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Obesity Society

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Research works
6
▼ 37% vs 2018-21
Citations
89
16.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.8%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
54%
world 40%
International
31%
world 18%
Obesity Society

Not ranked overall: Obesity Society is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Obesity Society work in?

In all years, 70% of research at Obesity Society is in Health Sciences, 26% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (49%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (15%), Health Professions (15%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 4 fractional works · 69.9% of its workMedicine: 3 fractional works · 49.3% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 10.2% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 9.1% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 3.8% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 3.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 3.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 3.2% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 2.3% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 15.2% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 8.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 3.2% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 2.5% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 5.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 5.4% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 26.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 15.4% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 4.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 4.5% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 3.0% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 9.0% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 9.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEngineering: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workALL ITS WORKObesity Society6fractional works, all years
Life Sciences26%Physical Sciences1%Health Sciences70%Social Sciences3%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 12 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine349.3%
    2. Health Professions115.2%
    3. Nursing05.4%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology115.4%
    2. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics09.0%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences01.1%
    4. Neuroscience00.5%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.4%
    1. Psychology02.0%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting00.5%
    3. Social Sciences00.2%
    1. Engineering01.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.92× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Health Professions: 11.65× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.47× its world share, 1 worksMedicineNursing: 10.34× its world share, 0 worksNursingPsychology: 1.94× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 11.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 6 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Professions11.65×1 works
  2. Nursing10.34×0 works
  3. Medicine2.47×1 works
  4. Psychology1.94×0 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.92×0 works
  6. Social Sciences0.04×0 works

What are the most cited papers from Obesity Society?

The most cited paper from Obesity Society is "Obesity as a Disease: A White Paper on Evidence and Arguments Commissioned by the Council of The Obesity Society" (TOS Obesity as a Disease Writing Group, David Blair Allison, Morgan Downey et al., 2008), with 321 citations. Next come "White Paper AGA: POWER — Practice Guide on Obesity and Weight Management, Education, and Resources" (193) and "A trans-ancestral meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies reveals loci associated with childhood obesity" (133).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Obesity as a Disease: A White Paper on Evidence and Arguments Commissioned by the Council of The Obesity Society TOS Obesity as a Disease Writing Group, David Blair Allison, Morgan Downey et al. · Obesity Open access 8 May 2008 321
2 White Paper AGA: POWER — Practice Guide on Obesity and Weight Management, Education, and Resources Andres J Acosta, Sarah Elizabeth Streett, Mathew D. Kroh et al. · Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology 27 Feb 2017 193
3 A trans-ancestral meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies reveals loci associated with childhood obesity Jonathan P. Bradfield et al. · Human Molecular Genetics ReviewOpen access 7 Jun 2019 133
4 Stigma and obesity: the crux of the matter Monika Arora, Sı́món Barquera, Nathalie J Farpour Lambert et al. · The Lancet Public Health Open access 10 Oct 2019 39
5 Back Strength Predicts Walking Improvement in Obese, Older Adults With Chronic Low Back Pain Heather Ketelaar Vincent, Kevin R. Vincent, Amanda N. Seay et al. · PM&R Open access 7 Nov 2013 37
All 38 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which research topics does Obesity Society publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Obesity and Health Practices, Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes, LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy and Sexual function and dysfunction studies.

Obesity and Health Pract…0Obesity and Health Practices: 0 fractional worksBariatric Surgery and Outcomes: 0 fractional worksLGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy: 0 fractional worksSexual function and dysfunction studies: 0 fractional worksDietetics, Nutrition, and Education: 0 fractional worksHormonal and reproductive studies: 0 fractional worksPharmacology and Obesity…0Pharmacology and Obesity Treatment: 0 fractional worksDiet and metabolism studies: 0 fractional worksPeroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors: 0 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis …0Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 0 fractional works
PharmacySurgerySocial PsychologyPsychiatry and Mental health6 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Obesity and Health Practices Pharmacy 0 works
  2. 2 Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes Surgery 0 works
  3. 3 LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy Social Psychology 0 works
  4. 4 Sexual function and dysfunction studies Psychiatry and Mental health 0 works
  5. 5 Dietetics, Nutrition, and Education Health Information Management 0 works
  6. 6 Hormonal and reproductive studies Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 0 works
  7. 7 Pharmacology and Obesity Treatment Pharmacology 0 works
  8. 8 Diet and metabolism studies Physiology 0 works
  9. 9 Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors Molecular Biology 0 works
  10. 10 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 0 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world's own shares: the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available54.5%not open45.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors31.2%domestic only68.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Obesity Society's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 37% lower than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Obesity Society as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0000063% in 2024.

still counting0.000010%0.000020%0.000030%Obesity Society0.0000053% in 202520102020

Fractional works of Obesity Society over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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