Nutrition
African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development
A highly cited and prestigious quarterly peer reviewed journal with a global reputation, published in Kenya by the Africa Scholarly Science Communications Trust (ASSCAT). An internationally recognized publishing programme coverinh a wide range of scientific and development disciplines, including agriculture, food, nutrition, environmental management and sustainable development related information.
The primary audience of the Journal consists of scientists, researchers, policy makers, students and non Governmental populace whose profession and/or interest lie in sustainable development, agriculture and food security. The secondary target group also includes a wide range of people like journalists, lecturers, opinion leaders, who work in the media and provide the actors with information through newspapers, magazines, lectures, website, radio, television, traditional dance and drama.
AJFAND is open to both African and non-African contributors. Besides academic research, the journal provides an avenue for sharing information on national-level food, nutrition and agricultural programs.
Publishing frequency: Quarterly
Food and Nutrition Bulletin
The focus of the journal is to highlight original scientific articles on nutrition research, policy analyses, and state-of-the-art summaries relating to multidisciplinary efforts to alleviate the problems of hunger and malnutrition in the developing world.
Since its inception in 1978, the FNB has encouraged developing country authorship and offers page charge waivers for eligible scientists.
The FNB also serves as the principal outlet for the publication of reports of working groups and other activities of organizations such as United Nations Standing Committee on Nutrition (SCN) and its Advisory Group on Nutrition, the the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the World Health Organization (WHO), the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF), the United Nations University (UNU), the World Bank, the World Food Programme (WFP), and other organizations that have an interest in food and nutrition.
Publishing frequency: Quarterly
American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
Publishes original research studies relevant to human and clinical nutrition. Well-controlled clinical studies that describe scientific mechanisms, efficacy, and safety of dietary interventions in the context of disease prevention or a health benefit will be considered. Public health and epidemiologic studies relevant to human nutrition, and innovative investigations of nutritional questions that employ epigenetic, genomic, proteomic, and metabolomic approaches are encouraged. Solicited editorials,book reviews, solicited or unsolicited review articles, invited controversy position papers, and letters to the Editor that relate to prior AJCN articles are essential components of the AJCN.
Publishing frequency: Monthly
Journal of Nutrition
Publishes original research papers covering all aspects of experimental nutrition in humans and other animal species; special articles such as reviews and biographies of prominent nutrition scientists; and issues, opinions, and commentaries on controversial issues in nutrition. Supplements are frequently published to provide extended discussion of topics of special interest.
JN focuses on the review of manuscripts that address human, animal, cellular, and molecular nutrition. JN is especially interested in publishing manuscripts that advance the understanding of nutritional mechanisms in human populations, in animals, in relevant model organisms, in appropriate primary cells or cell culture models, and/or at the molecular level. Manuscripts addressing interactions of nutrition with genetics, physiological regulation, health outcomes, and behavioral outcomes are generally well suited for review by JN.
Publishing frequency: Monthly
Journal of Human Lactation
JHL is a peer-reviewed journal publishing original research, insights in practice and policy, commentaries, and case reports relating to research and practice in human lactation and breastfeeding. JHL is relevant to lactation professionals in clinical practice, public health, research, and a broad range of fields related to the trans-disciplinary field of human lactation.This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
Written for professionals by professionals, the Journal of Human Lactation deals with the practical, everyday topics that nurses, lactation consultants, midwives, nutritionists/dieticians, public health and social workers, therapists, and physicians face every day, such as
- Patient counseling
- Sociological and ethnic issues in dealing with breastfeeding
- Practical discussions of diseases and conditions, such as mastitis, candida infections, engorgement
- Care plans developed to help mothers and babies that require special care
- Economics of breastfeeding
- Educating physicians, hospital administration and other departments
- Practical training for lactation consultants
Publishing frequency: Quarterly
Journal of Health, Population, and Nutrition
Originating in 1983 as the Journal of Diarrhoeal Diseases Research, JHPN was re-launched in 2000 by icddr,b, a world‐class public health research organization, in Dhaka, Bangladesh. icddr,b developed JHPN during the period 2000-2015 as an internationally renowned journal, with a special focus on research of relevance to developing countries.
