About the Journal

Aims & Scope

Progress in Nutrition is an international, peer reviewed, Open Access journal covering topics related to human nutrition and metabolism, spanning from clinical nutrition, endocrinology, nutrition methodology and statistics, food biochemistry, and sports and fitness nutrition. The Journal has been publishing since 1999.

The journal publishes original research articles, reviews, case reports, and letters to the editor dealing with human health, nutrition, and metabolism challenges with the aim of broadening the current knowledge on nutrition related physiological and pathological mechanisms, including malnutrition, obesity, and metabolism related pathologies.

Progress in Nutrition is the official journal of the Italian Society of Nutritional Science (SISA) and is sponsored by Nutrition and Food Researchers Association (ARNA).

The journal is published by Mattioli1885. Mattioli1885 has been at the forefront of research and scientific publishing since 1885. Today, Mattioli1885 continues to work with passion and consistency in the fields of communication, publishing, and scientific training.

Indexed in:

Scopus, Bibliovigilance

 

Issues:

  1. March issue
  2. June issue
  3. September issue
  4. December issue

 

Journal Policies

Editorial Policies

The policies of the journal are based on the guidelines set forth by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors. The journal follows the code on good publication practice, “Core Practice,” set forth by the Committee on Publication Ethics (http://publicationethics.org/).

Editorial Independence

Progress in Nutrition is published by Mattioli1885. Mattioli 1885 grants editorial freedom to the Editor of the journal.

Open Access Policy

All research articles published in Progress in Nutrition are freely and permanently accessible online. The authors retain the copyright for their published work.

Authors

Authors are responsible for their contributions to the journal. Contributions must be meaningful and scientifically sound. All authors must contribute to the design, performance, analysis, and reporting of the manuscript.

Authors must obtain ethics committee approval and informed patient consent for any experimental use of a novel procedure or tool where a clear clinical advantage based on clinical need was not apparent before treatment.

The corresponding author, must declare, also on behalf of the other authors, the existence or otherwise of financial connections (consultancies, ownership of shares, patents, etc.) that might constitute a potential conflict of interest in relation to the subject matter of the article. In the case of existence of any such financial connections, the authors concerned must declare them in a brief but complete definition at the end of the article, before the references.

If no conflict of interest exists the corresponding Author should type: "Each author declares that he or she has no commercial associations (e.g. consultancies, stock ownership, equity interest, patent/licensing arrangement etc.) that might pose a conflict of interest in connection with the submitted article".

Without these declarations the submission process cannot progress.

Progress in Nutrition permits only one corresponding author per manuscript submission. This Author is solely responsible for all correspondence with the the editorial team of the journal and will receive all emails regarding forms, authorship issues, manuscript files, etc.

For more information see: Authors Guidelines

Double-Blind Peer Review Process - Fair and Transparent

All articles published in Progress in Nutrition undergo a double-blind peer-review process, to ensure a fair and transparent critical assessment of all published works.

Each manuscript will be pre-evaluated by an editor in terms of scope and scientific soundness and if fulfilling all requirements in line with the journal guidelines, it will be sent to review and will be assigned at least 2 reviewers (anonymous to the authors) following the double-blind peer-review process.

Scientific referees will return an evaluation of the work to the editor, noting weaknesses or problems along with suggestions for improvement. Most of the referees' comments are shared with the author. Associate Editors will evaluate the referees' comments, the manuscript, and the context of the scope of the journal before sending a decision back to the author(s), usually with the referees' comments. Referees' evaluations include an explicit recommendation regarding the evaluated manuscript. The role of the referees is advisory, and the editor has no formal obligation to accept the referees’ opinions.

If revisions are requested, the author is prompted to address any queries or revision request from the editorial board.

Focus of the Journal

From 2017 we don't accept any more and we don't publish articles about studies on rats or mice.

How to submit a revised manuscript

Files to resubmit:

  1. Revised manuscript file with changes highlighted or in red. You can use Track Changes in word, highlight changes, underline your changes, or use red for changes. Use a short file name, such as revised (the file extension should be added automatically), for your new manuscript file.
  2. Response to reviewers.

 

APC – Article Processing Charges

All accepted articles undergo APCs. Our journal requires some APCs (Article Processing Charges) to cover our article processing and publication expenses. APCs cover the costs of peer review management, copy-editing, typesetting, XML and PDF conversion, PDF and other formats' production, and the direct contact with indexing (Web of Science) services and customer services (DOI).

Article Processing and review charge (APC): 500 Euro

Fast processing + review + evaluation for the next available issue: 1000 euro

Please note that APCs do not apply to rejected articles or submitted articles. Authors are requested to pay their APC once their article is officially accepted by the editorial team - ensuring a fair and transparent peer-review process. The APC should be paid after the acceptance for publication of the article and before the publication.

