Nature Human Behaviour

Nature Human Behaviour is a monthly online-only peer-reviewed journal published by Nature Portfolio that launched in January 2017 and covers research into human behaviour across the social, biological, health and physical sciences, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 17.5《自然·人类行为》是由（Nature Portfolio）出版的月刊纯在线同行评审期刊，2017 年 1 月创刊，刊载跨越社会科学、生物学、健康与物理科学的人类行为研究，2025 年影响因子为 17.5。

Scope

• It publishes research of outstanding significance on any aspect of individual or collective human behaviour该刊发表关于个体或集体人类行为任一方面的杰出研究成果。
• It draws on a broad spectrum of social, biological, health and physical science disciplines其取材于社会科学、生物学、健康与物理科学等广泛学科。
• It asks how humans perceive, think, feel, decide and act该刊追问人类如何感知、思考、感受、决策与行动。
• It asks how people interact with their environments and with others该刊追问人如何与其环境及他人互动。
• It asks how these abilities develop and decline across the lifespan该刊追问这些能力如何在生命历程中发展与衰退。
• It asks how such abilities evolved and how they compare with other species该刊追问这些能力如何演化，以及与其他物种相比如何。
• It publishes Research Articles, Reviews, Perspectives, Comments, News, Features and Correspondence该刊刊载研究论文、综述、观点、评论、新闻、专题与通讯。
• It also offers the Registered Reports format for studies that test pre-registered hypotheses该刊还提供「注册报告」形式，用于检验预注册假设的研究。

History

• It was launched in January 2017 as a Nature Portfolio journal, its first issue appearing as volume 1, issue 1该刊于 2017 年 1 月作为（Nature Portfolio）旗下期刊创刊，创刊号为第 1 卷第 1 期。
• It is published online only and appears monthly该刊以纯在线形式出版，且为月刊。
• All editorial decisions are taken by a team of full-time professional editors所有编辑决策均由全职专业编辑团队作出。
• It is indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded and the Social Sciences Citation Index该刊被（Science Citation Index Expanded）与（Social Sciences Citation Index）收录。
• Its Journal Impact Factor was 13.663 in 2021, 24.252 in 2022 and 15.9 in 2024, reaching 17.5 in 2025其影响因子 2021 年为 13.663、2022 年为 24.252、2024 年为 15.9，2025 年达到 17.5。
• In the 2025 Journal Citation Reports it holds Q1 placings in experimental psychology, neurosciences and multidisciplinary sciences在 2025 年期刊引证报告中，该刊于实验心理学、神经科学与多学科科学类别均位列 Q1。

Editors

• Its Chief Editor is Stavroula Kousta现任主编为 Stavroula Kousta。
• Its Senior Editors include Mary Elizabeth Sutherland, who handles neuroscience and the social sciences其高级编辑包括 Mary Elizabeth Sutherland，负责神经科学与社会科学方向。
• Senior Editor Aisha Bradshaw works on political science and the socio-economic impact of research高级编辑 Aisha Bradshaw 负责政治学与研究的社经影响方向。
• Its Associate Editors include Samantha Antusch, who joined the journal in 2020其副编辑包括 Samantha Antusch，于 2020 年加入该刊。
• Charlotte Payne also serves as an Associate EditorCharlotte Payne 亦担任副编辑。
• It published the widely cited consensus paper on using behavioural science during the COVID-19 pandemic该刊发表了关于新冠疫情期间运用行为科学的共识论文，被广泛引用。^[1]