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Clinical Obesity

John Wiley & Sons Inc. · United Kingdom · Est. 2008

ISSN1758-8103eISSN1758-8111

SJR Q2✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.804

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.843

Total Worksi

947

Total Citationsi

14,599

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.20

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Endocrinology & Metabolism; Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2008

Annual Volume~ 82 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications947

Publisher OrgWiley

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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

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

John Wiley & Sons Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1758-8103 / 1758-8111

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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

1.2k

2019

1.9k

2020

2021

672

2022

404

2023

101

457

2024

185

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.

Endocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Endocrinology & Metabolism

Scopus Categories

Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Obesity and Health PracticesBariatric Surgery and OutcomesObesity, Physical Activity, DietEating Disorders and BehaviorsDiet and metabolism studiesBody Contouring and SurgeryPharmacology and Obesity TreatmentDiabetes Treatment and ManagementDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesHuman auditory perception and evaluation

Frequently asked questions about Clinical Obesity

Is Clinical Obesity a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Clinical Obesity: 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 Clinical Obesity?

Clinical Obesity 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 2.20.

Is Clinical Obesity indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Clinical Obesity is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Clinical Obesity?