Please find more on APCs About/Article Processing Fee

 

Policies on Conflict of Interest, Human and Animal rights, and Informed Consent

Competing interests

Progress in Nutrition requires authors to declare all competing interests in relation to their work. All submitted manuscripts must include a ‘competing interests’ section at the end of the manuscript listing all competing interests (financial and non-financial). Where authors have no competing interests, the statement should read “The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.” Editors may ask for further information relating to competing interests. Editors and reviewers are also required to declare any competing interests and will be excluded from the peer review process if a competing interest exists.

Competing interests may be financial or non-financial. A competing interest exists when the authors’ interpretation of data or presentation of information may be influenced by their personal or financial relationship with other people or organizations. Authors should disclose any financial competing interests but also any non-financial competing interests that may cause them embarrassment if they were to become public after the publication of the article.

Financial competing interests include (but are not limited to):
– Receiving reimbursements, fees, funding, or salary from an organization that may in any way gain or lose financially from the publication of the article, either now or in the future.
– Holding stocks or shares in an organization that may in any way gain or lose financially from the publication of the article, either now or in the future.
– Holding, or currently applying for, patents relating to the content of the manuscript.
– Receiving reimbursements, fees, funding, or salary from an organization that holds or has applied for patents relating to the content of the manuscript.
– Non-financial competing interests
– Non-financial competing interests include (but are not limited to) political, personal, religious, ideological, academic, and intellectual competing interests. If, after reading these guidelines, you are unsure whether you have a competing interest, please contact the Editor.

Authors from pharmaceutical companies, or other commercial organizations that sponsor clinical trials, should declare these as competing interests on submission. They should also adhere to the Good Publication Practice guidelines for pharmaceutical companies, which are designed to ensure that publications are produced in a responsible and ethical manner. The guidelines also apply to any companies or individuals that work on industry-sponsored publications, such as freelance writers, contract research organizations and communications companies.

 

Human and animal rights

All research must have been carried out within an appropriate ethical framework. If there is suspicion that work has not taken place within an appropriate ethical framework, Editors will follow the Misconduct policy and may reject the manuscript, and/or contact the author(s)’ institution or ethics committee. On rare occasions, if the Editor has serious concerns about the ethics of a study, the manuscript may be rejected on ethical grounds, even if approval from an ethics committee has been obtained.

Research involving human subjects, human material, or human data, must have been performed in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and must have been approved by an appropriate ethics committee. A statement detailing this, including the name of the ethics committee and the reference number where appropriate, must appear in all manuscripts reporting such research. If a study has been granted an exemption from requiring ethics approval, this should also be detailed in the manuscript (including the name of the ethics committee that granted the exemption). Further information and documentation to support this should be made available to Editors on request. Manuscripts may be rejected if the Editor considers that the research has not been carried out within an appropriate ethical framework. In rare cases, Editors may contact the ethics committee for further information.

If a study has not been submitted to an ethics committee prior to commencing, retrospective ethics approval usually cannot be obtained and it may not be possible to consider the manuscript for peer review. How to proceed in such cases is at the Editor(s)’ discretion.

Authors reporting the use of a new procedure or tool in a clinical setting, for example as a technical advance or case report, must give a clear justification in the manuscript for why the new procedure or tool was deemed more appropriate than usual clinical practice to meet the patient’s clinical need. Such justification is not required if the new procedure is already approved for clinical use at the authors’ institution. Authors will be expected to have obtained ethics committee approval and informed patient consent for any experimental use of a novel procedure or tool where a clear clinical advantage based on clinical need was not apparent before treatment.

 

Informed consent

For all research involving human subjects, informed consent to participate in the study should be obtained from participants (or their parent or guardian in the case of children under 16) and a statement to this effect should appear in the manuscript.

For all manuscripts that include details, images, or videos relating to individual participants, written informed consent for the publication of these must be obtained from the participants (or their parent or legal guardian in the case of children under 16) and a statement to this effect should appear in the manuscript. If the participant has died, then consent for publication must be sought from the next of kin of the participant. This documentation must be made available to Editors on request, and will be treated confidentially. In cases where images are entirely unidentifiable and there are no details on individuals reported within the manuscript, consent for publication of images may not be required. The final decision on whether consent to publish is required lies with the Editor.

Experimental research on vertebrates or any regulated invertebrates must comply with institutional, national, or international guidelines, and where available should have been approved by an appropriate ethics committee. The Basel Declaration outlines fundamental principles to adhere to when conducting research in animals and the International Council for Laboratory Animal Science (ICLAS) has also published ethical guidelines.

