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Nutrition and Metabolic Insights is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 4.2), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by Libertas Academica Ltd..
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Publisher: Libertas Academica Ltd.
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Food Science | 172 / 420 | 59th | Q2 |
| Nutrition and Dietetics | 70 / 147 | 52nd | Q2 |
| Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism | 127 / 250 | 49th | Q3 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2008–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 4.2.
Nutrition and Metabolic Insights is Q2 in Food Science (rank 172 of 420), Q2 in Nutrition and Dietetics (rank 70 of 147) and Q3 in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism (rank 127 of 250), by CiteScore 2025.
Nutrition and Metabolic Insights 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 4.2, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 59th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.527, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 26.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$2,650 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.
Nutrition and Metabolic Insights is published by Libertas Academica Ltd. Its ISSN is 1178-6388.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Nutrition and Metabolic Insights has an h-index of 31 and a 2-year mean of 2.57 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 4.2, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #157 of 407 Scopus journals in Food Science.
Nutrition and Metabolic Insights published 11 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2022 with 29. 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 95 research articles (2021–2026), authors are most often from Iran (19.5%), Ethiopia (13.2%) and United States (12.9%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 2 retracted papers are recorded (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.
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