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Economics and Human Biology

Elsevier B.V. · Netherlands · Est. 2002

ISSN1873-6130

SJR Q1✓ 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.

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.736

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.974

Total Worksi

1,503

Total Citationsi

37,896

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.80

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

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General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2002

FrequencyThree No. A Year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,503

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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?

Elsevier B.V.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1873-6130

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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

2019

106

2.1k

2020

105

1.5k

2021

840

2022

617

2023

380

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.

Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous)Q1

Health (social science)Q2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

EconomicsPublic, Environmental & Occupational Health

Scopus Categories

Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous)Health (social science)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Health disparities and outcomesObesity, Physical Activity, DietGlobal Health Care IssuesBirth, Development, and HealthChild Nutrition and Water AccessEmployment and Welfare StudiesPoverty, Education, and Child WelfareHistorical Economic and Social StudiesDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesHuman auditory perception and evaluation

Frequently asked questions about Economics and Human Biology

Is Economics and Human Biology a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Economics and 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 Economics and Human Biology?

Economics and 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 1.80.

Is Economics and Human Biology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Economics and Human Biology is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Economics and Human Biology?