Fat Studies is the first academic journal in the field of scholarship that critically examines theory, research, practices, and programs related to body weight and appearance. Content includes original research and overviews exploring the intersection of gender, race/ethnicity, sexuality, age, ability, and socioeconomic status. Articles critically examine representations of fat in health and medical sciences, the Health at Every Size model, the pharmaceutical industry, psychology, sociology, cultural studies, legal issues, literature, pedagogy, art, theater, popular culture, media studies, and activism.
Fat Studies advocates equality for all people regardless of body size. It explores the way fat people are oppressed, the reasons why, who benefits from that oppression and how to liberate fat people from oppression. Fat Studies seeks to challenge and remove the negative associations that society has about fat and the fat body. It regards weight, like height, as a human characteristic that varies widely across any population. Fat Studies is similar to academic disciplines that focus on race, ethnicity, gender, or age.
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Journal metrics
Usage
64K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
0.8 (2023) Impact Factor
1.8 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
Q1 CiteScore Best Quartile
1.288 (2023) SNIP
0.340 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
60 days avg. from submission to first
decision
26 days avg. from acceptance to online
publication
42% acceptance rate
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Usage and acceptance rate data above are for the last full calendar year
and are updated annually in February. Speed data is updated every six
months, based on the prior six months. Citation metrics are updated
annually mid-year. Please note that some journals do not display all of
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Usage:
the total number of times articles in the journal were viewed by users
of Taylor & Francis Online in the previous calendar year, rounded to the
nearest thousand.
Citation Metrics
Impact Factor*:
the average number of citations received by articles published in the
journal within a two-year window. Only journals in the Clarivate Science
Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI),
Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI) and the Emerging Sources
Citation Index (ESCI) have an Impact Factor.
Impact Factor Best Quartile*:
the journal’s highest subject category ranking in the Journal Citation
Reports. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest Impact Factors.
5 Year Impact Factor*:
the average number of citations received by articles in the journal
within a five-year window.
CiteScore (Scopus)†:
the average number of citations received by articles in the journal over
a four-year period.
CiteScore Best Quartile†:
the journal’s highest CiteScore ranking in a Scopus subject category. Q1
= 25% of journals with the highest CiteScores.
SNIP
(Source Normalized Impact per Paper):
the number of citations per paper in the journal, divided by citation
potential in the field.
SJR
(Scimago Journal Rank):
Average number of (weighted) citations in one year, divided by the
number of articles published in the journal in the previous three years.
Speed/acceptance
From submission to first decision:
the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the
journal to receive a first decision. Based on manuscripts receiving a
first decision in the last six months.
From submission to first post-review decision:
the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the
journal to receive a first decision if it is sent out for peer review.
Based on manuscripts receiving a post-review first decision in the last
six months.
From acceptance to online publication:
the average (median) number of days from acceptance of a manuscript to
online publication of the Version of Record. Based on articles published
in the last six months.
Acceptance rate:
articles accepted for publication by the journal in the previous
calendar year as percentage of all papers receiving a final decision.
Editor-in-Chief Carla A. Pfeffer, M.S.W., Ph.D. – Michigan State University, USA
Editorial Board Hanne Blank Boyd, Ph.D. – independent scholar, United States Layla Cameron, Ph.D – Simon Fraser University, Canada Lina Casadó-Marín, Ph.D. – University Rovira i Virgili, Spain Genaro Castro-Vázquez, Ph.D. – Kansai Gaidai University, Japan Athia N. Choudhury, Ph.D. – Duke University, United States E. Cassandra Dame-Griff, Ph.D. – Gonzaga University, United States Ashlea Gillon, M.P.H., Ph.D. Candidate – University of Auckland, Aotearea New Zealand Hannele Harjunen, Ph.D. – University of Jyväskylä, Finland Erin N. Harrop, L.I.C.S.W., Ph.D. – University of Denver, United States April Herndon, Ph.D. – Winona State University, United States David J. Hutson, Ph.D. – Pennsylvania State University, Abington, United States Eve Hyrkäs, Ph.D. – University of Oulu, Finland Anna Kirkland, J.D., Ph.D. – University of Michigan, United States Neha Kumari, Ph.D. – Sri Balaji University, India Caleb Luna, Ph.D. – University of California, Santa Barbara, United States Nina Mackert, Ph.D. – University of Leipzig, Germany Katie Manthey, Ph.D. – Salem College, United States Hailey Nicole Otis, Ph.D. – University of Maryland, College Park, United States Emily Allen Paine, Ph.D. – Columbia University, United States Courtney J. Patterson-Faye, Ph.D. – Wesleyan University, United States Paula Rawlins, Ph.D. – Yale University, United States Joelle Ruby Ryan, Ph.D. – University of New Hampshire, United States Sonya Satinsky, M.P.H., Ph.D. – Tufts University, United States Mary Senyonga, Ph.D. – Sacramento State University, United States Shailendra Singh, Ph.D. – Indian Institute of Technology Tirupati, India Stefanie Snider, Ph.D. – Columbus College of Art and Design, Lindenwood University, Ohio University, and University of South Carolina Upstate, United States Carey Jean Sojka, Ph.D. – Southern Oregon University, United States Yofi Tirosh, S.J.D. – Tel Aviv University, Israel Thea Werkhoven, Ph.D. – independent scholar, Australia Francis Ray White, Ph.D. – University of Westminster, United Kingdom Jason Whitesel, Ph.D. – Illinois State University, United States Cookie Woolner, Ph.D. – University of Memphis, United States
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