Aims

Penelitian Gizi dan Makanan (The Journal of Nutrition and Food Research) is a peer-reviewed scholarly journal dedicated to the dissemination of scientific research that advances knowledge in nutrition, food, and their relationships with human health and well-being.

The journal provides a platform for researchers, academics, healthcare professionals, nutritionists, food scientists, public health practitioners, policymakers, and other relevant stakeholders to communicate and exchange scientific evidence. It aims to support the development of nutrition and food sciences through the publication of methodologically sound, original, and ethically conducted research.

The journal welcomes contributions from diverse geographical, cultural, and socioeconomic settings that improve understanding of nutritional status, dietary patterns, food quality, food systems, nutrition-related health outcomes, and evidence-informed policies and interventions.

Scope

The journal publishes research addressing scientific, clinical, public health, social, and policy-related dimensions of nutrition and food. Its scope includes, but is not limited to, the following areas:

1. Nutritional Status and Nutritional Epidemiology

Research on nutritional status, dietary assessment, nutrient intake, dietary patterns, nutritional biomarkers, anthropometry, and the distribution and determinants of nutritional conditions across populations.

2. Clinical and Public Health Nutrition

Research on the relationships between nutrition and health outcomes, including malnutrition, undernutrition, overweight, obesity, nutrition-related noncommunicable diseases, nutritional management, and nutrition across the life course.

3. Maternal, Infant, Child, Adolescent, and Older Adult Nutrition

Research on nutritional needs, dietary practices, growth and development, maternal nutrition, infant and young child feeding, and nutritional challenges affecting different population groups.

4. Food Composition and Nutritional Quality

Research on food composition, nutrient content, nutrient bioavailability, nutrient metabolism, functional food components, and the effects of food processing, preparation, storage, and preservation on nutritional quality and human health.

5. Food Safety and Food Quality in Relation to Nutrition and Health

Research on food safety, food contamination, food quality, foodborne hazards, and other food-related factors that have direct implications for nutritional outcomes, dietary health, or public health.

6. Dietary Behavior and Nutrition Education

Research on food choices, eating behavior, dietary practices, nutrition knowledge, nutrition literacy, nutrition communication, and educational or behavioral interventions intended to improve dietary quality and nutritional outcomes.

7. Community Nutrition and Nutrition Interventions

Research on community-based nutrition programs, nutrition interventions, nutritional surveillance, nutrition services, program implementation, and the evaluation of interventions designed to improve nutritional status and health outcomes.

8. Food Security, Food Systems, and Sustainable Nutrition

Research on food availability, accessibility, affordability, utilization, food environments, food systems, and the relationships between food security, dietary quality, nutritional status, and sustainable food consumption.

9. Nutrition Policy, Programs, and Governance

Research on nutrition-related policies, public health programs, regulations, institutional arrangements, and policy implementation and evaluation, particularly their implications for food systems, nutritional status, and population health.

10. Nutrition Research Methods and Evidence Synthesis

Methodological research, secondary data analyses, systematic reviews, meta-analyses, and other evidence-synthesis approaches that contribute to the advancement of nutrition and food research.

Types of Articles

The journal considers the following manuscript types:

• Original research articles.

• Secondary data analysis articles.

• Policy analysis articles.

• Review articles, including systematic reviews and meta-analyses.

All submissions must demonstrate relevance to the journal's scope, methodological appropriateness, scientific rigor, originality, and compliance with research and publication ethics.

Scope Boundaries

The journal prioritizes manuscripts that establish a clear scientific contribution to nutrition, food, and their implications for human health or well-being.

Studies in food science, food technology, food chemistry, food safety, or related disciplines may be considered when their relevance to nutrition, dietary quality, food systems, or human health is clearly established.

Manuscripts focused exclusively on food engineering, industrial processing, product development, or commercial performance, without a clear connection to the journal's scientific focus, may be considered outside the journal's scope.

Manuscripts are assessed according to their scientific merit, methodological quality, originality, ethical compliance, and relevance to the journal. Inclusion within the stated scope does not guarantee acceptance for publication.