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Learning and Behavior
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Learning and Behavior

1543-4494

Published by: Springer

https://www.springer.com/journal/13420

Ranking & Metrics

Discipline name Position Best Scientists Publications D-Index
Neuroscience 366 17 30 6
Psychology 666 50 90 10

Additional Metrics

Number of Best Scientists*: 75
Documents by Best Scientists*: 113
Top 100 Ranked Scientists*: 1
SCIMAGO H-index: 65
SCIMAGO SJR: 0.566
Impact Factor: 1.5

Overview

Top Research Topics at Learning & Behavior?

The main points discussed in Learning & Behavior deals with Developmental psychology, Cognitive psychology, Stimulus (physiology), Social psychology and Reinforcement. It facilitates discussions on Developmental psychology that incorporate concepts from other fields like Conditioning, Classical conditioning, Latent inhibition and Neuroscience. The study on Conditioning featured in it expounds on the topic of Taste aversion in particular.

Unconditioned stimulus is a major topic of Classical conditioning research. Cognition, Comparative cognition and Perception are some topics wherein Cognitive psychology research discussed in the journal have an impact. The study on Stimulus (physiology) presented is investigated in conjunction with research in Communication.

The studies on Social psychology discussed can also contribute to research in the domains of Contingency and Preference. Reinforcement and Statistics are closely related fields of research discussed in Learning & Behavior.

  • Developmental psychology (32.51%)
  • Cognitive psychology (29.80%)
  • Stimulus (physiology) (22.03%)

What are the most cited papers published in the journal?

  • Social learning strategies. (989 citations)
  • Social learning about predators: a review and prospectus. (325 citations)
  • How do apes ape (267 citations)

Research areas of the most cited articles at Learning & Behavior:

The most cited papers generally zeroe in on subjects such as Developmental psychology, Social psychology, Cognitive psychology, Reinforcement and Classical conditioning. The journal articles explore topics in Developmental psychology which can be helpful for research in disciplines like Stimulus (physiology), Neuroscience, Spontaneous recovery and Conditioning. In addition to Cognitive psychology research, the published articles aim to explore topics under Cognition and Association (psychology).

What topics the last edition of the journal is best known for?

  • Cognition
  • Statistics
  • Neuroscience

The previous edition focused in particular on these issues:

The journal facilitates discussions on Cognitive psychology, Reinforcement, Stimulus (physiology), Social psychology and Cognition. Set (psychology) studies in the realm of Cognitive psychology interact with fields like Animal species. Topics in Reinforcement explored in the journal were investigated in conjunction with research in Statistics, Peck (Imperial) and Ephemeral key.

While it focused on Stimulus (physiology), it was also able to explore topics like Dependency (UML) and Treatment adherence. The work on Social psychology tackled in Learning & Behavior brings together disciplines like Social skills, Captivity and Goffin's cockatoo. The presented Cognition study covers related areas such as Comparative cognition and Prefrontal cortex and also touches on topics like Function (engineering) and Receptor Inhibition.

The most cited articles from the last journal are:

  • Convergent evolution of complex cognition: Insights from the field of avian cognition into the study of self-awareness (6 citations)
  • Response of male and female domestic chicks to change in the number (quantity) of imprinting objects. (5 citations)
  • Rainbow trout discriminate 2-D photographs of conspecifics from distracting stimuli using an innovative operant conditioning device (2 citations)

Papers citation over time

A key indicator for each journal is its effectiveness in reaching other researchers with the papers published at that venue.

The chart below presents the interquartile range (first quartile 25%, median 50% and third quartile 75%) of the number of citations of articles over time.

The top authors publishing in Learning & Behavior (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Ralph R. Miller (45 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Thomas R. Zentall (35 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Phil Reed (16 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • Edward A. Wasserman (13 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • William A. Roberts (13 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition.

The overall trend for top authors publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top authors.

Only papers with recognized affiliations are considered

The top affiliations publishing in Learning & Behavior (based on the number of publications) are:

  • Binghamton University (47 papers) absent at the last edition,
  • University of Kentucky (40 papers) published 4 papers at the last edition, 1 more than at the previous edition,
  • Cardiff University (24 papers) published 1 paper at the last edition,
  • University of Cambridge (22 papers) published 2 papers at the last edition,
  • Swansea University (20 papers) absent at the last edition.

