This journal publishes research on animal behavior, including activity patterns, learning, motivation, and responses to environmental stimuli. Studies investigate topics such as temporal activity rhythms in carnivores, flavour neophobia and stress responses in rodents, food motivation in dogs, and self-imposed time-out behavior. Additional research explores choice behavior in pigeons, spatial memory and navigation in homing pigeons, and the behavioral repertoire of reintroduced species like beavers.
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SJR Quartile by Discipline
Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.
Animal Science and ZoologyQ2
Medicine (miscellaneous)Q3
Behavioral NeuroscienceQ4
Subject Classification
Web of Science Categories
Behavioral SciencesPsychology, BiologicalZoology
Scopus Categories
Animal Science and ZoologyMedicine (miscellaneous)Behavioral Neuroscience
Research Topics (OpenAlex)
Animal Behavior and ReproductionBehavioral and Psychological StudiesAnimal Behavior and Welfare StudiesPrimate Behavior and EcologyPlant and animal studiesNeuroendocrine regulation and behaviorAnimal Vocal Communication and BehaviorMemory and Neural MechanismsDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesHuman auditory perception and evaluation