Journal profile · PEDIATRICS
Pediatric Obesity
ISSN 2047-6310 · Wiley-Blackwell for the International Association for the Study of Obesity · ENGLAND
Pediatric Obesity: CAS Zone 3 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.51; hybrid open access; APC about USD 4,880; median 182 days to acceptance (91 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: easy; 116 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Pediatric Obesity is published by Wiley-Blackwell for the International Association for the Study of Obesity 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 Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet, Birth, Development, and Health and Gestational Diabetes Research and Management, together about 41.7% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Pediatric Obesity is a peer-reviewed, monthly journal devoted to research into obesity during childhood and adolescence. The topic is currently at the centre of intense interest in the scientific community, and is of increasing concern to health policy-makers and the public at large. Pediatric Obesity has established itself as the leading journal for high quality papers in this field, including, but not limited to, the following: Genetic, molecular, biochemical and physiological aspects of obesity – basic, applied and clinical studies relating to mechanisms of the development of obesity throughout the life course and the consequent effects of obesity on health outcomes Metabolic consequences of child and adolescent obesity Epidemiological and population-based studies of child and adolescent overweight and obesity Measurement and diagnostic issues in assessing child and adolescent adiposity, physical activity and nutrition Clinical management of children and adolescents with obesity including studies of treatment and prevention Co-morbidities linked to child and adolescent obesity – mechanisms, assessment, and treatment Life-cycle factors eg familial, intrauterine and developmental aspects of child and adolescent obesity Nutrition security and the "double burden" of obesity and malnutrition Health promotion strategies around the issues of obesity, nutrition and physical activity in children and adolescents Community and public health measures to prevent overweight and obesity in children and adolescents Pediatric Obesity is available in online-only. The journal also publishes supplements in the same style and layout as regular issues of the journal. Supplements may be commercial or non-commercial. Please contact the Editorial Office at pob@worldobesity.org for more information.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): PEDIATRICS
Editor-in-chief Michael I GoranPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 12, Australia 2, United Kingdom 1, Canada 1, Mexico 1 (18 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Obesity, Physical Activity, DietMedicine28.6%
- Birth, Development, and HealthMedicine8%
- Gestational Diabetes Research and ManagementMedicine5.1%
- Eating Disorders and BehaviorsPsychology4.5%
- Children's Physical and Motor DevelopmentPsychology4.5%
- Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and LipoproteinsMedicine4.1%
- Obesity and Health PracticesHealth Professions3.8%
- Nutritional Studies and DietMedicine3.5%
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 | Pediatrics | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Pediatrics | Zone 2 |
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 | Pediatrics | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of ScienceMEDLINEPubMedEmbasePsycINFOCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: EBSCO, 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
- 2.51LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 2.5Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.5Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 6.2LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 6.2Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 6.2Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.13LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.03LetPub ·
- h-index
- 60LetPub ·
- h-index
- 83OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 883OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.41OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 4%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 43.7%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 89LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 91Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 291,727Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,684 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 85 | 56 | 18 |
| 2025 | 116 | 79 | 277 |
| 2024 | 115 | 80 | 466 |
| 2023 | 105 | 80 | 708 |
| 2022 | 125 | 77 | 1,498 |
| 2021 | 129 | 74 | 2,012 |
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
182 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 146 days – 265 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 11 days (91 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 205 days
- Sample
- 91 articles with submission and acceptance dates (197 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)
- 6–12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 19%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 19%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 11 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 11 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 186 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 22 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 4,880 / EUR 4,030 / GBP 3,240 | — | — |
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 prepare4 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 200 words
- Keywords
- 3–6
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 5,000 words
- Graphical abstract
- Optional
Article types accepted6, with length limits
- editorialAcceptance of papers is based on the originality of the observation or investigation, the quality of the work described, the clarity of presentation, and the re…Length not stated
- letters to the editorLetters to the Editor 400-1,000 3-5 1Length not stated
- original articlesOriginal Articles 2,500-5,000 30-50 3-6Length not stated
- reviewicited review papers for consideration. Reviews should be a maximum of 6000 words, excluding references. Short Communications Studies that famain text ≤ 6,000 words
- review articlesReview Articles 3,000-6,000 40-60 3-6Length not stated
- short communicationsShort Communications 1,000-1,500 15-20 1-2Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Data availability, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism, Preprints
- Authorship Authorship Change Process
In accordance with Wiley’s Best Practice Guidelines on Research Integrity and Publishing Ethics and the Committee on Publication Ethics’ guidance, Pediatric 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 Encourages Data Sharing
Data sharing Model summary
Pediatric Obesity encourages authors to share the data and other artefacts supporting the results in the paper by archiving it in an appropriate public repository. Authors should include a data accessibility statement, including a link to the repository they have used, in order that this statement can be published alongside their paper.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Publication Ethics
Publication ethics Model summary
Pediatric Obesity is a member of the UK Committee on Publication Ethics and subscribes to its recommendations (Committee on Publication Ethics [COPE]: guidelines on good publication practice, www.publicationethics.org.uk). Our Best Practice Guidelines on Publication Ethics: A Publisher's Perspective. Second Edition are available at http://exchanges.wiley.com/ethicsguidelines. The Editors reserve t…
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 (APC) to ensure that the article is made available to non-subscribers upo…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review The review process
All articles are subjected to full peer review. Comments and requests from the reviewers and Editor will be sent to the corresponding author. The authors then edit the article and submit it in revised form, providing clear details of the changes made and any responses to the comments. The revised version will be considered by the Editor, and if necessary, by the reviewers, before a final decision …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism
Plagiarism screening Model summary
This journal employs a plagiarism detection system. By submitting your manuscript to this journal you accept that your manuscript may be screened for plagiarism against previously published works.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprint Servers
Preprint policy Model summary
Pediatric 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. Authors are requested to update any pre-publication versions with a link to the final published article.
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 for the International Association for the Study of Obesity
- Country or region
- ENGLAND
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2047-6310
- Print ISSN
- 2047-6302
- Society / sponsor
- World Obesity
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 21, Issue 9 (September 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Pediatric Obesity
What CAS zone is Pediatric Obesity in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Pediatric Obesity is in Zone 3 of Medicine, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Pediatrics. 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 Pediatric Obesity?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.51; CiteScore 6.2, h-index 83.
How long does peer review take at Pediatric Obesity?
Based on the dates recorded on 91 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 182 days (interquartile range 146–265 days); authors report an average review time of 6–12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 19% (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.
What are the manuscript requirements of Pediatric Obesity?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 200 words; Keywords: 3–6; Manuscript length: ≤ 5,000 words; 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 Pediatric Obesity based?
Of the 18 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (12), Australia (2) and United Kingdom (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Pediatric Obesity?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Pediatric Obesity is indexed in SCIE and Scopus. The journal's website also lists Web of Science, MEDLINE, PubMed, Embase, PsycINFO and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Pediatric Obesity open access, and what is the APC?
Pediatric Obesity is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 4,880.
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: .