Animal Behaviour is published for the Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour in collaboration with the Animal Behavior Society by Elsevier.
First appearing in 1953, Animal Behaviour is a leading international publication and has wide appeal, containing research articles (primary research, methods and data set papers), critical reviews and commentaries. It publishes fundamental and applied empirical work, as well as theory, focused on the behaviour of any animals, including humans.
In 1989, the journal expanded to monthly publication. From January 2025, Animal Behaviour publishes online only, with papers appearing with an article number and DOI once they have been copy-edited and proofs approved. Papers are also collated into monthly collections with Editors’ choices.
Each year, prizes are awarded for papers published by students, early-career researchers and authors from institutes in a Low or Middle income country in the World Bank’s classification. See here for recent recipients.
Animal Behaviour considers any paper where there is a core behaviour focus. Topics of interest include (this is not an exhaustive list): animal welfare, behavioural ecology, conservation, development of behaviour, ethology, evolution of behaviour, global change biology, neuroethology, physiology, population biology, psychology, sensory biology and sociobiology.
Current EditORS
Executive Editors:
Andrew Radford, University of Bristol, United Kingdom
Nancy Solomon, Miami University, United States
Publishing Ethics Editor:
Sue Healy, University of St Andrews, United Kingdom
Reviews Editor:
Alex Thornton, University of Exeter, United Kingdom
Editors in the UK Office:
Çağlar Akçay, Anglia Ruskin University, United Kingdom
Lauren Brent, University of Exeter, United Kingdom
Emily Burdfield-Steel, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
Daniela Canestrari, University of Oviedo, Spain
Alexis Chaine, CNRS, France
Karen Cheney, University of Queensland, Australia
Amy Deacon, University of West Indies, West Indies
Sofia Forss, University of Zurich, Switzerland
Wouter Halfwerk, Amsterdam University, Netherlands
Nicola Hemmings, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom
James Herbert-Read, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
Kavita Isvaran, Indian Institute of Science Bangalore, India
Jolle Jolles, Center for Ecological Research and Forestry Applications, Spain
Changku Kang, Seoul National University, South Korea
Barbara Klump, University of Vienna, Austria
Nobuyuki Kutsukake, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, Japan
Manon Schweinfurth, University of St Andrews, United Kingdom
Lysanne Snijders, Wageningen University, Netherlands
Ramakrishnan Vasudeva, University of Leeds, United Kingdom
Sue Anne Zollinger, Manchester Metropolitan University, United Kingdom
Editors in the American Office:
Elizabeth Archie, University of Notre Dame, Indiana, United States
Grant Brown, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada
Aimee Dunlap, University of Missouri-St Louis, Missouri, United States
Luis Ebensperger, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, Chile
Andrew Horn, Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia, Canada
Elizabeth MacDougall-Shackleton, Western University, Ontario, Canada
Scott MacDougall-Shackleton, Western University, Ontario, Canada
Glauco Machado, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Brazil
Michael Reichart, Oklahoma State University, United States
Ronald Rutowski, Arizona State University, Arizona, United States
Jennifer Smith, University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire Eau Claire, United States