Journals

Impact Factor: 7.4

Obesity Reviews is the highest cited obesity journal and publishes review articles from disciplines related to obesity and its associated comorbidities. The journal contributes to education and inter-professional development by providing new insight into all aspects of the disease including underlying causes, treatment, management and prevention, public health, policy and behavioral components as well as the basic science underpinning the etiology and pathophysiology of obesity and its comorbidities.

Articles published in Obesity Reviews are of particular interest to all professionals concerned with understanding obesity and its associated comorbidities and the optimal approaches for their treatment and prevention. The reviews published in this journal will provide important insight for all health-related professionals including endocrinologists, cardiologists, gastroenterologists, obstetricians, psychologists and psychiatrists, and bariatric physicians.  

Editor: Prof. Brian Oldfield

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Impact Factor: 2.7

Launched in 2006, Pediatric Obesity is a leading publication which presents the latest research on obesity during childhood and adolescence. The journal publishes findings which are currently the subject of intense interest to the scientific community and are of increasing concern to health policy-makers and the public.

Editor: Prof. Michael I Goran

The aim of Pediatric Obesity is to rapidly establish itself as the leading journal for high quality papers including, but not limited to, the following:

• Genetic, molecular, biochemical and physiological aspects of obesity – basic, applied and clinical studies
• Metabolic consequences of child and adolescent obesity
• Epidemiological and population-based studies of child and adolescent overweight and obesity
• Measurement and diagnostic issues in assessing child and adolescent adiposity, physical activity and nutrition
• Clinical management of children and adolescents with overweight and obesity
• Co-morbidities linked to child and adolescent obesity – mechanisms, assessment, and treatment
• Life-cycle factors e.g. familial, intrauterine and developmental aspects of child and adolescent obesity
• Nutrition security and the "double burden" of obesity and malnutrition
• Health promotion strategies around the issues of obesity, nutrition and physical activity in children and adolescents
• Community and public health measures to prevent overweight and obesity in children and adolescents

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Indexed in MEDLINE and PubMed

Impact Factor: 2.1

Clinical Obesity is an international peer-reviewed journal publishing high quality translational and clinical research papers and reviews focussing on obesity and its co-morbidities.

Editor: Prof. Shahrad Taheri

Key areas of interest are:

• Patient assessment, classification, diagnosis and prognosis
• Drug treatments, clinical trials and supporting research
• Bariatric surgery and follow-up issues
• Surgical approaches to remove body fat
• Pharmacological, dietary and behavioural approaches for weight loss
• Clinical physiology
• Clinically relevant epidemiology
• Psychological aspects of obesity
• Co-morbidities
• Nursing and care of patients with obesity

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Impact Factor: 1.9

Launched in 2015, Obesity Science & Practice is a new international peer-reviewed journal publishing the latest scientific and medical research papers to combat obesity's global pandemic.

Editor-in-Chief:  David B.Sarwer

Objectives of Obesity Science and Practice: 

• To refine new medical, behavioral, dietary, pharmalogic and surgical approaches to treat obesity
• To publish a diverse range of scientific and medical research papers to engage healthcare professionals and individuals

Reasons to publish in Obesity Science & Practice: 

• High standard, rigorous peer review
• Immediate open access
• Articles published under Creative Commons Licenses
• Fully compliant with all open access mandates

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