About this journal

Aims and scope

Eating Disorders: The Journal of Treatment and Prevention (EDJTP) is an internationally respected, peer-reviewed journal for clinicians, prevention specialists, and researchers in the field of eating disorders. Founded in 1993, EDJTP specializes in bridging the gap between science and practice with a focus on empirically sound, clinically applicable research. EDJTP takes a fundamentally practical, humanistic, compassionate view of clients and their presenting problems. The journal specifically publishes contributions that facilitate, inform, and assess efficacy of prevention and clinical treatment approaches and interventions.

A distinguished international editorial board ensures that Eating Disorders will continuously reflect the variety of current theories and treatment approaches in the eating disorders arena. Comprised of researchers and clinicians, our editorial board reflects our mission to bridge the research-practice gap, reviewing manuscripts for both scientific rigor and clinical implications of findings.

Please see our Instructions for Authors section for more specific information regarding manuscript submission.

Peer Review Policy: All review papers in this journal have undergone editorial screening and peer review.

Publication office: Taylor & Francis, Inc.,  530 Walnut Street, Suite 850, Philadelphia, PA 19106 .

Readership: Psychiatrists, psychologists, college counselors, marriage and family counselors, dieticians, nutritionists, social workers, and professionals at eating disorder treatment facilities

Journal metrics

Usage

  • 135K annual downloads/views

Citation metrics

  • 3.0 (2023) Impact Factor
  • Q1 Impact Factor Best Quartile
  • 3.1 (2023) 5 year IF
  • 7.7 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
  • Q1 CiteScore Best Quartile
  • 1.106 (2023) SNIP
  • 1.082 (2023) SJR

Speed/acceptance

  • 22 days avg. from submission to first decision
  • 57 days avg. from submission to first post-review decision
  • 13 days avg. from acceptance to online publication
  • 23% acceptance rate

Editorial board

CO-EDITORS-IN-CHIEF
Leslie Karwoski Anderson, Ph.D, FAED  - Clinical Professor, UC San Diego Eating Disorders Center for Treatment and Research, San Diego, CA 
Catherine Cook-Cottone, Ph.D. - Full Professor, Department of Counseling, School, and Educational Psychology, SUNY at Buffalo, NY

EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBERS
Liana Abascal, Ph.D., MPH - California School of Professional Psychology at Alliant University, San Diego, CA, USA
S. Bryn Austin, S.c.D. - Children's Hospital of Boston, Boston, MA, USA
C. Laird Birmingham, MD, FACP. - University of British Columbia, Canada
Wayne Bowers, Ph.D. - University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
Timothy D. Brewerton, MD - Medical University of South Carolina, Isle of Palms, SC, USA
Judith Brisman, Ph.D. - Eating Disorders Resource Center, NY, USA
Tiffany Brown, Ph.D. - Auburn University, Auburn, AL, USA 
Lindsay Bodell, Ph.D. - Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
Brittany Bohrer, MA - UC San Diego Health Eating Disorders Center for Treatment and Research, San Diego, CA, USA
Douglas W. Bunnell, Ph.D. - Monte Nido & Affiliates, New York, NY, USA
Blair Burnette, Ph.D. - Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
Jerel P. Calzo, Ph.D. - San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, USA
Laurence Claes, Ph.D. -Catholic University, Leuven, Belgium
Emilio Compte, Ph.D. -Adolfo Ibañez University, Santiago, Chile / Comenzar de Nuevo Treatment Center, Monterrey, México
Marita Cooper, Ph.D . -Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Gina Dimitropoulos, Ph.D., MSW - University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
Suzanne Dooley-Hash, MD - University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Elizabeth Dougherty, Ph.D. - University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
Jamal Essayli, PhD - Penn State College of Medicine, Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA, USA
Scott Griffiths, Ph.D. - University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Wendy M. Guyker, Ph.D. - Associate Program Director, Mental Health Counseling, Buffalo, NY, USA
Alissa Haedt-Matt, Ph.D. - Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL, USA
Julia M. Hormes, Ph.D. - SUNY Albany, NY, USA
Leanna Isserlin, BSc, MD - University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Craig A. Johnston, Ph.D. - Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
Anna M. Karam, PhD - University of California San Diego’s Eating Disorders Center for Treatment and Research, San Diego, CA, USA
Pamela K. Keel, Ph.D. FAED - Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA
Patrycja Klimek, M.S. - SDSU/UC San Diego Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology, San Diego, CA, USA
Ashley Kroon Van Diest, Ph.D. - Cleveland Clinic Children's Hospital, Cleveland, OH, USA
Jason M. Lavender, Ph.D. - UC San Diego Eating Disorders Center for Treatment and Research, San Diego, CA
Janet Lydecker, Ph.D. - Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
Danyale McCurdy-McKinnon, PhD - UC Los Angeles and Dr. McCurdy-McKinnon & Associates: Eating Disorders & Wellness Clinic, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Siân A. McLean, Ph.D. - Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia
Jessie Menzel, Ph.D. - Equip Health, San Diego, CA, USA
Matthew F. Murray, Ph.D. - University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
Stuart Murray, DClinPsych, Ph.D. - University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Susan Murray, Ph.D. - University of California, San Diego, San Diego CA, USA
Mike C. Parent, Ph.D. - University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
Erin Parks, Ph.D. - Equip Health, San Diego, CA, USA
Carolyn Plateau, Ph.D. - Loughborough University, Leicestershire, UK
Marisol Perez, Ph.D. - Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA
Amani Piers, Ph.D. - Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Diana Rancourt, Ph.D. - University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA
Erin Reilly, Ph.D. -  University of California, San Franciso, CA, USA
Renee Rienecke, Ph.D. - Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA
Cristin Runfola, Ph.D., L.P. - Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, USA
William G. Sharp, Ph.D. -Emory University and Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA, USA
Shiri Sadeh-Sharvit, Ph.D. -Interdisciplinary Center, Israel; Palo Alto University, CA, USA
Katherine Schaumberg, Ph.D. - University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Leslie Sim, Ph.D. - Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, MN, USA
April Smith, Ph.D., Auburn University, Auburn, AL, USA
Kathryn Smith, Ph.D., Sanford Research and University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Fargo, ND, USA
Catherine Stewart, Ph.D., DClinPsy, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, London, England
Lois Surgenor, Ph.D. -University of Otago at Christchurch, New Zealand
Tracy L. Tylka, Ph.D. - Ohio State University, Marion, OH, USA
Lucene Wisniewski, Ph.D., FAED - Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
Tom Wooldridge, Psy.D.- Golden Gate University, Berkeley, CA, USA

