Behavioral Ecology
Last updated ISSN 1045-2249
Behavioral Ecology is published by Oxford University Press in agricultural and biological sciences. It is a subscription journal. The article processing charge is $3,906.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Behavioral Ecology concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Animal Behavior and Reproduction
- Plant and animal studies
- Avian ecology and behavior
- Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior
- Amphibian and Reptile Biology
- Primate Behavior and Ecology
- Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
- Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
Key facts
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 1045-2249, 1465-7279 |
| Subject area | Agricultural and Biological Sciences |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | $3,906 |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Science Citation Index Expanded · Scopus |
| Articles published | 5,183 |
| Publishing since | 1979 |
| Journal website | beheco.oxfordjournals.org/ |
Facts come from OpenAlex, DOAJ and Wikidata and may lag the journal’s own pages. Check the publisher’s site before submitting. Indexing shown here is what is recorded, not a complete picture — about a third of journals have no indexing recorded anywhere we can read, so “not recorded” does not mean a journal is absent from Scopus or Web of Science.
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