Overview
International Journal for Vitamin and Nutrition Research (IJVNR) is an international peer-reviewed open access journal hosted by Chinese Nutrition Society, co-hosted by the Federation of Asian Nutrition Societies, published by IMR Press. IJVNR publishes papers in the field of nutrition research that contain new and significant information of general interest. The primary focus of the journal is vitamins, minerals, trace elements, and minor plant components. Papers related to basic and clinical nutrition, nutritional epidemiology, diet and health, nutrition in prevention and therapy, dietetics, interaction of foodstuffs, nutritional pharmacology, analytic methods in nutrition, as well as on behavioral and psychological aspects and diet and nutrition will be considered. Reviews, Meta-Analyses, Abstracts of meetings and Articles on nutritional recommendations and guidelines are also encouraged, as are Letters to the Editor and News and Views articles.
ISSN Numbers
Print ISSN: 0300-9831
Electronic ISSN: 1664-2821
Ownership
The journal is owned by IMR Press.
Impact Factor
Publication Frequency: Bimonthly
Current Impact Factor: 2.5 (2024)
Scopus CiteScore: 5.6
JCR Category Rank: Q3 in NUTRITION & DIETETICS
Journal History
1930 International Journal for Vitamin and Nutrition Research established.
1971 International Journal for Vitamin and Nutrition Research released the inaugural issue.
1997 International Journal for Vitamin and Nutrition Research has been indexed by Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), and received its first Impact Factor 0.594.
1999 International Journal for Vitamin and Nutrition Research has been recorded with electronic version.
2025 IMR Press started to publish International Journal for Vitamin and Nutrition Research (IJVNR) (from Volume 95 Issue 1) with Open Access under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license.
Benefits of Open Access Publishing
The advent of online publication has greatly improved access to scientific content on a global scale. Therefore, starting from August 1, 2024, all publications of IJVNR will be freely available online immediately after publication, without the need for a paid subscription. This aims to allow more scholars to benefit from research results, promote innovation, and bring new discoveries.
Under the open-access model of IJVNR, the journal primarily covers publication costs through the use of Article Processing Charge. These costs include managing the editorial process, producing published versions, developing online features, and maintaining the quality of journal publications.
Copyright
Most papers published in Volumes 69–94 (from 1999 to 2024) are copyrighted by IMR Press, and the authors retain the copyrights of individual open-access articles. Articles published beginning from Volume 95 Issue 1 (2025) are under the terms and conditions of the CC BY license. The copyright is retained by the author(s).
IMR Press will insert the following note on the first page of the published text:
© Year The Author(s). Published by IMR Press. This is an open access article under the CC BY 4.0 license.
Permissions
IMR Press grants any third party the right to use the article freely, so long as its integrity is maintained and its original authors, citation details and publisher are identified.
Permission is not required to use original figures or tables for non-commercial and educational use (e.g., in a review article, or in a book that is not for sale) if the article is copyright IMR Press. Please include the full journal reference and, for articles published in Volumes 69–94 (1999–2024), include "Copyright (copyright year) IMR Press" as a copyright note.
Articles published beginning from Volume 95 Issue 1 (2025) are under the terms and conditions of the CC BY license. IJVNR is not authorized to grant permission for material published under either license, as the authors retain copyright. However, depending on the intended use, permission may not be required at all. For details, see: Copyright & License.