Journal metric profile

Hormones and Behavior

Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based Journal Impact Factor, five-year Impact Factor, quartile, category rank, publisher, identifiers and citation profile for the 2025 metric year.

JCR-based Impact Factor 2.400 2025 metric year
5-Year Impact Factor 2.600 Longer citation window
JCR Quartile Q2 Subject-category quartile
JCR Category Rank 20/57 Recorded category rank

Hormones and Behavior JCR impact factor overview

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Page reviewed August 6, 2026

Clarivate JCR impact factor overview

Hormones and Behavior is listed in this directory with bibliometric information for 2025. It is published by ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE. The database records a Journal Impact Factor of 2.400, presented as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based metric. Its listed JCR Impact Factor quartile is Q2.

Ranking and quartile

The recorded JCR Impact Factor category rank is 20 out of 57 journals in its listed category. A Q2 designation describes the journal’s position within its subject category; it should not be used as a direct measure of the quality of an individual article.

Citation profile

The record contains 8,910 total citations, 117 total articles, 119 citable items. The five-year Impact Factor is 2.600, which is 0.200 points above the listed standard Journal Impact Factor. These values use different citation windows and should be interpreted together rather than as a direct trend. The Journal Impact Factor without journal self-citations is recorded as 2.100. The Journal Citation Indicator is listed as 0.820.

Citation half-life

The cited half-life is recorded as 12 years, describing the median age of articles cited in the reporting year. The citing half-life is 12.5 years, reflecting the median age of references used by the journal’s articles.

Journal identifiers and verification

Hormones and Behavior is identified in this record by print ISSN 0018-506X and electronic ISSN 1095-6867. Use the ISSN when checking library catalogues, publisher records, indexing databases, or the official Clarivate Journal Citation Reports entry.

Complete journal information

All values below come directly from the database record.

Journal nameHormones and Behavior
Abbreviated journalHORM BEHAV
PublisherACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
Metric year2025
Overall rank6,685
ISSN0018-506X
eISSN1095-6867
Total cites8,910
Total articles117
Citable items119
Cited half-life12 years
Citing half-life12.5 years
JCR-based Journal Impact Factor2.400
5-Year Impact Factor2.600
Impact Factor without journal self-cites2.100
Journal Citation Indicator0.820
JCR Impact Factor quartileQ2
JCR category rank20/57
Database record updated

Frequently asked questions

What is the 2025 JCR-based Journal Impact Factor of Hormones and Behavior?

The Journal Impact Factor recorded in this directory as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based value for Hormones and Behavior is 2.400 for the 2025 metric year.

What quartile is Hormones and Behavior?

Hormones and Behavior is listed in quartile Q2. Quartiles describe a journal’s position within a subject category and should be interpreted within that field.

Who publishes Hormones and Behavior?

Hormones and Behavior is listed as being published by ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE.

Can a JCR Journal Impact Factor be used to judge an individual article?

No. The Journal Impact Factor is a journal-level citation measure reported in Clarivate Journal Citation Reports. It does not measure the quality, reliability or influence of every individual article published by that journal.

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