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WoS SCIE Q1Scopus Q1SCImago #1,640CAS 2区Top JournalHybrid

Journal of Health and Social Behavior

Country: United States•WoS SCIE Quartile: Q1•Scopus SJR: 1.867•SCImago Rank: #1,640•Identifier (ISSN):0022-1465(Print)/2150-6000(Online)•Articles / Year: 46•Estimated Publication Fee (APC): $3,862 USD
Clarivate JCR Index Advisory: Active (SSCI)
Clarivate IF (2026)Q1
3.6
– 0

Leading citation impact metric from Clarivate Journal Citation Reports

JCR Release Date: 2026-06-17
H-Index (Hirsch Index)
157

157 papers with at least that number of citations each

WoS: SCIE / JCRTop Tier
Self-Citation Rate6.3%
Safe Level (< 15%)Warning Level (> 20%)
Self-citation below 15% indicates strong scholarly independence.
Volume & Open AccessHybrid
46articles/year
36.64% Gold OA•100% Original Research

State Council for Professorship (HĐGSNN) Scoring

Quyết định số 26/QĐ-HĐGSNN ngày 11/7/2025 (Mục quốc tế)

2.50pts
Latest Max Score
Estimated (Dec 26)
Scoring Basis: WoS Q1 có IF ≥ 3.0(IF: 3.6)

HĐGSNN Score History

By article publication year
YearMax ScoreEvaluation DetailsSource
20262.50đ
WoS Q1 có IF ≥ 3.0(IF: 3.6)
🔵 Computed
20252.50đ
WoS Q1 có IF ≥ 3.0(IF: 3.6)
🔵 Computed
20243.00đ
WoS Q1 có IF ≥ 5.0(IF: 6.3)
🔵 Computed
20233.00đ
WoS Q1 có IF ≥ 5.0(IF: 5)
🔵 Computed
20223.00đ
WoS Q1 có IF ≥ 5.0(IF: 5.179)
🔵 Computed

Note: Domestic journal scores are officially collected from annual HĐGSNN decisions across councils. International journal scores are dynamically computed according to Decision 26/QĐ-HĐGSNN based on quartile and citation metrics in the publication year.

Aims & Scope

Journal of Health and Social Behavior is a medical sociology journal that publishes empirical and theoretical articles that apply sociological concepts and methods to the understanding of health and illness and the organization of medicine and health care. Its editorial policy favors manuscripts that are grounded in important theoretical issues in medical sociology or the sociology of mental health and that advance theoretical understanding of the processes by which social factors and human health are inter-related.

Topics Covered (Recognized by AI)
Psychology93.3%Medicine81.3%Sociology61.6%Political science53.2%Law51.2%Economics44.7%Social psychology43.8%Biology42.7%Psychiatry41.9%Mathematics34.7%Psychotherapist34.2%Demography33.6%Computer science33.2%Philosophy32.7%Developmental psychology32%Clinical psychology28.2%Environmental health28.1%Pathology27.8%Statistics25.5%Gerontology24.2%Economic growth23.4%Internal medicine20.8%Population20.6%Nursing20.4%Mental health20.2%
Primary Research Areas

SCImago & Scopus Journal Intelligence

Global SCImago ranking, SJR prestige index, Scopus coverage, and societal policy impact

Rank #1,640Scopus Q1SCImago Profile
Scopus Coverage:1967-2026
Scopus Broad Areas:MedicinePsychology
Scopus Citation Rank (SJR)Q1
1.867

Weighted prestige citation metric per document indexed in the Scopus database.

Tứ phân vị: Scopus Q1
Scopus H-Index (2025)
157

Measures cumulative publication volume and citation impact.

Scopus Database Indexed (2025)
Citations / Doc (2 years)
4.15

Average citations received per document published in the 2-year window.

2-Year Citation Window
Estimated Publication Fee (APC)
$3,862 USD

Estimated Article Processing Charge for Open Access publication.

Chi phí ước tính / bài báo

Scopus 3-Year Publication & Citation Window

3-Year Citations625
3-Year Documents125
Citable Documents119

Aggregated from Scopus database across the 3-year SJR evaluation window.

Societal Impact & Inclusivity (SCImago)

Policy Citations (Overton)0

Citations in government and international policy documents

Female Author Rate72.2%

Percentage of female authors published in the journal

Real-world societal policy reach and author gender diversity tracked by SCImago.

Scopus Subject Categories

Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthQ1
Social PsychologyQ1

Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Classification

Major / minor zone classification and CAS Early Warning List history

Major Category (Broad Field):
2区 (Zone 2)Medicine
Minor Category (Specific Field):
1区PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
CAS Early Warning List History:
Updated annually: 2020 – 2024
2020
Not warned
2021
Not warned
2022
Not warned
2023
Not warned
2024
Not warned

Publishing & Editorial Information

Detailed publisher, peer-review turnaround, and publication cycle specifications

Publisher Review Speed
Updating
Average time to first editorial decision
Online Publication Speed
Updating
Time from acceptance to online publication
Official Acceptance Rate
Updating
Manuscript acceptance rate confirmed by the publisher
Open Access Model
Hybrid
OA publishing option or traditional subscription
Publisher
SAGE
Publication Language
English
Frequency
Periodic
Indexing & Databases
SSCIScopusPubMed

WoS Categories & Quartiles

Detailed JCR / JCI category rankings and quartile breakdown from Clarivate

Clarivate JCR & JCI
CategoryIndexRankQuartile
PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL
JCRSSCI
12/77Q1
PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
JCRSSCI
93/443Q1
SOCIAL SCIENCES, BIOMEDICAL
JCRSSCI
8/48Q1
SOCIOLOGY
JCRSSCI
15/222Q1
PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL
JCISSCI
9/77Q1
PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
JCISSCI
26/443Q1
SOCIAL SCIENCES, BIOMEDICAL
JCISSCI
4/48Q1
SOCIOLOGY
JCISSCI
25/222Q1

Annual Historical Statistics & Publications

Track annual publication volume, total citations, and Impact Factor evolution

12 year
YearImpact FactorArticles / YearTotal Citations
2026—297
20253.64763
20246.352349
2023548544
20225.17940832
2021—552,270
2020—371,339
2019—361,227
2018—432,586
2017—411,675
2016—381,774
2015—392,128
Academic Metric Intelligence

Journal Metrics & Citation Visualizations

Impact Factor Trend (2018–2024)

Clarivate IF trend for Journal of Health and Social Behavior

WoS Q1
246820222023202420253.60
Annual Impact Factor Metric
2025:3.6

Total Cites vs Self-Cites

Evaluation of scholarly independence and citation reach

Total citations steady growth
Self-citation: 6.3%

Citations per Document

Citation metric windows across 2, 3, and 4 years

Cites / Doc (4 years)Cites / Doc (3 years)Cites / Doc (2 years)

Similar Journals in Discipline

Journals in the same research field with comparable impact metrics

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Database Updated: 2026-10-01