The Journal of Ethology features reviews and original papers relating to all aspects of animal behavior, including traditional ethology. The official journal of the Japan Ethological Society and the publication is supported by JSPS KAKENHI Grant Number 18HP2005.
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- Covers all aspects of animal behavior, including traditional ethology
- Presents papers on field, laboratory, and theoretical studies
- Offers both purely descriptive studies with broad implications and quantitative studies
- Official journal of the Japan Ethological Society
Journal information
- Chief Editor
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- Kensuke Nakata
- Publishing model
- Hybrid (Transformative Journal). Learn about publishing Open Access with us
Journal metrics
- 1.400 (2019)
- Impact factor
- 1.278 (2019)
- Five year impact factor
- 55 days
- Submission to first decision
- 176 days
- Submission to acceptance
- 62,235 (2019)
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Latest issue
Latest articles
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Arousal from death feigning by vibrational stimuli: comparison of Tribolium species
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Performance of cyprinids in non-reversing mirrors versus regular mirrors in tests of aggressiveness
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Journal updates
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COVID-19 and impact on peer review
As a result of the significant disruption that is being caused by the COVID-19 pandemic we are very aware that many researchers will have difficulty in meeting the timelines associated with our peer review process during normal times. Please do let us know if you need additional time. Our systems will continue to remind you of the original timelines but we intend to be highly flexible at this time.
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Japan Ethological Society
The Journal of Ethology is the official journal of the Japan Ethological Society, which was founded in 1982.
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Editor's Choice Award
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About this journal
- Electronic ISSN
- 1439-5444
- Print ISSN
- 0289-0771
- Abstracted and indexed in
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- AGRICOLA
- BIOSIS
- Biological Abstracts
- CAB Abstracts
- CNKI
- Current Contents/ Agriculture, Biology & Environmental Sciences
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- EBSCO Academic Search
- EBSCO Advanced Placement Source
- EBSCO Biomedical Reference Collection
- EBSCO Discovery Service
- EBSCO Wildlife & Ecology Studies Worldwide
- EMBiology
- Elsevier Biobase
- Google Scholar
- Institute of Scientific and Technical Information of China
- Japanese Science and Technology Agency (JST)
- Journal Citation Reports/Science Edition
- Meta
- Naver
- OCLC WorldCat Discovery Service
- ProQuest Biological Science Database
- ProQuest Central
- ProQuest Natural Science Collection
- ProQuest SciTech Premium Collection
- ProQuest-ExLibris Primo
- ProQuest-ExLibris Summon
- SCImago
- SCOPUS
- Science Citation Index Expanded (SciSearch)
- TD Net Discovery Service
- UGC-CARE List (India)
- Zoological Record
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