Journal metric profile

EARLY HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

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 2.000 2025 metric year
5-Year Impact Factor 2.400 Longer citation window
JCR Quartile Q2 Subject-category quartile
JCR Category Rank 69/191 Recorded category rank

EARLY HUMAN DEVELOPMENT JCR impact factor overview

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Page reviewed August 6, 2026

Clarivate JCR impact factor overview

EARLY HUMAN DEVELOPMENT is listed in this directory with bibliometric information for 2025. It is published by ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD. The database records a Journal Impact Factor of 2.000, presented as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based metric. Its listed JCR Impact Factor quartile is Q2.

Ranking and quartile

The recorded JCR Impact Factor category rank is 69 out of 191 journals in its listed category. A Q2 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 6,706 total citations, 142 total articles, 151 citable items. The five-year Impact Factor is 2.400, which is 0.400 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 1.800. The Journal Citation Indicator is listed as 0.930.

Citation half-life

The cited half-life is recorded as 10.5 years, describing the median age of articles cited in the reporting year. The citing half-life is 8.4 years, reflecting the median age of references used by the journal’s articles.

Journal identifiers and verification

EARLY HUMAN DEVELOPMENT is identified in this record by print ISSN 0378-3782 and electronic ISSN 1872-6232. 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 nameEARLY HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
Abbreviated journalEARLY HUM DEV
PublisherELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
Metric year2025
Overall rank8,303
ISSN0378-3782
eISSN1872-6232
Total cites6,706
Total articles142
Citable items151
Cited half-life10.5 years
Citing half-life8.4 years
JCR-based Journal Impact Factor2.000
5-Year Impact Factor2.400
Impact Factor without journal self-cites1.800
Journal Citation Indicator0.930
JCR Impact Factor quartileQ2
JCR category rank69/191
Database record updated

Frequently asked questions

What is the 2025 JCR-based Journal Impact Factor of EARLY HUMAN DEVELOPMENT?

The Journal Impact Factor recorded in this directory as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based value for EARLY HUMAN DEVELOPMENT is 2.000 for the 2025 metric year.

What quartile is EARLY HUMAN DEVELOPMENT?

EARLY HUMAN DEVELOPMENT is listed in quartile Q2. Quartiles describe a journal’s position within a subject category and should be interpreted within that field.

Who publishes EARLY HUMAN DEVELOPMENT?

EARLY HUMAN DEVELOPMENT is listed as being published by ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD.

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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