The Journal of Dietary Supplements (JDS) publishes original research studies relevant to dietary supplements, as defined per the U.S. Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act (DSHEA) of 1994 [108 Stat. 4325]. DSHEA defines the term "dietary supplement" as a product (other than tobacco) intended to supplement the diet that bears or contains one or more of the following dietary ingredients: a vitamin, a mineral, an herb or other botanical, an amino acid, a dietary substance for use by humans to supplement the diet by increasing total dietary intake, or a concentrate, metabolite, constituent, extract, or combination of the aforementioned ingredients. A dietary supplement is intended for ingestion in the form of a tablet, capsule, soft-gel, powder, or liquid and NOT in the form of a conventional food (studies of individual foods or dietary patterns will be rejected). The Journal publishes the following types of manuscripts:
Original research articles
Perspectives
Scoping, systematic, and umbrella reviews
Narrative reviews
Reports from authoritative scientific groups or government agencies
Guidelines and consensus statements
Letters to the editor
Letters to the Editor that refer to a recent Journal of Dietary Supplements original research article must be received within 12 weeks of the article's online publication. All letters will be subjected to editorial review and decision before acceptance. The Journal of Dietary Supplements does not accept letters that are unrelated to a specific, recently published original research article; that contain extensive unpublished data; or that engage in personal slander or invective. The Journal of Dietary Supplements does not print letters to the editor based on opinion pieces such as editorials, perspectives, commentaries, and the like, since these are clearly the opinions of the authors. Letters should be submitted by e-mail to [email protected]
Letters must be provided as a Word document. They must be double-spaced, include line numbers, should include a title page, should have no more than 10 references, and should not exceed 1000 words. All letters to the Editor must include a conflict of interest statement.
The following Journal sections apply:
Nutrition, health and disease
Efficacy
Analytical methods
Policy and regulatory
Economics and healthcare delivery
New technologies and innovations
Safety and toxicology
Miscellaneous
All submitted material with scientific content will undergo peer review by the Editor-in-chief and other designees before acceptance for publication.
Journal metrics
Usage
100K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
1.9 (2023) Impact Factor
6.1 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
Q1 CiteScore Best Quartile
0.815 (2023) SNIP
0.590 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
6 days avg. from submission to first
decision
39 days avg. from submission to first
post-review decision
15 days avg. from acceptance to online
publication
12% acceptance rate
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We strongly recommend that you always use a number of metrics, alongside
other qualitative factors such as a journal’s aims & scope, its
readership, and a review of past content published in the journal. In
addition, a single article should always be assessed on its own merits and
never based on the metrics of the journal it was published in.
Usage and acceptance rate data above are for the last full calendar year
and are updated annually in February. Speed data is updated every six
months, based on the prior six months. Citation metrics are updated
annually mid-year. Please note that some journals do not display all of
the following metrics
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Usage:
the total number of times articles in the journal were viewed by users
of Taylor & Francis Online in the previous calendar year, rounded to the
nearest thousand.
Citation Metrics
Impact Factor*:
the average number of citations received by articles published in the
journal within a two-year window. Only journals in the Clarivate Science
Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI),
Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI) and the Emerging Sources
Citation Index (ESCI) have an Impact Factor.
Impact Factor Best Quartile*:
the journal’s highest subject category ranking in the Journal Citation
Reports. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest Impact Factors.
5 Year Impact Factor*:
the average number of citations received by articles in the journal
within a five-year window.
CiteScore (Scopus)†:
the average number of citations received by articles in the journal over
a four-year period.
CiteScore Best Quartile†:
the journal’s highest CiteScore ranking in a Scopus subject category. Q1
= 25% of journals with the highest CiteScores.
SNIP
(Source Normalized Impact per Paper):
the number of citations per paper in the journal, divided by citation
potential in the field.
SJR
(Scimago Journal Rank):
Average number of (weighted) citations in one year, divided by the
number of articles published in the journal in the previous three years.
Speed/acceptance
From submission to first decision:
the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the
journal to receive a first decision. Based on manuscripts receiving a
first decision in the last six months.
From submission to first post-review decision:
the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the
journal to receive a first decision if it is sent out for peer review.
Based on manuscripts receiving a post-review first decision in the last
six months.
From acceptance to online publication:
the average (median) number of days from acceptance of a manuscript to
online publication of the Version of Record. Based on articles published
in the last six months.
Acceptance rate:
articles accepted for publication by the journal in the previous
calendar year as percentage of all papers receiving a final decision.
Editor-in-Chief Taylor C. Wallace – School of Medicine and Health Sciences, George Washington University ( [email protected]), USA
Associate Editors Mei Chung - Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, Tufts University ( [email protected]), USA Chris DAdamo – University of Maryland ( [email protected]), USA Kristi Crowe-White, PhD, RD, – The University of Alabama ( [email protected]), USA Termeh Feinberg – Kelly Government Systems ( [email protected]), USA Bradley S. Ferguson – University of Nevada, Reno ( [email protected]), USA Scott Harding – Memorial University of Newfoundland ( [email protected]), Canada Igor Koturbash – University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences ( [email protected]), USA Hae-Jeung Lee – Gachon University ( [email protected]), Korea Robert Marriott - American Herbal Production Association ( [email protected]), USA Douglas MacKay – Consumer Healthcare Products Association ( [email protected]), USA Diane McKay – Tufts University ( [email protected]), USA Mitchell McGill – University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences ( [email protected]), USA Todd Rideout – University of Buffalo ( [email protected]), USA Amy Roe, PhD – Proctor & Gamble ( [email protected]), USA Amandeep Sandhu – Illinois Institute of Technology ( [email protected]), USA Howard Sesso – Brigham and Women’s Hospital ( [email protected]), USA Andrew Shao – ChromaDex Corp ( [email protected]), USA Won Song – Michigan State University ( [email protected]), USA
Abstracting and indexing
Abstracted and/or indexed in: Adis International Ltd.; British Library Board; CABI; Academic Search Complete; Biological Abstracts; PubMed/MEDLINE; EMBASE; BIOSIS Previews; Biological Abstracts; Web of Science - Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)
Author Guidelines and Expectations for the Journal of Dietary Supplements can be found here.
Open access
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Comply with funding mandates and meet the requirements of your institution, employer or funder
Rigorous peer review for every open access article
Article Publishing Charges (APC)
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