Journal profile · Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence
Adaptive Behavior
ISSN 1059-7123 · eISSN 1741-2633 · SAGE Publications Ltd · ENGLAND · Bimonthly · Founded 1992
Adaptive Behavior: CAS Zone 4 · Computer Science (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.49; hybrid open access; APC about USD 4,150; review about 138 days (submission to acceptance, publisher); community-reported acceptance: easy; 28 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Adaptive Behavior is published by SAGE Publications Ltd and is in Zone 4 of Computer Science in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Embodied and Extended Cognition, Neural dynamics and brain function and Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation, together about 34.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Cognitive Neuroscience. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Adaptive Behavior publishes peer-reviewed articles on adaptive behavior in biological systems and autonomous artificial systems. It is the official journal of the International Society for Adaptive Behavior (ISAB). The journal addresses topics such as perception and motor control, embodied cognition, learning and evolution, neural mechanisms, … | View full journal description This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Embodied and Extended CognitionNeuroscience15%
- Neural dynamics and brain functionNeuroscience10.1%
- Evolutionary Game Theory and CooperationSocial Sciences9.1%
- Action Observation and SynchronizationPsychology8.5%
- Reinforcement Learning in RoboticsComputer Science8.2%
- Child and Animal Learning DevelopmentPsychology4.3%
- Modular Robots and Swarm IntelligenceEngineering4.2%
- Evolutionary Algorithms and ApplicationsComputer Science4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Computer Science Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Computer Science | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Psychology, Experimental | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Computer Science Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Computer Science | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Psychology, Experimental | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Computer Science Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Computer Science | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Psychology, Experimental | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIESSCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor
- 1.49LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 1.6Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher)
- 1.7Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.7LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.43LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.87LetPub ·
- h-index
- 47LetPub ·
- h-index
- 84OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 479OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.64OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 12.5%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 39.51%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 26LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 3Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 984 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 18 | 9 | 2 |
| 2025 | 28 | 18 | 33 |
| 2024 | 24 | 14 | 80 |
| 2023 | 39 | 24 | 202 |
| 2022 | 35 | 22 | 351 |
| 2021 | 44 | 25 | 250 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with PubMed · to
Too few articlesOnly 1 articles from the last 24 months carry both submission and acceptance dates, too few for a median
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Figures by source
- Average review time (community reports)
- over 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 8.4%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 6 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 62 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance
- 138 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 21 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous peer reviewPublisher website
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 4,150 / GBP 3,043 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Open calls for papers1, by deadline
Publisher websiteWhat to prepare6 items from the author guidelines
- Keywords
- ≥ 2
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 12,000 words
- Reference style
- APA
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
- Cover letter
- Required
Article types accepted15, with length limits
- articlesArticles - Manuscripts reporting original research, typically containing between 6,000 and 12,000 words.Length not stated
- book reviewArticles - Manuscripts reporting original research, typically containing between 6,000 and 12,000 words. Reviews - Major overviews of domains of intellectual in…main text ≤ 2,000 words
- book reviewsBook reviews - Short communications responding to previously published books, typically under 2,000 words.Length not stated
- brief communicationArticles - Manuscripts reporting original research, typically containing between 6,000 and 12,000 words. Reviews - Major overviews of domains of intellectual in…Length not stated
- commentariesCommentaries - Extremely brief communications responding to previously published articles, typically containing under 500 words.Length not stated
- commentaryArticles - Manuscripts reporting original research, typically containing between 6,000 and 12,000 words. Reviews - Major overviews of domains of intellectual in…Length not stated
- hypothesisArticles - Manuscripts reporting original research, typically containing between 6,000 and 12,000 words. Reviews - Major overviews of domains of intellectual in…Length not stated
- opinionArticles - Manuscripts reporting original research, typically containing between 6,000 and 12,000 words. Reviews - Major overviews of domains of intellectual in…main text ≤ 2,000 words
- opinionsOpinions - Evaluations of existing research, hypotheses, and future trends, typically under 2,000 words.Length not stated
- original researchArticles - Manuscripts reporting original research, typically containing between 6,000 and 12,000 words. Reviews - Major overviews of domains of intellectual in…main text ≤ 12,000 words
