- Open access · CC BY 4.0
- Short title IJE
- Published by Open Access Pub
About the International Journal of Ethology
The International Journal of Ethology (IJE) is an open-access journal of research on animal behavior and the evolutionary, ecological and physiological mechanisms that shape it. It is published by Open Access Pub, beginning with Volume 1 in 2018.
Purpose and readership
Behavior, studied in the field and the laboratory
IJE serves ethologists, behavioral ecologists, neuroscientists, evolutionary biologists and conservation researchers who study what animals do and why.
IJE publishes research on the behavior of animals, from field observation of wild populations to experiments and models in the laboratory. Its scope runs from behavioral ecology and social behavior to cognition, development, neural mechanisms, evolution and conservation, and from single species to comparative studies across taxa.
Its aims are to publish methodologically sound research that advances the understanding of behavior, to support the observational and analytical methods on which that research depends, and to make the results freely available to everyone who can use them.
The journal welcomes contributions from the disciplines that inform the study of behavior, including ecology, evolutionary biology, psychology, neuroscience, physiology, genetics and computational modeling. The Aims and Scope page describes the scope and the research areas in full.
Article types
- Original Research
- Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
- Methods
- Registered Report
- Short Communication
- Data Note
- Commentary
Preparation guidance for each type is given in the Instructions for Authors.
Journal register
Reference information on the journal's identity, ownership, editorial responsibility, rights, review, fees and preservation.
Short title
IJE
- Full title
- International Journal of Ethology
- Short title IJE.
- Publisher and owner
- Open Access Pub
- The journal is owned and published by Open Access Pub. openaccesspub.org
- Editorial responsibility
- Editorial Board
- Manuscripts are handled by the members of the Editorial Board.
- Publication history
- Since 2018
- Volume 1 was published in 2018. The journal has no fixed issue frequency.
- Access
- Open access
- Every article is free to read, download and share from the day of publication, with no subscription or registration.
- License and copyright
- CC BY 4.0
- Articles are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. Authors retain copyright.
- Peer review
- Single-blind by default
- Single-blind by default; double-blind review is available on request.
- Article processing charge
- USD 1,200
- Payable only after acceptance; withdrawal after submission is subject to the journal's withdrawal policy.
- Research integrity
- Crossref Similarity Check
- Submitted manuscripts are screened with Crossref Similarity Check, powered by iThenticate.
- Preservation
- Portico
- IJE articles will be deposited in Portico for long-term preservation.
How manuscripts are handled
Members of the Editorial Board handle manuscripts within their expertise and advise on the journal's scope and policies. Editors with a conflict of interest are recused from handling the manuscript.
Editorial decisions are based on scope, scientific quality, methodological rigor, ethical compliance, reporting quality, and relevance to the journal. They are independent of the article processing charge and of any fee-relief inquiry.
Peer review
All submissions undergo initial editorial screening. Manuscripts that meet the journal's scope and minimum requirements proceed to independent peer review. Single-blind by default; double-blind review is available on request. Manuscripts that proceed to external peer review are normally evaluated by at least two independent subject-matter experts. The full process is set out in the Editorial Policies.
Research ethics
Research involving animal subjects must follow institutional and international ethical guidelines, and authors provide documentation of ethical approval where it applies. Submitted manuscripts are screened for originality, and publication ethics follow COPE guidance.
Open access, preservation and discovery
Open access and copyright
Free to read and reuse
IJE is an open-access journal. All articles are freely available on openaccesspub.org from the day of publication, without subscription or registration.
Articles are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license (CC BY 4.0), which permits anyone to read, download, copy, distribute, adapt and reuse the work for any lawful purpose, provided the authors and the original publication are credited. Authors retain copyright in their work and may deposit any version of their article, including the published version, in institutional or subject repositories without embargo.
Preservation and discovery
A lasting, citable record
IJE articles will be deposited in Portico, a not-for-profit digital-preservation archive, so that the published record remains available for the long term. Read our preservation policy.
The Indexing page describes how article metadata reach scholarly search and discovery services.
Submission and contact
Editorial office
Manuscripts are submitted through ManuscriptZone, the simple submission form or the editorial office, as set out on the Submit Manuscript page. Authors must use only one submission route for the same manuscript.
- info@openaccesspub.org
- Publisher
- Open Access Pub, openaccesspub.org
- For authors
- Instructions for Authors and Article Processing Charges