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Journal History

2009 The inaugural issue was released. Nutrients was published as a quarterly journal.
2010 Nutrients adopted a monthly publication schedule.
Nutrients was indexed in Scopus (Elsevier), starting with Volume 1 (Issue 1).
2011 Nutrients was indexed in Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE)—Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics), starting with Volume 1 (Issue 1).
Nutrients was indexed in MEDLINE—National Library of Medicine (NLM), starting with Volume 1 (Issue 1).
2012 Nutrients received its first Impact Factor (0.676).
2013 The Impact Factor increased to 2.072.
2014 The Impact Factor increased to 3.148.
2015 The Impact Factor increased to 3.270.
Nutrients published its 1,000th paper.
The Nutrition Society of New Zealand (NSNZ) and the Australasian Section—American Oil Chemists Society (AAOCS) became affiliated to Nutrients.
2016 The Impact Factor increased to 3.759.
The Asia Pacific Nutrigenomics Nutrigenetics Organisation (APNNO) became affiliated to Nutrients.
2017 Nutrients received its 2016 Impact Factor (3.550).
The Italian Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (SIGENP) became affiliated to Nutrients.
2018 Nutrients received its 2017 Impact Factor (4.196), ranked 18/81 (Q1) in "Nutrition & Dietetics".
Nutrients published its 5,000th paper.
The Nutrition Society of Australia (NSA) and the International Chair for Advanced Studies on Hydration (CIEAH) became affiliated to Nutrients.
2019 Nutrients received its 2018 Impact Factor (4.171), ranked 16/86 (Q1) in "Nutrition & Dietetics".
Nutrients held the first international conference Nutrients 2019 - Nutritional Advances in the Prevention and Management of Chronic Disease, in Barcelona, Spain, 25‒27 September 2019.
The subject areas were refined to 13 sections.
The European Sport Nutrition Society (ESNS) and the Spanish Society of Community Nutrition (SENC) became affiliated to Nutrients.
Nutrients established the following sections:
  • Micronutrients and Human Health;
  • Macronutrients and Human Health;
  • Phytochemicals and Human Health;
  • Prebiotics and Probiotics;
  • Nutritional Epidemiology;
  • Nutrition and Public Health;
  • Nutrition Methodology & Assessment;
  • Nutritional Immunology;
  • Sports Nutrition;
  • Nutrigenetics and Nutrigenomics;
  • Nutrition and Metabolism;
  • Clinical Nutrition;
  • Nutritional Policies and Education for Health Promotion.
2020 Nutrients received its 2019 Impact Factor (4.546), ranked 17/89 (Q1) in "Nutrition & Dietetics".
Nutrients published its 10,000th paper.
Nutrients held the first electronic international conference - Nutritional and Microbiota Effects on Chronic Disease, 2‒15 November 2020.
The Spanish Nutrition Society (SEN) became affiliated to Nutrients.
The Australasian Section—American Oil Chemists Society (AAOCS) is no longer affiliated to Nutrients.
2021 Nutrients received its 2020 Impact Factor (5.717), ranked 17/89 (Q1) in "Nutrition & Dietetics".
The Spanish Nutrition Foundation (FEN) and the Ocular Wellness & Nutrition Society (OWNS) became affiliated to Nutrients.
Nutrients established the following sections:
  • Nutrition in Women;
  • Pediatric Nutrition;
  • Lipids;
  • Carbohydrates;
  • Proteins and Amino Acids;
  • Nutrition and Obesity;
  • Nutrition and Diabetes;
  • Geriatric Nutrition;
  • Hydration.
Macronutrients and Human Health was discontinued.
2022 Nutrients adopted a semimonthly publication schedule.
Nutrients received its 2021 Impact Factor (6.706), ranked 15/90 (Q1) in "Nutrition & Dietetics".
2023 Nutrients received its 2022 Impact Factor (5.9), ranked 17/88 (Q1) in "Nutrition & Dietetics".
The Nutrition Society of Australia (NSA) is no longer affiliated to Nutrients.
Hydration was discontinued.
2024 Nutrients received its 2023 Impact Factor (4.8), ranked 18/114 (Q1) in "Nutrition & Dietetics".
Nutrients held the forth electronic international conference—Plant-Based Nutrition Focusing on Innovation, Health, and Sustainable Food Systems, 16–18 October 2024.
Nutrients established the following section:
  • Nutrition and Neuro Sciences.
2025 Nutrients received its 2024 Impact Factor (5.0), ranked 17/112 (Q1) in "Nutrition & Dietetics".
2026 Prebiotics and Probiotics was renamed as Prebiotics, Probiotics and Postbiotics.
The Austrian Society for Clinical Nutrition (AKE) is no longer affiliated to Nutrients.

Editor-in-Chief

2009–2013 Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Peter Howe
2013–2017 Editors-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Peter Howe and Prof. Dr. Jonathan Buckley
2017–2018 Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Jonathan Buckley
2018–present Editors-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Lluís Serra-Majem and Prof. Dr. Maria Luz Fernandez

Section Editor-in-Chief

2020 Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Antje Hebestreit for the section on Nutrition Methodology and Assessment
2020–2022 Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Gloria Lena Vega for the section on Nutrition and Metabolism
2020–2023 Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Ina Bergheim for the section on Clinical Nutrition
2020–2025 Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. M. Luisa Bonet for the section on Nutrigenetics and Nutrigenomics
2020–present Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Maria Dolores del Castillo for the section on Phytochemicals and Human Health
Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Federica I. Wolf for the section on Micronutrients and Human Health
Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Valerie B. Duffy for the section on Nutrition and Public Health
Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Francisco J. Pérez-Cano for the section on Nutritional Immunology
Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Luis A. Moreno for the section on Nutritional Epidemiology
Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Stefano Guandalini for the section on Prebiotics and Probiotics
Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. David C. Nieman for the section on Sports Nutrition
2020–2021 Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Bernard Venn for the section on Macronutrients and Human Health
2021–present Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Yvan Vandenplas for the section on Pediatric Nutrition
Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Philip J. Atherton for the section on Proteins and Amino Acids
Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Javier Gómez-Ambrosi for the section on Nutrition and Obesity
Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Antonis Zampelas for section on Nutritional Policies and Education for Health Promotion
Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Hermann Toplak for section Nutrition and Diabetes
Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Mario Barbagallo for section Geriatric Nutrition
2021–2023 Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Gunter G.C. Kuhnle for the section on Nutrition Methodology and Assessment
2021–2024 Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Kimber L. Stanhope for the section on Carbohydrates
2021–2025 Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Manohar Garg for the section on Lipids
Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Leanne M. Redman for the section on Nutrition in Women
2022–2023 Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Stavros Kavouras for the section on Hydration
2023–present Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Jaime Uribarri for the section on Clinical Nutrition
Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. George Moschonis for the section on Nutrition Methodology & Assessment  
Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Jean-Louis Guéant for the section on Nutrition and Metabolism
2025–present Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Juan Carlos Laguna for the section on Carbohydrates
Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Panteleimon Giannakopoulos for the section on Nutrition and Neuro Sciences
Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Marilyn Cornelis for the section on Nutrigenetics and Nutrigenomics
Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Max S. Petrov for the section on Lipids
Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Annunziata Lapolla for the section on Nutrition in Women
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