Behavioural Pharmacology

Behavioural Pharmacology is published by Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Ltd. and is in Zone 4 of Psychology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior, Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research and Stress Responses and Cortisol, together about 41.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

Behavioural Pharmacology accepts original full and short research reports in diverse areas ranging from ethopharmacology to the pharmacology of schedule-controlled operant behaviour, provided that their primary focus is behavioural. Suitable topics include drug, chemical and hormonal effects on behaviour, the neurochemical mechanisms under-lying behaviour, and behavioural methods for the study of drug action. Both animal and human studies are welcome; however, studies reporting neurochemical data should have a predominantly behavioural focus, and human studies should not consist exclusively of clinical trials or case reports. Preference is given to studies that demonstrate and develop the potential of behavioural methods, and to papers reporting findings of direct relevance to clinical problems. Papers making a significant theoretical contribution are particularly welcome and, where possible and merited, space is made available for authors to explore fully the theoretical implications of their findings. Reviews of an area of the literature or at an appropriate stage in the development of an author’s own work are welcome. Commentaries in areas of current interest are also considered for publication, as are Reviews and Commentaries in areas outside behavioural pharmacology, but of importance and interest to behavioural pharmacologists. Behavioural Pharmacology publishes frequent Special Issues on current hot topics. The editors welcome correspondence about whether a paper in preparation might be suitable for inclusion in a Special Issue.

Source: LetPub

Research area (LetPub): Behavioral Sciences

Editor-in-chief Bart EllenbroekPublisher website

CAS Journal Ranking

JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website

• JCR Q4 · BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES · rank 46/57
• JCR Q4 · NEUROSCIENCES · rank 293/330
• JCR Q4 · PHARMACOLOGY & PHARMACY · rank 295/356

Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website

Database indexing

SCIEScopusLetPub

International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub

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Impact

Impact factor

1.41LetPub · 2026-09-13

Impact factor (publisher)

1.4Publisher website · 2026-09-29

CiteScore 2026-06

2.7LetPub · 2026-09-13

SJR 2026-06

0.44LetPub · 2026-09-13

SNIP 2026-06

0.47LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

76LetPub · 2026-09-13

h-index

109OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

1,787OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

1.54OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Self-citation rate

7.1%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Share of gold OA articles

3.36%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year

58LetPub · 2026-09-13

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.

Other sources

Average review time (community reports)

6–12 weeksLetPub · 2026-09-13

Average acceptance (community reports)

Fairly easyLetPub · 2026-09-13

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.

No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.

The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.

Publisher

Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Ltd.

Country or region

UNITED STATES

Language

English

Frequency

Bimonthly

Founded

1989

ISSN

0955-8810

Electronic ISSN

1473-5849

Latest issue on the website

Volume 37, Issue 5 (October 2026)

Official links

• Journal homepage ↗LetPub
• Submission system ↗LetPub