Journal History
| 2009 | The inaugural issue was released. Nutrients was published as a quarterly journal. |
| 2010 | Nutrients adopted a monthly publication schedule. Nutrients was indexed in Scopus (Elsevier), starting with Volume 1 (Issue 1). |
| 2011 | Nutrients was indexed in Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE)—Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics), starting with Volume 1 (Issue 1). Nutrients was indexed in MEDLINE—National Library of Medicine (NLM), starting with Volume 1 (Issue 1). |
| 2012 | Nutrients received its first Impact Factor (0.676). |
| 2013 | The Impact Factor increased to 2.072. |
| 2014 | The Impact Factor increased to 3.148. |
| 2015 | The Impact Factor increased to 3.270. Nutrients published its 1,000th paper. The Nutrition Society of New Zealand (NSNZ) and the Australasian Section—American Oil Chemists Society (AAOCS) became affiliated to Nutrients. |
| 2016 | The Impact Factor increased to 3.759. The Asia Pacific Nutrigenomics Nutrigenetics Organisation (APNNO) became affiliated to Nutrients. |
| 2017 | Nutrients received its 2016 Impact Factor (3.550). The Italian Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (SIGENP) became affiliated to Nutrients. |
| 2018 | Nutrients received its 2017 Impact Factor (4.196), ranked 18/81 (Q1) in "Nutrition & Dietetics". Nutrients published its 5,000th paper. The Nutrition Society of Australia (NSA) and the International Chair for Advanced Studies on Hydration (CIEAH) became affiliated to Nutrients. |
| 2019 | Nutrients received its 2018 Impact Factor (4.171), ranked 16/86 (Q1) in "Nutrition & Dietetics". Nutrients held the first international conference Nutrients 2019 - Nutritional Advances in the Prevention and Management of Chronic Disease, in Barcelona, Spain, 25‒27 September 2019. The subject areas were refined to 13 sections. The European Sport Nutrition Society (ESNS) and the Spanish Society of Community Nutrition (SENC) became affiliated to Nutrients. Nutrients established the following sections:
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| 2020 | Nutrients received its 2019 Impact Factor (4.546), ranked 17/89 (Q1) in "Nutrition & Dietetics". Nutrients published its 10,000th paper. Nutrients held the first electronic international conference - Nutritional and Microbiota Effects on Chronic Disease, 2‒15 November 2020. The Spanish Nutrition Society (SEN) became affiliated to Nutrients. The Australasian Section—American Oil Chemists Society (AAOCS) is no longer affiliated to Nutrients. |
| 2021 | Nutrients received its 2020 Impact Factor (5.717), ranked 17/89 (Q1) in "Nutrition & Dietetics". The Spanish Nutrition Foundation (FEN) and the Ocular Wellness & Nutrition Society (OWNS) became affiliated to Nutrients. Nutrients established the following sections:
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| 2022 | Nutrients adopted a semimonthly publication schedule. Nutrients received its 2021 Impact Factor (6.706), ranked 15/90 (Q1) in "Nutrition & Dietetics". |
| 2023 | Nutrients received its 2022 Impact Factor (5.9), ranked 17/88 (Q1) in "Nutrition & Dietetics". The Nutrition Society of Australia (NSA) is no longer affiliated to Nutrients. Hydration was discontinued. |
| 2024 | Nutrients received its 2023 Impact Factor (4.8), ranked 18/114 (Q1) in "Nutrition & Dietetics". Nutrients will hold the forth electronic international conference—Plant-Based Nutrition Focusing on Innovation, Health, and Sustainable Food Systems, 16–18 October 2024. Nutrients established the following section:
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Editor-in-Chief
| 2009–2013 | Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Peter Howe |
| 2013–2017 | Editors-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Peter Howe and Prof. Dr. Jonathan Buckley |
| 2017–2018 | Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Jonathan Buckley |
| 2018–present | Editors-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Lluís Serra-Majem and Prof. Dr. Maria Luz Fernandez |
Section Editor-in-Chief
| 2020 | Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Antje Hebestreit for the section on Nutrition Methodology and Assessment |
| 2020–2022 | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Gloria Lena Vega for the section on Nutrition and Metabolism |
| 2020–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Maria Dolores del Castillo for the section on Phytochemicals and Human Health |
| Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Bernard Venn for the section on Macronutrients and Human Health | |
| Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Federica I. Wolf for the section on Micronutrients and Human Health | |
| Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Valerie B. Duffy for the section on Nutrition and Public Health | |
| Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Francisco J. Pérez-Cano for the section on Nutritional Immunology | |
| Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Luis A. Moreno for the section on Nutritional Epidemiology | |
| Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. M. Luisa Bonet for the section on Nutrigenetics and Nutrigenomics | |
| Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Stefano Guandalini for the section on Prebiotics and Probiotics | |
| Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. David C. Nieman for the section on Sports Nutrition | |
| 2021–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Gunter G.C. Kuhnle for the section on Nutrition Methodology and Assessment |
| Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Leanne M. Redman for the section on Nutrition in Women | |
| Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Yvan Vandenplas for the section on Pediatric Nutrition | |
| Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Manohar Garg for the section on Lipids | |
| Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Kimber L. Stanhope for the section on Carbohydrates | |
| Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Philip J. Atherton for the section on Proteins and Amino Acids | |
| Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Javier Gómez-Ambrosi for the section on Nutrition and Obesity | |
| Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Antonis Zampelas for section on Nutritional Policies and Education for Health Promotion | |
| Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Hermann Toplak for section Nutrition and Diabetes | |
| Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Mario Barbagallo for section Geriatric Nutrition | |
| 2022–2023 | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Stavros Kavouras for the section on Hydration |
| 2020–2023 | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Ina Bergheim for the section on Clinical Nutrition |
| 2023–present | Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Jaime Uribarri for the section on Clinical Nutrition |
| Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. George Moschonis for the section on Nutrition Methodology & Assessment | |
| Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Jean-Louis Guéant for the section on Nutrition and Metabolism |
