Eating and Weight Disorders

Aims & Scope

Eating and Weight Disorders.

Studies on Anorexia, Bulimia, and Obesity (EWD) is a quarterly international e-only journal for research and treatment of eating disorders and obesity.

The months of publication are March, June, September and December.

EWD publishes peer-reviewed articles and is intended to provide an interdisciplinary forum devoted to the sectors of eating disorders and obesity and the significant interrelationships between them.

Topics covered include also over and under-nutrition, obesity surgery.

The journal publishes editorials, review articles, clinical research, psychometrics, pharmacological studies, basic science and animal research, technical innovations, brief and case reports, new concepts and hypotheses, historical notes, medico-legal issues, guidelines, meeting abstracts, letters to the editor, correspondence, invited commentaries and book reviews.

The journal benefits psychiatrists, psychologists, internists including endocrinologists and diabetologists, nutritional scientists, bariatric surgeons, nurses, dietitians and others dealing with eating disorders and obesity.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	2.8
2024	2.90

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	4997

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	2398

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.979

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	66

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science
• Medline
• Embase

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Medicine and Psychology, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Licensing & Copyright

This journal operates under an Open Access model. Articles are freely accessible to the public immediately upon publication. The content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), allowing users to share and adapt the work with proper attribution.

Copyright remains with the author(s), and no permission is required for non-commercial use, provided the original source is cited.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Orthorexia nervosa: Validation of a diagnosis questionnaire

  Citation: 373

  Authors: L. M., D., M. P., M., C.

• Orthorexia nervosa: A preliminary study with a proposal for diagnosis and an attempt to measure the dimension of the phenomenon

  Citation: 285

  Authors: L. M., D., M. P., M., C.

• A systematic review of the health-related quality of life and economic burdens of anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge eating disorder

  Citation: 285

  Authors: Tamás, Gábor, Dylan, Manjiri, Barry K., Zoltán, David V.

• Insulin resistance in obesity: an overview of fundamental alterations

  Citation: 267

  Authors: Rocco, Gianluca, Maurizio, Enzo

• The Body Uneasiness Test (BUT): Development and validation of a new body image assessment scale

  Citation: 255

  Authors: Massimo, G., G., P.E.

• Instagram use is linked to increased symptoms of orthorexia nervosa

  Citation: 238

  Authors: Pixie G., Carmen E.

• The interrelationship between orthorexia nervosa, perfectionism, body image and attachment style

  Citation: 188

  Authors: Marta A., Marie L.

• The obesity paradox and osteoporosis

  Citation: 179

  Authors: Angelo, Luca, Maurizio, Davide, Giovanni, Alessandro, Ombretta

• Evidence and gaps in the literature on orthorexia nervosa

  Citation: 173

  Authors: Márta, Szilvia, Ferenc, F.

• Obesity is associated with memory deficits in young and middle-aged adults

  Citation: 168

  Authors: John, R. H., R. A., D. F., E.

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