Ethology is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal published by John Wiley & Sons. The journal is associated with the Ethologische Gesellschaft[1] and the current editor-in-chief is Wolfgang Goymann (Max Planck Institute for Biological Intelligence). Previous editors-in-chief were Wolfgang Wickler, Michael Taborsky, and Jutta Schneider with Susan Foster.[2]
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| Discipline | Ethology |
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| Language | English |
| Edited by | Wolfgang Goymann |
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| History | 1937–present |
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| Frequency | Monthly |
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| 1.897 (2020) | |
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| ISO 4 | Ethology |
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| ISSN | 0179-1613 (print) 1439-0310 (web) |
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History
editThe Deutsche Gesellschaft für Tierpsychologie (i.e. German Society for Animal Psychology) founded the journal in 1937[3] as one of the first journals in the world, focusing on animal behaviour.[4] Konrad Lorenz, Otto Köhler and Carl Kronacher were the first editors of this journal, which was first named Zeitschrift für Tierpsychologie (i.e. Journal of Comparative Ethology).[3] In 1986, the journal was renamed "Ethology" with the subtitle International Journal of Behavioral Biology.[5] In 2021, Ethology was the first behavioural journal to adopt the STRANGE framework, similar to the WEIRD framework in Psychology, to account for sampling bias.[6] In the same year, it became mandatory for authors to deposit the original data in a public data repository.[7]
Scope
editThe journal covers all of Tinbergen's four questions, including ultimate (current utility, evolution) and proximate (mechanisms, ontogeny) aspects of Behavioural Biology.[8] Apart from regular Research Articles, it features Perspectives & Reviews, Species-in-the-Spotlight articles, Behavioural Notes, Commentaries and articles focusing on Ethological Methods.[8]
Abstracting and indexing
editThe journal is abstracted and indexed, for instance, in Academic Search, Scopus, and the Science Citation Index.[8] According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2020 impact factor of 1.897, ranking it 46th out of 53 journals in the category "Behavioral Sciences" and 62nd out of 175 in the category "Zoology".[8]
References
edit- ^ "Ethology – Ethologische Gesellschaft e.V." Retrieved 2021-05-04.
- ^ Goymann, Wolfgang (2019). "Editorial: A New Editor-in-Chief for Ethology". Ethology. 125 (6): 341–342. doi:10.1111/eth.12878.
- ^ a b Effertz, J. (1937). "Bericht über die Gründung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Tierpsychologie". Zeitschrift für Tierpsychologie. 1 (1): 1–8. doi:10.1111/j.1439-0310.1937.tb01398.x.
- ^ Durant, John (1986). "From amateur naturalist to professional scientist". New Scientist: 41–44.
- ^ "To our readers". Ethology. 71 (1): 1. 1986. Bibcode:1986Ethol..71....1.. doi:10.1111/j.1439-0310.1986.tb00565.x. ISSN 1439-0310.
- ^ Rutz, Christian; Webster, Mike M. (2021). "Ethology adopts the STRANGE framework for animal behaviour research, to improve reporting standards". Ethology. 127 (2): 99–101. Bibcode:2021Ethol.127...99R. doi:10.1111/eth.13118. ISSN 1439-0310.
- ^ "Ethology". Wiley Online Library. Retrieved 2021-05-04.
- ^ a b c d "Overview - Ethology". Wiley Online Library. Retrieved 2021-05-04.