The Journal

The Annals of Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism (ACNM, eISSN: 2799-8363) is a peer-reviewed, open-access, joint official journal of the Korean Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (KSPEN) and the Korean Society of Surgical Metabolism and Nutrition (KSSMN), which constitute Korea's largest clinical nutrition expert societies. This joint journal was launched in December 2021 after merging the Journal of Clinical Nutrition (pISSN: 2233-5765, year: 2007 to 2021), published by KSPEN, and the Surgical Metabolism and Nutrition (pISSN: 2289-0203, year: 2010 to 20212), published by KSSMN. Its abbreviated title is Ann Clin Nutr Metab. It is published each year on April 1, August 1, and December 1. All articles were published exclusively in English from the launch. A part of the articles in this Journal are abstracted in KoreaMed. Full text is freely available from: https://www.e-acnm.org/

Aim and Scope

The Annals of Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism aims to communicate and exchange scientific research and current practice in clinical nutrition and metabolism.

- Nutritional screening and assessment
- Nutritional planning
- Perioperative nutritional care
- Nutrition therapy in acute and chronic disease
- Critical care nutrition
- Optimizing enteral and parental therapy
- State-of-the-art diagnostic techniques for nutritional care
- Innovative surgical or interventional techniques for nutritional care
- Nationwide nutrition survey
- Scientific laboratory research

Its regional scope is mainly Korea, but it welcomes submissions from researchers all over the world.

Readership: Its primary readers are physicians, nurses, dietitians, pharmacists, and other professionals concerned with clinical nutrition and metabolism.

Publication types: It publishes original articles, guidelines, reviews, case reports, interesting images, editorials, and letters to the editor which is related to clinical nutrition and metabolism.