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
- Debbie M. Kelly
Journal metrics
- Journal Impact Factor
- 1.9 (2023)
- 5-year Journal Impact Factor
- 2.1 (2023)
- Submission to first decision (median)
- 10 days
- Downloads
- 605.7k (2024)
Calls for papers
Collection
Animal Cognition in the Wild
Recent technological advances have improved our ability to study animal cognition in the wild, and the field has made significant progress in...
- Status
- Open for submissions
- Submission deadline
- 15 June 2025
Collection
The diversity of fish cognition
Fish are the most abundant and diverse vertebrates, with evolutionary lineages spanning over 400 million years and inhabiting virtually all aquatic...
- Status
- Open for submissions
- Submission deadline
- 15 June 2025
Collection
Vocal communication in corvids
In the field of vocal communication, research has mostly focussed on birds because of their vocal learning capacity and non-human primates due to...
- Status
- Open for submissions
- Submission deadline
- 31 May 2025
Latest articles
Combinatorics and complexity of chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes) facial signals
- Brittany N. Florkiewicz
- Teddy Lazebnik
Original Paper Open access 30 April 2025 Article: 34Breeding barn swallows recognize householders from strangers
- Yiming Liu
- Yuran Liu
- Wei Liang
Original Paper Open access 29 April 2025 Article: 33Cognition from genes to ecology: individual differences incognition and its potential role in a social network
- Brian H. Smith
Review Open access 19 April 2025 Article: 32Exploring the function of greeting display in a long-term monogamous songbird, the Java sparrow
- Yuhan Zhang
- Masayo Soma
Original Paper Open access 19 April 2025 Article: 31Trapline foraging by nectar-collecting hornets
- Mathilde Lacombrade
- Kristine Abenis
- Mathieu Lihoreau
Original Paper Open access 19 April 2025 Article: 30
Journal updates
Morris Animal Foundation Now Accepting Equine Behavior Research Proposals
Morris Animal Foundation announced a new call for pilot study research proposals aimed at improving the lives of horses through the study of equine behavior relating to mental health and welfare.
Morris Animal Foundation Funding Opportunity for Equine Behavior/Welfare/Cognition Research
Morris Animal Foundation is pleased to invest in equine behavior and welfare research, including cognitive research, through an annual call for research proposals.
Animal Cognition is now fully open access!
We are excited to announce that Animal Cognition has now become a fully open access (OA) journal as of January 2024. This means that we will only be publishing articles as Open Access meaning content will be and freely available to readers worldwide, enabling the widest possible dissemination and reuse.
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Journal information
- Electronic ISSN
- 1435-9456
- Print ISSN
- 1435-9448
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- DOAJ
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- Google Scholar
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