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 economicseconomics 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 26th among 304 journals in the category "Economics".