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Behaviour (journal)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 2, 2025
Entity authorityQ15763174 ↗
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Behaviour is a double-blind peer-reviewed scientific journal covering all aspects of ethology. It is published by Brill Publishers and was established in 1948 by Niko Tinbergen and W.H. Thorpe. The editors-in-chief are Mariska E. Kret and Brian Wisenden.

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According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2020 impact factor of 1.991.

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Editorial reviewA practical starting point whose main value is the path it opens into stronger specialist and primary sources. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1948, 2020—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1949-01-01. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Behaviour and journal providing the first useful test.
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Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 2, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q15763174. 3 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1948 and 2020.

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This entry incorporates text from “Behaviour (journal)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.