''Physiology & Behavior'' is a

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published by

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. It covers the fields of behavioral neuroendocrinology,

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, learning and memory, ingestion, social behavior, and studies related to the mechanisms of

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. It was established in 1966 with

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as its founding

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. The current editor-in-chief is Thomas Lutz ( University of Zurich).

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in BIOSIS, Chemical Abstracts,

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/Life Sciences,

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, PsycINFO,

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, and

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. According to the ''

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'', the journal has a 2020

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of 3.244.

References

External links

* Behavioral neuroscience Neuroscience journals Physiology journals Publications established in 1966 English-language journals Elsevier academic journals Journals published between 13 and 25 times per year {{neuroscience-journal-stub