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Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior

Elsevier Inc. · United States · Est. 1879

ISSN1499-4046eISSN1878-2620

SJR Q2✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.739

H-Indexi

121

SNIPi

0.744

Total Worksi

8,245

Total Citationsi

85,726

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.61

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Education, Scientific Disciplines; Nutrition & Dietetics; Medicine (miscellaneous); Nutrition and Dietetics.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1879

FrequencyBimonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications8,245

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

Visit Journal Website

Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Elsevier Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1499-4046 / 1878-2620

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

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

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

510

3.5k

2019

423

2020

355

2021

376

2.7k

2022

397

777

2023

368

481

2024

367

222

2025

353

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)Q2

Nutrition and DieteticsQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Education, Scientific DisciplinesNutrition & Dietetics

Scopus Categories

Nutrition and DieteticsMedicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Obesity, Physical Activity, DietFood Security and Health in Diverse PopulationsDietetics, Nutrition, and EducationDiverse Educational Innovations StudiesNutritional Studies and DietObesity and Health PracticesConsumer Attitudes and Food LabelingDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesChild Nutrition and Water AccessChild Nutrition and Feeding Issues

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior

Is Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior?

Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior 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 0.61.

Is Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior?