Economics and Human Biology [SEP] publisher
Economics and Human Biology
Economics and Human Biology is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal published by Elsevier since 2003. It is an interdisciplinary periodical covering research on biological economics — economics in the context of human biology and health. Typical debates are on nutrition, obesity, height and beauty.
Founding editor was John Komlos. The current editors-in-chief are Inas R. Kelly and Joerg Baten.
According to the "Journal Citation Reports", the journal has a 2010 impact factor of 2.438, ranking it
Biological economics
Biological economics is an interdisciplinary field in which the interaction of human biology and economics is studied. For example, it has been found that chief executives tend to be taller and have wider faces than average. The journal "Economics and Human Biology" covers the field and has an impact factor of 2.722.
See also.
- Ecological economics
- Sociobiology