''Economics and Human Biology'' is a quarterly
peer-reviewed
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academic journal
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published by
Elsevier
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since 2003. It is an interdisciplinary periodical covering research on
biological economics —
economics
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in the context of
human
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biology
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and
health
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. The current
editors-in-chief
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are Susan Averett,
Joerg Baten and Pinka Chatterji.
According to the ''
Journal Citation Reports
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'', the journal has a 2020
impact factor
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of 2.184.
Thomson Reuters
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, (2021). ''Journal Citation Reports
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''.
See also
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Antebellum Puzzle
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Body mass index
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History of anthropometry
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Human height
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Human body weight
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References
Economics journals
Human biology journals
English-language journals
Elsevier academic journals
Quarterly journals
Personality journals
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