Eating Behaviors

Aims & Scope

Eating Behaviors is an international peer-reviewed scientific journal publishing human research on the etiology, prevention, and treatment of obesity, binge eating, and eating disorders in adults and children.

Studies related to the promotion of healthy eating patterns to treat or prevent medical conditions (e.g., hypertension, diabetes mellitus, cancer) are also acceptable.

Two types of manuscripts are encouraged: (1) Descriptive studies establishing functional relationships between eating behaviors and social, cognitive, environmental, attitudinal, emotional or biochemical factors; (2) Clinical outcome research evaluating the efficacy of prevention or treatment protocols.

While theoretical orientations are diverse, the emphasis of the journal is primarily empirical.

That is, sound experimental design combined with valid, reliable assessment and evaluation procedures are a requisite for acceptance.

Uncontrolled clinical demonstrations and case studies are not accepted for publication.

A limited number of reviews are published.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	2.6
2024	2.40

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	5624

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	852

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.908

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

h-index

Year	Value
2024	91

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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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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.

• On orthorexia nervosa: A review of the literature and proposed diagnostic criteria

  Citation: 473

  Authors: Thomas M., Steven

• Why obese children cannot resist food: The role of impulsivity

  Citation: 417

  Authors: Chantal, Caroline, Yvonne, Ann, Anita

• Mindfulness meditation as an intervention for binge eating, emotional eating, and weight loss: A systematic review

  Citation: 380

  Authors: Shawn N., Brighid M., Megan M., Lisa M., Joyce A.

• Reduced perception of bodily signals in anorexia nervosa

  Citation: 367

  Authors: Olga, Anne-Lene, Jessica, Tatjana, Anna Maria, Veronika, Rainer, Martin, Rainer

• The Night Eating Questionnaire (NEQ): Psychometric properties of a measure of severity of the Night Eating Syndrome

  Citation: 344

  Authors: Kelly C., Jennifer D., John P., Nicole S., David B., Thomas A., Ross D., Scott G., Albert J.

• Norms and discriminative validity of the Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire (EDE-Q)

  Citation: 307

  Authors: Jiska J., Alexandra E., Margarita C.T., Eric F.

• Picky eating during childhood: A longitudinal study to age 11years

  Citation: 307

  Authors: Anthony J., Susan W., W. Stewart

• Emotional eating in overweight, normal weight, and underweight individuals

  Citation: 303

  Authors: Allan, Angela

• Difficulties regulating emotions: Do binge eaters have fewer strategies to modulate and tolerate negative affect?

  Citation: 286

  Authors: Ursula, Eunice, Clayton, Dorian, Tracy, Mary

• Eating disorder symptoms among undergraduate and graduate students at 12 U.S. colleges and universities

  Citation: 275

  Authors: SK, KR

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