Journal profile · Endocrinology & Metabolism
Obesity
ISSN 1930-7381 · eISSN 1930-739X · Wiley-Blackwell · UNITED STATES · Monthly · Founded 2006
Obesity: CAS Zone 2 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 4.73; hybrid open access; APC about USD 4,980; median 102 days to acceptance (86 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: fairly easy; 310 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Obesity is published by Wiley-Blackwell 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 Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet, Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases and Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes, together about 28.4% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Obesity is owned by and is the official publication of The Obesity Society. The journal offers prompt publication of high-quality original research and presents new information in the areas of clinical nutrition medicine, pharmacology, nutrition medicine, genetics, adipogenesis, behavioral epidemiology, biophysics and lipid metabolism, exercise and human physiology, nutritional epidemiology, phenotyping, fat cell physiology, aging, neuroscience, transgenic models, metabolic syndrome, nutrition behavior, pediatric obesity, and adipocyte cell biology. Obesity features a front section to help readers stay abreast of the latest information. This section includes: editorials, commentaries, reviews, information about articles of interest in the issue, and timely and relevant coverage of research that defines the field.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Endocrinology & Metabolism
Editor-in-chief Leanne M. RedmanPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 16, United Kingdom 2, Australia 1 (19 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Obesity, Physical Activity, DietMedicine12.7%
- Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic DiseasesMedicine7.9%
- Bariatric Surgery and OutcomesMedicine7.8%
- Obesity and Health PracticesHealth Professions7%
- Adipose Tissue and MetabolismMedicine6.7%
- Regulation of Appetite and ObesityNeuroscience5.9%
- Diet and metabolism studiesMedicine5.5%
- Eating Disorders and BehaviorsPsychology5.4%
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 | Endocrinology & Metabolism | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Nutrition & Dietetics | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Endocrinology & Metabolism | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Nutrition & Dietetics | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Nutrition & Dietetics | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Endocrinology & Metabolism | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
AHCIWeb of ScienceMEDLINEPubMedEmbaseCASCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: ProQuest, AGRICOLA, OCLC
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
- 4.73LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 4.9Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 4.9Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 8.5LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 8.5Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 8.5Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.77LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.36LetPub ·
- h-index
- 177LetPub ·
- h-index
- 235OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 5,387OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 4.19OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 2%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 50.84%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 242LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 273Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 3,091,056Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 8,372 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 211 | 144 | 152 |
| 2025 | 310 | 228 | 1,345 |
| 2024 | 271 | 197 | 1,823 |
| 2023 | 337 | 271 | 4,532 |
| 2022 | 312 | 207 | 5,585 |
| 2021 | 278 | 179 | 6,461 |
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
102 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 72 days – 147 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 53 days (86 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 163 days
- Sample
- 86 articles with submission and acceptance dates (570 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)
- 2–4 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- Fairly easyLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 14%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 14%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 4 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 4 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 98 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 64 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 4,980 / EUR 4,220 / GBP 3,570 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | USD 5,230 / GBP 3,750 / EUR 4,430 | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Colour charges
- USD 595
- Other fees
- USD 5,230
- Page charges
- USD 65
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)
Article types accepted7
- brief cutting edge reportsManuscripts published by Obesity include: Original Articles Brief Cutting Edge Reports Reviews and Invited Reviews Perspectives Commentaries Letters to the Edit…Length not stated
- commentariesManuscripts published by Obesity include: Original Articles Brief Cutting Edge Reports Reviews and Invited Reviews Perspectives Commentaries Letters to the Edit…Length not stated
- editorialsManuscripts published by Obesity include: Original Articles Brief Cutting Edge Reports Reviews and Invited Reviews Perspectives Commentaries Letters to the Edit…Length not stated
- letters to the editorManuscripts published by Obesity include: Original Articles Brief Cutting Edge Reports Reviews and Invited Reviews Perspectives Commentaries Letters to the Edit…Length not stated
- original articlesManuscripts published by Obesity include: Original Articles Brief Cutting Edge Reports Reviews and Invited Reviews Perspectives Commentaries Letters to the Edit…Length not stated
- perspectivesManuscripts published by Obesity include: Original Articles Brief Cutting Edge Reports Reviews and Invited Reviews Perspectives Commentaries Letters to the Edit…Length not stated
- reviews and invited reviewsManuscripts published by Obesity include: Original Articles Brief Cutting Edge Reports Reviews and Invited Reviews Perspectives Commentaries Letters to the Edit…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Plagiarism
- AI use
AI cannot be considered capable of initiating original research without human direction. Model summary
Nonhuman artificial intelligence (AI), language models, machine learning, or similar technologies cannot be considered capable of initiating an original piece of research without direction by human authors.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Ethical Approval and Informed Consent
Member of COPE; follows COPE guidelines on good publication practice. Model summary
For all manuscripts reporting data from studies involving human participants or animals, formal review and approval, or formal review and waiver, by an appropriate institutional review board or ethics committee is required and should be described in the Methods section.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright For authors signing the copyright transfer agreement
If the open access option is not selected the corresponding author will be presented with the copyright transfer agreement (CTA) to sign. The terms and conditions of the CTA can be previewed in the samples associated with the Copyright FAQs below:
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access charges
The cost for authors to publish their accepted original research article as open access is $5,230 USD / £3,750 GBP / €4,430 EUR. Authors who elect open access publication will be exempt from paying page charges. Please see the “open access” section below for details.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism
Manuscripts may be screened for plagiarism against previously published works. Model summary
This journal employs a plagiarism detection system. By submitting your manuscript, you accept that your manuscript may be screened for plagiarism against previously published works.
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
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Founded
- 2006
- ISSN
- 1930-7381
- Electronic ISSN
- 1930-739X
- Society / sponsor
- Obesity Society
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 34, Issue 9 (September 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Obesity
What CAS zone is Obesity in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Obesity is in Zone 2 of Medicine, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Endocrinology & Metabolism / Nutrition & Dietetics. 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 Obesity?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 4.73; CiteScore 8.5, h-index 235.
How long does peer review take at Obesity?
Based on the dates recorded on 86 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 102 days (interquartile range 72–147 days); authors report an average review time of 2–4 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Fairly easy”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 14% (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 Obesity based?
Of the 19 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (16), United Kingdom (2) and Australia (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Obesity?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Obesity is indexed in SCIE and Scopus. The journal's website also lists AHCI, Web of Science, MEDLINE, PubMed, Embase, CAS and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Obesity open access, and what is the APC?
Obesity is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 4,980.
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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .