Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences

Aims & Scope

The Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences is a quarterly, peer-reviewed, international journal devoted to the scientific, technical, institutional, and cultural history of the social and behavioral sciences.

The journal publishes research articles, book reviews, and news and notes that cover the development of the core disciplines of psychology, anthropology, sociology, psychiatry and psychoanalysis, economics, linguistics, communications, political science, and the neurosciences.

The journal also welcomes papers and book reviews in related fields, particularly the history of science and medicine, historical theory, and historiography.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	0.5
2024	0.60

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.252

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	32

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	18489

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	1448

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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 Arts and Humanities and Psychology, 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 trilogy of mind: Cognition, affection, and conation

  Citation: 430

  Authors: Ernest R.

• DSM-III and the revolution in the classification of mental illness

  Citation: 308

  Authors: Rick, Allan V.

• The history of introspection reconsidered

  Citation: 172

  Authors: Kurt

• The positivist repudiation of Wundt

  Citation: 137

  Authors: Kurt

• The early origins and development of the scatterplot

  Citation: 125

  Authors: Michael, Daniel

• On the limits of ‘presentism’ and ‘historicism’ in the historiography of the behavioral sciences

  Citation: 125

  Authors: George W.

• Toward a transnational history of the social sciences

  Citation: 115

  Authors: Johan, Nicolas, Laurent

• The evolution of the concept of medicalization in the late twentieth century

  Citation: 110

  Authors: Robert A.

• Three truth‐spots

  Citation: 107

  Authors: Tom F.

• Theodor Lipps and the shift from ?sympathy? to ?empathy?

  Citation: 103

  Authors: Gustav

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