Applied Animal Behaviour Science
ISSN 0168-1591 · Elsevier BV · Netherlands · active 1984–2026
Metrics
- Scimago quartile (2025)
- Q1
- Cites per paper (2y)
- 2.5
- SJR
- 0.608
- h-index
- 181
“Cites per paper” is a two-year cited-by rate computed from OpenAlex. It is not a Clarivate Journal Impact Factor — we neither compute nor license that metric (how the two differ). Citation rates differ enormously between fields, so compare within a discipline. What the other figures mean: journal quartile, SJR, h-index and article processing charge.
Data as of 8 November 2026 (venue index build).
Scimago Journal Rank 2025
In the Scimago Journal Rank 2025 edition, Applied Animal Behaviour Science is Q1 in all 2 of its subject categories.
| Subject category | Quartile | Rank in category |
|---|---|---|
| Food Animals | Q1 | #10 of 46 |
| Animal Science and Zoology | Q1 | #101 of 529 |
- Cites per document (2 years, Scopus)
- 2.60
- Documents indexed in 2025 (Scopus)
- 299
The quartile is the one Scimago prints for each category. Rank is the journal's position by SJR among the journals Scimago lists in that category (#1 is the highest); “—” means we hold no rank consistent with that quartile. The document count is what Scopus indexed that year, which can be lower than a journal's full output. Source: SCImago Journal Rank 2025 edition, from Scopus data (scimagojr.com, CC BY-NC).
Applied Animal Behaviour Science is Q1 in all 2 of its Scimago subject categories (2025 edition; best category Food Animals: Q1, #10 of 46), with SJR 0.608 (Scimago) and an h-index of 181 (OpenAlex). Listed in Scopus, Web of Science, PubMed.
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Indexing & access
- Indexed in
- ScopusWeb of SciencePubMed
- Access status:
- hybrid. Where this comes from publisher-level signals rather than works-level data it is a heuristic — confirm on the journal’s own site, especially regarding any article processing charge.
Scope
Frequently asked
Is Applied Animal Behaviour Science a predatory journal?
Our screening does not flag Applied Animal Behaviour Science. That is not a guarantee of quality — it means the venue is not on Beall's archive (frozen since 2017) and does not match our name-pattern heuristic. It is listed in Scopus, Web of Science, PubMed, which is a positive signal.
Is Applied Animal Behaviour Science indexed in Scopus or Web of Science?
Per our venue index, Applied Animal Behaviour Science appears in: Scopus, Web of Science, PubMed. Index membership changes over time — confirm on the index's own site before relying on it.
What is the impact factor of Applied Animal Behaviour Science?
Papers in Applied Animal Behaviour Science are cited about 2.5 times each within two years of publication, and Scimago places it in Q1, with an h-index of 181. Those are the open equivalents: the Clarivate Journal Impact Factor is a proprietary metric we neither compute nor license, so we show the two-year citation rate and Scimago quartile instead — they answer the same question of how heavily the journal is cited. A citation rate is a property of a field as much as of a journal.
What Scimago quartile is Applied Animal Behaviour Science (Q1, Q2, Q3, or Q4)?
In the Scimago Journal Rank 2025 edition, Applied Animal Behaviour Science is Q1 in all 2 of its subject categories. By category: Food Animals: Q1, #10 of 46; Animal Science and Zoology: Q1, #101 of 529. Quartiles split the journals in a subject category into four equal groups by SJR, so Q1 is the most-cited quarter and Q4 the least; Applied Animal Behaviour Science is cited about 2.5 times per paper over two years, with an h-index of 181.
What is the Web of Science (JCR) quartile of Applied Animal Behaviour Science?
The Web of Science quartile comes from Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports (JCR), a proprietary product we neither license nor compute — so we cannot state a JCR quartile for Applied Animal Behaviour Science. The open equivalent is its Scimago quartile, Q1, derived from Scopus citation data. Because JCR ranks against Web of Science and Scimago against Scopus, the two can differ, so check Clarivate's site directly if you need the JCR quartile specifically.
Is Applied Animal Behaviour Science open access?
Our index records its access status as "hybrid". Where this is derived from publisher-level signals rather than works-level data it is a heuristic, so confirm on the journal's own site — particularly if an article processing charge matters to you.
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