Behavioral Ecology (journal)

Behavioral Ecology
DisciplineEvolutionary biology
LanguageEnglish
Edited byLeigh Simmons
Publication details
History1990–present
Publisher
FrequencyBimonthly
2.671 (2020)
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4Behav. Ecol.
Indexing
ISSN1045-2249 (print)
1465-7279 (web)
LCCN90650061
OCLC no.41963900
Links

Behavioral Ecology is a bimonthly peer-reviewed scientific journal published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the International Society for Behavioral Ecology. The journal was established in 1990.

Scope

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Behavioral Ecology publishes empirical and theoretical papers on a broad range of topics related to behavioural ecology, including ethology, sociobiology, evolution, and ecology of behaviour. The journal includes research at the levels of the individual, population, and community on various organisms such as vertebrates, invertebrates, and plants.[1]

According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2020 impact factor of 2.671, ranking it 22nd out of 175 journals in the category "Zoology".[2]

Article categories

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The journal publishes following types of articles:

  • original articles
  • reviews
  • commentaries

References

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  1. ^ "Behavioral Ecology". Archived from the original on 18 December 2005. Retrieved 24 September 2012.
  2. ^ "Journals Ranked by Impact: Zoology". 2020 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Science ed.). Thomson Reuters. 2021.
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