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acta ethologica
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Overview

acta ethologica is a comprehensive journal devoted to the study of behavior biology of humans and other animals.

  • Publishes a wide variety of content including empirical and theoretical research papers, short communications, commentaries, reviews, and book reviews.
  • Primarily focuses on the results of field studies.
  • Emphasizes studies integrating proximate and ultimate levels in the analysis of behavior.
  • Engages with a broad range of topics, from adaptive plasticity of behavior to evolutionary processes and functions of behavior.
  • The official journal of ISPA, CRL and the Portuguese Ethological Society (SPE).

Chief Editor
  • Peter K. McGregor

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Journal metrics

Journal Impact Factor
1.1 (2023)
5-year Journal Impact Factor
1.1 (2023)
Submission to first decision (median)
34 days
Downloads
62.2k (2024)

Call for papers

Collection

Reflections on the Last 25 Years of Ethology

This collection aims to celebrate the remarkable journey of our journal, showcasing the evolution, breakthroughs, and transformative moments that...

Status
Open for submissions
Submission deadline
01 October 2025
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Latest issue

Volume 28, Issue 1
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Latest articles

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This journal has 49 open access articles

Journal updates

  • Instructions For Authors Announcement

    acta ethologica has changed the Instructions for Authors to incorporate the STRANGE framework to identify, mitigate and report sampling biases in animal behaviour research. Find out more. 

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Journal information

Electronic ISSN
1437-9546
Print ISSN
0873-9749
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  1. BFI List
  2. BIOSIS
  3. Baidu
  4. Biological Abstracts
  5. CAB Abstracts
  6. CLOCKSS
  7. CNKI
  8. CNPIEC
  9. Current Contents/Agriculture, Biology & Environmental Sciences
  10. Dimensions
  11. EBSCO
  12. EMBiology
  13. Google Scholar
  14. ICYT
  15. Japanese Science and Technology Agency (JST)
  16. Meta
  17. Naver
  18. Norwegian Register for Scientific Journals and Series
  19. OCLC WorldCat Discovery Service
  20. Portico
  21. ProQuest
  22. PsycINFO
  23. SCImago
  24. SCOPUS
  25. Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE)
  26. TD Net Discovery Service
  27. Wanfang
  28. Zoological Record
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