Behavioural Pharmacology

Aims & Scope

Behavioural Pharmacology accepts original full and short research reports in diverse areas ranging from ethopharmacology to the pharmacology of schedule-controlled operant behaviour, provided that their primary focus is behavioural.

Suitable topics include drug, chemical and hormonal effects on behaviour, the neurochemical mechanisms under-lying behaviour, and behavioural methods for the study of drug action.

Both animal and human studies are welcome; however, studies reporting neurochemical data should have a predominantly behavioural focus, and human studies should not consist exclusively of clinical trials or case reports.

Preference is given to studies that demonstrate and develop the potential of behavioural methods, and to papers reporting findings of direct relevance to clinical problems.

Papers making a significant theoretical contribution are particularly welcome and, where possible and merited, space is made available for authors to explore fully the theoretical implications of their findings.

Reviews of an area of the literature or at an appropriate stage in the development of an author’s own work are welcome.

Commentaries in areas of current interest are also considered for publication, as are Reviews and Commentaries in areas outside behavioural pharmacology, but of importance and interest to behavioural pharmacologists.

Behavioural Pharmacology publishes frequent Special Issues on current hot topics.

The editors welcome correspondence about whether a paper in preparation might be suitable for inclusion in a Special Issue.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	1.6
2024	1.60

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.523

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q3

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	11119

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	298

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Abstracting & Indexing

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

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Medicine and Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics, 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.

• The forced swimming test as a model for core and component behavioral effects of antidepressant drugs

  Citation: 605

  Authors: I

• The role of neurotrophic factors in adult hippocampal neurogenesis, antidepressant treatments and animal models of depressive-like behavior

  Citation: 534

  Authors: Heath D., Ronald S.

• A review of delay-discounting research with humans: relations to drug use and gambling

  Citation: 507

  Authors: Brady

• Neuroprotective and disease-modifying effects of the ketogenic diet

  Citation: 355

  Authors: Maciej, Michael A., Adam L.

• Animal models of ??anxiety??: where next?

  Citation: 352

  Authors: R J

• The validity of animal models of predisposition to depression

  Citation: 335

  Authors: P., P.J.

• SR141716, a central cannabinoid (CB1) receptor antagonist, blocks the motivational and dopamine-releasing effects of nicotine in rats

  Citation: 330

  Authors: C., G., C., R., P.

• Animal models of deficient sensorimotor gating: what we know, what we think we know, and what we hope to know soon

  Citation: 326

  Authors: N.R., D.L., M.A.

• Tolerance and sensitization to the behavioral effects of drugs

  Citation: 321

  Authors: J., A.

• Role of dopamine in drug reinforcement and addiction in humans: results from imaging studies

  Citation: 277

  Authors: N.D., J.S., G.-J.

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