Journal metric profile

Nature Human Behaviour

Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based Journal Impact Factor, five-year Impact Factor, quartile, category rank, publisher, identifiers and citation profile for the 2025 metric year.

JCR-based Impact Factor 15.900 2025 metric year
5-Year Impact Factor 19.700 Longer citation window
JCR Quartile Q1 Subject-category quartile
JCR Category Rank 2/102 Recorded category rank

Nature Human Behaviour JCR impact factor overview

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Clarivate JCR impact factor overview

Nature Human Behaviour is listed in this directory with bibliometric information for 2025. It is published by NATURE PORTFOLIO. The database records a Journal Impact Factor of 15.900, presented as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based metric. Its listed JCR Impact Factor quartile is Q1.

Ranking and quartile

The recorded JCR Impact Factor category rank is 2 out of 102 journals in its listed category. A Q1 designation describes the journal’s position within its subject category; it should not be used as a direct measure of the quality of an individual article.

Citation profile

The record contains 17,247 total citations, 228 total articles, 245 citable items. The five-year Impact Factor is 19.700, which is 3.800 points above the listed standard Journal Impact Factor. These values use different citation windows and should be interpreted together rather than as a direct trend. The Journal Impact Factor without journal self-citations is recorded as 15.500. The Journal Citation Indicator is listed as 5.320.

Citation half-life

The cited half-life is recorded as 3.9 years, describing the median age of articles cited in the reporting year. The citing half-life is 7.4 years, reflecting the median age of references used by the journal’s articles.

Journal identifiers and verification

Nature Human Behaviour is identified in this record by print ISSN 2397-3374 and electronic ISSN 2397-3374. Use the ISSN when checking library catalogues, publisher records, indexing databases, or the official Clarivate Journal Citation Reports entry.

Complete journal information

All values below come directly from the database record.

Journal nameNature Human Behaviour
Abbreviated journalNAT HUM BEHAV
PublisherNATURE PORTFOLIO
Metric year2025
Overall rank240
ISSN2397-3374
eISSN2397-3374
Total cites17,247
Total articles228
Citable items245
Cited half-life3.9 years
Citing half-life7.4 years
JCR-based Journal Impact Factor15.900
5-Year Impact Factor19.700
Impact Factor without journal self-cites15.500
Journal Citation Indicator5.320
JCR Impact Factor quartileQ1
JCR category rank2/102
Database record updated

Frequently asked questions

What is the 2025 JCR-based Journal Impact Factor of Nature Human Behaviour?

The Journal Impact Factor recorded in this directory as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based value for Nature Human Behaviour is 15.900 for the 2025 metric year.

What quartile is Nature Human Behaviour?

Nature Human Behaviour is listed in quartile Q1. Quartiles describe a journal’s position within a subject category and should be interpreted within that field.

Who publishes Nature Human Behaviour?

Nature Human Behaviour is listed as being published by NATURE PORTFOLIO.

Can a JCR Journal Impact Factor be used to judge an individual article?

No. The Journal Impact Factor is a journal-level citation measure reported in Clarivate Journal Citation Reports. It does not measure the quality, reliability or influence of every individual article published by that journal.

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