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Brain, Behavior, and Immunity

peer-reviewed scientific journal

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionDec 21, 2025
Entity authorityQ15716593 ↗
Source-derived summary

Brain, Behavior, and Immunity is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published by Elsevier. It was established in 1987 by Robert Ader, and covers research on the relationship between the nervous system, psychology, and the immune system. It is the official journal of the PsychoNeuroimmunology Research Society (PNIRS). According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2023 impact factor of 8.8.

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Brain, Behavior, and Immunity” is peer-reviewed scientific journal. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Brain, Behavior and Immunity, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewA practical orientation to terminology and classification, particularly when read beside dated observations, specimens or technical literature. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1987, 2023—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1987-01-01. For this dossier, Brain, Behavior and Immunity is the immediate research focus.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The phrase “peer-reviewed scientific journal” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.

Evidence profile

The date and method of observation matter as much as the stated conclusion, especially where classification or consensus has changed. The source revision retrieved here is dated Dec 21, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q15716593. 6 of 6 selected statements include explicit references; 4 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1987 and 2023.

Critical limits

Current terminology should not be projected backward without checking the classification used when the underlying evidence was created. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

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  • Current terminology
  • Classification context
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  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Brain, Behavior, and Immunity”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Brain, Behavior, and Immunity primary sources, Brain, Behavior, and Immunity archive and Brain research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

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This entry incorporates text from “Brain, Behavior, and Immunity” 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.