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Pediatric Obesity

John Wiley and Sons Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1955

ISSN2047-6302eISSN2047-6310

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (3 more)+18

Total96

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

175

days submission → published

measured · last 14 articles · accept 156d

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

SJR Scorei

1.125

H-Indexi

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

0.988

Total Worksi

1,638

Total Citationsi

38,656

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.84

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Pediatrics; Health Policy; Nutrition and Dietetics; Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health; Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1955

FrequencyBimonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,638

Publisher OrgWiley

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

John Wiley and Sons Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2047-6302 / 2047-6310

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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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APC fees clearly disclosed?

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

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

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

120

2019

172

3.7k

2020

129

1.9k

2021

125

1.4k

2022

105

641

2023

115

396

2024

116

209

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.

Health PolicyQ1

Nutrition and DieteticsQ1

Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthQ1

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Pediatrics

Scopus Categories

Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthNutrition and DieteticsPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthHealth Policy

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Obesity, Physical Activity, DietBirth, Development, and HealthGestational Diabetes Research and ManagementChildren's Physical and Motor DevelopmentEating Disorders and BehaviorsDiabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and LipoproteinsObesity and Health PracticesChild Nutrition and Water AccessNutritional Studies and DietBody Composition Measurement Techniques

Frequently asked questions about Pediatric Obesity

Is Pediatric Obesity a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Pediatric Obesity: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 96/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Pediatric Obesity?

Pediatric 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 1.84.

Is Pediatric Obesity indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Pediatric Obesity is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Pediatric Obesity?