- Open access · CC BY 4.0
- Published by Open Access Pub
- Eating and weight disorders
About the International Journal of Eating and Weight Disorders
The International Journal of Eating and Weight Disorders (IJWD) is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal that publishes research on eating disorders, obesity and other weight disorders. It is published by Open Access Pub.
Where care, psychology and nutrition meet
IJWD serves clinicians, psychologists, dietitians, scientists and public-health researchers who study how people eat, how weight is regulated and how these conditions are prevented and treated.
IJWD publishes clinical, psychological, nutritional, biological and population research on eating disorders, obesity and other weight disorders. It considers work on their epidemiology, nature and determinants, their neurobiology, and their prevention, treatment and outcomes, from every region of the world.
The journal aims to publish methodologically sound research that informs care and prevention, to give the disciplines that study these conditions a shared place to publish, and to make the results freely available to everyone who can use them.
Contributions are welcome from psychiatry, psychology, nutrition and dietetics, endocrinology, neuroscience, exercise science, public health and related fields. The Aims and Scope page describes the scope and eligibility in full.
Across the whole course of eating and weight disorders
The areas below are illustrative, not a closed list.
Eating disorders
Including anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge-eating disorder, subthreshold eating disorders and atypical patterns of eating behavior.
Weight and obesity
Including obesity, overnutrition, undernutrition and body-weight regulation in clinical and non-clinical populations.
Determinants and epidemiology
Including causes, body image and the epidemiology of eating and weight disorders.
Neurobiology and appetite
Including appetite, psychosocial and neurobiological factors, and co-morbidities.
Prevention, treatment and outcomes
Including prevention of eating disorders and obesity, treatment (including obesity surgery) and outcomes.
Article types
IJWD publishes the article types listed here. Preparation guidance for each type is in the Instructions for Authors.
- Original Research
- Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
- Review
- Short Communication
- Methods or Protocol
- Case Report
- Commentary
- Letter to the Editor
Ownership, rights, review and fees
- Publisher and owner
- Open Access Pub. The journal is owned and published by Open Access Pub.
- Publication model
- Articles are published online as they are accepted, within Volume 1. The first article was published on 6 November 2018.
- Access and license
- Open access. Every article is free to read, download and share from the day of publication, with no subscription or registration, under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license (CC BY 4.0). Authors retain copyright.
- Peer review
- Single-blind by default; double-blind review is available on request. Manuscripts that proceed to external peer review are normally evaluated by at least two independent subject-matter experts.
- Article processing charge
USD 1,200
Payable only after acceptance; withdrawal after submission is subject to the journal's withdrawal policy.
- Research integrity
- Submitted manuscripts are screened with Crossref Similarity Check, powered by iThenticate. The journal follows COPE guidance.
- Preservation
- IJWD articles will be deposited in Portico, a not-for-profit digital-preservation archive. Read our preservation policy.
- Contact
- info@openaccesspub.org. Editorial office of the journal at Open Access Pub.
How manuscripts are assessed
All submissions undergo initial editorial screening. Manuscripts that meet the journal's scope and minimum requirements proceed to independent peer review. Single-blind by default; double-blind review is available on request. Manuscripts that proceed to external peer review are normally evaluated by at least two independent subject-matter experts.
Editorial decisions are based on scope, scientific quality, methodological rigor, ethical compliance, reporting quality, and relevance to the journal. They are independent of the article processing charge, of any fee-relief inquiry and of membership. Editors with a conflict of interest are recused from handling the manuscript. The members of the Editorial Board advise on the journal's scope and policies. The full process is set out in the Editorial Policies.
Editorial office
Questions about the journal, its policies or a manuscript can be sent to the editorial office of IJWD at Open Access Pub: info@openaccesspub.org.