Body Image (journal)

Body Image

Discipline	Psychology
Language	English
Edited  by	Tracy L. Tylka
Publication details
History	2004–present
Publisher	Elsevier
Frequency	Quarterly
Impact factor	5.580 (2021)
Standard abbreviations ISO 4 (alt) · Bluebook (alt) NLM (alt) · MathSciNet (alt )
ISO 4	Body Image
Indexing CODEN (alt  · alt2) · JSTOR (alt) · LCCN (alt) MIAR  · NLM (alt) · Scopus  · W&L
ISSN	1740-1445  (print) 1873-6807  (web)
LCCN	2004243770
OCLC  no.	53914163
Links
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Body Image is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal covering the study of body image as it pertains to psychology and other disciplines. ^[1] It was established in 2004 and is published by Elsevier. The editor-in-chief is Tracy L. Tylka (Ohio State University).

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in:

• CINAHL ^[2]
• Current Contents/Social and Behavioral Sciences ^[3]
• Embase ^[4]
• Index Medicus/MEDLINE/PubMed ^[5]
• PsycINFO ^[6]
• Scopus ^[7]
• Social Sciences Citation Index ^[3]

According to the Journal Citation Reports , the journal has a 2021 impact factor of 5.580. ^[8] The journal exhibited unusual levels of self-citation and its 2019 journal impact factor was suspended from the Journal Citation Reports in 2020, a sanction which hit 34 journals in total. ^[9]

References

1. "Body Image". Elsevier. Retrieved 2017-09-14.
2. "CINAHL Complete Database Coverage List". CINAHL . EBSCO Information Services . Retrieved 2022-10-25.
3. "Web of Science Master Journal List". Intellectual Property & Science. Clarivate . Retrieved 2022-10-25.
4. "Embase Coverage". Embase. Elsevier . Retrieved 2022-10-25.
5. "Body Image". NLM Catalog. National Center for Biotechnology Information . Retrieved 2022-10-25.
6. "PsycINFO Journal Coverage". American Psychological Association . Retrieved 2022-10-25.
7. "Source details: Body Image". Scopus Preview. Elsevier . Retrieved 2022-10-25.
8. "Body Image". 2021 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Social Sciences ed.). Clarivate. 2022.
9. Oransky, Ivan (2020-06-29). "Major indexing service sounds alarm on self-citations by nearly 50 journals". Retraction Watch . Retrieved 2020-07-01.

External links

• Official website