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BMC Nutrition

BioMed Central Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1987

ISSN2055-0928eISSN2055-0928

SJR Q2✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.703

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.875

Total Worksi

1,298

Total Citationsi

16,515

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.45

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Nutrition & Dietetics; Medicine (miscellaneous); Nutrition and Dietetics; Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health; Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1987

Annual Volume~ 188 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,298

Publisher OrgBioMed Central

OA Since2013

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewOpen

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

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Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

BioMed Central Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2055-0928 / 2055-0928

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

Open

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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?

LOCKSS, PMC, CLOCKSS

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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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

1.7k

2019

1.7k

2020

1.4k

2021

160

1.9k

2022

152

1.4k

2023

170

1.1k

2024

243

706

2025

230

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

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthQ2

Endocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Nutrition & Dietetics

Scopus Categories

Nutrition and DieteticsEndocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthMedicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Child Nutrition and Water AccessNutritional Studies and DietObesity, Physical Activity, DietFood Security and Health in Diverse PopulationsNutrition and Health in AgingIron Metabolism and DisordersBreastfeeding Practices and InfluencesConsumer Attitudes and Food LabelingGlobal Maternal and Child HealthDiet and metabolism studies

Frequently asked questions about BMC Nutrition

Is BMC Nutrition a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for BMC Nutrition: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, 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 BMC Nutrition?

BMC 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 2.45.

Is BMC Nutrition indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

BMC Nutrition is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of BMC Nutrition?