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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.

  • 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)
    11 days
    Downloads
    652,375 (2023)

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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. Dimensions
    12. EBSCO
    13. EMBiology
    14. ERIH PLUS
    15. Google Scholar
    16. Japanese Science and Technology Agency (JST)
    17. Medline
    18. Meta
    19. Naver
    20. Norwegian Register for Scientific Journals and Series
    21. OCLC WorldCat Discovery Service
    22. Portico
    23. ProQuest
    24. PsycINFO
    25. SCImago
    26. SCOPUS
    27. Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE)
    28. TD Net Discovery Service
    29. UGC-CARE List (India)
    30. Wanfang
    31. Zoological Record
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