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Journal of Eating Disorders is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 7.1), WoS SCIE/SSCI, DOAJ. Published by BioMed Central Ltd.
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ISSN 2050-2974Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: BioMed Central Ltd
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Behavioral Neuroscience | 13 / 93 | 86th | Q1 |
| Psychiatry and Mental Health | 84 / 580 | 85th | Q1 |
| Nutrition and Dietetics | 30 / 147 | 79th | Q1 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2013–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 7.1.
Journal of Eating Disorders is Q1 in Behavioral Neuroscience (rank 13 of 93), Q1 in Psychiatry and Mental Health (rank 84 of 580) and Q1 in Nutrition and Dietetics (rank 30 of 147), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of Eating Disorders is indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded and Social Sciences Citation Index, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 7.1, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 86th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 1.544, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 61.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$2,190 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
Journal of Eating Disorders is published by BioMed Central Ltd. Its ISSN is 2050-2974.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded and Social Sciences Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Journal of Eating Disorders has an h-index of 77 and a 2-year mean of 3.79 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 7.1, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #13 of 91 Scopus journals in Behavioral Neuroscience.
Journal of Eating Disorders published 327 papers in 2025. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
In its latest 98 research articles (2026), authors are most often from Australia (18.4%), United Kingdom (16.6%) and United States (14.6%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 3 retracted papers are recorded (1.5 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
Index data is curated from public sources (Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, DOAJ). CiteScore and quartiles reflect the latest available Scopus release. Always verify a journal's current status on its official source before submitting.
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