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Learning and Behavior

Springer New York · United States · Est. 1971

ISSN1543-4508

SJR Q3✓ WOS SCIE✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE · SSCI) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

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📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.414

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.769

Total Worksi

1,003

Total Citationsi

19,517

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.50

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Behavioral Sciences; Psychology, Biological; Psychology, Experimental; Zoology; Cognitive Neuroscience; Experimental and Cognitive Psychology; Behavioral Neuroscience.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1971

Annual Volume~ 45 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,003

Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Springer New York

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1543-4508

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

268

2019

601

2020

429

2021

334

2022

237

2023

125

2024

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Cognitive NeuroscienceQ3

Experimental and Cognitive PsychologyQ3

Behavioral NeuroscienceQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Behavioral SciencesPsychology, BiologicalPsychology, ExperimentalZoology

Scopus Categories

Experimental and Cognitive PsychologyCognitive NeuroscienceBehavioral Neuroscience

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Memory and Neural MechanismsBehavioral and Psychological StudiesChild and Animal Learning DevelopmentPrimate Behavior and EcologyAnimal Behavior and ReproductionNeuroendocrine regulation and behaviorOlfactory and Sensory Function StudiesAnimal Behavior and Welfare StudiesNeuroscience and Neuropharmacology ResearchAnimal Vocal Communication and Behavior

Frequently asked questions about Learning and Behavior

Is Learning and Behavior a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Learning and Behavior: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Learning and Behavior?

Learning and Behavior is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 1.50.

Is Learning and Behavior indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Learning and Behavior is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Learning and Behavior?