The ''Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology'' is a monthly

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covering the intersection 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 objectiv ...

neuroscience Neuroscience is the scientific study of the nervous system (the brain, spinal cord, and peripheral nervous system), its functions and disorders. It is a multidisciplinary science that combines physiology, anatomy, molecular biology, development ...

, and

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. It was established in 1984, when it was split off from the ''

Journal of Comparative Physiology ''Journal of Comparative Physiology'' was a journal that split into ''Journal of Comparative Physiology A'' and ''Journal of Comparative Physiology B The ''Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology'' ...

''. It was originally subtitled the ''Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology'', obtaining its current name in 2001. The

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is Friedrich G. Barth (

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). The journal become electronic only in 2017.

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is

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in the following

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s: According to the ''

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'', the journal has a 2017

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of 1.970.

References

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