Behavioral Sciences and the Law

Impact, Factor and Metrics, Impact Score, Ranking, h-index, SJR, Rating, Publisher, ISSN, and More

Aim and Scope

Behavioral Sciences & the Law is a peer reviewed journal which provides current and comprehensive information from throughout the world on topics at the interface of the law and the behavioral sciences. The journal balances theoretical, mental health, legal, and research writings to provide a broad perspective on pertinent psycho-legal topics. Most issues are devoted primarily to one special topic, often presented from a variety of disciplinary perspectives. One special issue per year is specifically targeted toward "International Perspectives" on the selected topic. In addition, one issue each year is devoted to miscellaneous research articles, special perspectives, book review/essays, adversarial forums, and articles of special concern to practitioners.

About Behavioral Sciences and the Law

Behavioral Sciences and the Law is a journal covering the technologies/fields/categories related to Law (Q1); Clinical Psychology (Q3); Medicine (miscellaneous) (Q3); Psychiatry and Mental Health (Q3). It is published by John Wiley and Sons Ltd. The overall rank of Behavioral Sciences and the Law is 12414. According to SCImago Journal Rank (SJR), this journal is ranked 0.459. SCImago Journal Rank is an indicator, which measures the scientific influence of journals. It considers the number of citations received by a journal and the importance of the journals from where these citations come. SJR acts as an alternative to the Journal Impact Factor (or an average number of citations received in last 2 years). This journal has an h-index of 87. The best quartile for this journal is Q1.

The ISSN of Behavioral Sciences and the Law journal is 10990798, 07353936. An International Standard Serial Number (ISSN) is a unique code of 8 digits. It is used for the recognition of journals, newspapers, periodicals, and magazines in all kind of forms, be it print-media or electronic. Behavioral Sciences and the Law is cited by a total of 226 articles during the last 3 years (Preceding 2024).

Behavioral Sciences and the Law Impact IF 2024-2025

The Impact IF 2024 of Behavioral Sciences and the Law is 1.61, which is computed in 2025 as per its definition. Behavioral Sciences and the Law IF is increased by a factor of 0.21 and approximate percentage change is 15% when compared to preceding year 2023, which shows a rising trend. The impact IF, also denoted as Journal impact score (JIS), of an academic journal is a measure of the yearly average number of citations to recent articles published in that journal. It is based on Scopus data.

Behavioral Sciences and the Law Impact IF 2025 Prediction

Impact IF 2024 of Behavioral Sciences and the Law is 1.61. If the same upward trend persists, Impact IF may rise in 2025 as well.

Behavioral Sciences and the Law h-index

 

Behavioral Sciences and the Law has an h-index of 87. It means 87 articles of this journal have more than 87 number of citations. The h-index is a way of measuring the productivity and citation impact of the publications. The h-index is defined as the maximum value of h such that the given journal/author has published h papers that have each been cited at least h number of times.

Behavioral Sciences and the Law ISSN

The ISSN of Behavioral Sciences and the Law is 10990798, 07353936. ISSN stands for International Standard Serial Number.

An ISSN is a unique code of 8 digits. It is used for the recognition of journals, newspapers, periodicals, and magazines in all kind of forms, be it print-media or electronic.

Behavioral Sciences and the Law Rank and SCImago Journal Rank (SJR)

The overall rank of Behavioral Sciences and the Law is 12414. According to SCImago Journal Rank (SJR), this journal is ranked 0.459. SCImago Journal Rank is an indicator, which measures the scientific influence of journals. It considers the number of citations received by a journal and the importance of the journals from where these citations come.

SJR of Behavioral Sciences and the Law by Year

Ranking of Behavioral Sciences and the Law by Year

Behavioral Sciences and the Law Publisher

Behavioral Sciences and the Law is published by John Wiley and Sons Ltd. It's publishing house is located in United Kingdom. Coverage history of this journal is as following: 1983-2025. The organization or individual who handles the printing and distribution of printed or digital publications is known as Publisher.

Call For Papers

Visit the official website of the journal/conference to check the further details about the call for papers.

Abbreviation

The IS0 4 standard abbreviation of Behavioral Sciences and the Law is Behav. Sci. Law. This abbreviation ('Behav. Sci. Law') is well recommended and approved for the purpose of indexing, abstraction, referencing and citing goals. It meets all the essential criteria of ISO 4 standard.

ISO 4 (International Organization for Standardization 4) is an international standard that defines a uniform and consistent system for abbreviating serial publication titles and journals.

How to publish in Behavioral Sciences and the Law

If your research field is/are related to Law (Q1); Clinical Psychology (Q3); Medicine (miscellaneous) (Q3); Psychiatry and Mental Health (Q3), then please visit the official website of this journal.

Acceptance Rate

The acceptance rate/percentage of any academic journal/conference depends upon many parameters. Some of the critical parameters are listed below.

• The demand or interest of researchers/scientists in publishing in a specific Journal/Conference.
• Peer review complexity and timeline.
• The mix of unsolicited and invited submissions.
• The time it takes from manuscript submission to final publication.
• And Many More.

It is essential to understand that the acceptance rate/rejection rate of papers varies among journals. Some Journals considers all the manuscripts submissions as a basis of acceptance rate computation. On the other hand, few consider the only manuscripts sent for peer review or few even not bother about the accurate maintenance of total submissions. Hence, it can provide a rough estimation only.

The best way to find out the acceptance rate is to reach out to the associated editor or to check the official website of the Journal/Conference.

Credits and Sources

• Scimago Journal & Country Rank (SJR), https://www.scimagojr.com/
• Journal Impact Factor, https://clarivate.com/