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 on all aspects of animal behaviour.

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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

  • Scott Sakaluk, Illinois State 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:

  • 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

  • Alex Georgiev, Bangor University, United Kingdom

    Nicola Hemmings, University of Sheffield, 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

  • Pralle Kriengwatana, KU Leuven, Belgium

    Nobuyuki Kutsukake, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, Japan

  • Valeria Mazza, University of Tuscia, Italy

    Natalie Pilakouta, University of St Andrews, United Kingdom

    Fran Ruiz-Raya, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom

    Manon Schweinfurth, University of St Andrews, United Kingdom

  • Ramakrishnan Vasudeva, University of Leeds, United Kingdom

  • Sue Anne Zollinger, Manchester Metropolitan University, United Kingdom

Editors in the American Office:

  • Maria Albo, Universidad de la República, Uruguay

  • Elizabeth Archie, University of Notre Dame, Indiana, United States

  • E. Keith Bowers, University of Memphis, Tennessee, United States

  • Grant Brown, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada

  • Gloriana Chaverri, Universidad de Costa Rica, Costa Rica

  • Luis Ebensperger, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, Chile

  • Andrew Horn, Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia, Canada

  • Norman Lee, St. Olaf College, Minnesota, United States

  • Elizabeth MacDougall-Shackleton, Western University, Ontario, Canada

  • Scott MacDougall-Shackleton, Western University, Ontario, Canada

  • Glauco Machado, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Brazil

  • Noa Pinter-Wollman, UCLA, California, United States

  • 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

  • Jennifer Snekser, Canisius University, New York, United States