Obesity (journal)

Obesity
DisciplineEndocrinology
LanguageEnglish
Edited byEric Ravussin
Publication details
Former name(s)
Obesity Research
History1993–present
Publisher
FrequencyMonthly
5.002 (2020)
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4Obesity
NLMObesity (Silver Spring)
Indexing
ISSN1930-7381 (print)
1930-739X (web)
Links

Obesity is a monthly peer-reviewed medical journal covering research into obesity. It was established in 1993 under the name Obesity Research, obtaining its current name in 2006. It is published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the Obesity Society, of which it is the official journal. The editor-in-chief is Eric Ravussin (Pennington Biomedical Research Center). According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2020 impact factor of 5.002.