Cross-Cultural Research

Cross-Cultural Research, formerly Behavior Science Research, is sponsored by the Human Relations Area Files, Inc. (HRAF) and is the official journal of the Society for Cross-Cultural Research. The mission of the journal is to publish peer-reviewed articles describing cross-cultural or comparative studies in all the social/behavioral sciences and other sciences dealing with humans, including anthropology, sociology, psychology, political science, economics, human ecology, and evolutionary biology. Worldwide cross-cultural studies are particularly welcomed, but all kinds of systematic comparisons are acceptable so long as they deal explicitly with cross-cultural issues pertaining to the constraints and variables of human behavior. Studies that deal with measured differences between or among cultures (or subjects therefrom) must link them to other measured differences between or among the cultures. In other words, the study must do more than just compare two or more cultures (or people from them). The dependent variable(s) must be linked statistically (or casually, at least by argument) to one or more independent variable(s) that have been measured. The journal has this requirement because an observed difference could be the result of any other difference(s) between or among the cultures compared. The study should present evidence that narrows down the casual possibilities with regard to the dependent variable(s). The possibly explanatory variables may be cultural, geographic, historical, etc. Measures could be based on ethnography, individual testing, behavior observations, etc.

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Quartiles

The set of journals have been ranked according to their SJR and divided into four equal groups, four quartiles. Q1 (green) comprises the quarter of the journals with the highest values, Q2 (yellow) the second highest values, Q3 (orange) the third highest values and Q4 (red) the lowest values.

Category	Year	Quartile
Anthropology	1999	Q2
Anthropology	2000	Q2
Anthropology	2001	Q2
Anthropology	2002	Q1
Anthropology	2003	Q1
Anthropology	2004	Q2
Anthropology	2005	Q2
Anthropology	2006	Q2
Anthropology	2007	Q1
Anthropology	2008	Q2
Anthropology	2009	Q1
Anthropology	2010	Q1
Anthropology	2011	Q2
Anthropology	2012	Q1
Anthropology	2013	Q2
Anthropology	2014	Q2
Anthropology	2015	Q1
Anthropology	2016	Q2
Anthropology	2017	Q2
Anthropology	2018	Q1
Anthropology	2019	Q1
Anthropology	2020	Q1
Anthropology	2021	Q1
Anthropology	2022	Q1
Anthropology	2023	Q1
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)	1999	Q2
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)	2000	Q3
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)	2001	Q2
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)	2002	Q2
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)	2003	Q1
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)	2004	Q2
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)	2005	Q2
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)	2006	Q2
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)	2007	Q2
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)	2008	Q2
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)	2009	Q2
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)	2010	Q2
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)	2011	Q2
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)	2012	Q2
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)	2013	Q2
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)	2014	Q2
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)	2015	Q2
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)	2016	Q2
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)	2017	Q3
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)	2018	Q2
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)	2019	Q2
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)	2020	Q1
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)	2021	Q1
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)	2022	Q1
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)	2023	Q1
Psychology (miscellaneous)	1999	Q2
Psychology (miscellaneous)	2000	Q3
Psychology (miscellaneous)	2001	Q2
Psychology (miscellaneous)	2002	Q2
Psychology (miscellaneous)	2003	Q2
Psychology (miscellaneous)	2004	Q2
Psychology (miscellaneous)	2005	Q3
Psychology (miscellaneous)	2006	Q2
Psychology (miscellaneous)	2007	Q2
Psychology (miscellaneous)	2008	Q2
Psychology (miscellaneous)	2009	Q2
Psychology (miscellaneous)	2010	Q2
Psychology (miscellaneous)	2011	Q2
Psychology (miscellaneous)	2012	Q2
Psychology (miscellaneous)	2013	Q3
Psychology (miscellaneous)	2014	Q3
Psychology (miscellaneous)	2015	Q2
Psychology (miscellaneous)	2016	Q2
Psychology (miscellaneous)	2017	Q3
Psychology (miscellaneous)	2018	Q2
Psychology (miscellaneous)	2019	Q2
Psychology (miscellaneous)	2020	Q2
Psychology (miscellaneous)	2021	Q2
Psychology (miscellaneous)	2022	Q2
Psychology (miscellaneous)	2023	Q1

SJR

The SJR is a size-independent prestige indicator that ranks journals by their 'average prestige per article'. It is based on the idea that 'all citations are not created equal'. SJR is a measure of scientific influence of journals that accounts for both the number of citations received by a journal and the importance or prestige of the journals where such citations come from It measures the scientific influence of the average article in a journal, it expresses how central to the global scientific discussion an average article of the journal is.

Year	SJR
1999	0.487
2000	0.262
2001	0.317
2002	0.525
2003	0.576
2004	0.354
2005	0.301
2006	0.361
2007	0.595
2008	0.408
2009	0.519
2010	0.511
2011	0.418
2012	0.502
2013	0.362
2014	0.376
2015	0.669
2016	0.409
2017	0.224
2018	0.555
2019	0.561
2020	0.789
2021	0.714
2022	0.640
2023	0.866

Total Documents

Evolution of the number of published documents. All types of documents are considered, including citable and non citable documents.

Year	Documents
1999	19
2000	19
2001	18
2002	17
2003	17
2004	22
2005	19
2006	21
2007	20
2008	24
2009	18
2010	20
2011	19
2012	17
2013	17
2014	26
2015	22
2016	18
2017	20
2018	24
2019	20
2020	20
2021	17
2022	17
2023	22

Citations per document

This indicator counts the number of citations received by documents from a journal and divides them by the total number of documents published in that journal. The chart shows the evolution of the average number of times documents published in a journal in the past two, three and four years have been cited in the current year. The two years line is equivalent to journal impact factor ™ (Thomson Reuters) metric.

Cites per document	Year	Value
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	1999	0.308
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2000	0.324
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2001	0.595
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2002	0.685
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2003	0.890
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2004	0.901
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2005	0.905
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2006	1.160
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2007	1.392
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2008	1.390
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2009	0.917
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2010	1.217
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2011	1.341
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2012	1.790
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2013	1.338
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2014	1.507
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2015	1.481
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2016	1.598
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2017	1.590
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2018	1.593
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2019	1.881
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2020	1.976
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2021	2.655
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2022	2.963
Cites / Doc. (4 years)	2023	3.230
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	1999	0.308
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2000	0.364
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2001	0.509
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2002	0.732
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2003	0.981
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2004	0.731
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2005	0.893
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2006	1.121
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2007	1.452
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2008	0.867
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2009	0.954
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2010	1.194
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2011	1.129
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2012	1.421
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2013	1.000
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2014	1.472
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2015	1.667
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2016	1.292
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2017	1.545
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2018	1.650
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2019	1.871
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2020	1.891
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2021	2.594
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2022	2.596
Cites / Doc. (3 years)	2023	3.167
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	1999	0.250
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2000	0.278
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2001	0.500
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2002	0.757
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2003	0.571
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2004	0.735
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2005	0.897
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2006	1.122
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2007	1.075
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2008	0.878
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2009	1.091
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2010	0.952
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2011	1.132
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2012	1.026
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2013	0.944
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2014	1.618
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2015	1.349
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2016	1.083
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2017	1.275
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2018	1.632
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2019	1.864
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2020	1.568
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2021	2.375
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2022	2.595
Cites / Doc. (2 years)	2023	3.529

Total Cites

Self-Cites

Evolution of the total number of citations and journal's self-citations received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years.
Journal Self-citation is defined as the number of citation from a journal citing article to articles published by the same journal.

Cites	Year	Value
Self Cites	1999	6
Self Cites	2000	3
Self Cites	2001	7
Self Cites	2002	7
Self Cites	2003	10
Self Cites	2004	2
Self Cites	2005	1
Self Cites	2006	1
Self Cites	2007	5
Self Cites	2008	10
Self Cites	2009	8
Self Cites	2010	5
Self Cites	2011	3
Self Cites	2012	3
Self Cites	2013	1
Self Cites	2014	1
Self Cites	2015	4
Self Cites	2016	5
Self Cites	2017	2
Self Cites	2018	6
Self Cites	2019	3
Self Cites	2020	3
Self Cites	2021	6
Self Cites	2022	1
Self Cites	2023	7
Total Cites	1999	16
Total Cites	2000	20
Total Cites	2001	28
Total Cites	2002	41
Total Cites	2003	53
Total Cites	2004	38
Total Cites	2005	50
Total Cites	2006	65
Total Cites	2007	90
Total Cites	2008	52
Total Cites	2009	62
Total Cites	2010	74
Total Cites	2011	70
Total Cites	2012	81
Total Cites	2013	56
Total Cites	2014	78
Total Cites	2015	100
Total Cites	2016	84
Total Cites	2017	102
Total Cites	2018	99
Total Cites	2019	116
Total Cites	2020	121
Total Cites	2021	166
Total Cites	2022	148
Total Cites	2023	171

External Cites per Doc

Cites per Doc

Evolution of the number of total citation per document and external citation per document (i.e. journal self-citations removed) received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years. External citations are calculated by subtracting the number of self-citations from the total number of citations received by the journal’s documents.

