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Annals of Behavioral Medicine

Oxford University Press · United States · Est. 1985

ISSN1532-4796

SJR Q1✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

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

SJR Scorei

1.464

H-Indexi

184

SNIPi

1.304

Total Worksi

2,916

Total Citationsi

186,320

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.69

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Psychology, Multidisciplinary; Medicine (miscellaneous); Psychiatry and Mental Health; Psychology (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1985

FrequencySix No. A Year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,916

Publisher OrgOxford University Press

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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?

Oxford University Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1532-4796

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, PubMed

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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

1.5k

2019

116

3.5k

2020

203

2.9k

2021

1.1k

2022

1.1k

2023

100

555

2024

100

190

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.

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q1

Psychiatry and Mental HealthQ1

Psychology (miscellaneous)Q1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Psychology, Multidisciplinary

Scopus Categories

Psychology (miscellaneous)Psychiatry and Mental HealthMedicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Behavioral Health and InterventionsPhysical Activity and HealthCardiac Health and Mental HealthObesity, Physical Activity, DietCancer survivorship and careStress Responses and CortisolSmoking Behavior and CessationDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesHealth disparities and outcomesHuman auditory perception and evaluation

Frequently asked questions about Annals of Behavioral Medicine

Is Annals of Behavioral Medicine a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Annals of Behavioral Medicine: 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 Annals of Behavioral Medicine?

Annals of Behavioral Medicine 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 2.69.

Is Annals of Behavioral Medicine indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Annals of Behavioral Medicine is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Annals of Behavioral Medicine?