Journal of Comparative Psychology

*Journal of Comparative Psychology*
Discipline	Comparative psychology
Language	English
Edited by	Dorothy M. Fragaszy
Publication details
Publication history	1921-present
Publisher	American Psychological Association (United States)
Frequency	Quarterly
Impact factor; (2016)	2.268
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4	J. Comp. Psychol.
Indexing
CODEN	JCOPDT
ISSN	0735-7036 (print); 1939-2087 (web);
LCCN	83648068
OCLC no.	08997203
Links
	Journal homepage; Online access;

The Journal of Comparative Psychology is a peer-reviewed academic journal published by the American Psychological Association. It covers research from a comparative perspective on the behavior, cognition, perception, and social relationships of diverse species.^[1]

History

The journal was established in 1921 through the merger of Psychobiology and the Journal of Animal Behavior. It was renamed Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology in 1947, and reestablished in 1983 when the journal was split into Behavioral Neuroscience and the Journal of Comparative Psychology. Past editors-in-chief include Jerry Hirsch (1983), Gordon Gallup (1989), Charles Snowdon (1994), Meredith West (2001), Gordon Burghardt (2005), and Josep Call (2017).^[2] The current editor is Dorothy M. Fragaszy.

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed by MEDLINE/PubMed and the Social Science Citation Index. According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2016 impact factor of 2.268, ranking it 32nd out of 128 journals in the category "Psychology, Multidisciplinary".^[3]

References

↑ "Journal of Comparative Psychology". American Psychological Association. 23 July 2012. Retrieved 2012-07-23.
↑ Dewsbury, Donald A. (June 2012). Historical trends in American comparative psychology. The Behavioral Neuroscientist and Comparative Psychologist
↑ "Journals Ranked by Impact: Psychology, Multidisciplinary". 2017 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Social Sciences ed.). Thomson Reuters. 2017.

External links

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[1] "Journal of Comparative Psychology". American Psychological Association. 23 July 2012. Retrieved 2012-07-23.

[dewsbury-2] Dewsbury, Donald A. (June 2012). Historical trends in American comparative psychology. The Behavioral Neuroscientist and Comparative Psychologist

[WoS-3] "Journals Ranked by Impact: Psychology, Multidisciplinary". 2017 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Social Sciences ed.). Thomson Reuters. 2017.