Journal profile · ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM
Clinical Obesity
ISSN 1758-8103 · eISSN 1758-8111 · Wiley-Blackwell
Clinical Obesity: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.4 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,240; median 165 days to acceptance (82 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 16% (journal website); 77 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Clinical Obesity is published by Wiley-Blackwell and is in Zone 4 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Obesity and Health Practices, Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes and Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet, together about 47.6% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
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. 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.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM
Editor-in-chief Shahrad TaheriPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United Kingdom 9, Australia 4, United States 3, Canada 2, Chile 2 (31 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Obesity and Health PracticesHealth Professions18.2%
- Bariatric Surgery and OutcomesMedicine16%
- Obesity, Physical Activity, DietMedicine13.4%
- Eating Disorders and BehaviorsPsychology10.3%
- Diet and metabolism studiesMedicine4.2%
- Body Contouring and SurgeryMedicine4.1%
- Pharmacology and Obesity TreatmentMedicine4.1%
- Diabetes Treatment and ManagementMedicine3.1%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Endocrinology & Metabolism | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Endocrinology & Metabolism | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of ScienceMEDLINEPubMedEmbaseCAB AbstractsPublisher website
Other: ProQuest
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 2.4Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.4Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 4Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 4Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.8LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.92LetPub ·
- h-index
- 55OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 383OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 3.13OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 4.2%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 53.23%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 62LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 62Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 194,665Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 987 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 57 | 39 | 47 |
| 2025 | 77 | 55 | 200 |
| 2024 | 101 | 74 | 489 |
| 2023 | 68 | 52 | 423 |
| 2022 | 74 | 46 | 693 |
| 2021 | 79 | 41 | 1,047 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
165 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 107 days – 230 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 17 days (83 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 182 days
- Sample
- 82 articles with submission and acceptance dates (154 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 16%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 16%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 9 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 9 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 183 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 16 daysPublisher website ·
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 3,240 / EUR 2,730 / GBP 2,160 | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
What to prepare1 items from the author guidelines
- Not considered
- Papers reporting regional or local prevalence data
Article types accepted9, with length limits
- case reportManuscript Type Word Limit (excluding cover page, abstract, references, tables, and figures) Max number of references Max number of figures/tables combined Orig…Length not stated
- case reportsCase Reports 2,500 10 3Length not stated
- commentaryManuscript Type Word Limit (excluding cover page, abstract, references, tables, and figures) Max number of references Max number of figures/tables combined Orig…main text ≤ 2,000 words
- commentary/editorialCommentary/Editorial 2,000 10 0Length not stated
- correspondenceManuscript Type Word Limit (excluding cover page, abstract, references, tables, and figures) Max number of references Max number of figures/tables combined Orig…main text ≤ 1,000 words
- editorialManuscript Type Word Limit (excluding cover page, abstract, references, tables, and figures) Max number of references Max number of figures/tables combined Orig…Length not stated
- original articlesignificant contribution to knowledge. Original articles should be no more than 5,000 words (excluding abstract, references, figure or table legends),main text ≤ 5,000 words
- original researchManuscript Type Word Limit (excluding cover page, abstract, references, tables, and figures) Max number of references Max number of figures/tables combined Orig…Length not stated
- review articleManuscript Type Word Limit (excluding cover page, abstract, references, tables, and figures) Max number of references Max number of figures/tables combined Orig…main text ≤ 6,000 words
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Data availability, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Preprints
- Authorship Authorship Change Process
ORCID ID required for submitting author only Model summary
In accordance with Wiley’s Best Practice Guidelines on Research Integrity and Publishing Ethics and the Committee on Publication Ethics’ guidance, Clinical Obesity will allow authors to correct authorship on a submitted, accepted, or published article if a valid reason exists to do so. All authors – including those to be added or removed – must agree to any proposed change. To request a change to …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability
Data sharing encouraged Model summary
Clinical Obesity encourages authors to share the data and other artefacts supporting the results in the paper by archiving it in an appropriate public repository.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics
COPE member Model summary
Clinical Obesity is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics and subscribes to its recommendations (Committee on Publication Ethics [COPE]: guidelines on good publication practice, Welcome to COPE https://publicationethics.org/).
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright
If your paper is accepted, the author identified as the formal corresponding author for the paper will receive an email prompting them to login into Author Services; where via the Wiley Author Licensing Service (WALS) they will be able to complete the license agreement on behalf of all authors on the paper.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access
open access is available to authors of primary research articles who wish to make their article available to non-subscribers on publication, or whose funding agency requires grantees to archive the final version of their article. With open access the author, the author's funding agency, or the author's institution pays a fee to ensure that the article is made available to non-subscribers upon publ…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints
Preprints allowed Model summary
Clinical Obesity will consider for review articles previously available as preprints. Authors may also post the submitted version of a manuscript to a preprint server at any time.
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell
- ISSN
- 1758-8103
- Electronic ISSN
- 1758-8111
- Society / sponsor
- World Obesity
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 16, Issue 5 (October 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Clinical Obesity
What CAS zone is Clinical Obesity in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Clinical Obesity is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Endocrinology & Metabolism. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Clinical Obesity?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 2.4 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 4, h-index 55.
How long does peer review take at Clinical Obesity?
Based on the dates recorded on 82 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 165 days (interquartile range 107–230 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 16% (2025). Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Where are the editorial board members of Clinical Obesity based?
Of the 31 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United Kingdom (9), Australia (4) and United States (3). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Clinical Obesity?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Clinical Obesity is indexed in ESCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists Web of Science, MEDLINE, PubMed, Embase and CAB Abstracts; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Clinical Obesity open access, and what is the APC?
Clinical Obesity is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,240.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-25). Last updated: .