American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition is the peer-reviewed monthly journal of the American Society for Nutrition, founded in 1952 and published by Elsevier since 2023, covering human and clinical nutrition, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 7.1 and a first-quartile position in nutrition and dietetics《美国临床营养学杂志》是（American Society for Nutrition）的同行评议月刊，1952 年创办，自 2023 年起由（Elsevier）出版，覆盖人体与临床营养，2025 年影响因子为 7.1，在营养与饮食学类别列第一四分位。

Scope

• Topics include obesity, vitamins and minerals, nutrition and disease, and energy metabolism, all relevant to human and clinical nutrition议题包括肥胖、维生素与矿物质、营养与疾病以及能量代谢，均与人体和临床营养相关。
• The journal focuses on well-controlled clinical studies that describe the scientific mechanisms, efficacy and safety of dietary interventions该刊聚焦设计良好的临床研究，阐述膳食干预的科学机理、效力与安全性。
• Such dietary interventions are examined in the context of disease prevention or a health benefit此类膳食干预在疾病预防或健康获益的背景下予以考察。
• Public health and epidemiologic studies relevant to human nutrition are also encouraged与人体营养相关的公共卫生与流行病学研究同样受到鼓励。
• Innovative investigations of nutritional questions that employ epigenetic, genomic, proteomic and metabolomic approaches are welcome采用表观遗传、基因组、蛋白质组与代谢组方法对营养学问题开展的创新研究也受到欢迎。
• Manuscripts must therefore be relevant to human and clinical nutrition rather than to animal or purely laboratory nutrition因此稿件须与人体和临床营养相关，而非仅涉及动物营养或纯实验室营养学。

History

• The journal traces its origins to 1952, when it was launched as the Journal of Clinical Nutrition, and has appeared under its present title since 1954该刊源于 1952 年创办的（Journal of Clinical Nutrition），自 1954 年起以现名出版。
• It became the official journal of the American Society for Clinical Nutrition in 1961 and is now the official publication of the American Society for Nutrition1961 年它成为（American Society for Clinical Nutrition）的官方期刊，如今是（American Society for Nutrition）的官方出版物。
• It was published by Oxford University Press until the end of 2022 and has been published by Elsevier from January 2023 onwards该刊由（Oxford University Press）出版至 2022 年底，自 2023 年 1 月起由（Elsevier）出版。
• The journal appears monthly and has been indexed in MEDLINE from volume 17 in 1965, forming part of the Abridged Index Medicus core clinical journals该刊为月刊，自 1965 年第 17 卷起被（MEDLINE）收录，属于（Abridged Index Medicus）的核心临床期刊。
• Its Journal Impact Factor moved from 7.045 in 2021 and 8.472 in 2022 through 6.9 in 2024 to 7.1 in 2025其影响因子由 2021 年的 7.045、2022 年的 8.472 经 2024 年的 6.9 变为 2025 年的 7.1。
• It is a hybrid journal, so publication under the subscription model carries no charge to authors and an open access license is optional该刊为混合期刊，按订阅模式发表不向作者收费，开放获取许可属可选。

Editors

• Christopher Duggan, a physician at Boston Children's Hospital in the United States, is the Editor-in-Chief现任主编为美国（Boston Children's Hospital）的（Christopher Duggan）。
• Deirdre K. Tobias of Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital serves as Academic Editor（Harvard Medical School）与（Brigham and Women's Hospital）的（Deirdre K. Tobias）担任学术编辑。
• The Dennis Bier Early Career Editor is Rachel Herdes of Stanford University School of Medicine（Dennis Bier Early Career Editor）由（Stanford University School of Medicine）的（Rachel Herdes）担任。
• Twenty associate editors support the journal, among them Arne Astrup of the University of Copenhagen, David S. Ludwig of Harvard Medical School and An Pan of Huazhong University of Science and Technology二十位副编辑参与该刊工作，包括（University of Copenhagen）的（Arne Astrup）、（Harvard Medical School）的（David S. Ludwig）与（Huazhong University of Science and Technology）的（An Pan）。
• The journal also draws on an editorial board of about twenty-two members and a statistical review board of about twenty-one members该刊还倚重约二十二位成员组成的编委会与约二十一位成员组成的统计评审委员会。
• Editors and board members come from institutions in the United States, Canada, Denmark, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, India, China and Tanzania, among other countries编辑与编委来自美国、加拿大、丹麦、荷兰、英国、印度、中国与坦桑尼亚等国机构。