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Food and Nutrition Bulletin
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Food and Nutrition Bulletin

0379-5721

Published by: SAGE

https://journals.sagepub.com/home/fnb

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Biology and Biochemistry 831 9 9 4
Medicine 2604 19 24 9

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 52
Documents by Best Scientists*: 56
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 2
SCIMAGO H-index: 90
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.578
Impact Factor: 1.6

Overview

Top Research Topics at Food and Nutrition Bulletin?

Food and Nutrition Bulletin investigates studies in Environmental health, Malnutrition, Developing country, Economic growth and Micronutrient. While the journal focused on Environmental health, it was also able to explore topics like Psychological intervention, Biotechnology, Nutritional status, Public health and Pediatrics. Pediatrics and Anemia are closely related fields of research discussed in it.

It centers on topics in Anemia, with a focus on Iron deficiency. Malnutrition research presented in Food and Nutrition Bulletin encompasses a variety of subjects, including Nutrition Disorders and Gerontology. The journal focused on Developing country research but expanded to cover Socioeconomic status.

The research on Economic growth tackled can also make contributions to studies in the areas of Agriculture and Food security. Many of the studies tackled connect Micronutrient with a similar field of study like Fortification.

  • Environmental health (26.50%)
  • Malnutrition (17.82%)
  • Developing country (14.01%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • International Zinc Nutrition Consultative Group (IZiNCG) technical document #1. Assessment of the risk of zinc deficiency in populations and options for its control. (703 citations)
  • Update on technical issues concerning complementary feeding of young children in developing countries and implications for intervention programs. (584 citations)
  • Measurement and standardization protocols for anthropometry used in the construction of a new international growth reference. (528 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Food and Nutrition Bulletin:

The most cited papers focus on Environmental health, Developing country, Malnutrition, Pediatrics and Micronutrient. The most cited publications with studies in Environmental health featured incorporate elements of Biotechnology, Nutrition Disorders, Public health, Socioeconomic status and Food fortification. The most cited publications focus on Malnutrition but sometimes tackle the closely related topic of Gerontology which is concerned with MEDLINE.

What topics the last edition of the journal is best known for?

  • Internal medicine
  • Law
  • Food science

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal is organized to address concerns in the fields of Environmental health, Malnutrition, Anemia, Indonesian and Dietary diversity. Overweight, Obesity, Micronutrient, Public health and Poverty are some topics wherein Environmental health research discussed in it have an impact. The study on Obesity presented in the journal intersects with subjects under the field of Developing country.

The presented Malnutrition research focuses mostly on Double burden and, on occasion, topics in Qualitative research, Developmental psychology, Eating behavior and Situation analysis. Food and Nutrition Bulletin facilitates discussions on Anemia that incorporate concepts from other fields like Low birth weight, Population study, Mean corpuscular volume and Work productivity. While work presented in Food and Nutrition Bulletin provided substantial information on Dietary diversity, it also covered topics in Gerontology, Socioeconomics and School feeding.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Prevalence and Covariates of Food Insecurity Across the First 1000 Days Among Women of Mixed HIV Status in Western Kenya: A Longitudinal Perspective. (2 citations)
  • Scaling Up Delivery of Biofortified Staple Food Crops Globally: Paths to Nourishing Millions. (2 citations)
  • Free Senior High School Lunch Contributes to Dietary Quality of Nonresidential Students in Ghana (2 citations)

Papers citation over time

A key indicator for each journal is its effectiveness in reaching other researchers with the papers published at that venue.

The chart below presents the interquartile range (first quartile 25%, median 50% and third quartile 75%) of the number of citations of articles over time.

The top authors publishing in Food and Nutrition Bulletin (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Nevin S. Scrimshaw (65 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Noel W. Solomons (44 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Reynaldo Martorell (34 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Kenneth H. Brown (27 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Patrick Webb (26 papers) absent at the last edition.

The overall trend for top authors publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top authors.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Food and Nutrition Bulletin (based on the number of publications) are:

  • International Food Policy Research Institute (79 papers) published 5 papers at the last edition the same number as at the previous edition,
  • Tufts University (76 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 2 less than at the previous edition,
  • Johns Hopkins University (60 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 1 less than at the previous edition,
  • University of California, Davis (57 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • Cornell University (57 papers) absent at the last edition.

The overall trend for top affiliations publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top affiliations.

