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Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences

American Psychological Association · United States · Est. 2014

ISSN2330-2933

SJR Q3✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q3. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.467

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.575

Total Worksi

486

Total Citationsi

4,753

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.10

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences publishes manuscripts that advance the study of human behavior from an evolutionary perspective. It emphasizes research that integrates evolutionary theory with various approaches and perspectives from across the behavioral sciences, including subdisciplines within psychology.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2014

Annual Volume~ 34 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications486

Publisher OrgAmerican Psychological Association

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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?

American Psychological Association

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2330-2933

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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

328

2019

500

2020

158

2021

192

2022

2023

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.

Experimental and Cognitive PsychologyQ3

Social PsychologyQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Behavioral SciencesPsychology

Scopus Categories

Experimental and Cognitive PsychologySocial Psychology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Evolutionary Psychology and Human BehaviorEvolutionary Game Theory and CooperationCultural Differences and ValuesAttachment and Relationship DynamicsPsychology of Moral and Emotional JudgmentMarriage and Sexual RelationshipsConsumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and IdentificationFamily Dynamics and RelationshipsSexuality, Behavior, and TechnologySocial and Intergroup Psychology

Frequently asked questions about Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences

Is Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences: 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 Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences?

Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences 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 1.10.

Is Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Evolutionary Behavioral Sciences is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.