- reportsReports - Evaluations of conferences, workshops, and other intellectual gatherings, typically under 2,000 words.Length not stated
- reviewArticles - Manuscripts reporting original research, typically containing between 6,000 and 12,000 words. Reviews - Major overviews of domains of intellectual in…main text ≤ 12,000 words
- reviewsReviews - Major overviews of domains of intellectual inquiry, typically containing more than 12,000 words.Length not stated
- short communicationArticles - Manuscripts reporting original research, typically containing between 6,000 and 12,000 words. Reviews - Major overviews of domains of intellectual in…main text ≤ 2,000 words
- short communicationsShort communications - detailing original research results, typically containing under 2,000 words.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Data availability, Publication ethics, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism, Preprints, Trial registration / reporting guidelines
- Authorship Author contributions
You will be asked to list the contribution of each author as part of the submission process. Please include the Author Contributions heading within your submission after the Acknowledgements section. The information you give on submission will then show under the Author Contributions heading later at the proofing stage.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data availability
The Journal is committed to facilitating openness, transparency and reproducibility of research, and has the following research data sharing policy. For more information, including FAQs please visit the Sage Research Data policy pages. Subject to appropriate ethical and legal considerations, authors are encouraged to: Share your research data in a relevant public data repository Include a data ava…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Ethical considerations
Please include your ethics approval statements under this heading, even if you have already included ethics approval information in your methods section. If ethical approval was not required, you need to explicitly state this. All papers reporting studies involving human participants, human data or human tissue must state that the relevant Ethics Committee or Institutional Review Board approved th…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Publishing fees and open access
There are no fees payable to submit or publish in this journal. Figures submitted in colour will be published in colour in the online version of the journal at no cost. For specifically requested colour reproduction in print, you will receive information regarding the costs from Sage after receipt of your accepted article. Optional open access publishing is available for a fee via the Sage Choice …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review policy
Single anonymized review Model summary
The following summary describes the peer review process for this journal: Identity transparency: Single-anonymized Reviewer interacts with: Editor Review information published: None Your manuscript will undergo an initial evaluation. If it does not conform to the requirements laid out in these guidelines, it will be returned to you for amendments prior to peer review. Manuscripts may be desk rejec…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism Plagiarism
The journal and Sage take issues of copyright infringement, plagiarism or other breaches of best practice in publication very seriously. Please read Sage's complete policy on plagiarism and the actions we may take.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprints
The journal will consider submissions of manuscripts that have been posted on preprint servers. Please enter the preprint DOI in the designated field when submitting your manuscript. We advise that you inform the Journal Editorial office about your posted preprint at submission. Note that you should not post an updated version of your manuscript on a preprint server while it is being peer reviewed…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Trial registration / reporting guidelines Clinical trial registration
The journal conforms to the ICMJE requirement that clinical trials are registered in a WHO-approved public trials registry at or before the time of first participant enrollment as a condition of consideration for publication. The trial registry name and URL, and registration number must be included at the end of the abstract.
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Ltd
- Country or region
- ENGLAND
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- Founded
- 1992
- ISSN
- 1059-7123
- Electronic ISSN
- 1741-2633
- Society / sponsor
- International Society for Adaptive Behavior
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Adaptive Behavior
What CAS zone is Adaptive Behavior in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Adaptive Behavior is in Zone 4 of Computer Science, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence / Psychology, Experimental / Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Computer Science. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Adaptive Behavior?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.49; CiteScore 3.7, h-index 84.
How long does peer review take at Adaptive Behavior?
The publisher reports about 138 days (submission to acceptance); authors report an average review time of over 12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 8.4%. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
What are the manuscript requirements of Adaptive Behavior?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Keywords: ≥ 2; Manuscript length: ≤ 12,000 words; Reference style: APA; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Suggested reviewers: Optional; Cover letter: Required. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Which databases index Adaptive Behavior?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Adaptive Behavior is indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Is Adaptive Behavior open access, and what is the APC?
Adaptive Behavior is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 4,150.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-25). Last updated: .