Abbreviated title (ISO 4) Behav. Ecol. Language English Publication history 1990–present | Discipline Evolutionary biology Edited by Leigh Simmons | |
Publisher Oxford University Press on behalf of the International Society for Behavioral Ecology | ||
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.
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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.
According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2011 impact factor of 3.083, ranking it 18th out of 47 journals in the category "Behavioral Sciences", 36th out of 131 journals in the category "Ecology", and 10th out of 146 journals in the category "Zoology".
Article categories
The journal publishes following types of articles: