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Obesity Surgery is the official journal of the Federation. It is published by Springer.
IFSO is proud to announce that Obesity Surgery’s impact factor in 2018 was 3.603 and that the Journal was ranked 30th out of 203 journals in the field of Surgery.
IFSO offers complimentary subscription (12 online issues) to the Members who pay the annual regular fee of 80,00 US$.
IFSO members can subscribe to Obesity Surgery through their national societies.
You are all invited to submit your papers in one of the following categories:
- BRIEF COMMUNICATIONS
- EDITORIAL/INVITED COMMENTARIES
- LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
- NEW CONCEPTS
- ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTIONS
- REVIEW ARTICLES
- NEW: VIDEO SUBMISSIONS
For more information on how submit your manuscript click here
AIMS AND SCOPE
Obesity Surgery, the journal for bariatric/metabolic surgeons, provides an international, interdisciplinary forum for communicating the latest research, surgical and laparoscopic techniques, for treatment of massive obesity and metabolic disease.
It is important to surgeons performing obesity/metabolic surgery, general surgeons and surgical residents, endoscopists, anesthetists, support staff, nurses, dietitians, psychiatrists, psychologists, plastic surgeons, internists including endocrinologists and diabetologists, nutritional scientists, and those dealing with eating disorders.
Topics covered include clinical reports, clinical research, physiology research, basic science research, animal research, new concepts, technical innovations, case reports, editorials, reviews, current status, short communications, letters to the editor, invited commentaries, opinions, book reviews, guidelines, scholarly presentations, historical notes, medicolegal issues, and meeting abstracts.
- An international, interdisciplinary forum for the latest research, surgical and laparoscopic techniques used in treatment of massive obesity
- Covers original research, reviews, technical innovations, case reports, medicolegal issues and more
- Benefits professionals from surgeons to nutritional scientists and others dealing with eating disorders
Obesity Surgery is the official journal of the International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and metabolic disorders (IFSO). A journal for bariatric/metabolic surgeons, Obesity Surgery provides an international, interdisciplinary forum for communicating the latest research, surgical and laparoscopic techniques, for treatment of massive obesity and metabolic disorders. Topics covered include original research, clinical reports, current status, guidelines, historical notes, invited commentaries, letters to the editor, medicolegal issues, meeting abstracts, modern surgery/technical innovations, new concepts, reviews, scholarly presentations and opinions.
Obesity Surgery benefits surgeons performing obesity/metabolic surgery, general surgeons and surgical residents, endoscopists, anesthetists, support staff, nurses, dietitians, psychiatrists, psychologists, plastic surgeons, internists including endocrinologists and diabetologists, nutritional scientists, and those dealing with eating disorders.
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The IFSO Collection
A collection of publications by members of the International Federation for the Surgery of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders (IFSO) and the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS). **If you or one of your co-authors are members of IFSO or ASMBS, please submit your research to this topical collection for consideration in OBSU.**