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Body Image

Elsevier Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1953

ISSN1740-1445eISSN1873-6807

SJR Q1✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SSCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

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

SJR Scorei

2.11

H-Indexi

147

SNIPi

1.818

Total Worksi

2,199

Total Citationsi

108,243

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.90

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Psychiatry; Psychology, Clinical; Psychology, Multidisciplinary; Applied Psychology; Psychology (miscellaneous); Social Psychology.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1953

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,199

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Elsevier Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1740-1445 / 1873-6807

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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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?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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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

104

5.4k

2019

133

6.6k

2020

137

4.3k

2021

168

4.7k

2022

148

2.9k

2023

139

1.5k

2024

145

428

2025

126

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.

Applied PsychologyQ1

Psychology (miscellaneous)Q1

Social PsychologyQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

PsychiatryPsychology, ClinicalPsychology, Multidisciplinary

Scopus Categories

Applied PsychologyPsychology (miscellaneous)Social Psychology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Eating Disorders and BehaviorsBody Image and Dysmorphia StudiesObesity and Health PracticesConsumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and IdentificationEvolutionary Psychology and Human BehaviorBehavioral Health and InterventionsObesity, Physical Activity, DietMedia Influence and HealthMedia, Gender, and AdvertisingImpact of Technology on Adolescents

Frequently asked questions about Body Image

Is Body Image a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Body Image: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, 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 Body Image?

Body Image 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 3.90.

Is Body Image indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Body Image is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Body Image?