Research in Exercise Nutrition (REN)

 The first Scientific exercise nutrition journal in Iran

Welcome to the exciting world of Exercise Nutrition.

  (Hippocrates c. 460–c. 370 BC).

Research in Exercise Nutrition (REN) is the first specialized Exercise Nutrition journal with a quarterly publication sequence and free Open Access (OA) in Iran, and is published by the University of Kurdistan with Double-blind peer review process.

License: No. 85916, dated 25/09/2018, Official License of the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance (Renewed in 1403 with No. 96620 dated 1403/06/27 Official License of the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance)

Research in Exercise Nutrition (REN) has achieved a Q2 rank with an impact factor of 0.167 in the evaluation of the Islamic World Science Citation Database (ISC) in 2024 (1403).

Research in Exercise Nutrition (REN) received a grade B in the evaluation of the Scientific Publications Commission of the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology in 2023 (1402).

Research in Exercise Nutrition (REN) received a grade B in the evaluation of the Scientific Publications Commission of the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology in 2024 (1403).

This Journal is indexed in the Islamic World Science Citation Database (ISC).

Important Change in the Journal's Publication Policies

This is to inform esteemed authors, researchers, and distinguished members of the Editorial Board that, with the aim of aligning with global standards of scientific publishing and enhancing international academic interactions, this journal has successfully obtained official authorization to publish articles in English. Accordingly, all professors, researchers, and esteemed experts are kindly requested to submit their manuscripts solely in English and in accordance with the new template, which has been uploaded to the journal's website, starting from the year 1404 (March 2025–March 2026).

To ensure long-term digital preservation, the articles of this journal are published in the following multiple digital archives.

ISC, Google Scholar, Magiran, Civilica

During article submission, it is mandatory to upload the author's commitment and conflict of interest files in the additional files section. 

All of the journal articles are free to access. There are no author charges prior to publication, and no charge for readers to download articles and this journal allows reuse and remixing of its content, in accordance with CC BY-NC 4.0 DEED, Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International and allows authors to retain the copyrights without restrictions.

This journal is following of Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and complies with the highest ethical standards in accordance with ethical laws

To avoid any form of plagiarism, each manuscript newly submitted to Research in Exercise Nutrition, will be checked regarding plagiarism using iThenticate.

***: According to the regulations of the Journal Review Commission, scientific research journals approved by that Commission cannot allocate more than ten percent of published articles in a year to articles by the same author. Therefore, it is stipulated that each author be allowed to have a maximum of two articles in review and ready to be published in the journal. Also each year only one paper could be published in the journal by the same author.

****: According to the guidelines of Islamic World Science Citation Center (ISC), Department of Citation Analysis, no more than 25% of affiliation of articles published in a year could be by the publisher and also no more than 10% of articles published in a year should be authored by editorial board members, editor in chief and managing editor.