ABOUT THE JOURNAL

Aims and scope of journal

Obesity is owned by and is the official publication of The Obesity Society. Led by Editor-in-Chief Richard N. Bergman, the journal offers prompt publication of high-quality original research and presents new information in the areas of clinical nutrition medicine, pharmacology, nutrition medicine, genetics, adipogenesis, behavioral epidemiology, biophysics and lipid metabolism, exercise and human physiology, nutritional epidemiology, phenotyping, fat cell physiology, aging, neuroscience, transgenic models, metabolic syndrome, nutrition behavior, pediatric obesity, and adipocyte cell biology.

Starting in 2008, Obesity will feature a redesigned front section to help readers stay abreast of the latest information. This section features: editorials, commentaries, reviews, information about articles of interest in the issue, and timely and relevant coverage of research that defines the field.

Impact Factor

Impact Factor: 2.762*

*2008 Journal Citation Report (Thomson Reuters, 2009)

Abstracted/indexed in

Chemical Abstracts and Science Citation Index
Current Contents Life Sciences
Index Medicus
MEDLINE
Research Alert
Science Citations Index-Expanded
PsychINFO

ISSN and eISSN

The international standard serial number (ISSN) for Obesity is 1930-7381 and the electronic standard serial number (eISSN) is 1930-739X.

Editors

Editor-in-Chief
Richard N. Bergman, PhD
Keck Professor and Chair
Department of Physiology and Biophysics
Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California

Deputy Editor
Marilyn Ader, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Physiology and Biophysics
Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California

Associate Editors
David Allison, PhD
Professor of Public Health
Department of Biostatistics
University of Alabama at Birmingham

Caroline M. Apovian MD, FACP FACN
Associate Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics
Boston University School of Medicine

Louis J. Aronne, MD
Clinical Professor of Medicine
Weill Medical College of Cornell University

Timothy J. Bartness, PhD
Regents' Professor of Neurobiology and Behavior
Georgia State University

Clifton Bogardus, MD
Chief, Phoenix Epidemiology and Clinical Research Branch
NIH/NIDDK

Kevin P. Davy, PhD
Professor
Department of Human Nutrition, Foods and Exercise
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Andrea Dunaif, MD
Charles F. Kettering Professor of Medicine and Chief
Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Molecular Medicine
Northwestern University
Feinberg School of Medicine

Susan K. Fried, PhD
Professor, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Nutrition
Department of Medicine
University of Maryland School of Medicine

Michael I. Goran, PhD
Professor, Preventive Medicine and Physiology and Biophysics;
The Dr. Robert C. and Veronica Atkins Endowed Chair in Childhood Obesity and Diabetes;
Director, USC Center for Transdisciplinary Research on Energetics and Cancer (USC C-TREC);
Director, USC Center for Obesity & Metabolic Health
Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California

Steven B. Heymsfield, MD
Executive Director, Clinical Research, Metabolism
Merck & Co., Inc.

Ronald M. Krauss, MD
Director, Atherosclerosis Research
Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute (CHORI)

John M. Miles, MD
Professor of Medicine
Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, Metabolism, and Nutrition
Mayo Clinic and Foundation

Christopher P. O'Donnell, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine
Department of Medicine
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Paul Poirier MD, PhD, FRCPC, FACC, FAHA
Professeur-agrégé, Faculté de pharmacie
Université Laval
Institut universitaire de cardiologie et de pneumologie de Québec

Philipp E. Scherer, PhD
Director, Touchstone Diabetes Center
Department of Internal Medicine
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Richard S. Surwit, PhD
Professor
Chief, Division of Medical Psychology and Vice Chairman for Research
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Duke University Medical Center

Thomas Wadden, PhD
Professor of Psychology
Department of Psychiatry
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

Richard M. Watanabe, PhD
Assistant Professor, Preventive Medicine (Division of Biostatistics) and Physiology & Biophysics;
Associate Program Director, General Clinical Research Center
Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California

Alan G. Watts, DPhil
Professor of Biological Sciences (Neurobiology), Adjunct Professor of Physiology & Biophysics, and Director, Neuroscience Research Institute
University of Southern California

Managing Editor
Hedy Ross
E-mail: hross@obesity.org
Assistant: Todd Milton
E-mail: miltont@obesity.org

Editorial Assistant
Hannah Freed
Department of Physiology and Biophysics
Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California

Editorial Board
Peter Arner, MD, PhD
Peter H. Bennett, MB, FRCP
Leslie Bernstein, PhD
Nikhil V. Dhurandhar, PhD
Mario DiGirolamo, MD
Myles S. Faith, PhD
Stephen Farmer, PhD
Anthony W. Ferrante Jr., MD, PhD
Kevin Fontaine, PhD
Gary D. Foster, PhD
Penny Gordon-Larsen, PhD
Antonio M. Gotto, MD, PhD
Andrew S. Greenberg, MD
Carlos Grilo, PhD
Harvey Grill, PhD
Michael D. Jensen, MD
James Kirkland, MD, PhD, MSc
Judith Korner MD, PhD
Robert F. Kushner, MD
Barry Levin, MD
David Ludwig, MD, PhD
Ormond A. MacDougald, PhD
Timothy H. Moran, PhD
John W. Newcomer, MD
Patrick M. O'Neil, PhD
Kitt Falk Petersen, MD
Suzanne Phelan, PhD
Xavier Pi-Sunyer, MD
Angelo Pietrobelli, MD
Eric Ravussin, PhD
Linda Rinaman, PhD
Michael Schwartz, MD
Karen Segal, PhD
Steven Shoelson, MD, PhD
Richard Simerly, PhD
Steven R. Smith, MD
Carole Sztalryd, PhD
Andre Tchernof, PhD
Suzanne Wright, MA