About this journal
Aims and scope
Biodemography and Social Biology
is devoted to furthering the discussion, advancement, and dissemination of knowledge about biological and sociocultural forces interacting to affect the structure, health, well-being and behavior of human populations. This interdisciplinary publication features contributions from scholars in the fields of sociology, demography, public health, psychology, anthropology, biology, genetics, and others. Original manuscripts that further knowledge in the area of social biology are welcome, along with brief reports, and review articles.
Peer Review Policy: All research articles in this journal have undergone peer review, based on initial editor screening and anonymous refereeing by two or more anonymous referees.
Publication office: Taylor & Francis, Inc., 530 Walnut Street, Suite 850, Philadelphia, PA 19106.
Journal metrics
Usage
- 24K annual downloads/views
Citation metrics
- 0.9 (2023) Impact Factor
- 1.2 (2023) 5 year IF
- 1.5 (2023) CiteScore (Scopus)
- Q2 CiteScore Best Quartile
- 0.474 (2023) SNIP
- 0.363 (2023) SJR
Speed/acceptance
- 60 days avg. from submission to first decision
- 75 days avg. from submission to first post-review decision
- 9 days avg. from acceptance to online publication
- 40% acceptance rate
Understanding and using journal metrics
Journal metrics can be a useful tool for readers, as well as for authors who are deciding where to submit their next manuscript for publication. However, any one metric only tells a part of the story of a journal’s quality and impact. Each metric has its limitations which means that it should never be considered in isolation, and metrics should be used to support and not replace qualitative review.
We strongly recommend that you always use a number of metrics, alongside other qualitative factors such as a journal’s aims & scope, its readership, and a review of past content published in the journal. In addition, a single article should always be assessed on its own merits and never based on the metrics of the journal it was published in.
For more details, please read the Author Services guide to understanding journal metrics.
Journal metrics in brief
Usage and acceptance rate data above are for the last full calendar year and are updated annually in February. Speed data is updated every six months, based on the prior six months. Citation metrics are updated annually mid-year. Please note that some journals do not display all of the following metrics (find out why).
- Usage: the total number of times articles in the journal were viewed by users of Taylor & Francis Online in the previous calendar year, rounded to the nearest thousand.
Citation Metrics
- Impact Factor*: the average number of citations received by articles published in the journal within a two-year window. Only journals in the Clarivate Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Arts and Humanities Citation Index (AHCI) and the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) have an Impact Factor.
- Impact Factor Best Quartile*: the journal’s highest subject category ranking in the Journal Citation Reports. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest Impact Factors.
- 5 Year Impact Factor*: the average number of citations received by articles in the journal within a five-year window.
- CiteScore (Scopus)†: the average number of citations received by articles in the journal over a four-year period.
- CiteScore Best Quartile†: the journal’s highest CiteScore ranking in a Scopus subject category. Q1 = 25% of journals with the highest CiteScores.
- SNIP (Source Normalized Impact per Paper): the number of citations per paper in the journal, divided by citation potential in the field.
- SJR (Scimago Journal Rank): Average number of (weighted) citations in one year, divided by the number of articles published in the journal in the previous three years.
Speed/acceptance
- From submission to first decision: the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the journal to receive a first decision. Based on manuscripts receiving a first decision in the last six months.
- From submission to first post-review decision: the average (median) number of days for a manuscript submitted to the journal to receive a first decision if it is sent out for peer review. Based on manuscripts receiving a post-review first decision in the last six months.
- From acceptance to online publication: the average (median) number of days from acceptance of a manuscript to online publication of the Version of Record. Based on articles published in the last six months.
- Acceptance rate: articles accepted for publication by the journal in the previous calendar year as percentage of all papers receiving a final decision.
For more details on the data above, please read the Author Services guide to understanding journal metrics.
*Copyright: Journal Citation Reports®, Clarivate Analytics
†Copyright: CiteScore™, Scopus
Editorial board
Editor
Hiroaki Matsuura
Shoin University, Japan
Co-Editor
Simone Ghislandi
Bocconi University, Italy
Benjamin Domingue
Stanford University, California
Editorial Board
Jason Boardman - University of Colorado – Boulder
Jeremy Freese - Northwestern University
Timothy B. Gage - State University of New York at Albany
Kathleen Harris - University of North Carolina
Mark D. Hayward - University of Texas – Austin
John Hoffmann - Brigham Young University
Antwan Jones - George Washington University
Hans-Peter Kohler - University of Pennsylvania
Akihiro Nishi - University of California - Los Angels
Andrew Noymer - University of California - Irvine
Ting Li- Renmin University - China
Sayeed Unisa - International Institute for Population Sciences - India
Yi Zeng - Peking University - China
Abstracting and indexing
Abstracted/Indexed in:
• EBSCOhost
° Academic Search Ultimate
° Anthropological Literature (Online)
° Biological Abstracts (Online)
° Biomedical Reference Collection: Corporate Edition
° Current Abstracts
° Science and Technology Collection
• Gale
° Book Review Index Plus
• International Atomic Energy Agency
° INIS Collection Search
• National Library of Medicine
° PubMed
• Personal Alert (E-mail)
• Plexus Publishing, Inc.
° Biology Digest
• ProQuest
° Biological Science Database
° Health & Medical Collection
° Health Research Premium Collection
° Hospital Premium Collection
° Medical Database
° Natural Science Collection
° Professional ProQuest Central
° ProQuest 5000
° ProQuest 5000 International
° ProQuest Central
° ProQuest Pharma Collection
° ProQuest SciTech Collection
° Psychology Database
° Public Health Database
° Research Library
° SciTech Premium Collection
° Social Science Premium Collection
° Sociology Collection
° Sociology Database
• Sage Publications, Inc.
° Abstracts in Anthropology (Online)
• Thomson Reuters
° Biological Abstracts (Online)
° BIOSIS Previews
° Current Contents
° Social Sciences Citation Index
° Web of Science
• U.S. National Library of Medicine
° MEDLINE
Open access
Biodemography and Social Biology is a hybrid open access journal that is part of our Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research.
Why choose open access?
- Increase the discoverability and readership of your article
- Make an impact and reach new readers, not just those with easy access to a research library
- Freely share your work with anyone, anywhere
- Comply with funding mandates and meet the requirements of your institution, employer or funder
- Rigorous peer review for every open access article
Article Publishing Charges (APC)
If you choose to publish open access in this journal you may be asked to pay an Article Publishing Charge (APC). You may be able to publish your article at no cost to yourself or with a reduced APC if your institution or research funder has an open access agreement or membership with Taylor & Francis.
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4 issues per year
Currently known as:
- Biodemography and Social Biology (2008 - current)
Formerly known as
- Social Biology (1969 - 2007)
- Eugenics Quarterly (1954 - 1968)
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