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American Behavioral Scientist

SAGE Publications Inc. · United States · Est. 1960

ISSN1552-3381

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.635

H-Indexi

193

SNIPi

1.508

Total Worksi

6,140

Total Citationsi

207,433

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.89

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

American Behavioral Scientist provides in-depth perspectives on topics throughout the social and behavioral sciences. Each issue offers analysis of a single topic, examining areas such as sociology, international and U.S. politics, and behavioral sciences.

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

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1960

FrequencyMonthly, 2000-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications6,140

Publisher OrgSAGE Publishing

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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?

SAGE Publications Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1552-3381

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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

123

5.5k

2019

102

1.7k

2020

152

2.4k

2021

216

2.1k

2022

110

650

2023

152

652

2024

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.

Cultural StudiesQ1

Social Sciences (miscellaneous)Q1

Sociology and Political ScienceQ1

EducationQ2

Social PsychologyQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Psychology, ClinicalSocial Sciences, Interdisciplinary

Scopus Categories

Sociology and Political ScienceSocial PsychologySocial Sciences (miscellaneous)Cultural StudiesEducation

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Social Media and PoliticsMedia Studies and CommunicationElectoral Systems and Political ParticipationMigration, Refugees, and IntegrationMigration and Labor DynamicsSocial and Cultural DynamicsRhetoric and Communication StudiesSocial Policy and Reform StudiesSocial Capital and NetworksSocial and Intergroup Psychology

Frequently asked questions about American Behavioral Scientist

Is American Behavioral Scientist a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for American Behavioral Scientist: 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 American Behavioral Scientist?

American Behavioral Scientist 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 1.89.

Is American Behavioral Scientist indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

American Behavioral Scientist is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.