Public Health Nutrition
Public Health Nutrition (commonly abbreviated as Public Health Nutr.) is a peer-reviewed journal published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of The Nutrition Society, issued bimonthly. Founded in 1998 and fully open access since January 2022, it concentrates on promoting good health through nutrition and the population-level prevention of nutrition-related illness.《公共卫生营养》（Public Health Nutrition，常用缩写为 Public Health Nutr.）是一份由英国营养学会（The Nutrition Society）主办、剑桥大学出版社代为出版的同行评审学术期刊，双月刊。该刊创刊于 1998 年，自 2022 年 1 月起转为完全开放获取，专注通过营养促进健康与营养相关疾病的人群层面预防。
Scope
The journal's editorial stance takes the population level as its measure, requiring that a paper address the causes, pathways or solutions of nutrition-related public health at that level rather than merely observing individuals or mechanisms. It describes itself as an international peer-reviewed forum for understanding the causes of and approaches to nutrition-related public health achievements, situations and problems around the world. Its principal subject areas include:本刊的取稿立场是「以人群层面为尺度」，即要求论文须在群体层面回答营养相关公共健康的成因、路径或解决方案，而非仅在个体或机制层面作观察。刊物自述为理解营养相关公共健康成就、状况与问题的成因及解决途径提供国际同行评审论坛。收文覆盖的主要方向包括：
- Nutritional epidemiology: the measurement of dietary exposure, and the distribution and determinants of nutrition-related disease.营养流行病学： 膳食暴露测量、营养相关疾病的分布与决定因素。
- Intervention and evaluation: the design, implementation and outcome appraisal of population nutrition interventions.干预与评估： 人群营养干预的设计、实施与效果评价。
- Health promotion: nutrition education, behaviour change and community-level health promotion strategies.健康促进： 营养教育、行为改变与社区层面的健康促进策略。
- Food environment and policy: food supply, food policy and evidence-based appraisal of nutrition-related public health policy.食物环境与政策： 食品供应、食品政策与营养相关公共健康政策的循证评估。
- Global and vulnerable populations: global nutritional status, the nutrition transition, and nutritional problems of vulnerable populations.全球与弱势人群： 全球营养状况、营养转型与弱势人群的营养问题。
The journal has been fully open access since January 2022, with an article processing charge of US$3,550, and Cambridge University Press operates read and publish agreements covering publication costs for authors from affiliated institutions. The publisher states an official median of 5 days to first decision and an acceptance rate of 21 per cent. The journal is indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded and carries a 2025 impact factor of 3.0 and a CiteScore of 6.2.该刊自 2022 年 1 月起完全开放获取，文章处理费为 3550 美元，剑桥大学出版社另设「阅读与发表」协议覆盖协议机构作者的发表费用。出版方官方公布初审时间中位 5 天、录用率 21%。该刊被科学引文索引扩展版收录，2025 年影响因子 3.0、引用分数 6.2。
History
- Founding (1998): the journal was founded in 1998, sponsored by The Nutrition Society and published by Cambridge University Press. The founding title is the current one, with no predecessor.创刊（1998年）： 本刊创刊于 1998 年，由英国营养学会主办、剑桥大学出版社出版；创刊刊名即为现名，无前身刊。[1]
- Society affiliation: The Nutrition Society, founded in 1941, publishes six scientific journals, all through Cambridge University Press, with the present journal serving as its public health nutrition title.学会归属： 英国营养学会成立于 1941 年，旗下共六种科学刊物，均交剑桥大学出版社出版；本刊定位为该学会的公共卫生营养方向刊物。[1]
- Open access transition (2022): the journal became fully open access on 1 January 2022, among the earlier titles in the society's family to convert, and the library's record of the open access start agrees with the official statement.开放获取转型（2022年）： 该刊自 2022 年 1 月 1 日起转为完全开放获取，是该学会系列中较早完成转型的刊物；库内所记开放获取起点与官方一致。[1]
- Current editor: Charlotte Evans serves as editor-in-chief, an associate professor at the University of Leeds, her editorship recorded in the editors' block of the society's official journal page. The library's previously missing editor field has been filled in from the official page.现任主编： 夏洛特·埃文斯（Charlotte Evans）任主编，为利兹大学副教授；其主编身份在英国营养学会官方期刊页的编者栏中载明。库内原缺编辑字段，已按官方页补入。[1]
- Official acceptance rate: the publisher states an official median of 5 days to first decision and an acceptance rate of 21 per cent. The library's previous notes of easy acceptance and an average of three to six weeks had no official basis and have been deleted.官方录用率： 出版方官方公布初审时间中位 5 天、录用率 21%；库内原记录用率「容易」与审稿「平均，3 至 6 周」均无官方依据，已删除。[2]
- Metric trend: the 2025 impact factor of 3.0, together with a CiteScore of 6.2, places the journal in the medical class 3 zone of the Chinese Academy of Sciences ranking, with nutrition and dietetics and public, environmental and occupational health both at zone 3.指标走势： 影响因子自 2025 年的 3.0 与引用分数 6.2 共同刻画该刊位置；中科院分区中列于医学大类三区，营养学与公共卫生环境卫生职业卫生小类三区。[1]
Editors
The journal operates under a single editor appointed by The Nutrition Society, with manuscripts submitted through the ScholarOne Manuscripts system. The society states a time to first decision and an acceptance rate, and the composition of the editorial office is taken from the masthead.本刊实行主编负责制，主编由英国营养学会任命并主持编辑部；稿件经 ScholarOne Manuscripts 系统投递。官方公布初审时长与录用率，编辑部构成以刊头署名为准。
- Charlotte Evans (current editor-in-chief): associate professor at the University of Leeds, working on public health nutrition and nutrition policy, her editorship recorded in the editors' block of the society's official journal page.夏洛特·埃文斯（现任主编）： 利兹大学副教授，研究方向为公共卫生营养与营养政策；其主编身份在英国营养学会官方期刊页的编者栏中载明。[1]
- Society's journal family: The Nutrition Society's six journals span directions from basic nutritional science to public health nutrition and policy, with the present journal the only one in the family positioned at the population level.学会刊物体系： 英国营养学会旗下六种刊物覆盖从基础营养科学到公共卫生营养与政策的方向，本刊是该体系中唯一定位于人群层面的刊物。[1]
- Member access benefit: from May 2026 members of the society have been able to access all of its journals free of charge, the present journal included, an arrangement that strengthens the journal's linkage with the society.会员权益联动： 自 2026 年 5 月起，学会会员可免费访问其全部刊物，本刊随之纳入该权益范围；这一安排强化了刊物与学会的联动。[1]
- Acceptance and speed: the publisher states an official median of 5 days to first decision and an acceptance rate of 21 per cent. The former includes editorial screening and is pulled down heavily by manuscripts rejected without external review.录用与时效： 出版方官方公布初审时间中位 5 天、录用率 21%；前者含编辑部初筛，这一极短数字主要由未经外审即退稿的稿件拉低。[2]
- Standing in the field: the journal is regarded as one of the principal titles in public health and nutritional epidemiology, its intervention research cited directly in nutrition policy and public health guidelines, and it is especially well suited to data-oriented studies.学科地位： 该刊被视为公共卫生与营养流行病方向的主要刊物之一，其干预研究常被营养政策与公共卫生指南直接引用，在数据型研究的适配度上尤为突出。[1]