Obesity Pillars

Obesity Pillars is the gold open access, online-only journal of the Obesity Medicine Association, published by Elsevier since its launch in 2022 and devoted to evidence-based clinical obesity treatment, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 5.3.《肥胖支柱》（Obesity Pillars）是肥胖医学协会（OMA）的金色开放获取纯在线期刊，由（Elsevier）自 2022 年创刊起出版，专注循证的肥胖临床治疗，2025 年期刊影响因子为 5.3。

Scope

• The journal is organised around the Obesity Medicine Association's four pillars of clinical obesity treatment, namely nutrition therapy, physical activity, behavioral modification and medical interventions.本刊以肥胖医学协会（OMA）临床肥胖治疗的四大支柱为框架，即营养治疗、身体活动、行为矫正与医学干预。
• Manuscripts must be evidence-based and clinically oriented, and are written for physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants and other clinicians who treat patients with obesity.稿件须循证并面向临床，读者对象为诊治肥胖患者的医师、执业护士、助理医师及其他临床人员。
• Clinical practice statements issued by the association form a core strand, turning expert consensus into practical guidance on assessment, diagnosis and treatment.协会发布的临床实践声明构成本刊核心栏目，把专家共识转化为评估、诊断与治疗的实用指引。
• Roundtables and expert perspectives address themes such as obesity in specific populations, pharmacotherapy, metabolic surgery and long-term care.圆桌讨论与专家视角栏目探讨特定人群肥胖、药物治疗、代谢手术与长期照护等主题。
• Original research, reviews, case reports and editorials are accepted, with priority given to work that can be applied in everyday practice rather than to bench research.本刊接受原创研究、综述、病例报告与社论，优先考虑能用于日常实践而非实验室基础研究的成果。
• Articles are written as practical guides for the whole care team, and the stated goal is to improve the health of patients living with obesity and not merely to reduce body weight.论文以服务整个照护团队的实用指南为定位，其明确目标不仅是降低体重，更是改善肥胖患者的健康。
• Because the journal is gold open access, every paper is free to read on publication, an arrangement the publisher presents as central to its clinical mission.由于采用金色开放获取，全部论文发表即免费可读，出版方将此视为实现其临床使命的关键。

History

• The journal was launched by the Obesity Medicine Association in 2022, and volume 1 appeared in March 2022 with an opening editorial by the association's then president, Ethan Lazarus.本刊由肥胖医学协会（OMA）于 2022 年创办，第 1 卷于 2022 年 3 月问世，开篇社论由时任协会主席（Ethan Lazarus）撰写。^[1]
• From the first issue it has been published by Elsevier on the association's behalf as an online-only title, with no print edition.自创刊号起，本刊由（Elsevier）代表协会出版，仅出在线版，不设纸本。
• It charges an article publishing charge of USD 2400, and authors publish under Creative Commons licences, with CC BY and CC BY-NC-ND both recorded by DOAJ.本刊收取 2400 美元文章处理费，作者按知识共享许可发表，（DOAJ）记录有（CC BY）与（CC BY-NC-ND）两种选项。
• In September 2024 the journal announced that it had been accepted for indexing, and it is now listed in PubMed, Scopus and DOAJ.2024 年 9 月，本刊宣布获准收录，现已被（PubMed）、（Scopus）与（DOAJ）收录。
• Four volumes are published each year, with articles numbered continuously and collections built around the association's clinical statements.本刊每年出版 4 卷，论文采用连续编号，并围绕协会临床声明组织专题。
• The 2025 Journal Impact Factor is 5.3, placing the title in Q1 of general and internal medicine at 38 of 336 and in Q1 of endocrinology and metabolism at 43 of 198 in the ESCI edition.2025 年期刊影响因子为 5.3，在（ESCI）综合与内科学类别列 Q1（38/336），在内分泌学与代谢类别列 Q1（43/198）。

Editors

• Harold Edward Bays of the University of Louisville School of Medicine in Kentucky, whose interests include obesity, preventive cardiology and adipose tissue, is editor-in-chief.主编（Harold Edward Bays）来自（Kentucky）州（University of Louisville School of Medicine），研究兴趣包括肥胖、预防心脏病学与脂肪组织。
• Suzanne Cuda, a paediatrician and adolescent medicine physician at Alamo City Healthy Kids and Families in Texas, serves as executive editor.执行编辑（Suzanne Cuda）是（Texas）州（Alamo City Healthy Kids and Families）的儿科与青少年医学医师。
• The masthead lists 28 associate editors and 91 editorial board members, drawn mainly from the United States with additional members in Lebanon, Saudi Arabia and Australia.编委名单列有 28 位副编辑与 91 位编委，主要来自美国，另有（Lebanon）、（Saudi Arabia）与（Australia）成员。
• The journal describes itself as editorially independent and supported by its own board, appointed for subject-specific expertise.本刊自述编辑独立，由自行组建的编委会支撑，编委按学科专长聘任。
• Manuscripts undergo double anonymous peer review, and the publisher reported a median of 18 days from submission to first decision in 2025.稿件实行双匿名同行评审，出版方报告 2025 年中位初审时间为 18 天。
• Prospective reviewers and board members are invited to contact the editor-in-chief directly, and the journal issues calls for papers for thematic collections.本刊欢迎有意担任评审或编委者直接联系主编，并针对专题合集发布征稿启事。