Obesity

pISSN: 1930-7381eISSN: 1930-739X• JCR: OBESITYWileyUnited States
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2026 Impact Factor

4.9

Released June 2026 · Based on 2025 citation data

↑ 0.2 (+4.3%) vs last year

Impact Factor History

  1. Metric year 2025

    Released

    4.9
  2. Metric year 2024

    4.7

JCR Category Rankings

Journal Citation Reports category rankings
CategoryIndexesQuartile
ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISMSCIEQ1
NUTRITION & DIETETICSSCIEQ1
Q1
JCR Quartile
B2
CAS Block

Obesity current release and JCR quartile

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Ranking position in Medicine

Ranked #907 in Medicine by impact factor and #873 among Q1 Medicine journals. This context helps compare Obesity against journals publishing in the same field.

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Obesity publication trend

Published 1,297 papers across the last 5 recorded years with a current impact factor of 4.9.

2026 vs 2025: -239
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Journal Details

Total Articles
8,219
H-Index
230
Open Access
Hybrid
APC
$4,740 USD
Subject Areas
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthPhysiologyPhysiologyPharmacy

Article Volume

2022
312
2023
337
2024
271
2025
308
2026
69
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