A statement detailing compliance with relevant guidelines (e.g. the revised Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 in the UK and Directive 2010/63/EU in Europe) and/or ethical approval (including the name of the ethics committee and the reference number where appropriate) must be included in the manuscript. If a study has been granted an exemption from requiring ethics approval, this should also be detailed in the manuscript (including the name of the ethics committee that granted the exemption and the reasons for the exemption). The Editor will take account of animal welfare issues and reserves the right to reject a manuscript, especially if the research involves protocols that are inconsistent with commonly accepted norms of animal research. In rare cases, Editors may contact the ethics committee for further information.

For experimental studies involving client-owned animals, authors must also document informed consent from the client or owner and adherence to a high standard (best practice) of veterinary care.

Field studies and other non-experimental research on animals must comply with institutional, national, or international guidelines, and where available should have been approved by an appropriate ethics committee. A statement detailing compliance with relevant guidelines and/or appropriate permissions or licences must be included in the manuscript. We recommend that authors comply with the Convention on the Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora and the IUCN Policy Statement on Research Involving Species at Risk of Extinction.

Authors are strongly encouraged to conform to the Animal Research: Reporting In Vivo Experiments (ARRIVE) guidelines, developed by the National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research (NC3Rs), for reporting animal studies.

For studies reporting livestock trials with production, health and food-safety outcomes, authors are encouraged to adhere to the Reporting Guidelines for Randomized Controlled Trials in Livestock and Food Safety (REFLECT).

Advertising Polices for Print and Web Publications

Missions  

The mission of Mattioli 1885 is to provide a fast, reliable and thought-provoking media outlet to the world medical communities in both basic research and clinical practice, with timely coverage of diverse medical disciplinary topics.

The nature of all our journals are open access, which means all the contents of the journals are accessible freely to all viewers from every part of the world as long as they have internet accessibility, our viewers are from all over the world.

In addition to the contemporary online editions of journals, we also have print editions of journals circulating all over the world, this traditional media platform can meet different needs of our customers.  

Advertising content

All advertising contents should be clearly indicated as an advertisement, they should not be confused with the editorial contents and articles. The editorial policy and publishing policy are not affected by any advertisers.

Competitive rates

Our rates for advertising are very competitive, we can offer you prime advertising space for a very reasonable price. Our professional team can help you in each steps of advertising and strives to meet your need.

Submission of AD

Your may submit your advertisement in acceptable formats, or we can design your AD in an affordable rates, these rates are decided on a case-by-case basis.

Terms of advertising

All advertising contents are subject to the approval of the publisher. Advertised products should be legal and compliant with any  national or international laws which may apply.  AD placement or page/webpage positions can be requested but will not be guaranteed. Mattioli 1885 is not responsible for errors in advertisements following proof approval or self-submission.

Disclaimer

The statements and opinions contained in the advertisement are solely those of the advertisers and do not necessarily reflect those of the editors or the publisher. The appearance of advertisements in the journals is not a warranty, endorsement or approval of the products or services advertised or of their safety. The editors and the Publisher disclaim responsibility for any injury to persons or property resulting from any ideas or productions referred to in the articles or advertisements.

ICMJE best practice standards

Mattioli 1885 requires the Authors and Editors of its journals to follow the recommendations by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE), which reviews best practice and ethical standards in the conduct and reporting of research and other material published in medical journals. It is Mattioli 1885’ conviction that following these recommendations supports the accurate, clear, reproducible, and unbiased creation and distribution of scientific journal articles. Please download or review these recommendations here.

 

Corrections and retractions

Rarely, it may be necessary for Mattioli 1885 to publish [corrections] to, or [retractions] of, articles published in its journals, so as to maintain the integrity of the academic record.

In line with BioMed Central's [Permanency] policy, [corrections] to, or [retractions] of, published articles will be made by publishing an Erratum or a Retraction article, without altering the original article in any way other than to add a prominent link to the Erratum/Retraction article. The original article remains in the public domain and the subsequent Erratum or Retraction will be widely indexed. In the exceptional event that material is considered to infringe certain rights or is defamatory, we may have to remove that material from our site and archive sites.

It may be possible for minor corrections to published articles to be made by the original author(s) posting a comment on the published article. This would only be appropriate where the changes do not affect the results or conclusions of the article. See our [Comments] policy for further information on posting comments.

Corrections

Changes to published articles that affect the interpretation and conclusion of the article, but do not fully invalidate the article, will, at the Editor(s)’ discretion, be corrected via publication of an Erratum that is indexed and linked to the original article. Changes in authorship of published articles are corrected via an Erratum..

Retractions

On rare occasions, when the scientific information in an article is substantially undermined, it may be necessary for published articles to be retracted. Mattioli 1885 will follow the COPE guidelines in such cases. Retraction articles are indexed and linked to the original article.