Ernaehrungs Umschau international

Full English texts of scientific peer-reviewed articles remain fully accessible

In recent months, we have encountered graphs and data from articles in the Ernährungs Umschau at many national meetings. Moreover, the subjects dealt with in the articles in our journal have often influenced the themes chosen for postgraduate seminars, as well as the selection of lecturers. This shows how carefully our editorial office selects our themes and authors. Indeed, the Ernährungs Umschau provides comprehensive and serious information on numerous issues related to nutrition and our current survey has shown that our readers regard this as an important advantage. The “EU” is well-known and has always been there (at least for younger readers!). At any rate, we have now reached Volume 62. It is well-known, but is it cited? Our articles are often of fundamental importance and we in the Editorial Office would like to remind you to cite them in your other publications. And last but not least, we wish to encourage you to publish your latest results in the Ernährungs Umschau – as we have a lot to offer:

Peer review and full English text in an open access journal

The articles in the Science & Research section are subject to peer review and have been available online for the last two years – including the full English version. The publisher bears the costs for the translations by a specialist translator or by the authors. The Editorial Office and the publishers decided to take this cost-intensive step for several reasons; more and more universities expect that their scientists should publish in international journals with a known impact factor – either exclusively, or at least predominantly. The Ernährungs Umschau fulfils these requirements, as it is listed in the international database, the Indexed Web of Knowledge, together with the impact factor. Moreover, the full English texts are freely and rapidly accessible through the DOI system. Thus, the journal offers authors from all types of nutritional research an attractive platform to publish their results. In addition, the printed German language edition has a high print run for subscribers. This regularly reaches many readers in official agencies, companies and institutions and is an important factor in increasing the impact of the articles.

Listing in international databases

The database Indexed Web of Knowledge covers a wider range of themes than Medline/PubMed, which concentrates on biomedical publications. This is an excellent fit to the themes in the articles in Ernährungs Umschau — the results of nutritional research in ecology, economic sciences, geriatrics, sensory function, biochemistry, consumer research, agricultural politics, psychology and many other areas. These have all been the trademark of our journal during the last 60 years. We nevertheless aim to have the journal listed in Medline/PubMed, as medical literature studies are often restricted to this database. This is one of the reasons that the section on Science & Research is a separate part of Ernaehrungs Umschau international and has its own page numbers.

Easy to find and cite

As an author, you can support this goal by correctly citing articles from the Ernährungs Umschau: The correct manner of citation is given on the first page of each article. In order to facilitate exchange with colleagues in other countries, the publishers have decided to publish the full English texts for the moment as open access. Please point this out to your scientific colleagues in other European countries or elsewhere.

Prof. Dr. Helmut Erbersdobler, Editor
Dr. Udo Maid-Kohnert, Manager of the Editorial Office