''Animal Behaviour'' is a
double-blind peer-reviewed scientific journal
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Content
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established in 1953 as ''The British Journal of Animal Behaviour'', before obtaining its current title in 1958. It is published monthly by
Elsevier for the
Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour in collaboration with the
Animal Behavior Society
The Animal Behavior Society is an international non-profit scientific society that encourages and promotes the professional study of animal behavior. It has open membership and also provides a certification and directory for animal behaviorists. Th ...
. It covers all aspects of
ethology
Ethology is the scientific study of animal behaviour, usually with a focus on behaviour under natural conditions, and viewing behaviour as an evolutionarily adaptive trait. Behaviourism as a term also describes the scientific and object ...
, including
behavioural ecology,
evolution of behaviour,
sociobiology,
ethology
Ethology is the scientific study of animal behaviour, usually with a focus on behaviour under natural conditions, and viewing behaviour as an evolutionarily adaptive trait. Behaviourism as a term also describes the scientific and object ...
, behavioural
physiology,
population biology, and
navigation and
migration
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.
Abstracting and indexing
The journal is abstracted and indexed in
EMBiology,
Scopus, and the
Science Citation Index. According to the ''
Journal Citation Reports'', the journal has a 2020
impact factor
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of 2.844.
References
External links
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Association for the Study of Animal Behaviouranimal behaviour
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Ethology journals
Elsevier academic journals
Monthly journals
Publications established in 1953
English-language journals
Academic journals associated with learned and professional societies