| Discipline | Primatology |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Edited by | Masayuki Nakamichi |
| Publication details | |
| History | 1957-present |
| Publisher | |
| Frequency | Bimonthly |
| Hybrid | |
| 2.163 (2020) | |
| Standard abbreviations ISO 4 (alt) · Bluebook (alt) NLM (alt) · MathSciNet (alt | |
| ISO 4 | Primates |
| Indexing CODEN (alt · alt2) · JSTOR (alt) · LCCN (alt) MIAR · NLM (alt) · Scopus · W&L | |
| CODEN | PRMTBU |
| ISSN | 0032-8332 (print) 1610-7365 (web) |
| LCCN | sf80001417 |
| OCLC no. | 51531954 |
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Primates is a bimonthlypeer-reviewedscientific journal ofprimatology, and an official journal of the Japan Monkey Center atKyoto University.[1]: 584 It publishes original papers that cover all aspects of the study ofprimates. It was the first scientific journal focused exclusively on primates and remains the oldest, longest-running international primatology journal in the world.[2]
The journal publishes original research articles, reviews, news and perspectives, and book reviews. It was established in 1957 byKinji Imanishi.[3] Although the first volume contained both articles in Japanese[4][5][6][7] or English,[8][9] subsequent volumes were published in English, thanks to a grant from theRockefeller Foundation.[1]: 593 It is now published bySpringer and the currenteditor-in-chief is Masayuki Nakamichi (Osaka University).
According to theJournal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2020impact factor of 2.163.[10]
The journal is abstracted and indexed by