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Hormones and Behavior

Academic Press Inc. · United States · Est. 1966

ISSN1095-6867

SJR Q2✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

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📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.876

H-Indexi

202

SNIPi

0.835

Total Worksi

5,719

Total Citationsi

287,000

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.27

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Behavioral Sciences; Endocrinology & Metabolism; Behavioral Neuroscience; Endocrine and Autonomic Systems; Endocrinology.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1966

FrequencyMonthly (Except July, Oct.), 2003-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications5,719

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Academic Press Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1095-6867

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

162

3.8k

2019

187

3.7k

2020

114

1.6k

2021

132

1.5k

2022

116

1.1k

2023

136

639

2024

125

271

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Behavioral NeuroscienceQ2

Endocrine and Autonomic SystemsQ2

EndocrinologyQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Behavioral SciencesEndocrinology & Metabolism

Scopus Categories

Endocrine and Autonomic SystemsEndocrinologyBehavioral Neuroscience

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Neuroendocrine regulation and behaviorStress Responses and CortisolAnimal Behavior and ReproductionHypothalamic control of reproductive hormonesEvolutionary Psychology and Human BehaviorHormonal and reproductive studiesEstrogen and related hormone effectsPlant and animal studiesAnimal Vocal Communication and BehaviorPrimate Behavior and Ecology

Frequently asked questions about Hormones and Behavior

Is Hormones and Behavior a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Hormones and Behavior: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Hormones and Behavior?

Hormones and Behavior is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 2.27.

Is Hormones and Behavior indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Hormones and Behavior is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Hormones and Behavior?