Journal profile
Health Behavior Research
ISSN 2572-1836 · New Prairie Press · United States
Health Behavior Research: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 8 weeks (community reports); 40 articles in 2025; the journal's website says submissions are paused or closed.
The journal's website says submissions are paused or closed: At this time Health Behavior Research is not accepting new manuscripts. We plan to start accepting manuscripts again in the upcoming months. We appreciate your patience. Source ↗Publisher website ·
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Health Behavior Research is published by New Prairie Press. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Behavioral Health and Interventions, Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes and Mentoring and Academic Development, together about 29% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Welcome to the future home of Health Behavior Research. The journal hasn’t moved quite yet though. Please visit the Journal’s Home Page for current content and information on how to submit to the journal. Health Behavior Research (HBR) is the official journal of the American Academy of Health Behavior (AAHB). Published four-times per year, HBR is a peer-reviewed open-access scholarly journal that publishes original research articles, current issues papers, commentaries, and abstracts from the annual meeting of the Academy. Health Behavior Research is dedicated to the translation of research to advance policy, program planning, and/or practice relevant to behavior change. This aim is accomplished by publishing scholarly works from basic and applied scientists that rigorously apply, test, and inform efforts to revise, refine, or reject theoretical principles. More specifically, preference will be given to works that: Test theoretical principles across a diverse array of settings and populations to enable investigators to better specify the scope of a theory; Further develop processes that shape primary constructs identified in health behavior theories to inform guidelines for strategies to target constructs in policy, planning, and practice; Address the causal processes invoked by mediators and moderators that inform theory refinement; Provide empirical evidence that informs researchers about the potential factors that lack predictive and explanatory health behaviors so as to refine and reduce the number of constructs within existing theories that predict and explain health behavior; Provide rationale for theory refinement based on application and rigorous testing. Address new and emerging concepts and theory used in health behavior research, conceptual frameworks, methods, and analyses. For more information about AAHB, and becoming a member, please visit the academy’s website at www.aahb.org. At this time Health Behavior Research is not accepting new manuscripts. We plan to start accepting manuscripts again in the upcoming months. We appreciate your patience.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 2, India 1, Italy 1, Iran 1 (5 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Behavioral Health and InterventionsPsychology14.1%
- Substance Abuse Treatment and OutcomesMedicine8.6%
- Mentoring and Academic DevelopmentPsychology6.3%
- Public Health Policies and EducationHealth Professions6.3%
- Smoking Behavior and CessationMedicine5.8%
- Physical Activity and HealthMedicine5.8%
- Obesity, Physical Activity, DietMedicine5.2%
- Eating Disorders and BehaviorsPsychology4.9%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
DOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
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
- h-index
- 9OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 9OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.64OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 242 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 65 |
| 2025 | 40 | 40 | 100 |
| 2024 | 44 | 44 | 88 |
| 2023 | 27 | 27 | 76 |
| 2022 | 42 | 42 | 76 |
| 2021 | 20 | 20 | 51 |
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
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 8 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 8 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
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
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY-NC | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
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 accepted4
- current issuesCurrent IssuesLength not stated
- editorialEditorialLength not stated
- research articleResearch ArticleLength not stated
- research briefResearch BriefLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access
Not accepting new manuscripts at this time. Model summary
At this time Health Behavior Research is not accepting new manuscripts. We plan to start accepting manuscripts again in the upcoming months.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Peer-reviewed open-access scholarly journal publishing original research articles, current issues papers, commentaries, and abstracts from the annual meeting of the Academy. Model summary
Health Behavior Research (HBR) is the official journal of the American Academy of Health Behavior (AAHB). Published four-times per year, HBR is a peer-reviewed open-access scholarly journal that publishes original research articles, current issues papers, commentaries, and abstracts from the annual meeting of the Academy.
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
- New Prairie Press
- Country or region
- United States
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2572-1836
- Society / sponsor
- American Academy of Health Behavior
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Health Behavior Research
How long does peer review take at Health Behavior Research?
Authors report an average review time of about 8 weeks. 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 Health Behavior Research based?
Of the 5 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (2), India (1) and Italy (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Health Behavior Research?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Health Behavior Research is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Health Behavior Research open access, and what is the APC?
Health Behavior Research is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, Publisher website; 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: .