Journal profile · PSYCHIATRY-PSYCHOLOGY
Eating Disorders
ISSN 1064-0266 · eISSN 1532-530X · Routledge · UNITED STATES
Eating Disorders: CAS Zone 3 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 3.6; JCR Q1 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC charged, amount not published; review about 78 days (first decision after review, publisher); acceptance rate 26% (journal website); 73 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Eating Disorders is published by Routledge and is in Zone 3 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Eating Disorders and Behaviors, Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders and Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet, together about 58.3% of its articles. Its main subfields are Clinical Psychology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Eating Disorders: The Journal of Treatment and Prevention (EDJTP) is an internationally respected, peer-reviewed journal for clinicians, prevention specialists, and researchers in the field of eating disorders. Founded in 1993, EDJTP specializes in bridging the gap between science and practice with a focus on empirically sound, clinically applicable research. EDJTP takes a fundamentally practical, humanistic, compassionate view of clients and their presenting problems. The journal specifically publishes contributions that facilitate, inform, and assess efficacy of prevention and clinical treatment approaches and interventions. A distinguished international editorial board ensures that Eating Disorders will continuously reflect the variety of current theories and treatment approaches in the eating disorders arena. Comprised of researchers and clinicians, our editorial board reflects our mission to bridge the research-practice gap, reviewing manuscripts for both scientific rigor and clinical implications of findings. Please see our Instructions for Authors section for more specific information regarding manuscript submission. Peer Review Policy: All review papers in this journal have undergone editorial screening and peer review. Readership: Psychiatrists, psychologists, college counselors, marriage and family counselors, dieticians, nutritionists, social workers, and professionals at eating disorder treatment facilities
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): PSYCHIATRY-PSYCHOLOGY
Editor-in-chief Leslie Karwoski AndersonPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Eating Disorders and BehaviorsPsychology38.2%
- Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum DisordersPsychology11.7%
- Obesity, Physical Activity, DietMedicine8.4%
- Obesity and Health PracticesHealth Professions7.6%
- Child Nutrition and Feeding IssuesMedicine6.5%
- Body Image and Dysmorphia StudiesPsychology5.7%
- Impact of Technology on AdolescentsSocial Sciences3.9%
- Behavioral Health and InterventionsPsychology1.9%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Psychiatry | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Psychology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Psychology, Clinical | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Psychology, Clinical | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Psychiatry | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Psychology | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Psychiatry | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Psychology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Psychology, Clinical | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- JCR Q1 · best quartile · 2025
- CiteScore Q1 · 2025
Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website
Database indexing
SCIESSCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of ScienceMEDLINEPubMedEmbasePsycINFOCAB AbstractsCINAHLPublisher website
Other: ProQuest, OCLC, CABI - Abstracts on Hygiene and Communicable Diseases, CSA - Applied Social Sciences Index & Abstracts (ASSIA), EBSCOhost - Academic Search Alumni Edition, Food Science and Technology Abstracts, OCLC - ArticleFirst
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
- 3.6LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 3.5Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 3.6Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 6.3LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 6.3Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.08LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 1.08Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.05LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 1.05Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 45LetPub ·
- h-index
- 85OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 781OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.2OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 14.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 8.52%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 68LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 162,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,081 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 50 | 21 | 17 |
| 2025 | 73 | 27 | 109 |
| 2024 | 225 | 36 | 639 |
| 2023 | 178 | 17 | 835 |
| 2022 | 135 | 12 | 388 |
| 2021 | 35 | 14 | 563 |
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
Publisher-reported review time from the journal's website
78 daysfirst decision after review
The publisher's own definition applies; dates from this journal's articles in the last 24 months are not available yet, so the publisher's figure is used.
Figures by source
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 26%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 18 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 78 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access Open access
Eating Disorders is a hybrid open access journal that is part of the Taylor & Francis Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research. Why choose open access? Increase the discoverability and reader…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
All review papers undergo editorial screening and peer review. Model summary
Peer Review Policy: All review papers in this journal have undergone editorial screening and peer review.
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
- Routledge
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1064-0266
- Electronic ISSN
- 1532-530X
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 34, Issue 5 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Eating Disorders
What CAS zone is Eating Disorders in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Eating Disorders is in Zone 3 of Medicine, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Psychiatry / Psychology / Psychology, Clinical. 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 Eating Disorders?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 3.6; CiteScore 6.3, h-index 85.
How long does peer review take at Eating Disorders?
The publisher reports about 78 days (first decision after review); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 26%. 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.
What JCR quartile is Eating Disorders in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q1 (best quartile). JCR quartiles are Clarivate's to confirm and a different system from the CAS zones; in the CAS ranking the journal is in Zone 3 of Medicine.
Which databases index Eating Disorders?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Eating Disorders is indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists Web of Science, MEDLINE, PubMed, Embase, PsycINFO, CAB Abstracts and CINAHL; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Eating Disorders open access, and what is the APC?
Eating Disorders is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC charged, amount not published.
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: .