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name: cambridge-nutrition description: "Shared author-guideline skill for Cambridge University Press nutrition journals: British Journal of Nutrition, Nutrition Research Reviews, Proceedings of the Nutrition Society, Public Health Nutrition, Journal of Nutritional Science. Use to format or check a manuscript for a Cambridge nutrition journal — structure, structured abstracts, Harvard references, and figure specs. Triggers: submit to British Journal of Nutrition, Nutrition Research Reviews, Proceedings of the Nutrition Society guidelines, Cambridge nutrition formatting. Also fires when the user wants to publish on/in this journal, format a manuscript for it, or match its reference/citation style." metadata: publisher: "Cambridge University Press" verified: "2026-07" source: "https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/british-journal-of-nutrition/information/instructions-contributors"

Cambridge Nutrition Journals — Shared Author Guideline Skill

Publisher: Cambridge University Press · Verified: 2026-07 · Confirm each journal's "Instructions for Contributors" on Cambridge Core.

Applies to

Journal	Abbrev	Type focus
British Journal of Nutrition	BRIT J NUTR	Human & animal nutrition research
Nutrition Research Reviews	NUTR RES REV	Reviews
Proceedings of the Nutrition Society	P NUTR SOC	Symposium/review papers
Public Health Nutrition	PUBLIC HEALTH NUTR	Population nutrition
Journal of Nutritional Science	J NUTR SCI	Open-access research

Manuscript structure

Title page → Abstract → Keywords → Introduction → (Experimental/Methods) → Results → Discussion → Acknowledgements → Financial support → Conflicts of interest → Authorship → References → Tables → Figure legends.

• Abstract: British Journal of Nutrition uses a concise unstructured abstract (~250 words); confirm per journal.
• Keywords: 4–6.
• Human/clinical studies: ethics approval + trial registration (where applicable), following ICMJE and the relevant reporting guideline (CONSORT/STROBE/PRISMA).

Reference style

Harvard (author–date), Cambridge/journal style. In-text (Author & Author, 2023); alphabetical list.

Example:

Author AB & Author CD (2023) Title of the article. British Journal of Nutrition 130, 1234–1245. https://doi.org/10.1017/Sxxxxxxxx

Figures & tables

Figures ≥300 dpi (line art higher); TIFF/EPS/PDF; editable tables; SI units; cite in order.

Submission checklist

• Abstract ≤~250 words · [ ] 4–6 keywords · [ ] Harvard references
• Financial support + Conflicts of interest + Authorship statements
• Ethics/trial registration + reporting guideline for human/clinical studies
• Figures ≥300 dpi · [ ] Cover letter

Formatting constraints

publisher: Cambridge University Press
reference_style: harvard-author-date
abstract_words: 250
keywords_max: 6
declarations: [financial_support, conflicts_of_interest, authorship]
clinical: [ethics, trial_registration, reporting_guideline]
figure_dpi: {halftone: 300, line_art: 1000}