Journal profile · Medicine-Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Obesity Pillars
ISSN 2667-3681 · Elsevier · United States
Obesity Pillars: impact factor 5.3 (journal website); fully open access; APC about USD 2,400; median 36 days to acceptance (96 articles, last 24 months); 86 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Obesity Pillars is published by Elsevier. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes, Obesity and Health Practices and Pharmacology and Obesity Treatment, together about 45.9% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Obesity Pillars® is the official Gold Open Access online-only journal of the Obesity Medicine Association (OMA) and is indexed in Scopus, PubMed and DOAJ. Its aim is to help clinicians deliver evidence-based obesity treatments. Its scope is based on the OMA's four pillars of clinical obesity treatment:Nutrition TherapyPhysical ActivityBehavioral ModificationMedical InterventionsObesity Pillars® publications are evidenced-based, clinically oriented, and supported by journalistic standards of excellence and expert peer review. Articles published in Obesity Pillars® serve as practical guides for physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and other health care clinicians. The goal is to not only improve the weight of patients, but most importantly, improve the health of patients living with the disease of obesity. As importantly, articles in Obesity Pillars® are published via gold open access, which means they are freely accessible to anyone and everyone.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Medicine-Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Editor-in-chief Harold Edward BaysPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 112, Germany 3, Saudi Arabia 3 (118 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Bariatric Surgery and OutcomesMedicine19.8%
- Obesity and Health PracticesHealth Professions14.7%
- Pharmacology and Obesity TreatmentMedicine11.4%
- Obesity, Physical Activity, DietMedicine10.4%
- Diabetes Treatment and ManagementMedicine8.6%
- Diet and metabolism studiesMedicine5.1%
- Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and LipoproteinsMedicine3.5%
- Eating Disorders and BehaviorsPsychology2.4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
PubMedPublisher website
Other: Crossref
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)
- 5.3Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 7.8LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2024
- 5.6Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.58LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.46LetPub ·
- h-index
- 25OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 74OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 4.48OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 11.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 99.38%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 78LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 321 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 88 | 88 | 29 |
| 2025 | 86 | 86 | 434 |
| 2024 | 55 | 55 | 564 |
| 2023 | 41 | 41 | 648 |
| 2022 | 51 | 51 | 964 |
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 PubMed · to
36 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 30 days – 46 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 1 days (96 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 40 days
- Sample
- 96 articles with submission and acceptance dates (196 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 6 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to first decision
- 3 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 19 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance
- 35 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 3 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 7 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double 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 | USD 2,400 | Yes | CC BY, CC BY-NC-ND | |
| OpenAlex | USD 2,400 / EUR 2,250 / GBP 1,920 / JPY 297,670 | — | — | |
| LetPub | USD 2,000 | Yes | — | |
| Publisher website | USD 2,400 | — | — |
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 prepare5 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 300 words
- Reference style
- Numbered, in order of citation
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
- Highlights
- Optional
- Graphical abstract
- Required
Article types accepted7, with length limits
- case reportRegarding Types of Articles, Obesity Pillars publishes: • Clinical Practice Statements • Scientific Statements • Obesity Guidelines • Joint Clinical Perspective…main text ≤ 2,000 words
- commentaryRegarding Types of Articles, Obesity Pillars publishes: • Clinical Practice Statements • Scientific Statements • Obesity Guidelines • Joint Clinical Perspective…main text ≤ 3,000 words
- letterLetters to the EditorLength not stated
- letters to the editorRegarding Types of Articles, Obesity Pillars publishes: • Clinical Practice Statements • Scientific Statements • Obesity Guidelines • Joint Clinical Perspective…main text ≤ 500 words
- meta-analysisMeta-analyses submission should adhere to the latest reporting standards of the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA). htt…Length not stated
- perspectiveRegarding Types of Articles, Obesity Pillars publishes: • Clinical Practice Statements • Scientific Statements • Obesity Guidelines • Joint Clinical Perspective…Length not stated
- reviewRegarding Types of Articles, Obesity Pillars publishes: • Clinical Practice Statements • Scientific Statements • Obesity Guidelines • Joint Clinical Perspective…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism
- License & copyright Copyright
Obesity Pillars is an open access journal, which means the authors retain copyright and license exclusive rights in their article to Elsevier, on behalf of the Obesity Medicine Association, where a CC BY-NC-ND end user license is selected, and license non-exclusive rights where a CC BY end user license is selected. Please visit the Elsevier Copyright page for more information regarding authors, th…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access
Article Publishing Charge (APC): USD 2,400 (excluding taxes). Review this journal’s open access policy.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review
After your manuscript is submitted, it will undergo a triage assessment to determine if the submission adhered to journal formatting requirement and if it is otherwise suitable to move forward with the review process. If your submission is not suitable for Obesity Pillars, then it may be rejected during this triage assessment. If your submission is potentially suitable for Obesity Pillars, but doe…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism Plagiarism
Plagiarism is the use of someone else's words, ideas, results, or images without proper permission or attribution. The journal Obesity Pillars is committed to upholding high standards of publication ethics and expects authors to avoid plagiarism. Obesity Pillars requires:Quotations and citations be applied when copying text verbatim from another source, even when it involves the reuse of an author…
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
- Elsevier
- Country or region
- United States
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2667-3681
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗DOAJ
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Obesity Pillars
What is the impact factor of Obesity Pillars?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 5.3; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 7.8, h-index 25.
How long does peer review take at Obesity Pillars?
Based on the dates recorded on 96 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 36 days (interquartile range 30–46 days); authors report an average review time of about 6 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 Obesity Pillars?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 300 words; Reference style: Numbered, in order of citation; Suggested reviewers: Optional; Highlights: Optional; Graphical abstract: Required. 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 Obesity Pillars based?
Of the 118 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (112), Germany (3) and Saudi Arabia (3). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Obesity Pillars?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Obesity Pillars is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists PubMed; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Obesity Pillars open access, and what is the APC?
Obesity Pillars is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 2,400.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex, DOAJ; 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: .