Journal profile · Behavioral Sciences
Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior
ISSN 0022-5002 · eISSN 1938-3711 · Wiley-Blackwell · UNITED STATES · Bimonthly · Founded 1958
Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior: CAS Zone 4 · Psychology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.88; hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,150; median 265 days to acceptance (90 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: easy; 99 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior is published by Wiley-Blackwell 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 Behavioral and Psychological Studies, Autism Spectrum Disorder Research and Animal Nutrition and Physiology, together about 56% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior is primarily for the original publication of experiments relevant to the behavior of individual organisms. Abstracting and Indexing Information Abstracts on Hygiene & Communicable Diseases (CABI) Academic OneFile (GALE Cengage) Academic Search Alumni Edition (EBSCO Publishing) Academic Search Complete (EBSCO Publishing) Academic Search Elite (EBSCO Publishing) Academic Search Premier (EBSCO Publishing) Agricultural Economics Database (CABI) Animal Health & Production Compendium (CABI) Animal Production Database (CABI) Animal Science Database (CABI) ArticleFirst (OCLC) Arts & Humanities Citation Index (Clarivate Analytics) Biography Index (EBSCO Publishing) Biological Abstracts (Clarivate Analytics) Biological Science Database (ProQuest) BIOSIS (Clarivate Analytics) Book Review Digest Plus (EBSCO Publishing) CAB Abstracts® (CABI) Dairy Science Abstracts (CABI) Education Collection (ProQuest) Education Database (ProQuest) Expanded Academic ASAP (GALE Cengage) General OneFile (GALE Cengage) Global Health (CABI) Health & Medical Collection (ProQuest) Health Research Premium Collection (ProQuest) Hospital Premium Collection (ProQuest) Humanities & Social Sciences Index Retrospective (EBSCO Publishing) IBR & IBZ: International Bibliographies of Periodical Literature (KG Saur) InfoTrac (GALE Cengage) Medical Database (ProQuest) MEDLINE/PubMed (NLM) Natural Science Collection (ProQuest) Nutrition & Food Sciences Database (CABI) Nutrition Abstracts & Reviews Series A: Human & Experimental (CABI) Nutrition Abstracts & Reviews Series B: Livestock Feeds & Feeding (CABI) OmniFile Full Text Mega Edition (HW Wilson) Parasitology Database (CABI) Periodical Index Online (ProQuest) Poultry Abstracts (CABI) ProQuest Central (ProQuest) ProQuest Central K-374 Proquest Pharma Collection (ProQuest) Psychology Database (ProQuest) PsycINFO/Psychological Abstracts (APA) Research Library (ProQuest) Research Library Prep (ProQuest) Review of Medical & Veterinary Entomology (CABI) Russian Academy of Sciences Bibliographies (EBSCO Publishing) Science Citation Index Expanded (Clarivate Analytics) SciTech Premium Collection (ProQuest) SCOPUS (Elsevier) Social science Database (ProQuest) Social Science Premium Collection (ProQuest) Social Sciences Abstracts (EBSCO Publishing) Social Sciences Citation Index (Clarivate Analytics) Social Sciences Full Text (HW Wilson) SocINDEX (EBSCO Publishing) SocINDEX with Full Text (EBSCO Publishing) Sugar
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Behavioral Sciences
Editor-in-chief Suzanne H. MitchellPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 47, New Zealand 7, Brazil 3, United Kingdom 2, Australia 1 (60 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Behavioral and Psychological StudiesPsychology36.1%
- Autism Spectrum Disorder ResearchNeuroscience10.8%
- Animal Nutrition and PhysiologyAgricultural and Biological Sciences9.1%
- Animal Behavior and Welfare StudiesVeterinary8.8%
- Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skillsMathematics8.4%
- Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on BehaviorNeuroscience5.2%
- Child and Animal Learning DevelopmentPsychology3.6%
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity DisorderMedicine2.5%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Psychology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Psychology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Behavioral Sciences | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Psychology, Biological | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Psychology, Experimental | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Psychology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Psychology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Psychology, Biological | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Behavioral Sciences | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Psychology, Experimental | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Psychology Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Psychology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Behavioral Sciences | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Psychology, Biological | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Psychology, Experimental | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIESSCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
AHCIWeb of ScienceMEDLINEPubMedPsycINFOCAB AbstractsPublisher website
Other: EBSCO, ProQuest, OCLC
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
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
- 1.88LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 1.9Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.9Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.2LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 3.2Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 3.2Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.72LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.17LetPub ·
- h-index
- 53LetPub ·
- h-index
- 175OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 3,358OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.34OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 31.6%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 28.86%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 81LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 82Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 173,267Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 5,609 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 75 | 43 | 11 |
| 2025 | 99 | 62 | 106 |
| 2024 | 70 | 40 | 211 |
| 2023 | 84 | 51 | 548 |
| 2022 | 96 | 49 | 605 |
| 2021 | 72 | 32 | 497 |
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 Crossref · to
265 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 179 days – 345 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 28 days (91 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 292 days
- Sample
- 90 articles with submission and acceptance dates (180 in the window); the latest was accepted on
