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• http://www.nature.com/oby
• Editor: Dr. Richard Bergman
• Volume 17: 12 issues per year
• ISSN: 1930-7381
• EISSN: 1930-739X
• Impact factor : 2.762*
• Impact ranking: 48/93 in Endocrinology & Metabolism, 16/59 in Nutrition & Dietetics*
• Date Established: 1993

Aims and Scope: Obesity is the leading journal in the field. It is intended to increase knowledge, stimulate research and promote better treatment for people with obesity. The journal publishes original scientific articles, as well as relevant review articles, commentaries, and public health and medical news spanning the breadth of obesity-related research. Topics include:

• Integrative physiology
• Behavior and psychology
• Intervention and prevention
• Adipocyte biology
• Genetics
• Methods and techniques
• Epidemiology

Supplements are printed annually to accompany the journal. Past supplements have included:

• Advances in the Long-Term Treatment of Obesity
• Paradigm Shifts in Obesity Research and Treatment
• Behavior Modification and Societal Change in the Prevention of Obesity
• Obesity as a Disease: Etiology, Treatment, and Management Considerations for the Obese Patient

Readership: Obesity covers basic science as well as research and is read by clinicians and researchers interested in pharmacology, nutritional medicine, genetics, metabolism and endocrinology, neuroscience, cell biology, molecular medicine, cardiovascular medicine, nephrology, urology, medical research and psychiatry.

Online features and site license access:

• Online archive available back to January 2000.
• A site license provides access to all content published during the supply period. Archive content is freely available after 12 months.
• Indexed in Medline, Index Medicus, Current Contents Life Sciences, Research Alert, Science Citations Index-Expanded, PsycINFO, Chemical Abstracts and Science Citation Index.

*2008 Journal Citation Report (Thomson Reuters, 2009)