Journal metric profile

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

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 2.200 2025 metric year
5-Year Impact Factor 2.300 Longer citation window
JCR Quartile Q1 Subject-category quartile
JCR Category Rank 20/181 Recorded category rank

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY JCR impact factor overview

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Page reviewed August 6, 2026

Clarivate JCR impact factor overview

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY is listed in this directory with bibliometric information for 2025. It is published by OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC. The database records a Journal Impact Factor of 2.200, presented as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based metric. Its listed JCR Impact Factor quartile is Q1.

Ranking and quartile

The recorded JCR Impact Factor category rank is 20 out of 181 journals in its listed category. A Q1 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 9,326 total citations, 114 total articles, 116 citable items. The five-year Impact Factor is 2.300, which is 0.100 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 2.000. The Journal Citation Indicator is listed as 0.870.

Citation half-life

The cited half-life is recorded as 12.7 years, describing the median age of articles cited in the reporting year. The citing half-life is 12.9 years, reflecting the median age of references used by the journal’s articles.

Journal identifiers and verification

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY is identified in this record by print ISSN 1045-2249 and electronic ISSN 1465-7279. 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 nameBEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY
Abbreviated journalBEHAV ECOL
PublisherOXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
Metric year2025
Overall rank7,420
ISSN1045-2249
eISSN1465-7279
Total cites9,326
Total articles114
Citable items116
Cited half-life12.7 years
Citing half-life12.9 years
JCR-based Journal Impact Factor2.200
5-Year Impact Factor2.300
Impact Factor without journal self-cites2.000
Journal Citation Indicator0.870
JCR Impact Factor quartileQ1
JCR category rank20/181
Database record updated

Frequently asked questions

What is the 2025 JCR-based Journal Impact Factor of BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY?

The Journal Impact Factor recorded in this directory as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based value for BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY is 2.200 for the 2025 metric year.

What quartile is BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY?

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY is listed in quartile Q1. Quartiles describe a journal’s position within a subject category and should be interpreted within that field.

Who publishes BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY?

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY is listed as being published by OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC.

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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