Behavioural Public Policy

Aims & Scope

Behavioural Public Policy is an interdisciplinary and international peer-reviewed, gold open access journal devoted to behavioural research and its relevance to public policy.

The study of human behaviour is important within many disciplinary specialties and in recent years the findings from this field have begun to be applied to policy concerns in a substantive and sustained way.

BPP seeks to be multidisciplinary and therefore welcomes articles from economists, psychologists, philosophers, anthropologists, sociologists, political scientists, primatologists, evolutionary biologists, legal scholars and others, so long as their work relates the study of human behaviour directly to a policy concern.

BPP focuses on high-quality research which has international relevance and which is framed such that the arguments are accessible to a multidisciplinary audience of academics and policy makers.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	3.1
2024	5.10

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	1.134

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	3926

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	478

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Psychology and Social Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• The contact hypothesis re-evaluated

  Citation: 518

  Authors: ELIZABETH LEVY, SETH A., DONALD P.

• Motivated numeracy and enlightened self-government

  Citation: 432

  Authors: DAN M., ELLEN, ERICA CANTRELL, PAUL

• When and why defaults influence decisions: a meta-analysis of default effects

  Citation: 287

  Authors: JON M., SHANNON, ELKE U., ERIC J.

• Nudges that fail

  Citation: 255

  Authors: CASS R.

• Putting nudges in perspective

  Citation: 157

  Authors: GEORGE, NICK

• A happy choice: wellbeing as the goal of government

  Citation: 134

  Authors: PAUL, ANDREW E., CHRISTIAN, RICHARD

• When to consider boosting: some rules for policy-makers

  Citation: 112

  Authors: RALPH

• Behavioural science and policy: where are we now and where are we going?

  Citation: 106

  Authors: MICHAEL, VEERLE, MICHAEL

• Identifying the most important predictors of support for climate policy in the United States

  Citation: 98

  Authors: MATTHEW H., ABEL, MATTHEW T., SETH A., ANTHONY

• How social norms are often a barrier to addressing climate change but can be part of the solution

  Citation: 91

  Authors: GREGG, LAUREN, GREG

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