Journal profile
Pet Behaviour Science
ISSN 2445-2874 · University of Cordoba · Spain
Pet Behaviour Science: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 4 weeks (community reports); 0 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Pet Behaviour Science is published by University of Cordoba. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Human-Animal Interaction Studies, Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies and Veterinary Orthopedics and Neurology, together about 67% of its articles. Its main subfields are Small Animals. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Welcome to the very first open access journal dedicated to pet behaviour and human-pet bond research. This is an international, multidisciplinary, peer reviewed and fully online journal. And this is free of charge, for both authors and readers.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editor-in-chief David J. Menor-CamposPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United Kingdom 1, India 1, Australia 1, Austria 1, New Zealand 1 (5 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Human-Animal Interaction StudiesBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology35.6%
- Animal Behavior and Welfare StudiesVeterinary27.1%
- Veterinary Orthopedics and NeurologyVeterinary4.2%
- Stress Responses and CortisolNeuroscience2.5%
- Primate Behavior and EcologyPsychology2.5%
- Behavioral and Psychological StudiesPsychology2.5%
- Geographies of human-animal interactionsSocial Sciences2.5%
- Animal testing and alternativesVeterinary2.5%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
DOAJLetPub
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
- h-index
- 13OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 18OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 53 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 0 | 36 |
| 2025 | 0 | 0 | 40 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 57 |
| 2023 | 3 | 3 | 49 |
| 2022 | 8 | 8 | 58 |
| 2021 | 2 | 2 | 62 |
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
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 4 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 4 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
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
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY-NC-SA | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — | |
| Publisher website | No APC | — | — |
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)
Article types accepted2
- abstracts and short communicationsAbstracts and short communicationsLength not stated
- research papersResearch papersLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright
- License & copyright Copyright Notice
Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) License Model summary
Authors will be the copyright proprietor of their own work although they have accepted to use a creative common license, specifically CC-Attribution-NonComercial-ShareAlike_4.0
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
- University of Cordoba
- Country or region
- Spain
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2445-2874
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Pet Behaviour Science
How long does peer review take at Pet Behaviour Science?
Authors report an average review time of about 4 weeks. 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 Pet Behaviour Science based?
Of the 5 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United Kingdom (1), India (1) and Australia (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Pet Behaviour Science?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Pet Behaviour Science is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Pet Behaviour Science open access, and what is the APC?
Pet Behaviour Science is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, Publisher website; 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: .