About the Journal
Editor-in-Chief
Kei Nakajima, MD, PhD, Professor, Laboratory of Clinical Medicine and Metabolism, Department of Food and Nutrition, Faculty of Human Sciences and Design, Japan Women's University, Tokyo, Japan. Read more...
ISSN-print: 1918-3003 | ISSN-online: 1918-3011 | Monthly | Open Access | Aims and Scope
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JCR Impact Factor (2024): 2.0; Scopus CiteScore (2024): 3.2
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