Behavioral Ecology (journal)

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.

Not to be confused with Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology.
For other uses, see Behavioral ecology (disambiguation).
Behavioral Ecology
DisciplineEvolutionary biology
LanguageEnglish
Edited byLeigh Simmons
Publication details
History1990–present
Publisher
Oxford University Press on behalf of the International Society for Behavioral Ecology
FrequencyBimonthly
3.347 (2017)
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4Behav. Ecol.
Indexing
ISSN1045-2249 (print)
1465-7279 (web)
LCCN90650061
OCLC no.41963900
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Scope

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 2017 impact factor of 3.347, ranking it 10th out of 51 journals in the category "Behavioral Sciences",[2] 41st out of 158 journals in the category "Ecology",[3] and 7th out of 166 journals in the category "Zoology".[4]

Article categories

The journal publishes following types of articles:

  • original articles
  • reviews
  • commentaries

References
  1. "Behavioral Ecology". Retrieved 24 September 2012.
  2. "Journals Ranked by Impact: Behavioral Sciences". 2017 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Science ed.). Thomson Reuters. 2018.
  3. "Journals Ranked by Impact: Ecology". 2017 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Science ed.). Thomson Reuters. 2018.
  4. "Journals Ranked by Impact: Zoology". 2017 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Science ed.). Thomson Reuters. 2018.
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