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Obesity Science and Practice is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 4.4), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by Wiley-Blackwell.
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ISSN 2055-2238Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nutrition and Dietetics | 66 / 147 | 55th | Q2 |
| Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism | 124 / 250 | 50th | Q2 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2016–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 4.4.
Obesity Science and Practice is Q2 in Nutrition and Dietetics (rank 66 of 147) and Q2 in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism (rank 124 of 250), by CiteScore 2025.
Obesity Science and Practice is indexed in the Emerging Sources 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 4.4, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 55th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.880, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 35.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$3,260 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.
Obesity Science and Practice is published by Wiley-Blackwell. Its ISSN is 2055-2238.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Obesity Science and Practice has an h-index of 44 and a 2-year mean of 2.76 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 4.4, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #52 of 146 Scopus journals in Nutrition and Dietetics.
Obesity Science and Practice published 87 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2021 with 112. 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 99 research articles (2025–2026), authors are most often from United States (44.1%), Australia (6.5%) and United Kingdom (6.2%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. No retracted papers are recorded. 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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