AUTHOR GUIDELINES

Submitting an article

To prepare your manuscript, please refer to the Instructions for Authors. Submit the manuscript using the Online Submission System.

Complete instructions for preparing and submitting manuscripts online, including color artwork and copyright forms, are provided at the Online Submission Site. For online help and tutorials about using the online submission site, click on Help.

Benefits of publishing with Obesity

Obesity is the official journal of the Obesity Society, which is committed to publishing high quality, independently peer-reviewed research and review material.

The journal is published in partnership with Nature Publishing Group (NPG), which uses pioneering technologies, innovative formats and world-class production to provide premium information for scientific researchers in the public and private sectors, government agencies and educators.

A key strength of NPG is its close relationship with the scientific community. By working closely with scientists, listening to what they say, and always placing emphasis on quality rather than quantity, NPG is the leading scientific publisher at finding innovative solutions to scientists' information needs, both for the Nature-branded publications and those published on behalf of society partners, including The Obesity Society.

Publishing with Obesity and NPG provides an author with a wide range of benefits:

License to publish

Authors are not required to grant the copyright in their articles to the Obesity Society. Instead, authors provide the Society with an exclusive license and are free to reuse their own papers in any future published work and on their own website.

Online submission - reducing publication times

Obesity uses an online submission system, which allows authors to submit papers via the Web. Speeding up the submission and refereeing process, this system also allows you to view the status of your paper online: http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/obesity/

Quality

New original and review articles in Obesity, as in all NPG journals, are published weekly online ahead of the archival print issue, ensuring the research is made publicly available and can be cited as soon as possible after acceptance for publication. The online publication is identical to the printed version and is not a preliminary, unedited version, thus maintaining the journal's tradition of excellence and the integrity of the published record.

Supplementary online material

Authors are invited to submit additional supporting material such as data sets or video for publication in the online version of the journal. Online supplementary material makes the most of the Web as a delivery platform and can often give articles greater depth, making them more useful to readers.

High standards

Authors who choose to publish in any NPG journal can be assured that the publishing, editorial, and production staff are committed to maintaining the highest possible quality and standards.

Exposure - widest possible readership

All NPG journals, including Obesity, are available online via site licenses to academic, corporate and government institutions and consortia. Journals are available to members of these institutions at the click of a mouse, adding speed and visibility to authors' research papers.

Regular free e-mail alerts

Content published in Obesity has the potential to reach scientists around the world who have signed up for NPG's free table of contents e-alerts, ensuring additional exposure to authors. These e-alerts allow recipients to click through to the full article if they subscribe or work at an institution with a site license, or click through to the article's abstract for other readers.

Focused subject areas on nature.com

From immunology to physics, genetics to materials, subject-specific areas provide a focused environment for readers, providing a monthly updated focus for a particular field.

Abstracting and indexing

Obesity is included in the leading abstracting and indexing services including Index Medicus, MEDLINE, ISI, and PsychINFO. Extensive reference linking to MEDLINE, ISI and others via services such as Crossref and DOI numbers provide seamless online linking between articles and databases.

Media coverage

The Nature News Service provides information about exceptionally interesting papers published throughout NPG. More than 2,000 journalists and media organizations worldwide subscribe to the press service, ensuring that papers receive maximum exposure in the world's most important media channels including newspapers, magazines, radio and television.

Extending science further - global collaborations

NPG and The Obesity Society support a number of global collaborations aimed at making current research available to a broader community of scientists and practitioners.

All NPG journals, including Obesity, are in WHO's HINARI program and in FAO's AGORA program, which provide free or low cost access to public institutions in developing countries.