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Public Health Nutrition

Cambridge University Press · United Kingdom · Est. 1844

ISSN1475-2727

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

100

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (4 more)+22

Total100

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

weeks to publish · journal-reported

Average · vs ~15 wk median

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

SJR Scorei

1.027

H-Indexi

208

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

1.055

Total Worksi

8,402

Total Citationsi

333,511

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.29

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Public Health Nutrition is a leading international journal dedicated to the promotion of public health through improved nutrition. It publishes high-quality research on all aspects of nutrition and its impact on the health of populations. The journal covers a wide range of topics, including dietary assessment, nutritional epidemiology, public health interventions, food policy, and the social and economic determinants of nutrition. Public Health Nutrition is essential reading for researchers, policymakers, and practitioners working in the field of public health and nutrition.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1844

FrequencyEighteen Issues A Year, 2015-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications8,402

Publisher OrgCambridge University Press

OA Since2021

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

Review Time~18 weeks

Acceptance Rate—

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC-SA, CC BY-NC-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

9/12 · 75%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Cambridge University Press

✅

Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

✅

Is the ISSN verified?

1475-2727

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

✅

Peer review process documented?

Double-blind

❌

Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

❌

APC fees clearly disclosed?

N/A

✅

Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

❌

Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

✅

Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

✅

Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

✅

Primary language documented?

English

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

409

12k

2019

718

14k

2020

516

8.5k

2021

267

3.2k

2022

282

2.1k

2023

256

1.2k

2024

218

321

2025

127

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q1

Nutrition and DieteticsQ1

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Nutrition & DieteticsPublic, Environmental & Occupational Health

Scopus Categories

Nutrition and DieteticsPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthMedicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Obesity, Physical Activity, DietNutritional Studies and DietConsumer Attitudes and Food LabelingChild Nutrition and Water AccessFood Security and Health in Diverse PopulationsGlobal Public Health Policies and EpidemiologyDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesBreastfeeding Practices and InfluencesNutrition and Health in AgingEducational Robotics and Engineering

Frequently asked questions about Public Health Nutrition

Is Public Health Nutrition a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Public Health Nutrition: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 100/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Public Health Nutrition?

Public Health Nutrition is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 2.29.

Is Public Health Nutrition indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Public Health Nutrition is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.