Nutrition and Health

Top Research Topics at Nutrition and Health?

The journal focuses on Environmental health, Gerontology, Internal medicine, Food science and Obesity. The research on Environmental health featured in Nutrition and Health combines topics in other fields like Feeding behavior, Nutritional status, Public health, Pediatrics and Malnutrition. The journal focuses on Internal medicine as well as the interrelated topic of Endocrinology.

The journal focuses on Food science research which is adjacent to topics in Nutrient. Overweight is a primary topic of Obesity research in Nutrition and Health.

• Environmental health (20.11%)
• Gerontology (12.27%)
• Internal medicine (11.38%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

• A short dutch questionnaire to measure fruit and vegetable intake: relative validity among adults and adolescents (167 citations)
• Change in the Ascorbic Acid, Total Phenol and Antioxidant Activity of Sun-dried Commonly Consumed Green Leafy Vegetables in Nigeria (141 citations)
• Docosahexaenoic acid protects from amyloid and dendritic pathology in an Alzheimer's disease mouse model. (107 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Nutrition and Health:

Environmental health, Food science, Internal medicine, Public health and Pediatrics are the main subjects of interest in the journal publications. While the primary focus in the published papers is Internal medicine, they also dissect topics surrounding Endocrinology and Biochemistry as a whole. The journal articles with studies in Pediatrics featured incorporate elements of Body mass index, Anthropometry and Obesity.

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

• Internal medicine
• World War II
• Disease

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal is mainly concerned with subjects like Environmental health, Obesity, Internal medicine, Malnutrition and Gerontology. Research in Dietary intake and the interrelating topic of Diet quality were among the subjects of interest in the Environmental health studies discussed in Nutrition and Health. The study on Obesity presented in Nutrition and Health intersects with subjects under the field of Body weight.

While work presented in Nutrition and Health provided substantial information on Internal medicine, it also covered topics in Gastroenterology, Endocrinology and Perceived Stress Scale. Topics in Malnutrition explored in the journal were investigated in conjunction with research in Double burden and Disease. The journal explores studies in Food insecurity as part of the wider topic of Food security.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

• Effect of 12 months of creatine supplementation and whole-body resistance training on measures of bone, muscle and strength in older males. (5 citations)
• How will the way we live look different in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic? A nutrition survey in Greece. (2 citations)
• Comparative assessment of overweight/obesity among rural and urban reproductive-age women in Ethiopia: Evidence from a cross-sectional 2016 national survey. (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.

Top authors and change over time

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

• Michael A. Crawford (28 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Kenneth Barlow (13 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Arthur Wynn (12 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Abdulrahman O. Musaiger (11 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Margaret Wynn (11 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.

Top affiliations and change over time

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

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

• College of Health Sciences, Bahrain (18 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
• London Metropolitan University (15 papers) absent at the last edition,
• Obafemi Awolowo University (14 papers) absent at the last edition,
• University of São Paulo (13 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition,
• Liverpool John Moores University (9 papers) published 1 paper 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, 3.66% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 15.19% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 5.06% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 17.72% of all publications and 62.03% 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.

Further Studies and Areas for Development

Despite the broad range of subjects already covered in this journal, there are several potential areas for future focus. The research on Obesity could be further explored, in particular, its links with various health conditions outside of body weight, such as mental health, stress, and sleep quality. The impact of nutrition on age-related conditions can be a viable branch to investigate, given the percentage of publications focusing on Gerontology.

It will also be beneficial for this journal to delve into more specialized areas of medicine. For instance, expanding on Internal Medicine by exploring the correlation between nutrition, health, and specific illnesses such as diabetes or cardiovascular diseases could be an intriguing avenue. Furthermore, to strengthen engagement from the healthcare sector, exploring the role of nursing in relation to patients’ nutritional health could be considered in the future. An in-depth review and comparison of the best nurse practitioner programs in Massachusetts as it relates to nutrition health could provide a useful perspective in this sphere.

Exploring these potential research areas could further enhance the diversity and depth of Nutrition and Health's subject matter, fostering a wider readership and inviting meaningful dialogues across different fields. Stakeholders should strongly consider these prospective fields for their future editions.