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Current Developments in Nutrition is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 4.6), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by Elsevier B.V..
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ISSN 2475-2991Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Elsevier B.V.
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medicine (miscellaneous) | 132 / 466 | 71st | Q2 |
| Food Science | 153 / 420 | 63rd | Q2 |
| Nutrition and Dietetics | 61 / 147 | 58th | Q2 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2017–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 4.6.
Current Developments in Nutrition is Q2 in Medicine (miscellaneous) (rank 132 of 466), Q2 in Food Science (rank 153 of 420) and Q2 in Nutrition and Dietetics (rank 61 of 147), by CiteScore 2025.
Current Developments in Nutrition is indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 4.6, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 71st percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.957, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 46.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$5,000 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
Current Developments in Nutrition is published by Elsevier B.V. Its ISSN is 2475-2991.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Current Developments in Nutrition has an h-index of 58 and a 2-year mean of 0.43 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 4.6, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #336 of 451 Scopus journals in Medicine (miscellaneous).
Current Developments in Nutrition published 1,559 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2020 with 2,032. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
In its latest 85 research articles (2026), authors are most often from United States (59.8%), Netherlands (4.2%) and Germany (3.3%). More than half of recent authorship comes from one country.
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 11 retracted papers are recorded (0.8 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
Index data is curated from public sources (Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, DOAJ). CiteScore and quartiles reflect the latest available Scopus release. Always verify a journal's current status on its official source before submitting.
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