Home›Search›Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment

Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment

Routledge · United States · Est. 1996

ISSN1540-3556

SJR Q1✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.462

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.769

Total Worksi

1,960

Total Citationsi

27,642

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.54

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

The Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment addresses human behavior in relation to social work and its relevancy to practice. It aims to help social workers understand emerging issues in human behavior theories and provides a platform for empirically based articles that facilitate social workers' practice goals.

AI-compiled from public web sources · verify on publisher page →

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1996

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,960

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

Visit Journal Website

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%

✅

Do you know the journal / publisher?

Routledge

✅

Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

✅

Is the ISSN verified?

1540-3556

✅

Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

❌

Peer review process documented?

N/A

❌

Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

✅

Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

❌

Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

❌

Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

❌

Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

✅

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

101

1.4k

2020

111

1.5k

2021

539

2022

566

2023

103

313

2024

147

254

2025

109

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.

AnthropologyQ1

Social Sciences (miscellaneous)Q2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Social Work

Scopus Categories

AnthropologySocial Sciences (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Homelessness and Social IssuesSocial Work Education and PracticeMigration, Health and TraumaChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentRacial and Ethnic Identity ResearchHealth disparities and outcomesChild Abuse and TraumaIntergenerational Family Dynamics and CaregivingResilience and Mental HealthUrban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment

Is Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment: 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 Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment?

Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment 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 1.54.

Is Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.