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Obesity Medicine

Elsevier Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 2016

ISSN2451-8476

SJR Q2✓ Scopus / SJR

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

📊 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

0.521

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.501

Total Worksi

673

Total Citationsi

6,847

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.97

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Obesity Medicine is an interdisciplinary journal that addresses mechanisms of disease, epidemiology, and co-morbidities related to obesity. The journal focuses on human health and the impact of human diseases across the spectrum of research.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary Language—

1st Year Published2016

Annual Volume~ 66 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications673

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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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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5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Elsevier Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2451-8476

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Indexed in a trusted database?

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?

N/A

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

1.5k

2019

139

2.8k

2020

747

2021

465

2022

344

2023

161

2024

101

292

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.

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthQ2

SurgeryQ2

EndocrinologyQ3

Endocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismQ3

Internal MedicineQ3

Nutrition and DieteticsQ3

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

SurgeryNutrition and DieteticsEndocrinologyEndocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthInternal Medicine

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Obesity, Physical Activity, DietDiet and metabolism studiesAdipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic DiseasesAdipose Tissue and MetabolismBariatric Surgery and OutcomesDiabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and LipoproteinsDiabetes Treatment and ManagementRegulation of Appetite and ObesityPharmacology and Obesity TreatmentNutritional Studies and Diet

Frequently asked questions about Obesity Medicine

Is Obesity Medicine a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Obesity Medicine: it is indexed in 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 Medicine?

Obesity Medicine is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.521.

Is Obesity Medicine indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Obesity Medicine is indexed in Scopus.