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".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- over 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 38%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 38%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 59 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 59 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 234 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 37 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Double 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 3,150 / EUR 2,650 / GBP 2,100 | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Submission fee
- No submission fee
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)
What to prepare1 items from the author guidelines
- Reference style
- APA
Article types accepted13
- commentaryArticle Type Description Abstract Other Requirements Research Article Reports of new research findings or conceptual analyses that make a significant contributi…Length not stated
- in memoriamIn Memoriam A brief article in tribute to a recently passed researcher No Ethics and integrity policy statementsLength not stated
- meta-analysisArticle Type Description Abstract Other Requirements Research Article Reports of new research findings or conceptual analyses that make a significant contributi…Length not stated
- opinionArticle Type Description Abstract Other Requirements Research Article Reports of new research findings or conceptual analyses that make a significant contributi…Length not stated
- perspectiveArticle Type Description Abstract Other Requirements Research Article Reports of new research findings or conceptual analyses that make a significant contributi…Length not stated
- perspective articlePerspective Article Evidence-based opinion pieces involving areas of broad interest and invited commentaries Yes Ethics and integrity policy statementsLength not stated
- research articleArticle Type Description Abstract Other Requirements Research Article Reports of new research findings or conceptual analyses that make a significant contributi…Length not stated
- reviewArticle Type Description Abstract Other Requirements Research Article Reports of new research findings or conceptual analyses that make a significant contributi…Length not stated
- review articleArticle Type Description Abstract Other Requirements Research Article Reports of new research findings or conceptual analyses that make a significant contributi…Length not stated
- systematic reviewArticle Type Description Abstract Other Requirements Research Article Reports of new research findings or conceptual analyses that make a significant contributi…Length not stated
- technical reportTechnical Report Manuscripts contributing primarily to procedures, data analysis, or instrumentation Yes Ethics and integrity policy statementsLength not stated
- theoretical articleTheoretical Article Article outlining theoretical discussion, critique or analysis on a research topic Yes Ethics and integrity policy statementsLength not stated
- translational researchTranslational Research Articles describing how research has innovatively translated basic research findings to improve the lives of individuals or society Yes E…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, Data availability, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Preprints
- AI use Artificial Intelligence Generated Content
Artificial Intelligence Generated Content (AIGC) tools—such as ChatGPT and others based on large language models (LLMs)—cannot be considered capable of initiating an original piece of research without direction by human authors. They also cannot be accountable for a published work or for research design, which is a generally held requirement of authorship (as discussed in the previous section), no…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Authorship Authorship
APA 7th Edition formatting expected Model summary
All listed authors should have contributed to the manuscript substantially and have agreed to the final submitted version. Review editorial standards and scroll down for a description of authorship criteria.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data Sharing and Data Availability
This journal expects data sharing. Review Wiley’s Data Sharing policy where you will be able to see and select the data availability statement that is right for your submission. Authors are expected to retain their original data for a period of at least five years from the time of publication and to comply promptly with requests for data sharing.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Reproduction of Copyright Material
Copyright material reproduction Model summary
If excerpts from copyrighted works owned by third parties are included, credit must be shown in the contribution. It is your responsibility to also obtain written permission for reproduction from the copyright owners. For more information visit Wiley’s Obtaining Permission to Reproduce Material.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access
This journal is a subscription journal that offers an Open Access option. You’ll have the option to make your article open access after acceptance, which will be subject to an APC unless a waiver applies. Read more about APCs here.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review 1. Submission and Peer Review Process
Double-anonymized peer review policy Model summary
New submissions should be made via the Wiley Authors submission portal https://authors.wiley.com/journal/JEAB You may check the status of your submission at any time by logging on to authors.wiley.com and clicking the “My Submissions” button. For technical help with the submission system, please contact submissionhelp@wiley.com. This journal does not charge submission fees. Article Preparation Sup…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints
Preprint policy Model summary
This journal accepts articles previously published on preprint servers.
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
- Wiley-Blackwell
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- Founded
- 1958
- ISSN
- 0022-5002
- Electronic ISSN
- 1938-3711
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 126, Issue 2 (September 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior
What CAS zone is Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior is in Zone 4 of Psychology, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Behavioral Sciences / Psychology, Biological / Psychology, Experimental. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Psychology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.88; CiteScore 3.2, h-index 175.
How long does peer review take at Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior?
Based on the dates recorded on 90 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 265 days (interquartile range 179–345 days); 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 38% (2025). 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior based?
Of the 60 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (47), New Zealand (7) and Brazil (3). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior is indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists AHCI, Web of Science, MEDLINE, PubMed, PsycINFO and CAB Abstracts; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,150.
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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .