Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases (SOARD), The Official Journal of the
American
Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) and the Brazilian
Society for Bariatric Surgery, is an international journal devoted to the publication of peer-reviewed manuscripts of the
highest quality with objective data regarding techniques for the treatment of severe obesity. Articles document the effects of surgically
induced weight loss on obesity physiological, psychiatric and social co-morbidities. The Editorial Board includes internationally prominent
individuals who are devoted to the optimal treatment of the severely obese and include internists, psychiatrists, surgeons, and nutritional
experts. Manuscripts are blindly reviewed without the reviewers knowledge of the authors, institution or country of origin.
Surgery
for Obesity and Related Diseases is ranked 9th of 166 journals in Surgery category on the 2009 Journal Citation Reports®, published
by Thomson Reuters, and has an Impact Factor of 3.862
