''Nutrients'' is an
open access
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peer-reviewed
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scientific journal
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Content
Articles in scientific journals are mostly written by active scientists such as s ...
publishing reviews, regular research papers, and short communications on all aspects of
nutrition
Nutrition is the biochemical and physiological process by which an organism uses food to support its life. It provides organisms with nutrients, which can be metabolized to create energy and chemical structures. Failure to obtain sufficient n ...
. It was established in 2009 and is published by
MDPI
MDPI (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute) is a publisher of open access scientific journals. Founded by Shu-Kun Lin as a chemical sample archive, it now publishes over 390 peer-reviewed, open access journals. MDPI is the largest op ...
.
Until September 2018, the
editor-in-chief
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The highest-ranking editor of a publication may also be titled editor, managing ...
was Jonathan Buckley of the
University of South Australia
The University of South Australia (UniSA) is a public research university in the Australian state of South Australia. It is a founding member of the Australian Technology Network of universities, and is the largest university in South Australi ...
. In 2018, Buckley and the other nine senior members of the editorial board resigned, claiming that MDPI "pressured them to accept manuscripts of mediocre quality and importance". The current Editors-in-Chief are Maria Luz Fernandez and Lluis Serra-Majem, who states that MDPI has "confirmed my absolute freedom to decide, basing only on the quality of papers."
As of March 2022 the journal has an impact factor of 5.719. The journal is associated with the Nutrition Society of Australia, Nutrition Society of New Zealand, Spanish Nutrition Foundation, Spanish Nutrition Society and others.
Abstracting and indexing
The journal is abstracted and indexed in:
According to the ''
Journal Citation Reports
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'', the journal has a 2014
impact factor
The impact factor (IF) or journal impact factor (JIF) of an academic journal is a scientometric index calculated by Clarivate that reflects the yearly mean number of citations of articles published in the last two years in a given journal, as i ...
of 3.270, and is ranked 21/77 in the Nutrition and Dietetics category.
See also
*
Australian paradox
References
External links
*{{Official website, http://www.mdpi.com/journal/nutrients/
Open access journals
MDPI academic journals
English-language journals
Monthly journals
Publications established in 2009
Nutrition and dietetics journals