Journal metric profile

BRAIN BEHAVIOR AND EVOLUTION

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 1.800 2025 metric year
5-Year Impact Factor 1.500 Longer citation window
JCR Quartile Q1 Subject-category quartile
JCR Category Rank 41/181 Recorded category rank

BRAIN BEHAVIOR AND EVOLUTION JCR impact factor overview

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Page reviewed August 6, 2026

Clarivate JCR impact factor overview

BRAIN BEHAVIOR AND EVOLUTION is listed in this directory with bibliometric information for 2025. It is published by KARGER. The database records a Journal Impact Factor of 1.800, 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 41 out of 181 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 1,963 total citations, 17 total articles, 25 citable items. The five-year Impact Factor is 1.500, which is 0.300 points below 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 1.600. The Journal Citation Indicator is listed as 0.660.

Citation half-life

The cited half-life is recorded as 19 years, describing the median age of articles cited in the reporting year. The citing half-life is 15.5 years, reflecting the median age of references used by the journal’s articles.

Journal identifiers and verification

BRAIN BEHAVIOR AND EVOLUTION is identified in this record by print ISSN 0006-8977 and electronic ISSN 1421-9743. 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 nameBRAIN BEHAVIOR AND EVOLUTION
Abbreviated journalBRAIN BEHAV EVOLUT
PublisherKARGER
Metric year2025
Overall rank9,201
ISSN0006-8977
eISSN1421-9743
Total cites1,963
Total articles17
Citable items25
Cited half-life19 years
Citing half-life15.5 years
JCR-based Journal Impact Factor1.800
5-Year Impact Factor1.500
Impact Factor without journal self-cites1.600
Journal Citation Indicator0.660
JCR Impact Factor quartileQ1
JCR category rank41/181
Database record updated

Frequently asked questions

What is the 2025 JCR-based Journal Impact Factor of BRAIN BEHAVIOR AND EVOLUTION?

The Journal Impact Factor recorded in this directory as a Clarivate Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-based value for BRAIN BEHAVIOR AND EVOLUTION is 1.800 for the 2025 metric year.

What quartile is BRAIN BEHAVIOR AND EVOLUTION?

BRAIN BEHAVIOR AND EVOLUTION is listed in quartile Q1. Quartiles describe a journal’s position within a subject category and should be interpreted within that field.

Who publishes BRAIN BEHAVIOR AND EVOLUTION?

BRAIN BEHAVIOR AND EVOLUTION is listed as being published by KARGER.

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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