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Adaptive Behavior

SAGE Publications Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1992

ISSN1741-2633

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (2 more)+12

Total90

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

Publication speed: not measurable

publisher doesn’t disclose per-article submission dates — we never estimate

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

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 ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

SJR Scorei

0.434

H-Indexi

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

0.665

Total Worksi

976

Total Citationsi

27,878

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.29

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence; Psychology, Experimental; Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary; Philosophy; Artificial Intelligence; Experimental and Cognitive Psychology; Behavioral Neuroscience.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1992

FrequencySix No. A Year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications976

Publisher OrgSAGE Publishing

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

SAGE Publications Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1741-2633

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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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APC fees clearly disclosed?

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

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

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

1.1k

2019

589

2020

227

2021

317

2022

177

2023

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.

PhilosophyQ1

Artificial IntelligenceQ3

Experimental and Cognitive PsychologyQ3

Behavioral NeuroscienceQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Computer Science, Artificial IntelligencePsychology, ExperimentalSocial Sciences, Interdisciplinary

Scopus Categories

Experimental and Cognitive PsychologyPhilosophyArtificial IntelligenceBehavioral Neuroscience

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Embodied and Extended CognitionNeural dynamics and brain functionEvolutionary Game Theory and CooperationAction Observation and SynchronizationReinforcement Learning in RoboticsChild and Animal Learning DevelopmentModular Robots and Swarm IntelligenceEvolutionary Algorithms and ApplicationsLanguage and cultural evolutionMemory and Neural Mechanisms

Frequently asked questions about Adaptive Behavior

Is Adaptive Behavior a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Adaptive Behavior: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 90/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Adaptive Behavior?

Adaptive 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 1.29.

Is Adaptive Behavior indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Adaptive Behavior is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.