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Systems Research and Behavioral Science

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionNov 27, 2024
Entity authorityQ7663850 ↗
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Systems Research and Behavioral Science is a peer-reviewed scientific journal for theory and research in the fields of systems sciences and cybernetics. It is the official publication of the International Federation for Systems Research.

History

The journal originated from the merger of two journals, Systems Research (1974–1996) and Behavioral Science (1956–1996). The combined series commenced in January/February 1997 with volume 14, continuing the numbering of Systems Research. According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2022 impact factor of 2.700.

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This entry incorporates text from “Systems Research and Behavioral Science” 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.