The overall trend for top affiliations publishing in this journal is outlined below. The chart shows the number of publications at each edition of the journal for top affiliations.

Publication chance based on affiliation

The publication chance index shows the ratio of articles published by the best research institutions in the journal edition to all articles published within that journal. The best research institutions were selected based on the largest number of articles published during all editions of the journal.

The chart below presents the percentage ratio of articles from top institutions (based on their ranking of total papers).Top affiliations were grouped by their rank into the following tiers: top 1-10, top 11-20, top 21-50, and top 51+. Only articles with a recognized affiliation are considered.

During the most recent 2021 edition, 0.00% of publications had an unrecognized affiliation. Out of the publications with recognized affiliations, 24.53% were posted by at least one author from the top 10 institutions publishing in the journal. Another 18.87% included authors affiliated with research institutions from the top 11-20 affiliations. Institutions from the 21-50 range included 28.30% of all publications and 28.30% were from other institutions.

Returning Authors Index

A very common phenomenon observed among researchers publishing scientific articles is the intentional selection of journals they have already attended in the past. In particular, it is worth analyzing the case when the authors participate in the same journal from year to year.

The Returning Authors Index presented below illustrates the ratio of authors who participated in both a given as well as the previous edition of the journal in relation to all participants in a given year.

Returning Institution Index

The graph below shows the Returning Institution Index, illustrating the ratio of institutions that participated in both a given and the previous edition of the conference in relation to all affiliations present in a given year.

The experience to innovation index

Our experience to innovation index was created to show a cross-section of the experience level of authors publishing in a journal. The index includes the authors publishing at the last edition of a journal, grouped by total number of publications throughout their academic career (P) and the total number of citations of these publications ever received (C).

The group intervals were selected empirically to best show the diversity of the authors' experiences, their labels were selected as a convenience, not as judgment. The authors were divided into the following groups:

  • Novice - P < 5 or C < 25 (the number of publications less than 5 or the number of citations less than 25),
  • Competent - P < 10 or C < 100 (the number of publications less than 10 or the number of citations less than 100),
  • Experienced - P < 25 or C < 625 (the number of publications less than 25 or the number of citations less than 625),
  • Master - P < 50 or C < 2500 (the number of publications less than 50 or the number of citations less than 2500),
  • Star - P ≥ 50 and C ≥ 2500 (both the number of publications greater than 50 and the number of citations greater than 2500).

The chart below illustrates experience levels of first authors in cases of publications with multiple authors.

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Top Publications

  • Context, attention, and the switch between habit and goal-direction in behavior.

    Mark E. Bouton

    (2021)
    70 Citations
  • Behavioral flexibility: A review, a model, and some exploratory tests.

    Stephen E G Lea;Pizza K Y Chow;Lisa A Leaver;Ian P L McLaren

    (2020)
    68 Citations
  • Anxiety, fear, panic: An approach to assessing the defensive behavior system across the predatory imminence continuum

    (2022)
    38 Citations
  • Selective overimitation in dogs

    Ludwig Huber;Kaja Salobir;Roger Mundry;Giulia Cimarelli

    (2020)
    34 Citations
  • Comparing pet and detection dogs (Canis familiaris) on two aspects of social cognition

    Lucia Lazarowski;Andie Thompkins;Sarah Krichbaum;L. Paul Waggoner

    (2020)
    32 Citations
  • Convergent evolution of complex cognition: Insights from the field of avian cognition into the study of self-awareness

    Luigi Baciadonna;Luigi Baciadonna;Francesca M Cornero;Nathan J Emery;Nicola S Clayton

    (2021)
    30 Citations
  • Exploring the potential impact of relational coherence on persistent rule-following: The first study.

    Colin Harte;Dermot Barnes-Holmes;Yvonne Barnes-Holmes;Ciara McEnteggart

    (2020)
    18 Citations
  • Simultaneous learning of directional and non-directional stimulus relations in baboons (Papio papio)

    (2022)
    18 Citations
  • Incentive disengagement and the adaptive significance of frustrative nonreward

    (2022)
    16 Citations

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