JHPN brings together research on all aspects of issues related to population, nutrition and health. The journal publishes articles across a broad range of topics including global health, maternal and child health, nutrition, common illnesses and determinants of population health.
The journal considers all aspects of global health, and includes but is not limited to, the following sections:
- Non-communicable diseases
- Respiratory diseases
- Gastrointestinal diseases
- Vector-Borne diseases
- Zoonotic diseases
- Sexually transmitted diseases
- Health economics
- Health systems
- Under-nutrition
- Over-nutrition
- Reproductive health and family planning
- Maternal, new born and child health
Publication frequency: Continuous
Food Policy
A multidisciplinary journal publishing original research and novel evidence on issues in the formulation, implementation, and evaluation of policies for the food sector in developing, transition, and advanced economies.
The journal's main focus is on the economic and social aspect of food policy, prioritizing empirical studies informing international food policy debates. Provided that articles make a clear and explicit contribution to food policy debates of international interest, the journal considers papers from any of the social sciences. Papers from other disciplines (e.g., law) will be considered only if they provide a key policy contribution, and are written in a style which is accessible to a social science readership.
Policy issues that are relevant to the journal include:
- Food production, trade, marketing, and consumption
- Nutrition and health aspects of food systems
- Food needs, entitlements, security, and aid
- Food safety and quality assurance
- Technological and institutional innovation affecting food systems and access
- Food systems and environmental sustainability
Publishing frequency: 8 issues a year
Maternal and Child Nutrition
Addresses fundamental aspects of nutrition and its outcomes in women and their children, both in early and later life, and keeps its audience fully informed about new initiatives, the latest research findings and innovative ways of responding to changes in public attitudes and policy. Drawing from global sources, the Journal provides an invaluable source of up to date information for health professionals, academics and service users with interests in maternal and child nutrition.
Its scope includes pre-conception, antenatal and postnatal maternal nutrition, women's nutrition throughout their reproductive years, and fetal, neonatal, infant, child and adolescent nutrition and their effects throughout life. Topics covered include:
- Nutritional needs of mothers and their children in health and disease
- Physiological, sociocultural, psychological, economic and political aspects of nutrition
- Health Improvement
- Health education
- Health policy and assessment in practice
- Inter-agency initiatives
- Food safety and related environmental and regulatory issues
- Nutritional risk assessment
- Evaluation of interventions aimed at improving health
- The role of nutrition in both healthy and vulnerable groups
- Development of research methods, validation of measures
Publishing frequency: Quarterly plus supplements
Public Health Nutrition
Provides an international peer-reviewed forum for the publication and dissemination of research and scholarship aimed at understanding the causes of, and approaches and solutions to, nutrition-related public health achievements, situations and problems around the world. The journal publishes original and commissioned articles, commentaries and discussion papers for debate.
The journal is of interest to epidemiologists and health promotion specialists interested in the role of nutrition in disease prevention; academics and those involved in fieldwork and the application of research to identify practical solutions to important public health problems. The journal welcomes papers that:
- Address monitoring and surveillance of nutritional status and nutritional environments in communities or populations at risk
- Identify and analyse behavioral, sociocultural, economic, political, and environmental determinants of nutrition-related public health
- Develop methodology needed for assessment and monitoring
- Inform efforts to improve communication of nutrition-related information
- Build workforce capacity for effective public health nutrition action
- Evaluate or discuss the effectiveness of food and nutrition policies
- Describe the development, implementation, and evaluation of innovative interventions and programs to address nutrition-related problems
- Relate diet and nutrition to sustainability of the environment and food systems
Publishing frequency: 18 issues a year
Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition
The aims of the journal are to publish high quality clinical nutrition relevant research findings which can build the capacity of clinical nutritionists in the region and enhance the practice of human nutrition and related disciplines for health promotion and disease prevention. APJCN will publish original research reports, reviews, short communications and case reports. News, book reviews and other items will also be included.
The acceptance criteria for all papers are the quality and originality of the research and its significance to our readership. Except where otherwise stated, manuscripts are peer-reviewed by at least two anonymous reviewers and the Editor. The Editorial Board reserves the right to refuse any material for publication and advises that authors should retain copies of submitted manuscripts and correspondence as material cannot be returned. Final acceptance or rejection rests with the Editorial Board.
Publishing frequency: Quarterly
