Journal profile · Behavioral Sciences
Behavioral Medicine
ISSN 0896-4289 · eISSN 1940-4026 · Routledge · UNITED STATES · Quarterly · Founded 1988
Behavioral Medicine: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.18; hybrid open access; APC charged, amount not published; median 217 days to acceptance (64 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: easy; 28 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Behavioral Medicine is published by Routledge and is in Zone 4 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Behavioral Health and Interventions, Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet and Health disparities and outcomes, together about 21.6% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Behavioral Medicine is a multidisciplinary peer-reviewed journal, which fosters and promotes the exchange of knowledge and the advancement of theory in the field of behavioral medicine, including but not limited to understandings of disease prevention, health promotion, health disparities, identification of health risk factors, and interventions designed to reduce health risks, ameliorate health disparities, enhancing all aspects of health. The journal seeks to advance knowledge and theory in these domains in all segments of the population and across the lifespan, in local, national, and global contexts, and with an emphasis on the synergies that exist between biological, psychological, psychosocial, and structural factors as they related to these areas of study and across health states. Behavioral Medicine publishes original empirical studies (experimental and observational research studies, quantitative and qualitative studies, evaluation studies) as well as clinical/case studies. The journal also publishes review articles, which provide systematic evaluations of the literature and propose alternative and innovative theoretical paradigms, as well as brief reports and responses to articles previously published in Behavioral Medicine. Behavioral Medicine seeks manuscripts that emphasize the interplay between theory and practice, the translation of knowledge to enhance health, and policy implications.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Behavioral Sciences
Editor-in-chief Perry N. HalkitisPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 31, Poland 2, Greece 2, India 1, Australia 1 (39 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Behavioral Health and InterventionsPsychology8%
- Obesity, Physical Activity, DietMedicine7.4%
- Health disparities and outcomesSocial Sciences6.2%
- Eating Disorders and BehaviorsPsychology6.2%
- Health, psychology, and well-beingHealth Professions5.2%
- Cardiac Health and Mental HealthMedicine4.8%
- Stress Responses and CortisolNeuroscience4.8%
- HIV/AIDS Research and InterventionsMedicine4.4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Behavioral Sciences | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Psychiatry | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Behavioral Sciences | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Psychiatry | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Behavioral Sciences | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Psychiatry | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- CiteScore Q2 · 2025
Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website
Database indexing
SCIESSCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
MEDLINEEmbaseCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: Index Medicus, Applied Social Science Index and Abstracts, Behavioral Medicine Abstracts, BIOMED, Family Resources Database, Health Instrument File, International Bibliography of Book Reviews (IBR), International Bibliography of Periodical Literature, National AIDS Information Clearinghouse, NIOSHTIC, Psychological Abstracts / PsychINFO, Research Alert, Scisearch
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor
- 1.18LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.2Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.8Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 5.6LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 5.6Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.74LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.74Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.02LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 1.02Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 45LetPub ·
- h-index
- 86OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 639OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.26OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 6.15%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 27LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 69,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,009 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 31 | 13 | 2 |
| 2025 | 28 | 13 | 41 |
| 2024 | 17 | 7 | 53 |
| 2023 | 22 | 12 | 131 |
| 2022 | 44 | 20 | 501 |
| 2021 | 32 | 14 | 314 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
217 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 146 days – 281 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 30 days (64 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 260 days
- Sample
- 64 articles with submission and acceptance dates (66 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- over 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 17%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 25 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 116 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 44 daysPublisher website ·
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Article types accepted5
- brief reportsThe journal also publishes review articles, which provide systematic evaluations of the literature and propose alternative and innovative theoretical paradigms,…Length not stated
- clinical/case studiesBehavioral Medicine publishes original empirical studies (experimental and observational research studies, quantitative and qualitative studies, evaluation stud…Length not stated
- original empirical studiesBehavioral Medicine publishes original empirical studies (experimental and observational research studies, quantitative and qualitative studies, evaluation stud…Length not stated
- research articleResearch Article | Published online: 10 Sep 2026Length not stated
- review articlesThe journal also publishes review articles, which provide systematic evaluations of the literature and propose alternative and innovative theoretical paradigms,…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access
- Open access Open access
Hybrid open access journal, part of Taylor & Francis Open Select publishing program. Model summary
Behavioral Medicine is a hybrid open access journal that is part of the Taylor & Francis 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 rea…
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Founded
- 1988
- ISSN
- 0896-4289
- Electronic ISSN
- 1940-4026
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 52, Issue 2 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Behavioral Medicine
What CAS zone is Behavioral Medicine in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Behavioral Medicine is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Behavioral Sciences / Psychiatry. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Behavioral Medicine?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.18; CiteScore 5.6, h-index 86.
How long does peer review take at Behavioral Medicine?
Based on the dates recorded on 64 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 217 days (interquartile range 146–281 days); authors report an average review time of over 12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 17%. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Where are the editorial board members of Behavioral Medicine based?
Of the 39 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (31), Poland (2) and Greece (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Behavioral Medicine?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Behavioral Medicine is indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists MEDLINE, Embase and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Behavioral Medicine open access, and what is the APC?
Behavioral Medicine is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-26). Last updated: .