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Eating and Weight Disorders

Springer International Publishing AG · Switzerland · Est. 1996

ISSN1124-4909eISSN1590-1262

SJR Q2✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.931

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.041

Total Worksi

2,474

Total Citationsi

53,862

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.65

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Psychiatry; Clinical Psychology; Psychiatry and Mental Health.

General Information

Country / RegionSwitzerland

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1996

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,474

Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media

OA Since2022

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

PorticoCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Springer International Publishing AG

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1124-4909 / 1590-1262

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

Portico, CLOCKSS

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

204

4.9k

2019

231

2020

256

4.6k

2021

180

2.5k

2022

101

912

2023

526

2024

101

259

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Clinical PsychologyQ2

Psychiatry and Mental HealthQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Psychiatry

Scopus Categories

Psychiatry and Mental HealthClinical Psychology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Eating Disorders and BehaviorsObesity, Physical Activity, DietObesity and Health PracticesBody Image and Dysmorphia StudiesBariatric Surgery and OutcomesObsessive-Compulsive Spectrum DisordersChild Nutrition and Feeding IssuesImpact of Technology on AdolescentsDiet and metabolism studiesNutritional Studies and Diet

Frequently asked questions about Eating and Weight Disorders

Is Eating and Weight Disorders a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Eating and Weight Disorders: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Eating and Weight Disorders?

Eating and Weight Disorders is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 2.65.

Is Eating and Weight Disorders indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Eating and Weight Disorders is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Eating and Weight Disorders?