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Human Biology

Wayne State University Press · United States · Est. 1853

ISSN1534-6617

SJR Q4✓ WOS SCIE✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE · 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q4. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Bottom 25%

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

SJR Scorei

0.156

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

9,008

Total Citationsi

28,800

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.01

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Human Biology is an international, peer-reviewed journal that focuses on research to increase understanding of human biological variation. It covers topics including anthropology, genetics, human population genetics, evolutionary and genetic demography, quantitative genetics, evolutionary biology, and ancient DNA studies.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1853

Annual Volume~ 619 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications9,008

Publisher OrgWayne State 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

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Wayne State University Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1534-6617

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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

628

524

2019

2020

614

367

2021

732

2022

769

2023

672

2024

416

2025

154

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.

Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsQ4

GeneticsQ4

Genetics (clinical)Q4

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

AnthropologyBiologyGenetics & Heredity

Scopus Categories

GeneticsEcology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsMedicine (miscellaneous)Genetics (clinical)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Magnetic confinement fusion researchForensic and Genetic ResearchForensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology StudiesGenetic diversity and population structureParticle accelerators and beam dynamicsFusion materials and technologiesRace, Genetics, and SocietyDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesPrenatal Screening and DiagnosticsGenetic Associations and Epidemiology

Frequently asked questions about Human Biology

Is Human Biology a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Human Biology: 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 Human Biology?

Human Biology 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 0.01.

Is Human Biology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Human Biology is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.