Nutrients | Call for Special Issue Proposals for Section “Micronutrients and Human Health”

We are now accepting Special Issue proposals for the new Section “Micronutrients and Human Health” (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/nutrients/sections/Micronutrients_Human_Health) of the journal Nutrients (ISSN: 2072-6643). If you are an active researcher in the field and are passionate about publishing cutting-edge research, please do not hesitate to contact the Section Managing Editor Ms. Susan Yu (susan.yu@mdpi.com).

Micronutrients are essential components of diet. They are typically divided into four groups: water-soluble vitamins, fat-soluble vitamins, macrominerals, and microminerals or trace elements. A lack or imbalance of these components can impact human health at different levels. Awareness of how diet can affect human health is increasing, but more research is needed to understand how dietary components interact with each other and how to balance these elements in different situations.

We encourage the submission of manuscripts that provide novel and mechanistic insights on the role of micronutrients either in human health, in specific circumstances (e.g., gestation, infancy, senescence), or during pathological processes. Relevant epidemiological data and research focusing on animal models and on appropriate “in vitro” approaches are also welcome.

Nutrients is an international peer-reviewed open access journal advancing knowledge in the field of human nutrition. Nutrients is fully covered by the leading indexing services, including PubMed/MEDLINE, Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science), Scopus/SciVerse, and Google Scholar. Full-text articles are also available in PubMed Central. The Impact Factor of Nutrients is 5.719.

The following information should be provided in a proposal:

A 150–200-word summary that clearly states the significance, novelty, technical advancement, and adherence to the scope of the journal of the proposed topic;
A list of 5–10 keywords relating to the topic;
A proposed submission deadline (a Special Issue will usually be open for submissions for 6–8 months);
A list of at least 20 potential contributors, or a list of 8 planned papers.

As a Guest Editor, you would be responsible for:

Inviting your peers to submit papers to be published in your Special Issue;
Checking the suitability of abstracts/manuscripts submitted to the Special Issue;
Making pre-check decisions on whether a manuscript can be sent out for peer-review;
Making decisions on whether a manuscript can be accepted based on the reports we collect;
Promoting the Special Issue and increasing its visibility at related academic conferences.

As a Guest Editor, you would have the following privileges:

A certificate of recognition as a Guest Editor of Nutrients;
Publishing one paper free of charge in your Special Issue;
Inviting senior authors to submit high-quality papers to be published in your Special Issue with certain discounts;
If ten or more papers are published in this Special Issue, we can make a Special Issue book and send a hard copy to each Guest Editor.

For further information, please do not hesitate to contact the Editorial Office (nutrients@mdpi.com).