Behavioral and Brain Functions

Behavioral and Brain Functions

Discipline	Behavioral neuroscience
Language	English
Edited  by	Robert Gerlai
Publication details
History	2005–present
Publisher	BioMed Central
Frequency	Continuous
Open access	Yes
License	Creative Commons Attribution
Impact factor	3.3 (2024)
Standard abbreviations ISO 4 (alt) · Bluebook (alt) NLM (alt) · MathSciNet (alt )
ISO 4	Behav. Brain Funct.
Indexing CODEN (alt) · JSTOR (alt) · LCCN (alt) MIAR  · NLM (alt) · Scopus  · W&L
CODEN	BBFEBO
ISSN	1744-9081
LCCN	2005243558
OCLC  no.	59722804
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Behavioral and Brain Functions is a peer-reviewed open-access scientific journal published by BioMed Central. It publishes articles on "all aspects of neurobiology where the unifying theme is behavior or behavioral dysfunction". ^[1] It was established in 2005 with Terje Sagvolden as founding editor-in-chief. ^[2]

Editors-in-chief

The following persons are or have been (co-)editor-in-chief: ^[3]

• Robert Gerlai (University of Toronto Mississauga, 2024–present)
• Wim Crusio (Université de Bordeaux; 2017–2024)
• Vivienne A. Russell (University of Cape Town; 2011–2017)
• Rosemary Tannock (University of Toronto; 2011–2016)
• Terje Sagvolden (University of Oslo; 2005–2011)

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in:

• Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts ^[4]
• Chemical Abstracts Service ^[5]
• EBSCO databases ^[4]
• Embase ^[6]
• Index Medicus/MEDLINE/PubMed ^[7]
• ProQuest databases ^[4]
• PsycINFO ^[8]
• Science Citation Index Expanded ^[9]
• Scopus ^[10]

According to the Journal Citation Reports , the journal has a 2024 impact factor of 3.3. ^[11]

References

1. "About". Behavioral and Brain Functions. BioMed Central . Retrieved 19 January 2017.
2. Crusio, Wim E. (December 2020). "Behavioral and Brain Functions at 15". Behavioral and Brain Functions. 16 (1): 8. doi: 10.1186/s12993-020-00170-w . PMC   7585170 . PMID   33097086.
3. "Editorial Board". Behavioral and Brain Functions. BioMed Central. Retrieved 16 October 2025.
4. "Behavioral and Brain Functions". MIAR: Information Matrix for the Analysis of Journals . University of Barcelona . Retrieved 2 September 2021.
5. "CAS Source Index". Chemical Abstracts Service . American Chemical Society . Retrieved 2 September 2021.
6. "Embase Coverage". Embase. Elsevier . Retrieved 19 January 2017.
7. "Behavioral and Brain Functions". NLM Catalog. National Center for Biotechnology Information . Retrieved 19 January 2017.
8. "PsycINFO Journal Coverage". American Psychological Association . Retrieved 19 January 2017.
9. "Behavioral and Brain Functions". Web of Science Master Journal List. Clarivate . Retrieved 22 July 2025.
10. "Source details: Behavioral and Brain Functions". Scopus preview. Elsevier . Retrieved 30 March 2018.
11. "Behavioral and Brain Functions". 2024 Journal Citation Reports (Science ed.). Clarivate. 2025 – via Web of Science.

External links

• Official website