Nutrition & Metabolism

ISSN 1743-7075 · BioMed Central · United Kingdom · active 1972–2026

Metrics

Best Scimago quartile (2025)
Q1
Cites per paper (2y)
4.1
SJR
1.041
h-index
129

“Cites per paper” is a two-year cited-by rate computed from OpenAlex. It is not a Clarivate Journal Impact Factor — we neither compute nor license that metric (how the two differ). Citation rates differ enormously between fields, so compare within a discipline. What the other figures mean: journal quartile, SJR, h-index and article processing charge.

Data as of 18 October 2026 (venue index build).

Scimago Journal Rank 2025

In the Scimago Journal Rank 2025 edition, Nutrition & Metabolism is Q1 in 2 of its 3 subject categories and Q2 in the other 1. Its best category quartile is Q1.

Scimago 2025 quartile and rank of Nutrition & Metabolism in each subject category
Subject categoryQuartileRank in category
Nutrition and DieteticsQ1#34 of 147
Medicine (miscellaneous)Q1#478 of 2,517
Endocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismQ2#83 of 249
Cites per document (2 years, Scopus)
3.89
Documents indexed in 2025 (Scopus)
158

The quartile is the one Scimago prints for each category. Rank is the journal's position by SJR among the journals Scimago lists in that category (#1 is the highest); “—” means we hold no rank consistent with that quartile. The document count is what Scopus indexed that year, which can be lower than a journal's full output. Source: SCImago Journal Rank 2025 edition, from Scopus data (scimagojr.com, CC BY-NC).

Nutrition & Metabolism is Q1 in 2 of its 3 Scimago subject categories (2025 edition; best category Nutrition and Dietetics: Q1, #34 of 147), with SJR 1.041 (Scimago) and an h-index of 129 (OpenAlex). Listed in DOAJ, Scopus, Web of Science, PubMed.

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Responding time

Submission to first decision
12 days (median)
Publisher-reported
Submission to acceptance
137 days (median)
Estimated from our library (20 papers)
Acceptance to publication
14 days (median)
Estimated from our library (20 papers)
Submission to publication
150 days (median)
Estimated from our library (20 papers)

Turnaround figures are indicative, not a guarantee: DOAJ values are self-reported by the journal (average weeks, submission to publication); library estimates are medians of the received/accepted dates printed in papers we hold. Editorial times vary by article type and season — confirm on the journal’s own site.

Indexing & access

Indexed in
DOAJScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
Access status:
gold. Where this comes from publisher-level signals rather than works-level data it is a heuristic — confirm on the journal’s own site, especially regarding any article processing charge.
Article processing charge
Article processing charge (APC): €2,990 per accepted article (DOAJ). Fee waivers are available.

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Scope

dietmetabolismphysiologynutritionalpublichealthenvironmentaloccupationaladipokinesinflammationmetabolicdiseases

Frequently asked

Is Nutrition & Metabolism a predatory journal?

Our screening does not flag Nutrition & Metabolism. That is not a guarantee of quality — it means the venue is not on Beall's archive (frozen since 2017) and does not match our name-pattern heuristic. It is listed in DOAJ, Scopus, Web of Science, PubMed, which is a positive signal.

Is Nutrition & Metabolism indexed in Scopus or Web of Science?

Per our venue index, Nutrition & Metabolism appears in: DOAJ, Scopus, Web of Science, PubMed. Index membership changes over time — confirm on the index's own site before relying on it.

What is the impact factor of Nutrition & Metabolism?

Papers in Nutrition & Metabolism are cited about 4.1 times each within two years of publication, and Scimago places it in Q1, with an h-index of 129. Those are the open equivalents: the Clarivate Journal Impact Factor is a proprietary metric we neither compute nor license, so we show the two-year citation rate and Scimago quartile instead — they answer the same question of how heavily the journal is cited. A citation rate is a property of a field as much as of a journal.

What Scimago quartile is Nutrition & Metabolism (Q1, Q2, Q3, or Q4)?

In the Scimago Journal Rank 2025 edition, Nutrition & Metabolism is Q1 in 2 of its 3 subject categories and Q2 in the other 1. By category: Nutrition and Dietetics: Q1, #34 of 147; Medicine (miscellaneous): Q1, #478 of 2,517; Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: Q2, #83 of 249. Its best category quartile is Q1. Quartiles split the journals in a subject category into four equal groups by SJR, so Q1 is the most-cited quarter and Q4 the least; Nutrition & Metabolism is cited about 4.1 times per paper over two years, with an h-index of 129.

What is the Web of Science (JCR) quartile of Nutrition & Metabolism?

The Web of Science quartile comes from Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports (JCR), a proprietary product we neither license nor compute — so we cannot state a JCR quartile for Nutrition & Metabolism. The open equivalent is its best Scimago quartile, Q1 in Nutrition and Dietetics and 1 other category, derived from Scopus citation data. Because JCR ranks against Web of Science and Scimago against Scopus, the two can differ, so check Clarivate's site directly if you need the JCR quartile specifically.

Is Nutrition & Metabolism open access?

Our index records its access status as "gold". Where this is derived from publisher-level signals rather than works-level data it is a heuristic, so confirm on the journal's own site — particularly if an article processing charge matters to you.

What is the article processing charge (APC) to publish in Nutrition & Metabolism?

Article processing charge (APC): €2,990 per accepted article (DOAJ). Fee waivers are available. The exact charge can vary by article type and any fee waiver, so confirm the current amount on the journal's own site.

How long does Nutrition & Metabolism take to publish a paper?

Submission to first decision for Nutrition & Metabolism takes about 12 days (median) — Publisher-reported. Treat it as indicative rather than a guarantee: editorial times vary by article type, reviewer availability and season, and a self-reported figure is the journal's own. We do not hold a peer-review acceptance rate for Nutrition & Metabolism.

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