Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

ISSN 0340-5443 · Springer Science+Business Media · Germany · active 1976–2026

Metrics

Scimago quartile
Q1
Cites per paper (2y)
1.6
SJR
0.687
h-index
212

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Responding time

Submission to acceptance
153 days (median)
Estimated from our library (24 papers)
Acceptance to publication
16 days (median)
Estimated from our library (15 papers)
Submission to publication
171 days (median)
Estimated from our library (15 papers)

Turnaround figures are indicative, not a guarantee: DOAJ values are self-reported by the journal (average weeks, submission to publication); library estimates are medians of the received/accepted dates printed in papers we hold. Editorial times vary by article type and season — confirm on the journal’s own site.

Indexing & access

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Scope

animalbehaviorreproductionecologyevolutionsystematicsplantinsectarachnidgeneticsavianvocal

Frequently asked

Is Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology a predatory journal?

Our screening does not flag Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 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 Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology indexed in Scopus or Web of Science?

Per our venue index, Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 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 Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology?

Papers in Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology are cited about 1.6 times each within two years of publication, and Scimago places it in Q1, with an h-index of 212. 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 Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology (Q1, Q2, Q3, or Q4)?

Scimago places Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology in Q1 for its subject category. Quartiles split the journals in a field into four equal groups by SJR, so Q1 is the most-cited quarter and Q4 the least; Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology is cited about 1.6 times per paper over two years, with an h-index of 212. A journal is ranked per subject category, so one spanning several fields can sit in different quartiles depending on the category.

What is the Web of Science (JCR) quartile of Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology?

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 Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 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 Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology open access?

We hold no reliable open-access classification for Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. Check the journal's own site for its access model and any article processing charge.

How long does Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology take to publish a paper?

Submission to acceptance for Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology takes about 153 days (median) — Estimated from our library (n=24 papers). Treat it as indicative rather than a guarantee: editorial times vary by article type, reviewer availability and season, and a self-reported figure is the journal's own. We do not hold a peer-review acceptance rate for Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology.

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