Journal History

2011 The inaugural issue was released. Behavioral Sciences was published as a quarterly journal.
2014 Behavioral Sciences was indexed in PubMed and PubMed Central.
2016 Behavioral Sciences was indexed in Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)—Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics), starting with Volume 1 (Issue 1).
2018 Behavioral Sciences adopted a monthly publication schedule.
Behavioral Sciences was indexed in Scopus (Elsevier), starting with Volume 1 (Issue 1).
2020 Behavioral Sciences established the following sections:
Biological Psychiatry;
Geriatric Psychiatry;
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry;
Psychiatric, Emotional and Behavioral Disorders;
Cognition;
Developmental Psychology;
Educational Psychology;
Social Psychology;
Health Psychology;
Organizational Behaviors;
Experimental and Clinical Neurosciences.

Behavioral Sciences announced the first edition of the Best Paper/Best Reviewer awards.
Behavioral Sciences received its first CiteScore (2019) of 2.5, ranked 64/239 (Q2) in "Development", 79/204 (Q2) in "General Psychology".
2021 Behavioral Sciences was indexed in Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI)—Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics).
Behavioral Sciences received its CiteScore (2020) of 3.4, ranked 51/257 (Q1) in "Development", 56/203 (Q2) in "General Psychology".
2022 Behavioral Sciences received its first Impact Factor (2.286), ranked 82/148 (Q3) in "Psychology, Multidisciplinary".
Behavioral Sciences received its CiteScore (2021) of 3.8, ranked 58/287 (Q1) in "Development", 60/209 (Q2) in "General Psychology".
Behavioral Sciences established the following section:
Behavioral Economics.
2023 The Impact Factor increased to 2.6, ranked 61/147 (Q2) in "Psychology, Multidisciplinary".
Behavioral Sciences was indexed in ANVUR.

Editor-in-Chief

2011–2016 Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. John Coverdale
2016–2018 Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Scott J. Hunter
2019–present Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Gianluca Serafini
2024–present Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Jerrell Cassady

Section Editor-in-Chief

2021–present Section Editor-in-Chief: Dr. Andrew Soundy for the section on Health Psychology
2022–present Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. Sukanlaya Sawang for the section on Organizational Behaviors
2024–present Section Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Dr. John Parkinson for the section on Cognition
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