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Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine

Taylor and Francis Ltd. · United Kingdom · Est. 1977

ISSN2164-2850eISSN2164-2850

SJR Q1✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.804

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.017

Total Worksi

543

Total Citationsi

9,791

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.53

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Psychology, Clinical; Health (social science); Behavioral Neuroscience; Psychology (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1977

FrequencyAnnual

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications543

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

OA Since2012

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

CLOCKSSLibrary of CongressLOCKSSPorticoPMC

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Taylor and Francis Ltd.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2164-2850 / 2164-2850

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

Double-blind

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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?

CLOCKSS, Library of Congress, LOCKSS, Portico, PMC

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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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

699

2019

892

2020

1.3k

2021

866

2022

606

2023

313

2024

197

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.

Health (social science)Q1

Behavioral NeuroscienceQ2

Psychology (miscellaneous)Q2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Psychology, Clinical

Scopus Categories

Psychology (miscellaneous)Behavioral NeuroscienceHealth (social science)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Behavioral Health and InterventionsPhysical Activity and HealthCOVID-19 and Mental HealthEating Disorders and BehaviorsChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentMotivation and Self-Concept in SportsResilience and Mental HealthMental Health Research TopicsAdolescent Sexual and Reproductive HealthObesity, Physical Activity, Diet

Frequently asked questions about Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine

Is Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, 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 Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine?

Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine 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 2.53.

Is Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine?