Archives of Sexual Behavior Impact Factor 2026: 2.73, Quartile

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At a glanceArchives of Sexual Behavior is listed in SSCI, Scopus, JCR 2024. Published by Springer Science+Business Media, it has 6,430 published works, cited 227,312 times (h-index 185). Its impact factor* of 2.73 ranks it 48 of 283 in Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary. Its papers take a median of 270 days from submission to acceptance. 60% of its recent research articles name a funder, most often Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council. It has 2 retractions on record. Papers by ScholarsColab mentors and the researchers we track appear here as soon as they publish in it. Data updated 22 October 2026.

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Impact factor*2.73Rank 48 of 283 in Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary IndexingSSCIScopusJCR 2024Confirm on the official lists before you submit Review time270 daysMedian from submission to acceptance Retractions2On record, with the reasons and years

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01Impact factor

Impact factor of Archives of Sexual Behavior (2026)

Impact factor (2-year)2.73calculated by ScholarsColab

Rank in category#48of 283 by citedness

APC (listed)US$3,090article charge

h-index185

Papers published6,430cited 227,312 times

The impact factor shown here is the 2-year mean citedness: citations received in a year by the papers Archives of Sexual Behavior published in the two previous years, divided by the number of those papers. That is the same formula as the Journal Impact Factor, calculated by ScholarsColab. The journal is listed in JCR 2024, so it also has an official Journal Impact Factor published by Clarivate, which can differ because it counts citations from Web of Science journals only.

Rank in its subject categories

Social Sciences, Interdisciplinaryrank 48 of 283 journals
Psychology, Clinicalrank 47 of 186 journals

Ranks here compare journals of the same Web of Science category in our data by 2-year citedness; they are not the official JCR rank.

Quartile of Archives of Sexual Behavior

A journal's quartile (Q1 to Q4) is its position within a subject category: Q1 is the top quarter. The official quartiles are published by Clarivate in Journal Citation Reports (by Journal Impact Factor, in Web of Science categories) and by Scimago as the SJR quartile (in Scopus categories). Archives of Sexual Behavior is listed in JCR 2024, so its JCR quartile is in Journal Citation Reports. It is indexed in Scopus, so Scimago shows its SJR quartile. ScholarsColab does not show a quartile until it can show the official one; the impact factor and rank above are calculated from open data.

Citations and papers per year

Citations per year

Papers per year

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02Review time

Review time of Archives of Sexual Behavior

Submission to acceptance270 daysmedian

Acceptance to online111 daysmedian

Papers counted193Feb 2026 to Oct 2026

How long papers in this journal took to be accepted

Fastest 10% accepted within 30 daysMiddle half of the papers: 174–450 daysMedian: 270 daysSlowest 10% took over 599 days

Each paper took a different time. The green box holds the middle half of the papers and the dark line is the median; the whiskers reach the fastest 10% and the slowest 10%. Plan with the whole spread, not only the median.

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Half of the research articles Archives of Sexual Behavior published between Feb 2026 and Oct 2026 were accepted within 270 days of submission, and the middle half took between 174 and 450 days. This time includes peer review and any revision rounds. Papers that were rejected are not counted, because only published papers carry these dates.

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Source, method and date. For each of the 193 research articles published from Feb 2026 to Oct 2026 that carry both dates, ScholarsColab counted the days from received to accepted, then took the median and the middle 50% of those values; articles with impossible dates were left out. Updated: 29 October 2026, refreshed about every 3 months. Review times of individual papers vary with the field, the editor, the reviewers and the number of revisions, and the journal may count from a different date. ScholarsColab is not affiliated with this journal; check the journal’s website for its own figures.

03Fee waivers

APC waivers and discounts for Archives of Sexual Behavior

Archives of Sexual Behavior follows the waiver policy of its publisher, Springer Nature: 100% waiver for low-income countries and 50% for lower-middle income countries (World Bank list with a GDP limit), on request at submission. Only the corresponding author's affiliation counts. Co-authors from other countries do not change the waiver.

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Retractions and research integrity at Archives of Sexual Behavior

Retractions, last 10 years22 in all years

Per 1,000 papers1.0of 1,986 papers in 10 years

Expressions of concern1editor's warnings

Most common reasons (a retraction can have several):

Informed/Patient Consent - None/Withdrawn1

Error in Analyses1

Error in Methods1

Unreliable Results and/or Conclusions1

Archives of Sexual Behavior has 2 retracted papers on record, the latest in Jun 2023. A retraction count is not a verdict on a journal: large journals publish more and journals that investigate actively retract more. The trend and the reasons tell you more than the number.

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Who funds research published in Archives of Sexual Behavior

Articles naming a funder60%of 200 recent articles

Funders named most often

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council7

National Institute of Mental Health6

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada4

Canadian Institutes of Health Research4

Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada3

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Based on up to 200 research articles this journal published in the last 24 months. Not every article lists its funders, so the share can be lower than the real one. Updated: 29 October 2026.

04Indexing

Indexing of Archives of Sexual Behavior

List	Status
Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE)	Not listed
Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI)	✓ Listed
Arts & Humanities Citation Index (AHCI)	Not listed
Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)	Not listed
Scopus	✓ Listed
Journal Citation Reports 2024	✓ Listed

ISSN: 0004-0002
eISSN: 1573-2800
Publisher: Springer New York all its journals →
Country: United States
Language: English
Scopus source type: Journal
Web of Science categories: Psychology, Clinical, Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary

From the indexing lists used on ScholarsColab, updated 1 March 2026. Indexing can change: confirm on the Web of Science Master Journal List or the Scopus source list before submitting. Official Journal Impact Factors and JCR quartiles are published by Clarivate; the impact factor on this page is calculated by ScholarsColab (see how the impact factor works).

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05How to submit

How to submit to Archives of Sexual Behavior

Read the guide for authors. It sets the article types, word limit, reference style and file format that Archives of Sexual Behavior accepts. Open the official guide for authors and submit from the same page.
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06Reviewer comments

Reviewer comments and rejection reasons for Archives of Sexual Behavior

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07Same subject

Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary journals with a similar impact factor*

The journals next to Archives of Sexual Behavior when the 268 journals of Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary in our data are ranked by impact factor*:

Rank	Journal	Impact factor*	Indexing	Open access
44	European Journal of Futures Research	2.81	SSCI	Fully open access
45	The Journal of Behavioral Science	2.79	ESCI	Some open access
46	Journal of Children and Media	2.79	SSCI	Subscription
47	Journal of Risk Research	2.77	SSCI	Subscription
49	Social Sciences	2.72	ESCI	Fully open access
50	Disasters	2.69	SSCI	Subscription
51	Qualitative Research	2.68	SSCI	Some open access
52	American Behavioral Scientist	2.63	SSCI	Subscription

*Impact factor calculated by ScholarsColab (2-year citedness), not the official Clarivate value.

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No AI or language model is used. Your words are matched against the titles of 156,724 real published journal papers, by our mentors and by other researchers (shown without names); journals are ranked by how many closely matching papers they published. Indexing comes from the SCIE, SSCI, AHCI, ESCI, Scopus and JCR 2024 lists, matched by journal name; the impact factor is calculated by ScholarsColab, not the official Clarivate value, and no quartile is shown until the official JCR or SJR quartile can be; review time is the median days from submission to acceptance (not every publisher publishes these dates). Always check a journal’s scope and current indexing before submitting.

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08Questions

Frequently asked questions

How long is the review time of Archives of Sexual Behavior?

Based on 193 research articles Archives of Sexual Behavior published from Feb 2026 to Oct 2026, the median time from submission to acceptance was 270 days, and half of them were accepted between 174 and 450 days. After acceptance, papers appeared online after a median of 111 days. Data updated October 2026. Individual papers can take longer, especially with major revisions.

What is the impact factor of Archives of Sexual Behavior?

Based on ScholarsColab citation data (October 2026), the 2-year impact factor of Archives of Sexual Behavior is 2.73: papers it published in the two previous years were cited 2.73 times on average in a year. The journal is listed in JCR 2024, so Clarivate also publishes an official Journal Impact Factor, which can differ.

What is the h-index of Archives of Sexual Behavior?

The h-index of Archives of Sexual Behavior is 185 (October 2026): 185 of its papers have each been cited at least 185 times. Its i10-index is 3,769.

What is the APC of Archives of Sexual Behavior?

The listed article processing charge (APC) is about US$3,090 for Archives of Sexual Behavior (data from October 2026). APCs change and can differ by article type, country or discounts, so confirm the current charge on the journal’s website before submitting.

What is the quartile of Archives of Sexual Behavior?

Is Archives of Sexual Behavior indexed in Scopus?

Yes. Archives of Sexual Behavior appears in the Scopus list, according to the indexing lists used on ScholarsColab (updated 1 March 2026). Always confirm the current status on the official list before submitting.

Is Archives of Sexual Behavior an SCIE journal?

Archives of Sexual Behavior is listed in SSCI of the Web of Science Core Collection, but not in SCIE, according to the indexing lists used on ScholarsColab (updated 1 March 2026). Always confirm the current status on the official list before submitting.

Is Archives of Sexual Behavior in Journal Citation Reports (JCR)?

Yes. Archives of Sexual Behavior is listed in JCR 2024, so it has a Journal Impact Factor. For the current impact factor and quartile, check Journal Citation Reports.

Does Archives of Sexual Behavior offer an APC waiver?

Archives of Sexual Behavior follows the policy of Springer Nature: 100% waiver for low-income countries and 50% for lower-middle income countries (World Bank list with a GDP limit), on request at submission. Only the corresponding author's affiliation counts. Co-authors from other countries do not change the waiver. Rules verified 27 October 2026; confirm on the publisher's page.

Has Archives of Sexual Behavior retracted papers?

Yes. 2 retracted papers are on record for Archives of Sexual Behavior, 2 of them in the last 10 years; the most common reasons are informed/patient consent - none/withdrawn, error in analyses, error in methods. A retraction count alone is not a verdict on a journal; look at the trend and the reasons. Data updated October 2026.

Who funds research published in Archives of Sexual Behavior?

60% of 200 recent research articles in Archives of Sexual Behavior name a funder; the funders named most often are Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, National Institute of Mental Health, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.