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Obesity Science and Practice

Wiley-Blackwell · United States · Est. 2004

ISSN2055-2238eISSN2055-2238

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

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.88

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.713

Total Worksi

887

Total Citationsi

10,393

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.31

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

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

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2004

Annual Volume~ 87 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications887

Publisher OrgWiley

OA Since2014

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC, 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

PorticoPMCLibrary of CongressCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Wiley-Blackwell

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2055-2238 / 2055-2238

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

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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, PMC, Library of Congress, 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

1.4k

2019

1.4k

2020

112

1.5k

2021

798

2022

497

2023

544

2024

141

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

Nutrition and DieteticsQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Endocrinology & Metabolism

Scopus Categories

Nutrition and DieteticsEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Bariatric Surgery and OutcomesObesity, Physical Activity, DietObesity and Health PracticesEating Disorders and BehaviorsMobile Health and mHealth ApplicationsPhysical Activity and HealthDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesHuman auditory perception and evaluationEducational Robotics and EngineeringDiabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins

Frequently asked questions about Obesity Science and Practice

Is Obesity Science and Practice a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Obesity Science and Practice: 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 Obesity Science and Practice?

Obesity Science and Practice 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 2.31.

Is Obesity Science and Practice indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Obesity Science and Practice is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Obesity Science and Practice?