Journal profile · Neuroscience-Behavioral Neuroscience
Journal of Eating Disorders
ISSN 2050-2974 · BioMed Central · ENGLAND · Founded 2013
Journal of Eating Disorders: CAS Zone 2 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 5.66; fully open access; APC about USD 2,290; median 131 days to acceptance (116 articles, last 24 months); 327 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Eating Disorders is published by BioMed Central and is in Zone 2 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, Body Image and Dysmorphia Studies and Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues, together about 58.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Clinical Psychology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Journal of Eating Disorders is the first Gold open access, peer-reviewed journal publishing leading research in the science and clinical practice of eating disorders. It disseminates research that provides answers to the important issues and key challenges in the field of eating disorders and to facilitate translation of evidence into practice. The journal publishes research on all aspects of feeding and eating disorders namely their epidemiology, nature, determinants, neuroscience, prevention, treatment and outcomes. The scope includes, but is not limited to anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder, ARFID, and other eating disorders. Related areas such as important co-morbidities, high weight/obesity, body image, appetite, food and eating are also included where relevant to eating disorders. Articles about research methodology and assessment, as well as case series/reports and commentaries are welcomed where they advance the field of eating disorders
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Neuroscience-Behavioral Neuroscience
Editor-in-chief Phillipa HayPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 3 in mainland China (about 2%); most named Australia 48, United States 28, Canada 15, United Kingdom 8, Brazil 6 (144 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Eating Disorders and BehaviorsPsychology40.3%
- Body Image and Dysmorphia StudiesPsychology9.5%
- Child Nutrition and Feeding IssuesMedicine8.9%
- Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum DisordersPsychology7.2%
- Obesity and Health PracticesHealth Professions5.9%
- Obesity, Physical Activity, DietMedicine5.2%
- Bariatric Surgery and OutcomesMedicine4.1%
- Impact of Technology on AdolescentsSocial Sciences3.5%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Nutrition & Dietetics | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Psychiatry | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Psychology, Clinical | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Psychology, Clinical | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Nutrition & Dietetics | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Psychiatry | Zone 2 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Nutrition & Dietetics | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Psychiatry | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Psychology, Clinical | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIESSCIScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
PsycINFOCASCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, ProQuest, Dimensions, CNKI, Baidu, Naver, OCLC, Portico, CLOCKSS
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
- 5.66LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 5.7Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 5.6Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 7.1LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 1.6Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.54LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.67LetPub ·
- h-index
- 78OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 805OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 3.8OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 21.1%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 299LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 2,025Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 3,000,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,066 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 269 | 269 | 92 |
| 2025 | 327 | 327 | 1,167 |
| 2024 | 216 | 216 | 1,828 |
| 2023 | 233 | 233 | 4,423 |
| 2022 | 201 | 201 | 4,506 |
| 2021 | 166 | 166 | 4,034 |
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
131 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 98 days – 183 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 17 days (116 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 155 days
- Sample
- 116 articles with submission and acceptance dates (653 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
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 16 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to first decision
- 9 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 16 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
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
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | EUR 2,090 / USD 2,290 / GBP 1,690 | Yes | CC BY, CC BY-NC-ND | |
| OpenAlex | USD 2,190 / EUR 1,990 / GBP 1,590 | — | — | |
| LetPub | GBP 1,490 / USD 2,090 / EUR 1,890 | Yes | — | |
| Publisher website | GBP 1,690 / USD 2,290 / EUR 2,090 | — | — |
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)
Open calls for papers3, by deadline
Publisher websiteWhat to prepare6 items from the author guidelines
- Reference style
- Vancouver
- Templates
- LaTeX and Word
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
- Highlights
- Optional
- Graphical abstract
- Optional
- Not considered
- Do not include any individual participant details.
Article types accepted11
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Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteData availability, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- Data availability Formatting the 'Availability of data and materials' section of your manuscript
Data sharing strongly encouraged or required; deposit in public repositories where appropriate. Model summary
The following format for the 'Availability of data and materials section of your manuscript should be used:
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Licensing and copyright
Published under CC BY-NC-ND or CC BY licence. Model summary
Creative Commons licences Open access articles in Springer Nature journals are published under Creative Commons licences. These provide an industry-standard framework to support easy re-use of open access material. Under Creative Commons licences, authors retain copyright of their articles. Journal of Eating Disorders articles are published open access under a CC BY-NC-ND (Creative Commons Attribu…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Benefits of open access
Publishing open access (OA) offers a number of benefits, including greater reach and readership for your work: Cited more 1.6x more citations of OA articles than non-OA articles across all subjects Downloaded more 4x more downloads of OA articles than non-OA articles Greater impact 2.5x more Altmetric attention. OA articles attracted 1.9x more news mentions and 1.2x more policy mentions Open acces…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review policy
Peer review is the process used to evaluate the quality of a manuscript before publication. Independent researchers in the relevant field assess submitted manuscripts to check their validity and robustness. Their feedback guides editors in making publication decisions. Typically, two or more experts evaluate each manuscript based on three main criteria: scientific robustness: is the research metho…
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
- BioMed Central
- Country or region
- ENGLAND
- Language
- English
- Founded
- 2013
- ISSN
- 2050-2974
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Eating Disorders
What CAS zone is Journal of Eating Disorders in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Eating Disorders is in Zone 2 of Medicine, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Nutrition & Dietetics / Psychiatry / Psychology, Clinical. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Journal of Eating Disorders?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 5.66; CiteScore 7.1, h-index 78.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Eating Disorders?
Based on the dates recorded on 116 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 131 days (interquartile range 98–183 days); authors report an average review time of about 16 weeks. 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 are the manuscript requirements of Journal of Eating Disorders?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Reference style: Vancouver; Templates: LaTeX and Word; Suggested reviewers: Optional; Highlights: Optional; Graphical abstract: Optional. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of Journal of Eating Disorders based?
Of the 144 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 3 (about 2%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Australia (48), United States (28) and Canada (15). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Journal of Eating Disorders?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Eating Disorders is indexed in SCIE, SSCI, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists PsycINFO, CAS and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Journal of Eating Disorders open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Eating Disorders is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 2,290.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, Publisher website; 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: .