International Journal of Obesity
Discipline | Nutrition, dietetics |
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Language | English |
Edited by | R.L. Atkinson, I. Macdonald |
Publication details | |
Former name(s) | International Journal of Obesity; International Journal of Obesity and Related Metabolic Disorders |
History | 1977–present |
Publisher | Nature Publishing Group |
Frequency | Monthly |
Hybrid | |
5.095 (2020) | |
Standard abbreviations | |
ISO 4 | Int. J. Obes. (Lond.) |
Indexing | |
ISSN | 0307-0565 (print) 1476-5497 (web) |
LCCN | 2005243855 |
OCLC no. | 26074170 |
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The International Journal of Obesity (abbreviated as IJO) is a peer-reviewed medical journal published by the Nature Publishing Group. It was established in 1977 as International Journal of Obesity by in collaboration with the and the . In 1992, the journal change its name to International Journal of Obesity and Related Metabolic Disorders upon acquisition by the Nature Publishing Group. In 2005, the journal returned to its original name.
Aims and scope[]
The journal addresses the development and treatment of obesity, and the functional impairments associated with the obese state. It publishes basic science and clinical studies that address the biochemical, epidemiological, genetical, molecular, metabolic, nutritional, physiological, psychological and sociological aspects of obesity.[1]
Abstracting and indexing[]
International Journal of Obesity is indexed in the following databases:
- Elsevier BIOBASE
- BIOSIS
- Chemical Abstracts
- CINAHL
- Current Contents/Clinical Medicine
- Current Contents/Life Sciences
- EMBASE
- MEDLINE
- SciSearch
According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal had a 2020 impact factor of 5.095, ranking it 23rd out of 89 journals in the category "Nutrition & Dietetics" and 38th out of 145 journals in the category "Endocrinology & Metabolism".[2]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ http://www2.nature.com/catalog/ijo International Journal of Obesity - Aims and Scope
- ^ "International Journal of Obesity". 2020 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Science ed.). Thomson Reuters. 2021.
External links[]
- English-language journals
- Monthly journals
- Nature Research academic journals
- Nutrition and dietetics journals
- Obesity journals
- Publications established in 1977