Nutrition and Dietetic Resources: Journal Literature
This guide provides resources on nutrition, dietetics, and food science.
Selected Nutrition Journals
- American Journal of Clinical NutritionThe American Journal of Clinical Nutrition publishes the latest research topics in nutrition, including obesity, nutrition and disease, vitamins and minerals, and energy metabolism.
- Annual Review of NutritionThe Annual Review of Nutrition publishes significant developments in the field of nutrition, including energy metabolism, carbohydrates, lipids, proteins and amino acids, vitamins, minerals, nutrient transport and function, metabolic regulation, nutritional genomics, molecular and cell biology, clinical nutrition, comparative nutrition, nutritional anthropology, nutritional toxicology, nutritional microbiology, epidemiology, and public health nutrition.
- Clinical NutritionClinical Nutrition is an international journal providing essential scientific information on nutritional and metabolic care and the relationship between nutrition and disease both in the setting of basic science and clinical practice.
- The Journal of NutritionThe Journal of Nutrition publishes original research papers covering all aspects of experimental nutrition in humans and other animal species; special articles such as reviews and biographies of prominent nutrition scientists; and issues, opinions, and commentaries on controversial issues in nutrition.
- The Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and DieteticsThe Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics focuses on advancing professional knowledge across the range of research and practice issues such as: nutritional science, medical nutrition therapy, public health nutrition, food science and biotechnology, foodservice systems, leadership and management, and dietetics education.
- Maternal and Child NutritionMaternal and Child Nutrition is an open access journal publishing research that addresses fundamental aspects of nutrition and its outcomes in women and their children globally, covering pediatric nutrition and obstetrics.
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Selected Food Science Journals
- British Food JournalThe British Food Journal (BFJ) publishes empirical and applied research articles from all disciplines including consumption, business, managing and marketing, sustainability and environment, and health, welfare and education.
- Food ChemistryFood Chemistry publishes papers dealing with the advancement of the chemistry and biochemistry of foods or the analytical methods/approach used.
- Food Quality and PreferenceFood Quality and Preference is a journal devoted to sensory, consumer and behavioural research in food and non-food products. It publishes original research, critical reviews, and short communications in sensory and consumer science, and sensometrics.
- Journal of Functional FoodsThe Journal of Functional Foods aims to bring together the results of fundamental and applied research into healthy foods and biologically active food ingredients
- Trends in Food Science and TechnologyTrends in Food Science and Technology is an international journal that publishes critical and comprehensive reviews and commentaries of current technology, food science and human nutrition.
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Literature Databases
Reviewing the literature can be a great way to gain understanding on a topic or research question. We have compiled a short list of databases most suitable for literature searching. Each of these databases include the option to access full-text.
- Google Scholar This link opens in a new window
Google Scholar enables you to search for peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, preprints, abstracts, and technical reports from broad areas of research. Use it to find articles from a wide variety of academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories and universities, as well as scholarly articles available across the web.
Note: Identify papers that cite an article of interest in by following its "Cited by" link. Please read How to Connect to Full Text in Google Scholar for access information. - PubMed This link opens in a new window
PubMed comprises more than 28 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Citations may include links to full-text content from PubMed Central and publisher web sites. - Scopus This link opens in a new windowA large interdisciplinary database that provides citations and abstracts for journal articles in thousands of subjects. Citation information is tracked back to 1996, allowing you to identify articles that reference earlier articles, calculate metrics such as the h-index and compare journal citation information.
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