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American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
Medicine and clinical research
Among the 50 medicine and clinical research journals in this index it has the 18th highest h-index and the 18th highest two-year mean citedness. Both are explained under how venues are ranked.
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Where its authors come from
Share of the 1 495 papers since 2023 with at least one author in each country.
| Country | Share of papers |
|---|---|
| United States | 49% |
| United Kingdom | 15% |
| China | 13% |
| Canada | 10% |
| Australia | 8% |
What it publishes
Mix of article types:
| Type | Share |
|---|---|
| Research articles | 81% |
| Reviews | 5% |
| Letters | 4% |
Main subject areas of those papers:
| Subject area | Share of papers |
|---|---|
| Nutritional Studies and Diet | 12% |
| Fatty Acid Research and Health | 5% |
| Child Nutrition and Water Access | 5% |
| Infant Nutrition and Health | 3% |
| Gut microbiota and health | 3% |
| Nutrition and Health Studies | 3% |
Most cited papers since 2023
- Food Insecurity, Neighborhood Food Environment, and Health Disparities: State of the Science, Research Gaps and Opportunities (2023, 299 citations)
- The Relationship of Omega-3 Fatty Acids with Dementia and Cognitive Decline: Evidence from Prospective Cohort Studies of Supplementation, Dietary Intake, and Blood Markers (2023, 169 citations)
- Dietaryindex: a user-friendly and versatile R package for standardizing dietary pattern analysis in epidemiological and clinical studies (2024, 150 citations)
- Planetary Health Diet Index and risk of total and cause-specific mortality in three prospective cohorts (2024, 145 citations)
- Nutritional priorities to support GLP-1 therapy for obesity: a joint Advisory from the American College of Lifestyle Medicine, the American Society for Nutrition, the Obesity Medicine Association, and The Obesity Society (2025, 144 citations)
Official rankings
Many evaluations use a national or commercial list rather than raw citation counts. We don't reproduce those lists here; check the journal on each one directly (search for ISSN 0002-9165):
- Scimago (SJR and quartile): what quartiles mean
- Norwegian register (level 1 or 2): national lists explained
- Finnish Publication Forum (JUFO level 0 to 3)
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