International Journal of Obesity (2024)

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Publishing with this journal

The journal charges up to: 950 USD.

We publish high quality, peer reviewed original research and reviews that address issues related to the development and treatment of obesity, and the functional impairments associated with the obese state.

Maternal pregnancy smoking status, gestational weight gain, and weight gain in infancy have long-term effects on offspring. Maternal obesity is the strongest predictor of obesity at all times studied.

The island nations of Tonga and American Samoa had the highest prevalence of obesity in 2022 for women, while American Samoa and Nauru had the highest among men. In those countries, more than 60% of the adult population were obese, according to the study.

Page charges

If your paper is accepted, the authors will be assessed $65 per page if a first or corresponding author is a member of The Obesity Society or $95 per page if a first or corresponding member is not a member of The Obesity Society.

Publishing with this journal

There are no publication fees (article processing charges or APCs) to publish with this journal. Look up the journal's: Aims & scope. Instructions for authors.

In general, an impact factor of 10 or higher is considered remarkable, while 3 is good, and the average score is less than 1. The very prestigious journal Nature had an impact factor of 69.504 in the year 2021. ➡️ Learn more: What is a good h-index?

What is the impact factor of ijo? ›

One of the objective assessments of a Journal's academic relevance is the Impact Factor, which has scaled up from 0.835 at the 2016 baseline to 2.969 in 2021 [Fig. 1].

i-JMR is indexed in PubMed, PubMed Central, Sherpa/Romeo, EBSCO, DOAJ, and Clarivate's Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI).

Obesity Reviews is the highest ranked obesity journal by Impact Factor (ISI Journal Citation Reports).

Studies have shown the risk factors for obesity are gender, age, occupation, education level, economic status, marital status, urban living area, smoking habit, consumption of fatty food, consumption of sweet food, and level physical activity (Hou et al.

Body mass index (BMI; weight/height²) has been used worldwide and is promoted by the World Health Organization as a simple indicator of obesity in the general population. Although BMI does not specifically measure fat mass, it has been shown to correlate well with measures of body fat at a population level.

Journal of Obesity is an open access journal that focuses on topics such as obesity, lipid metabolism, metabolic syndrome, diabetes, paediatric obesity, genetics, nutrition & eating disorders, exercise & human physiology, weight control and risks associated with obesity.

The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) is recognized as the world's leading medical journal and website. Published continuously for over 200 years, NEJM delivers high-quality, peer-reviewed research and interactive clinical content to physicians, educators, researchers, and the global medical community.

BMI — which is calculated using a person's height and weight — is the standard way to determine whether someone has obesity or is overweight. A BMI of 30 and above falls into the obese category for most people; 25 to under 30 is considered overweight.