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Animal Cognition

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Overview

Animal Cognition is an interdisciplinary journal offering current research on all aspects of animal (and human) cognition in an evolutionary framework.

  • Publishes original empirical and theoretical work, reviews, methods papers, short communications and correspondence.
  • Considers vital questions, including: How do animals categorize and recognize individuals patterns? How do animals form concepts? How do animals learn by observation, imitation and instruction?
  • Explores animal time perception and use; innate reaction patterns and innate bases of learning; numerical competence and more.
  • The journal offers APC waivers to authors who do not have access to funding through their research funders and institutions. 
Editor-in-Chief
  • Debbie M. Kelly
Journal Impact Factor
1.9 (2023)
5-year Journal Impact Factor
2.1 (2023)
Submission to first decision (median)
10 days
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605,738 (2024)

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Electronic ISSN
1435-9456
Print ISSN
1435-9448
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  1. ANVUR
  2. BFI List
  3. BIOSIS
  4. Baidu
  5. Biological Abstracts
  6. CAB Abstracts
  7. CLOCKSS
  8. CNKI
  9. CNPIEC
  10. Current Contents/Agriculture, Biology & Environmental Sciences
  11. DOAJ
  12. Dimensions
  13. EBSCO
  14. EMBiology
  15. ERIH PLUS
  16. Google Scholar
  17. Japanese Science and Technology Agency (JST)
  18. Medline
  19. Meta
  20. Naver
  21. Norwegian Register for Scientific Journals and Series
  22. OCLC WorldCat Discovery Service
  23. Portico
  24. ProQuest
  25. PsycINFO
  26. SCImago
  27. SCOPUS
  28. Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE)
  29. TD Net Discovery Service
  30. UGC-CARE List (India)
  31. Wanfang
  32. Zoological Record
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