The Korean Journal of Community Nutrition is the official peer-reviewed journal of the Korean Society of Community Nutrition. It was launched in 1996. The previous primary titles were Jiyeog sahoe yeong-yang hag-hoeji (pISSN 1226-0983) from vol. 1, no. 1 to vol 3. no. 5, and Daehan Jiyeok sahoe yeong-yang hakoeji (pISSN 1226-0983, eISSN 2287-1624) from vol. 4, no. 1 to vol. 27 no. 4. The English title (parallel tilte) was Korean Journal of Community Nutrition from vol. 4, no. 1 to vol. 27 no. 4. The Korean Journal of Community Nutrition has been the current primary title since October, 2022 (eISSN 2951-3126). The abbreviated title of the journal is Korean J Community Nutr. The journal is published six times a year (on the last day of every two months). It began to be published only as an e-journal from 2022.

Aims

KJCN aims to publish original research articles covering all aspects of community nutrition.

Scope

Topics of interest include nutrition throughout the life cycle, nutrition assessment, nutrition education, nutritional epidemiology, dietary behavior, food culture, clinical nutrition, international nutrition, food service and management, food culture, and other topics related to the improvement of human nutritional status. Its regional focus is mainly Korea but it welcomes submissions from researchers all over the world.

Readership

Researchers and practitioners of community nutrition can access the recent academic development and obtain necessary scientific evidence; Professors can get a variety of data for the educational materials and students can understand the recent trends on community nutrition for the preparation of their articles.

Publication type

The journal welcomes evidence-based research articles, reviews, research notes and educational materials that provide useful findings and information. Review articles will be considered for publication only when invited by the Editorial Committee.

Abstracting and indexing

KJCN is abstracted and indexed in the following databases: KoreaScience (1996-), KoMCi (2000-2020.2), Korea Citation Index (2002-), KoreaMed Synapse (2011-2020.2), KoreaMed (2011-), Science Central (2014-), CrossRef, Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS), CAB Abstracts, Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ, 2022-), SCOPUS (2022-), and google scholar.