Journal of the American Nutrition Association

Journal of the American Nutrition Association publishes original research in nutrition science with practical value for clinicians and researchers, issued by Taylor and Francis for the American Nutrition Association.《美国营养协会杂志》发表对临床医生与研究者有实用价值的营养科学原创研究，由 Taylor and Francis 为美国营养协会出版。

The title places its weight on discoveries that help to individualise nutrition, and it reads the subject as something to be fitted to a person rather than to a population alone.该刊把重心放在有助于个体化营养的发现上，把这一学科读作需要贴合具体个人的东西，而非只面向人群。

In the 2025 edition of the journal citation report it holds an impact factor of 3.3 and stands in the second quartile of nutrition and dietetics.在 2025 年版期刊引证报告中，该刊的影响因子为 3.3，在营养与饮食学类目中列第二区。

Scope

• Original research forms the core, and a paper is judged by whether its finding can be put to use by someone who works with patients.原创研究构成核心，论文以其发现能否为诊治患者的人所用为评判依据。

• Innovation is asked for, and the journal prefers a study that opens a new line over one that repeats a familiar measurement.该刊要求创新，偏好开辟新方向的研究，而非重复熟悉测量的研究。

• The readership is made up of researchers, physicians, nutritionists and other health professionals, and the journal writes for all of them.读者由研究者、医师、营养师与其他健康专业人员组成，该刊为这几类人一并写作。

• Critical reviews are accepted on topics of weight in nutrition, and a review is expected to mark out the teaching points rather than to summarise alone.该刊就营养学中有分量的题目收载批判性综述，所选综述要求标出可供教学的要点，而非仅作概述。

• The relevance of a review to practice is named as part of what the journal looks for, so that a synthesis is not left hanging.综述与实践的关联被点名为该刊所寻求的一部分，使综合不至于悬在半空。

• Human nutrition supplies the ground the journal works over, and work on the effect of diet on health is admitted.人类营养是该刊的工作范围，关于膳食对健康影响的工作受到收载。

• Personalised nutrition is treated as a theme of its own, and studies that fit advice to an individual are welcomed.个体化营养自成一个主题，把建议贴合到具体个人的研究受到欢迎。

• Letters to the editor and commentaries are carried, so that a matter of importance in the field can be argued in the open.该刊刊载读者来信与评论，使领域内的重要之事得以公开争辩。

• Abstract clusters on nutritional topics are taken with editorial comment, which gives a set of related findings a single place.营养题目的摘要集连同编辑评论一并收载，使一组相关的发现同处一地。

• Book reviews appear, and the journal follows what is being written at length about the subject.书评也有出现，该刊追踪关于这一学科的长篇著述。

• Abstracts from the annual meeting of the association are published in the October issue, which keeps the journal close to its own community.学会年会的摘要刊登在十月号上，这使该刊与自己的学术群体保持贴近。

• Clinical trials and observational studies are both admitted, and the journal takes the kinds of design that suit a nutrition question.临床试验与观察性研究都在接纳之列，该刊收载适合营养学问题的各类设计。

• Matters of methodology are given room, since the measurement of intake is difficult and a poor method weakens a good question.方法学问题得到空间，因为摄入量的测量并不容易，拙劣的方法会拖累一个好问题。

• Public health questions are treated alongside the individual, so that a finding may speak to a population as well as to a patient.公共卫生问题与个体问题一并处理，使某一发现既对个人也对人群说话。

• Studies of dietary pattern are taken, since what a person eats over a week may matter more than any single nutrient.膳食模式的研究受到收载，因为一个人一周内所食可能比任一单一营养素更要紧。

• Papers on the gut and on the microbiome appear, and the journal follows their bearing on nutrition and on health.肠道与微生物组的论文也有出现，该刊追踪它们与营养和健康的关系。

• Measurement of intake is treated as a methodological subject, and the journal carries work on how a diet is recorded.摄入量的测量被当作方法学选题，该刊刊载膳食如何记录方面的工作。

• Work on supplements is admitted, and the journal takes studies that weigh a claim against the evidence behind it.补充剂方面的工作也在接纳之列，该刊收载把某一宣称与其背后证据相比量的研究。

• The journal follows nutrition across the life course, and work on the young, on adults and on older people is taken.该刊在生命历程中追踪营养，关于幼年、成年与老年的工作都予收载。

