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Behavioral Science and Policy

SAGE Publications Inc. · United States · Est. 2015

ISSN2379-4607

SJR Q2✓ Scopus / SJR

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.518

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.589

Total Worksi

290

Total Citationsi

3,433

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.46

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Development; Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health; Behavioral Neuroscience; Human-Computer Interaction.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary Language—

1st Year Published2015

Annual Volume~ 11 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications290

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

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5/11 · 45%

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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?

2379-4607

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Indexed in a trusted database?

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?

N/A

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

165

2019

569

2020

213

2021

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.

DevelopmentQ2

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthQ2

Behavioral NeuroscienceQ3

Human-Computer InteractionQ3

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

DevelopmentHuman-Computer InteractionPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthBehavioral Neuroscience

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Decision-Making and Behavioral EconomicsBehavioral Health and InterventionsEnvironmental Education and SustainabilityMisinformation and Its ImpactsSocial and Intergroup PsychologyEarly Childhood Education and DevelopmentClimate Change Communication and PerceptionCOVID-19 and Mental HealthAcademic Publishing and Open AccessFinancial Literacy, Pension, Retirement Analysis

Frequently asked questions about Behavioral Science and Policy

Is Behavioral Science and Policy a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Behavioral Science and Policy: it is indexed in 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 Behavioral Science and Policy?

Behavioral Science and Policy is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.518.

Is Behavioral Science and Policy indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Behavioral Science and Policy is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Behavioral Science and Policy?