Cites	Year	Value
External Cites per document	1999	0.192
External Cites per document	2000	0.309
External Cites per document	2001	0.382
External Cites per document	2002	0.607
External Cites per document	2003	0.796
External Cites per document	2004	0.692
External Cites per document	2005	0.875
External Cites per document	2006	1.103
External Cites per document	2007	1.371
External Cites per document	2008	0.700
External Cites per document	2009	0.831
External Cites per document	2010	1.113
External Cites per document	2011	1.081
External Cites per document	2012	1.368
External Cites per document	2013	0.982
External Cites per document	2014	1.453
External Cites per document	2015	1.600
External Cites per document	2016	1.215
External Cites per document	2017	1.515
External Cites per document	2018	1.550
External Cites per document	2019	1.823
External Cites per document	2020	1.844
External Cites per document	2021	2.500
External Cites per document	2022	2.579
External Cites per document	2023	3.037
Cites per document	1999	0.308
Cites per document	2000	0.364
Cites per document	2001	0.509
Cites per document	2002	0.732
Cites per document	2003	0.981
Cites per document	2004	0.731
Cites per document	2005	0.893
Cites per document	2006	1.121
Cites per document	2007	1.452
Cites per document	2008	0.867
Cites per document	2009	0.954
Cites per document	2010	1.194
Cites per document	2011	1.129
Cites per document	2012	1.421
Cites per document	2013	1.000
Cites per document	2014	1.472
Cites per document	2015	1.667
Cites per document	2016	1.292
Cites per document	2017	1.545
Cites per document	2018	1.650
Cites per document	2019	1.871
Cites per document	2020	1.891
Cites per document	2021	2.594
Cites per document	2022	2.596
Cites per document	2023	3.167

% International Collaboration

International Collaboration accounts for the articles that have been produced by researchers from several countries. The chart shows the ratio of a journal's documents signed by researchers from more than one country; that is including more than one country address.

Year	International Collaboration
1999	0.00
2000	5.26
2001	0.00
2002	17.65
2003	23.53
2004	9.09
2005	10.53
2006	28.57
2007	0.00
2008	37.50
2009	16.67
2010	30.00
2011	21.05
2012	35.29
2013	35.29
2014	46.15
2015	31.82
2016	50.00
2017	35.00
2018	29.17
2019	30.00
2020	55.00
2021	58.82
2022	52.94
2023	45.45

Citable documents

Non-citable documents

Not every article in a journal is considered primary research and therefore "citable", this chart shows the ratio of a journal's articles including substantial research (research articles, conference papers and reviews) in three year windows vs. those documents other than research articles, reviews and conference papers.

Documents	Year	Value
Non-citable documents	1999	0
Non-citable documents	2000	0
Non-citable documents	2001	0
Non-citable documents	2002	0
Non-citable documents	2003	0
Non-citable documents	2004	0
Non-citable documents	2005	2
Non-citable documents	2006	2
Non-citable documents	2007	2
Non-citable documents	2008	0
Non-citable documents	2009	1
Non-citable documents	2010	2
Non-citable documents	2011	3
Non-citable documents	2012	3
Non-citable documents	2013	2
Non-citable documents	2014	1
Non-citable documents	2015	1
Non-citable documents	2016	1
Non-citable documents	2017	1
Non-citable documents	2018	1
Non-citable documents	2019	1
Non-citable documents	2020	1
Non-citable documents	2021	0
Non-citable documents	2022	0
Non-citable documents	2023	0
Citable documents	1999	52
Citable documents	2000	55
Citable documents	2001	55
Citable documents	2002	56
Citable documents	2003	54
Citable documents	2004	52
Citable documents	2005	54
Citable documents	2006	56
Citable documents	2007	60
Citable documents	2008	60
Citable documents	2009	64
Citable documents	2010	60
Citable documents	2011	59
Citable documents	2012	54
Citable documents	2013	54
Citable documents	2014	52
Citable documents	2015	59
Citable documents	2016	64
Citable documents	2017	65
Citable documents	2018	59
Citable documents	2019	61
Citable documents	2020	63
Citable documents	2021	64
Citable documents	2022	57
Citable documents	2023	54

Cited documents

Uncited documents

Ratio of a journal's items, grouped in three years windows, that have been cited at least once vs. those not cited during the following year.

Documents	Year	Value
Uncited documents	1999	38
Uncited documents	2000	39
Uncited documents	2001	35
Uncited documents	2002	34
Uncited documents	2003	28
Uncited documents	2004	32
Uncited documents	2005	35
Uncited documents	2006	36
Uncited documents	2007	35
Uncited documents	2008	31
Uncited documents	2009	36
Uncited documents	2010	34
Uncited documents	2011	29
Uncited documents	2012	20
Uncited documents	2013	32
Uncited documents	2014	22
Uncited documents	2015	23
Uncited documents	2016	32
Uncited documents	2017	15
Uncited documents	2018	17
Uncited documents	2019	18
Uncited documents	2020	21
Uncited documents	2021	10
Uncited documents	2022	10
Uncited documents	2023	12
Cited documents	1999	14
Cited documents	2000	16
Cited documents	2001	20
Cited documents	2002	22
Cited documents	2003	26
Cited documents	2004	20
Cited documents	2005	21
Cited documents	2006	22
Cited documents	2007	27
Cited documents	2008	29
Cited documents	2009	29
Cited documents	2010	28
Cited documents	2011	33
Cited documents	2012	37
Cited documents	2013	24
Cited documents	2014	31
Cited documents	2015	37
Cited documents	2016	33
Cited documents	2017	51
Cited documents	2018	43
Cited documents	2019	44
Cited documents	2020	43
Cited documents	2021	54
Cited documents	2022	47
Cited documents	2023	42