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Animal Cognition

Publishing model:
Open access

Overview

Animal Cognition is an interdisciplinary journal offering current research on all aspects of animal (and human) cognition in an evolutionary framework.

  • Publishes original empirical and theoretical work, reviews, methods papers, short communications and correspondence.
  • Considers vital questions, including: How do animals categorize and recognize individuals patterns? How do animals form concepts? How do animals learn by observation, imitation and instruction?
  • Explores animal time perception and use; innate reaction patterns and innate bases of learning; numerical competence and more.
  • The journal offers APC waivers to authors who do not have access to funding through their research funders and institutions. 
Editor-in-Chief
  • Prof. Claudia Wascher PhD

Journal metrics

Journal Impact Factor
2.3 (2025)
5-year Journal Impact Factor
2.4 (2025)
Submission to first decision (median)
9 days
Downloads
848.3k (2025)

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Latest articles

  1. Olfactory cognition

    • Jeffrey S. Katz
    • Lucia Lazarowski
    Editorial Open access 07 August 2026 Article: 51

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Journal information

Electronic ISSN
1435-9456
Print ISSN
1435-9448
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  3. BIOSIS
  4. Baidu
  5. Biological Abstracts
  6. CAB Abstracts
  7. CLOCKSS
  8. CNKI
  9. CNPIEC
  10. Chinese Academy of Medical Science (CAMS)
  11. Current Contents/Agriculture, Biology & Environmental Sciences
  12. DOAJ
  13. Dimensions
  14. EBSCO
  15. EMBiology
  16. ERIH PLUS
  17. Google Scholar
  18. Japanese Science and Technology Agency (JST)
  19. Medline
  20. Meta
  21. Naver
  22. Norwegian Register for Scientific Journals and Series
  23. OCLC WorldCat Discovery Service
  24. Ovid Discovery
  25. Portico
  26. ProQuest
  27. PsycINFO
  28. SCImago
  29. SCOPUS
  30. Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE)
  31. TD Net Discovery Service
  32. Wanfang
  33. Zoological Record
  34. eLibrary.ru
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