Hormones and Behavior

Aims & Scope

Hormones and Behavior publishes original research articles, reviews and special issues concerning hormone-brain-behavior relationships, broadly defined.

The journal's scope ranges from laboratory and field studies concerning neuroendocrine as well as endocrine mechanisms controlling the development or adult expression of behavior to studies concerning the environmental control and evolutionary significance of hormone-behavior relationships.

The journal welcomes studies conducted on species ranging from invertebrates to mammals, including humans.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	2.4
2024	2.50

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.822

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q2

h-index

Year	Value
2024	166

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	6531

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	876

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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 Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology and Neuroscience, 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 concept of allostasis in biology and biomedicine

  Citation: 2444

  Authors: Bruce S, John C

• Sexual attractivity, proceptivity, and receptivity in female mammals

  Citation: 895

  Authors: Frank A

• The reactive scope model — A new model integrating homeostasis, allostasis, and stress

  Citation: 878

  Authors: L. Michael, Molly J., Nicole E.

• The vertebrate social behavior network: Evolutionary themes and variations

  Citation: 672

  Authors: James L.

• Glucocorticoids, prenatal stress and the programming of disease

  Citation: 672

  Authors: Anjanette, Jonathan

• Gonadal Steroid Hormone Receptors and Sex Differences in the Hypothalamo-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis

  Citation: 654

  Authors: Robert J., Loyd H., Janice E., Joan A.

• Organizational and activational effects of sex steroids on brain and behavior: A reanalysis

  Citation: 643

  Authors: A

• Child maltreatment and the developing HPA axis

  Citation: 553

  Authors: Amanda R., Megan R.

• Oxytocin and social affiliation in humans

  Citation: 549

  Authors: Ruth

• Pregnancy and pregnancy-associated hormones alter immune responses and disease pathogenesis

  Citation: 545

  Authors: Dionne P., Sabra L.

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