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Annals of Human Biology is Scopus-indexed (Q3, CiteScore 2.5), WoS SCIE/SSCI, DOAJ. Published by Informa Healthcare.
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ISSN 0301-4460Verify ISSN ↗1464-5033Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Informa Healthcare
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Epidemiology | 93 / 173 | 46th | Q3 |
| Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health | 395 / 725 | 45th | Q3 |
| Genetics | 269 / 357 | 24th | Q4 |
| Physiology | 156 / 196 | 20th | Q4 |
| Aging | 36 / 42 | 15th | Q4 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 1974–present, best quartile Q3, CiteScore 2.5.
Annals of Human Biology is Q3 in Epidemiology (rank 93 of 173), Q3 in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health (rank 395 of 725) and Q4 in Genetics (rank 269 of 357), by CiteScore 2025. It is ranked in 5 subject areas in all.
Annals of Human Biology is indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded and Social Sciences Citation Index, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 2.5, which places it in quartile Q3 at the 46th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.433, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 73.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$2,390 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
Annals of Human Biology is published by Informa Healthcare. Its print ISSN is 0301-4460 and its online ISSN is 1464-5033.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded and Social Sciences Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Annals of Human Biology has an h-index of 107 and a 2-year mean of 2.24 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 2.5, quartile Q3. On 2-year citations it ranks #59 of 171 Scopus journals in Epidemiology.
Annals of Human Biology published 48 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2019 with 88. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
In its latest 96 research articles (2024–2026), authors are most often from China (25.3%), United States (20.2%) and United Kingdom (12.1%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. 4 retracted papers are recorded (1.1 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
Index data is curated from public sources (Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, FT50, UT Dallas, DOAJ). CiteScore and quartiles reflect the latest available Scopus release. Always verify a journal's current status on its official source before submitting.
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