Renal Nutrition and Metabolism opens in new tab/window The Journal of Renal Nutrition is devoted exclusively to renal nutrition science and renal dietetics. Its content is appropriate for nutritionists, physicians and researchers working in nephrology. Each issue contains a state-of-the-art review, original research, articles on the clinical management and education of patients, a current literature review, and nutritional analysis of food products that have clinical relevance.
Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior
Official Journal of the Society for Nutrition Education and Behavior opens in new tab/window
The Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior serves as a global resource to advance nutrition education and behavior related to research, practice, and policy. JNEB publishes original research, as well as papers focused on emerging issues, policies and practices broadly related to nutrition education and behavior. These topics include, but are not limited to, nutrition education interventions; theoretical interpretation of behavior; epidemiology of nutrition and health; food systems; food assistance programs; nutrition and behavior assessment; and public health nutrition. Strategies to implement nutrition education, such as policy, systems, and environmental approaches or technological advances are also considered. Skill development within interventions, such as food procurement and culinary expertise, physical activity partnered with nutrition education, and strategies to reduce food insecurity are valued.
Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
The Official Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics opens in new tab/window
The Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics is the premier source for the practice and science of food, nutrition, and dietetics. The Journal publishes on a range of research and practice issues such as: nutritional science, medical nutrition therapy, public health nutrition, food science and biotechnology, foodservice systems, leadership and management, and dietetics education.
Journal of Trace Elements and Minerals
The Journal of Trace Elements and Minerals serves as a broader scope, companion journal to the Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology by publishing on all aspects of trace elements, and trace element species and minerals in the widest sense, including analytical methods, biochemistry, pathobiochemistry of metabolic processes, molecular biology, biogeochemistry, nutrition, toxicology, environmental toxicology, epidemiology, clinical applications in diagnosis, therapy, food chain and veterinary medicine. The journal is interdisciplinary and seeks to bring together different approaches for a diverse readership.
Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology
Official Journal of the Federation of European Societies on Trace Elements and Minerals (FESTEM) opens in new tab/window and the International Society of Zinc Biology (ISZB) opens in new tab/window
The Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology publishes on the theoretical and applied aspects of trace elements in medicine and biology and is devoted to the advancement of scientific knowledge about trace elements and trace element species. The journal focuses on the biological role and action of trace elements including different fields such as analytical methods, biochemistry, patho-biochemistry of metabolic processes, molecular biology, nutrition, toxicology, environmental toxicology, epidemiology, clinical applications in diagnosis, therapy, food chain and veterinary medicine.
Nutrition
The International Journal of Applied and Basic Nutritional Sciences
Nutrition publishes advances in nutrition research and science; informs readers on new and advancing technologies and data in clinical nutrition practice; encourages the application of the techniques 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.
Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases
Official Journal of the Italian Society of Diabetology, the Italian Society for the Study of Atherosclerosis and the Italian Society of Human Nutrition
Nutrition, Metabolism & Cardiovascular Diseases publishes on the interplay between nutritional and metabolic alterations with cardiovascular disorders. The Journal serves to help refine strategies against the nutrition-related epidemics of metabolic and cardiovascular diseases by publishing on clinical and preventive medicine; vascular biology; and the origins, mechanisms and means to prevent and control diabetes, atherosclerosis, hypertension, and other nutrition-related diseases.
Nutrition Research
An International Publication for Nutrition to Advance Food and Life Science Research
Nutrition Research publishes a broad range of nutrition sciences research that advances human health and promotes clinical applications through a comprehensive understanding of dietary patterns, foods, nutrients, and bioactive food components. This understanding includes exploring diet-related interactions with environmental exposures, human behavior, genetics, and underlying health status.
The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
An Official Journal of the American Society for Nutrition opens in new tab/window
The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, one of the most influential journals in biology and medicine, publishes research in human nutrition and fosters the application of science into clinical practice. Topics include high impact clinical, observational, public health, and epidemiologic studies in all areas of nutrition including obesity and metabolism; micronutrients; body composition; and nutrition in clinical settings. Genetic and novel precision nutrition approaches are featured.
The Journal of Nutrition
An Official Journal of the American Society for Nutrition opens in new tab/window
The Journal of Nutrition is the oldest journal devoted to nutrition research in the world, and publishes top-quality original research articles, reviews, and perspectives of experimental nutrition across various species including humans and laboratory, food, and companion animals. The Journal emphasizes novel mechanism, technology innovation, and significant real world impact of nutrition at molecular, cellular, tissue, organism, community, and population levels. The Journal promotes integrations and convergences of nutrition science with -omics, microbiome, brain function, aging, One Health, climate change, agri-food system transformation, food as medicine, and digital/data/AI technology. Prominent nutritionists and nutrition history are featured. A series of prestigious awards are established to recognize best papers.
The Journal of nutrition, health and aging
Publishes on the relationship between nutrition and health as part of the aging process from birth to old age. The journal has a particular interest in the role of nutrition on healthy longevity, functional capacity, intrinsic capacity, resilience, geroscience, and geriatric syndromes, such as frailty and sarcopenia; studies related to the role of nutrition and exercise on a life course perspective; randomized clinical trials on healthy longevity; and studies investigating the role of specific nutrients as well as diets and dietary patterns on functional capacity and healthy longevity - especially when using a longitudinal design.
The Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry
The Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry presents experimental nutrition research as it relates to: biochemistry, molecular biology, toxicology, or physiology. The Journal focuses on nutrition research being conducted at the cellular, animal and human level.