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Current Obesity Reports

Springer · United States · Est. 1971

ISSN2162-4968eISSN2162-4968

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.

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

3.265

H-Indexi

101

SNIPi

2.894

Total Worksi

701

Total Citationsi

36,888

2yr Mean Citednessi

10.15

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Endocrinology & Metabolism; Nutrition & Dietetics; Internal Medicine.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1971

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications701

Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media

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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?

Springer

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2162-4968 / 2162-4968

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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

3.6k

2019

3.9k

2020

2021

1.1k

2022

2.4k

2023

1.6k

2024

983

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.

Internal MedicineQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Endocrinology & MetabolismNutrition & Dietetics

Scopus Categories

Internal Medicine

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Obesity, Physical Activity, DietDiet and metabolism studiesEating Disorders and BehaviorsObesity and Health PracticesBariatric Surgery and OutcomesAdipose Tissue and MetabolismNutritional Studies and DietRegulation of Appetite and ObesityPharmacology and Obesity TreatmentDietary Effects on Health

Frequently asked questions about Current Obesity Reports

Is Current Obesity Reports a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Current Obesity Reports: 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 Current Obesity Reports?

Current Obesity Reports 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 10.15.

Is Current Obesity Reports indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Current Obesity Reports is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Current Obesity Reports?