Economics and Human Biology is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal published by Elsevier. It was established in 2003 with J. Komlos as founding editor-in-chief. The journal covers research on biological economics — economics in the context of human biology and public or occupational health. The editors-in-chief are Susan Averett (Lafayette College), Joerg Baten (Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen), and Pinka Chatterji (University at Albany).

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in: • CAB Abstracts • Current Contents/Social and Behavioral Sciences • EconLit • Embase • Food Science and Technology Abstracts • Index Medicus/MEDLINE/PubMed • Science Citation Index Expanded • Scopus • Social Sciences Citation Index According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2022 impact factor of 2.5.