Animal Biology

Aims & Scope

Animal Biology, publishes high quality papers and focuses on integration of the various disciplines within the broad field of zoology.

These disciplines include behaviour, developmental biology, ecology, endocrinology, evolutionary biology, genomics, morphology, neurobiology, physiology, systematics and theoretical biology.

Purely descriptive papers will not be considered for publication.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	0.9
2024	1.40

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	17647

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	89

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.272

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q3

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Agricultural and Biological Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Biomechanical aspects of peak performance in human swimming

  Citation: 99

  Authors: Huub, Martin

• Innovation and social learning: individual variation and brain evolution

  Citation: 99

  Authors: Simon

• The effects of COVID-19 litter on animal life

  Citation: 96

  Authors: Auke-Florian, Liselotte, Barbara, Menno

• The functional roles of passive electroreception in non-electric fishes

  Citation: 80

  Authors: Shaun, Darryl

• Functional association of bill morphology and foraging behaviour in calidrid sandpipers

  Citation: 75

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• Phenotypic plasticity: its role in trophic radiation and explosive speciation in cichlids (Teleostei: Cichlidae)

  Citation: 67

  Authors: Jay, Ellen

• Silvering of European eel (Anguilla anguilla L.): seasonal changes of morphological and metabolic parameters

  Citation: 63

  Authors: Vincent, Caroline, S. Paul, Ron, Martin, Erik, Guido

• Learning in the context of sexual behaviour in insects

  Citation: 61

  Authors: Reuven

• A comparison of naïve and conditioned responses of three generalist endoparasitoids of lepidopteran larvae to host-induced plant odours

  Citation: 56

  Authors: Cristina, Ingrid, Matthias, Anthony, Ted

• Declining reproductive output in capercaillie and black grouse – 16 countries and 80 years

  Citation: 54

  Authors: Torfinn, Torstein, Tomas, Pål, Bjørn-Roar

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