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Manuscripts longer than 7500 words will be returned without review. Word count includes all text exclusive of tables (includes title page, abstract, text, figure legends, acknowledgments and references). The Journal is limited in the number of pages that can be published each year and article length is a consideration
in the editorial process.
There is a submission fee of $75 for manuscripts submitted to The Journal of Nutrition. The submission fee will be waived for authors of invited manuscripts, for authors of manuscripts included in approved American Society for Nutrition (ASN) annual meeting symposium
publications, and for corresponding authors who are members of the ASN. The Journal will consider requests to waive the fee for cases of financial hardship. Please see the "Author Fees" section for additional information.
Manuscripts submitted to The Journal of Nutrition must be based on original, unpublished research and will be peer reviewed. Submission implies that the manuscript has not been posted on the Internet and that
the data have not been published (other than in abstract form), are not under
consideration by another journal, and will not be released before
publication. See The Journal of Nutrition Embargo Policy
When preparing a manuscript for submission, authors are strongly encouraged to consult recent issues of The Journal of Nutrition for style and contents. Please review the The Journal of Nutrition Statement of Scope and carefully consider the suitability of the subject matter in the manuscript you are preparing to submit. Manuscripts are expected to present nutritionally relevant studies that add significantly to the current literature in one of The Journal's subject areas. The editorial goal of The Journal of Nutrition is that each publication will advance the science of nutrition. At the present time, about one-third of submitted manuscripts that have undergone initial editorial screening and have been assigned for external and editorial review are accepted for publication. Nearly all manuscripts that are accepted have undergone author revisions in response to comments of the reviewers and editors. Due to limitations in the number of pages The Journal of Nutrition can publish in each volume and an increasing rate of new submissions to The Journal of Nutrition, the suitability of an article's contents, the conciseness and clarity of the presentation, and the priority assigned to manuscripts by reviewers and editors are becoming increasingly important factors in the editorial decision process. In general, those manuscripts that are accepted for publication have received a high priority rating based on sufficient novelty of concept; high technical standards; clear, precise and concise writing; and careful presentation of data in tables and figures. About one-fifth of submitted manuscripts are returned to authors after a careful internal review by one or more editors, but without external review; the decision to repidly return a manuscript is generally based on the editorial team's determination that the subject matter is not well suited to The Journal of Nutrition, or that the manuscript is not sufficiently competitive in its present form to be recommended for revision and acceptance. The decision to rapidly return a manuscript will be made as expeditiously as possible.
The Journal publishes receipt date, date of completion of the initial
review, and date of acceptance of the revised manuscript for each
research article. The manuscript receipt date is the date all submission requirements are met, including payment of the manuscript submission fee and submission of a completed and signed Authors' Statement and Copyright Release form. Manuscripts that are not revised and returned within 120
days will be treated as new submissions unless prior permission has been granted by the editor for later resubmission. The date of acceptance will
be the date when all requested revisions have been returned to the
editorial office.
The author(s), in consideration of the acceptance of the work for publication, will transfer to the American Society for Nutrition (ASN) all of the rights, title and interest in and to the copyright of the work in its submitted form, including online supporting material (data supplements) submitted with the work, and in any form subsequently revised for publication and/or electronic dissemination. This includes display of the accepted article and online supporting material in electronic form on the internet before and/or after print publication. For U.S. Government authors, the provision applies only to the extent that copyright is transferable. The abstract of any article may be reproduced in any form or translated, without specific permission, provided that original citation is included.
Completed copyright release forms should be submitted as soon as possible. Revised manuscripts will not be processed until the completed Authors' Statement and Copyright Release Form is received. If the form was submitted with the original version of the manuscript and the title or author string is changed in the revised version, a new form must be submitted with the revised manuscript. The completed form can be sent to ASN by fax (301-634-7892) or by uploading a scanned copy of the form using the "Upload Copyright Form" link available in all Author Area queues in the online submission system.
Change of Authorship Form:
A Change in Authorship Form must be submitted if:
Rights of Authors: effective upon acceptance for publication, the American Society for Nutrition will license the following nonexclusive rights back to authors:
Copyright Transfer
The Rights of Authors
Authors must comply with the following requirements:
Authorship Responsibility
All authors of submitted manuscripts will be asked to affirm:
Statement of Authors' Contributions to Manuscript
Effective July 1, 2009, authors must indicate their contribution(s) to the manuscript in the Acknowledgments section. Use the descriptors listed below unless the author performed a function that clearly is not covered by one of these. While not all manuscripts will necessarily include all descriptors, all manuscripts, including reviews, must indicate who is responsible for design, writing, and final content.
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Please do not include “obtained funding” (the initials of authors who received grants may be included in the footnote regarding Support).
An example is:
A. X., R. F. G., and P. G. Y. designed research; R.F. G. and Q. C. conducted research; P. T. analyzed data; A. X., P. G. Y. and Q. C. wrote the paper. P. G. Y. had primary responsibility for final content. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
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