Publication chance based on affiliation

The publication chance index shows the ratio of articles published by the best research institutions in the journal edition to all articles published within that journal. The best research institutions were selected based on the largest number of articles published during all editions of the journal.

The chart below presents the percentage ratio of articles from top institutions (based on their ranking of total papers).Top affiliations were grouped by their rank into the following tiers: top 1-10, top 11-20, top 21-50, and top 51+. Only articles with a recognized affiliation are considered.

During the most recent 2021 edition, 0.00% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 27.27% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 14.55% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 16.36% of all publications and 41.82% were from other institutions.

Returning Authors Index

A very common phenomenon observed among researchers publishing scientific articles is the intentional selection of journals they have already attended in the past. In particular, it is worth analyzing the case when the authors participate in the same journal from year to year.

The Returning Authors Index presented below illustrates the ratio of authors who participated in both a given as well as the previous edition of the journal in relation to all participants in a given year.

Returning Institution Index

The graph below shows the Returning Institution Index, illustrating the ratio of institutions that participated in both a given and the previous edition of the conference in relation to all affiliations present in a given year.

The experience to innovation index

Our experience to innovation index was created to show a cross-section of the experience level of authors publishing in a journal. The index includes the authors publishing at the last edition of a journal, grouped by total number of publications throughout their academic career (P) and the total number of citations of these publications ever received (C).

The group intervals were selected empirically to best show the diversity of the authors' experiences, their labels were selected as a convenience, not as judgment. The authors were divided into the following groups:

  • Novice - P < 5 or C < 25 (the number of publications less than 5 or the number of citations less than 25),
  • Competent - P < 10 or C < 100 (the number of publications less than 10 or the number of citations less than 100),
  • Experienced - P < 25 or C < 625 (the number of publications less than 25 or the number of citations less than 625),
  • Master - P < 50 or C < 2500 (the number of publications less than 50 or the number of citations less than 2500),
  • Star - P ≥ 50 and C ≥ 2500 (both the number of publications greater than 50 and the number of citations greater than 2500).

The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.

Career Opportunities in Nutrition and Food Research

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Top Publications

  • Sociocultural Influences on Food Choices and Implications for Sustainable Healthy Diets

    Eva C. Monterrosa;Edward A. Frongillo;Adam Drewnowski;Saskia de Pee;Saskia de Pee

    (2020)
    286 Citations
  • The Role of Healthy Diets in Environmentally Sustainable Food Systems

    Michael Clark;Jennie Macdiarmid;Andrew D Jones;Janet Ranganathan

    (2020)
    59 Citations
  • Shaping Physical, Economic, and Policy Components of the Food Environment to Create Sustainable Healthy Diets.

    Adam Drewnowski;Eva C Monterrosa;Saskia de Pee;Saskia de Pee;Edward A Frongillo

    (2020)
    40 Citations
  • The Relationship Between Dietary Diversity Among Women of Reproductive Age and Agricultural Diversity in Rural Tanzania

    Alexandra L Bellows;Chelsey R Canavan;Mia M Blakstad;Dominic Mosha

    (2020)
    37 Citations
  • Multisectoral Integration of Nutrition, Health, and Agriculture: Implementation Lessons From Ethiopia:

    Ashley Bach;Erin Gregor;Shela Sridhar;Habtamu Fekadu

    (2020)
    33 Citations
  • Approaches to Defining Healthy Diets: A Background Paper for the International Expert Consultation on Sustainable Healthy Diets

    Shiriki Kumanyika;Ashkan Afshin;Mary Arimond;Mark Lawrence

    (2020)
    27 Citations
  • Territorial and Sustainable Healthy Diets

    Fatima Hachem;Davy Vanham;Luis A Moreno

    (2020)
    25 Citations
  • Consumer Acceptance and Willingness to Pay for Instant Cereal Products With Food-to-Food Fortification in Eldoret, Kenya.

    Hugo De Groote;Violet Mugalavai;Mario Ferruzzi;Augustino Onkware

    (2020)
    22 Citations
  • Adolescent Nutrition-Developing a Research Agenda for the Second Window of Opportunity in Indonesia.

    Robert Sparrow;Rina Agustina;Hilde Bras;Grace Sheila

    (2021)
    17 Citations
  • Aquatic Animal Foods for Nutrition Security and Child Health

    (2021)
    16 Citations

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Best Scientists Contributing to This Journal