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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Infobox journal<br />
| cover = International Journal of Obesity.jpg<br />
| editor = R.L. Atkinson, I. Macdonald<br />
| discipline = [[Nutrition]], [[dietitian|dietetics]]<br />
| abbreviation = Int. J. Obes. (Lond.)<br />
| formername = International Journal of Obesity; International Journal of Obesity and Related Metabolic Disorders<br />
| publisher = [[Nature Publishing Group]]<br />
| country = <br />
| frequency = Monthly<br />
| history = 1977–present<br />
| openaccess = Hybrid<br />
| license = <br />
| impact = 5.095<br />
| impact-year = 2020<br />
| website = https://www.nature.com/ijo/<br />
| link1 = https://www.nature.com/ijo/volumes<br />
| link1-name = Online archive<br />
| link2 = <br />
| link2-name = <br />
| JSTOR = <br />
| OCLC = 26074170<br />
| LCCN = 2005243855<br />
| CODEN = <br />
| ISSN = 0307-0565<br />
| eISSN = 1476-5497<br />
}}<br />
The '''''International Journal of Obesity''''' (abbreviated as ''IJO'') is a [[peer review|peer-reviewed]] [[public health journal|medical journal]] published by the [[Nature Publishing Group]]. It was established in 1977 as ''International Journal of Obesity'' by [[Newman Pub.]] in collaboration with the [[Association for the Study of Obesity]] and the [[North American Association for the Study of Obesity]]. In 1992, the journal change its name to '''''International Journal of Obesity and Related Metabolic Disorders''''' upon acquisition by the Nature Publishing Group. In 2005, the journal returned to its original name.<br />
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== Aims and scope ==<br />
The journal addresses the development and treatment of [[obesity]], and the functional impairments associated with the obese state. It publishes basic science and clinical studies that address the [[biochemistry|biochemical]], epidemiological, [[genetics|genetical]], molecular, metabolic, [[nutrition]]al, [[physiology|physiological]], psychological and sociological aspects of obesity.<ref>[http://www2.nature.com/catalog/ijo International Journal of Obesity - Aims and Scope]</ref><br />
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== Abstracting and indexing ==<br />
''International Journal of Obesity'' is indexed in the following databases:<br />
* [[Elsevier BIOBASE]]<br />
* [[BIOSIS Previews|BIOSIS]]<br />
* [[Chemical Abstracts Service|Chemical Abstracts]]<br />
* [[CINAHL]]<br />
* [[Current Contents]]/Clinical Medicine <br />
* [[Current Contents]]/Life Sciences<br />
* [[EMBASE]]<br />
* [[MEDLINE]]<br />
* [[Science Citation Index|SciSearch]]<br />
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According to the ''[[Journal Citation Reports]]'', the journal had a 2020 [[impact factor]] of 5.095, ranking it 23rd out of 89 journals in the category "Nutrition & Dietetics" and 38th out of 145 journals in the category "Endocrinology & Metabolism".<ref name=WoS>{{cite book |year=2021 |chapter=International Journal of Obesity |title=2020 Journal Citation Reports |publisher=[[Thomson Reuters]] |edition=Science |series=[[Web of Science]] |title-link=Journal Citation Reports }}</ref><br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[List of medical journals]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{Official website|https://www.nature.com/ijo/}}<br />
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[[Category:English-language journals]]<br />
[[Category:Monthly journals]]<br />
[[Category:Nature Research academic journals]]<br />
[[Category:Nutrition and dietetics journals]]<br />
[[Category:Obesity journals]]<br />
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