Law and Human Behavior

pISSN: 0147-7307eISSN: 1573-661X• JCR: LAW HUMAN BEHAVAmerican Psychological AssociationUnited States
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2026 Impact Factor

3.2

Released June 2026 · Based on 2025 citation data

No change vs last year

Impact Factor History

  1. Metric year 2025

    Released

    3.2
  2. Metric year 2024

    3.2

JCR Category Rankings

Journal Citation Reports category rankings
CategoryIndexesQuartile
LAWSSCIQ1
PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIALSSCIQ2
Q1
JCR Quartile
B2
CAS Block

Law and Human Behavior current release and JCR quartile

Law and Human Behavior's newest impact factor is 3.2, released June 17, 2026 and based on 2025 citation data. The journal is listed as JCR Q1 in this Journal Metrics record.

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Ranking position in Neuroscience

Ranked #401 in Neuroscience by impact factor and #290 among Q1 Neuroscience journals. This context helps compare Law and Human Behavior against journals publishing in the same field.

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Law and Human Behavior publication trend

Published 302 papers across the last 5 recorded years with a current impact factor of 3.2.

2026 vs 2025: -47
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Journal Details

Total Articles
2,290
H-Index
152
Open Access
Hybrid
Subject Areas
Social PsychologyClinical PsychologyLawCognitive Neuroscience

Article Volume

2022
55
2023
74
2024
74
2025
73
2026
26
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