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Human Nature

Springer New York · United States · Est. 1979

ISSN1936-4776
SJR Q1WOS SSCIScopus / SJR
60
/ 100
Medium Risk
Score Breakdown
WoS SCIE/SSCI+25
Scopus Q1+25
Total60
Journal Impact Factor
This journal is indexed in Web of Science (JCR) and has an official Journal Impact Factor. View the current value on the journal’s page ↗
SJR Score
0.716
H-Index
113
CiteScore
View ↗
Scopus metric · on the journal’s page
SNIP
0.931
Total Works
914
Total Citations
48,722
2yr Mean Citedness
1.63
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Aims & Scope

Human Nature is dedicated to advancing the interdisciplinary investigation of the biological, social, and environmental factors that underlie human behavior. It focuses primarily on the functional unity in which these factors are continuously and mutually interactive. These include the evolutionary, biological, and sociological processes as they interact with human social behavior; the biological and demographic consequences of human history; the cross-cultural, cross-species, and historical perspectives on human behavior; and the relevance of a biosocial perspective to scientific, social, and policy issues.

⚡ Speed vs Prestige
How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?
Q1
SJR Rank
Top 25% in field

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States
Primary LanguageEnglish
1st Year Published1979
FrequencyQuarterly
StatusActive (last: 2026)
Total Publications914
Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media
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Submission Info

Peer Review
Review Time
Acceptance Rate
OA License
OA Rate

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No
OASPA Member✗ No
Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

6/12 · 50%
Do you know the journal / publisher?
Springer New York
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
Is the ISSN verified?
1936-4776
Indexed in a trusted database?
Scopus
Peer review process documented?
N/A
Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
APC fees clearly disclosed?
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

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published
Times cited
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026

Source: OpenAlex · Note: citations accumulate over time so older years appear higher

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

AnthropologyQ1
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)Q1
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsQ1
Social Sciences (miscellaneous)Q1
Sociology and Political ScienceQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

AnthropologySocial Sciences, Biomedical

Scopus Categories

AnthropologySociology and Political ScienceSocial Sciences (miscellaneous)Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Evolutionary Psychology and Human BehaviorEvolutionary Game Theory and CooperationDemographic Trends and Gender PreferencesPrimate Behavior and EcologyFamily Dynamics and RelationshipsNeuroendocrine regulation and behaviorCultural Differences and ValuesLanguage and cultural evolutionExperimental Behavioral Economics StudiesPsychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
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Data updated: 2026-05-22 · Sources: SJR, DOAJ, OpenAlex, WoS, Crossref