Obesity

John Wiley and Sons Inc · United States · Est. 1992

ISSN1930-7381eISSN1930-739X

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

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.

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📊 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

1.765

H-Indexi

230

SNIPi

1.243

Total Worksi

8,230

Total Citationsi

385,837

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.04

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Endocrinology & Metabolism; Nutrition & Dietetics; Endocrinology; Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism; Medicine (miscellaneous); Nutrition and Dietetics.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1992

FrequencyMonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications8,230

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

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6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

John Wiley and Sons Inc

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1930-7381 / 1930-739X

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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

329

9.1k

2019

437

19k

2020

278

6.3k

2021

312

5.5k

2022

337

4.4k

2023

271

1.7k

2024

310

1.2k

2025

195

106

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.

EndocrinologyQ1

Endocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismQ1

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q1

Nutrition and DieteticsQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Endocrinology & MetabolismNutrition & Dietetics

Scopus Categories

Nutrition and DieteticsEndocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismEndocrinologyMedicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Obesity, Physical Activity, DietAdipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic DiseasesBariatric Surgery and OutcomesObesity and Health PracticesAdipose Tissue and MetabolismRegulation of Appetite and ObesityDiet and metabolism studiesEating Disorders and BehaviorsDiabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and LipoproteinsCardiovascular Disease and Adiposity

Frequently asked questions about Obesity

Is Obesity a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for 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 Obesity?

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 3.04.

Is Obesity indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Obesity is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Obesity?