EMERITUS EDITORS
FOUNDING EDITOR (1993-2017)
Leigh Cohn, MAT, CEDS - Gürze Books, Carlsbad, CA

SENIOR EDITORS (1993-2017)
Arnold Andersen, MDUniversity of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
John Foreyt, Ph.D.Nutrition Research Clinic, Houston, TX
Margo Maine, Ph. D.Private Practice, West Hartford, CT

EMERITUS BOARD 
Catherine Baker-Pitts, Ph.D., LCSW
Emmett R. Bishop, Jr., MD, FAED, CEDS
Kelly D. Brownell, Ph.D.
Rachel M. Calogero, Ph.D.
Donna Ciliska, Ph.D.
Carolyn Costin, M.A., MFCC, MEd
Edward J. Cumella, Ph.D.
William Davis, Ph.D.
Leah DeSole, Ph.D.
Steve Emmett, Ph.D.
Christopher Fairburn, M.D.
Pat Fallon, Ph.D.
Rita Jackaway Freedman, Ph.D.
Richard A. Gordon
Katherine A. Halmi, MD
Beth Hartman McGilley, Ph.D.
Laura Hill, Ph.D.
Kathy Hotelling, Ph.D.
Gail F. Huon, Ph.D.
Lori Irving, Ph.D.
Craig L. Johnson, Ph.D.
Divya Kakaiya, Ph.D.
Melanie Katzman, Ph.D.
Ann Kearney-Cooke, Ph.D.
Jim Kirkpatrick, MD
Ray Lemberg, Ph.D.
Michael P. Levine, Ph.D.
Paula Levine, Ph.D.
John L. Levitt, Ph.D.
James Lock, M.D., Ph.D.
John D. Lovern, Ph.D.
Tami Lyon, MPH, RD, CDE
Russell Marx, MD.
Cliff Mazer, Ph.D.
Phillip S. Mehler, MD
Diane Mickley, MD
Gail McVey, Ph.D., C.Psych
Mervat Nasser, MD
Diane Neumark-Sztainer, Ph.D., MPH, RD
Greta Noordenbos, Ph.D.
Stacey Nye, Ph.D.
Susan Paxton, MD
Niva Piran, Ph.D.
Charity Plaxton-Hennings, Psy., D., MPH, PPS
Pauline Powers, MD
Walker S. Carlos Poston II, MPH, Ph.D.
Judith Ruskay Rabinor, Ph.D.
Dan W. Reiff, Ph.D., RD
Kim Lampson Reiff, Ph.D.
Maria P.P. Root, Ph.D.
Marcia Rorty, Ph.D.
James C. Rosen, Ph.D.
Randy A. Sansone, MD
Patricia Santucci, MD
Mark F. Schwartz, Sc.D.
Robin Sesan, Ph.D.
Roberta Trattner Sherman, Ph.D.
Catherine M. Shisslak, Ph.D.
Linda Smolak, Ph.D.
Mae Sokol, MD
Catherine Steiner-Adair, Ed.D.
Ruth Striegel-Moore, Ph.D.
Michael Strober, Ph.D.
J. Kevin Thompson, Ph.D.
Johan Vanderlinden, Ph.D.
Denise Wilfley, Ph.D.
Susan C. Wooley, Ph.D.
Joel Yager, MD
Kathryn J. Zerbe, MD

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    - MEDLINE
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  • ProQuest
  • Thomson Reuter's Web of Science
    - Science Index
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