As of The Nutrition Society’s Summer meeting in 2025, I am two years into my tenure as the Editor-in-chief of Journal of Nutritional Science. My vision for the journal is to place less emphasis on novelty than cutting edge journals, but to support the publication of robust, reinforcing research that advances nutritional science (this particularly includes negative findings and paradigm challenges). As The Nutrition Society has a portfolio of journals, it has also been a priority for me to build a distinct identity, profile and editorial board from our sister journals The British Journal of Nutrition and Public Health Nutrition.  

Journal of Nutritional Science has acquired an Impact Factor which is stabilised at a very credible 2.0, and over the last year has seen a 20% increase in submissions. I am very pleased that the journal receives and publishes many international papers and that we are recognised for our values by scientists across all continents. As a journal owned by a charity, published by a not-for-profit, and with complete editorial independence, we are aiming to fulfil the highest ambitions for independent evaluation and publication of good quality research. This independence from vested interest is a hallmark of journals in the Nutrition Society-Cambridge University Press portfolio of which I am particularly proud. Those of you who are regular readers of Retraction Watch will have noticed they now have a mass resignations catalogue of journals which have seen boards resign en masse due to interference with decision making. This interference is one of the key existential challenges facing scientific publishing at the moment.

The ultimate recognition of our values and position came in January this year when the Journal of Nutritional Science was approached by colleagues at International Union of Nutritional Sciences (IUNS) to be the publisher of choice for the proceedings from the International Congress of Nutrition (ICN). IUNS-ICN is the quadrennial gathering of nutritionists from around the world to share their latest findings and to discuss and share opinion on the grand challenges in Nutrition. In 2025 the 23^rd Congress will take as its theme “Sustainable Food for Global Health,” which is one of the most pressing issues for nutrition and global health as we progress in this century.

I have been working closely with Professors J. Alfredo Martinez and Jacques Delarue at IUNS to shape the partnership between JNS and IUNS. JNS will be publishing accepted delegate abstracts, several landmark symposium reports and will be hosting a commentary on IUNS-ICN2025 from the organisers. These will be published as a special edition in early 2026. My thanks also go to IUNS for their active engagement in challenges facing scientific publishing through supporting a JNS-led symposium and talk on this topic.

I look forward to meeting many of you at IUNS-ICN in Paris in August. I’ll be hosting several Meet the Editor sessions, on the following dates and times:
Aug-26: 15.45-16.15
Aug-27: 9.30-10.00, 13.15-13.45, 16.15-16.45

Please do come along to a session, or visit the Cambridge University Press and Nutrition Society stands to say “Bonjour”.