• Authors are asked to say what their finding would change in practice, so that a conclusion is not left to the reader.作者须说明其发现会在实践中改变什么，使结论不至于留给读者自行揣度。

History

• The journal traces its line to 1982, when the first volume appeared under the title Journal of the American College of Nutrition.该刊的血脉可上溯到 1982 年，第 1 卷以《美国营养学院杂志》之名问世。

• It was founded by the American College of Nutrition, a body established to encourage the scientific study of nutrition and metabolism.该刊由美国营养学院创办，该机构是为鼓励营养与代谢的科学研究而设立的。

• In 2019 that body joined with three related organisations under the name American Nutrition Association, and the journal followed in 2022.2019 年，该机构与三家相关组织以美国营养协会之名合并，刊物则在 2022 年随之更名。

• The present title was adopted in 2022, and the volume numbering ran on from the earlier name into volume 41.现行刊名于 2022 年采用，卷号自旧名延续到第 41 卷。

• The earlier number 0731-5724 has been left behind, and the journal now carries 2769-7061 in print and 2769-707X online.旧刊号 0731-5724 已被取代，该刊如今印刷版用 2769-7061，线上版用 2769-707X。

• Eight issues are gathered into a year, and the journal has kept that rhythm through the change of name.该刊每年汇集八期，这一节奏在更名前后一直保持。

• MEDLINE and PubMed have carried the title from its forty first volume in 2022, and the journal appears in the science citation services.MEDLINE 与 PubMed 自 2022 年的第 41 卷起收录该刊，该刊也见于科学引文服务。

• The impact indicator has stood at 6.8, then 2.6, and reached 3.3 in the 2025 edition.影响因子先为 6.8，后为 2.6，在 2025 年版达到 3.3。

• A small share of the papers is free to read on publication, and the journal runs a hybrid open access model.该刊只有很小一部分论文在出版时即可免费阅读，刊物实行混合开放获取模式。

• The journal carries on the habit of its predecessor in printing the abstract supplement of its society's annual meeting.该刊沿袭前身刊的做法，印出本学会年会的摘要增刊。

• The publisher has been the same house throughout, working from Abingdon in Oxfordshire.出版方自始至终是同一家，办公地点在牛津郡的阿宾登。

• The journal is owned by the association it serves, and the relationship is set out on the pages of both bodies.该刊归它所服务的协会所有，这一关系在两个机构的页面上都有说明。

• The journal is read by dietitians as well as by physicians, and a paper is expected to serve both.该刊的读者既有医师也有营养师，论文被期待同时服务两者。

• A section of the journal is given to the meeting abstracts of its society, which keeps a record of work in progress.该刊有一部分版面留给本学会的会议摘要，从而为在进行中的工作留下记录。

Editors

• The editor-in-chief is Rachel Kopec of the Ohio State University, who took up the post in January 2020.主编是俄亥俄州立大学的（Rachel Kopec），于 2020 年 1 月就任。

• The editor came to the post from within the journal, having served as an associate editor from 2018 onward.主编出自该刊内部，自 2018 年起先担任副编辑。

• Her own research lies in human nutrition, and she has worked on the metabolism of carotenoids and on what becomes of them in the body.她本人的研究在于人类营养，曾研究类胡萝卜素的代谢及其在体内的去向。

• A deputy editor-in-chief and a managing editor work with the editor, and editorial support is drawn from the association.一位副主编与一位执行编辑与主编共事，编辑事务的支持来自该协会。

• An editorial board covers the branches of nutrition that the journal takes, from clinical work to public health.一支编委会覆盖该刊所收营养学的各个分支，从临床工作一直到公共卫生。

• Manuscripts are submitted through the publisher's online system and are sent to independent referees for peer review.稿件通过出版方的在线系统投递，并送交独立审稿人进行同行评审。

• Authors are expected to declare competing interests and to follow the published ethics policy of the house.作者须声明利益冲突，并遵循出版方公布的伦理政策。

• Open access publication carries a charge on accepted papers, and the journal sets out the amount and the waiver rules on its pages.开放获取出版对录用的论文收取费用，该刊在页面上说明金额与减免规则。

• Authors are asked to make their data available, so that a finding about diet can be checked by others.作者须公开其数据，使关于膳食的发现可被他人核验。

• The editorial office answers queries by email and guides authors through submission and revision.编辑部以电子邮件答复查询，并引导作者完成投稿与修回。