# Behavior Genetics (journal)

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{{Infobox journal
| title = Behavior Genetics
| cover = Behavior Genetics cover.jpg
| editor = [Valerie Knopik](/source/Valerie_Knopik)
| discipline = [Behavior genetics](/source/Behavioural_genetics)
| abbreviation = Behav. Genet.
| publisher = [Springer Science+Business Media](/source/Springer_Science%2BBusiness_Media)
| country =
| frequency = Bimonthly
| history = 1971–present
| openaccess = [Hybrid](/source/Hybrid_open-access_journal)
| impact = 2.6
| impact-year = 2023
| website = https://www.springer.com/psychology/psychology+general/journal/10519
| link2 = https://link.springer.com/journal/10519/volumes-and-issues
| link2-name = Online archive
| OCLC = 01519335
| LCCN = 77015467
| CODEN = BHGNAT
| ISSN = 0001-8244
| eISSN = 1573-3297
}}
'''''Behavior Genetics''''' is a bimonthly [peer-reviewed](/source/peer-reviewed) [scientific journal](/source/scientific_journal) published by [Springer Science+Business Media](/source/Springer_Science%2BBusiness_Media). It covers "research in the inheritance of behavior" and is the official journal of the [Behavior Genetics Association](/source/Behavior_Genetics_Association). The journal was established in 1971 with [Steven G. Vandenberg](/source/Steven_G._Vandenberg) as its founding [editor-in-chief](/source/editor-in-chief). He was succeeded by [Jan Bruell](/source/Jan_Bruell) (1978–1986).<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://wikis.utexas.edu/download/attachments/141736129/bruell.pdf?version=1&modificationDate=1466112598000&api=v2 |title=Faculty Council Memorial Resolution for Jan Bruell |access-date=2020-01-14 |archive-date=2019-09-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190905184247/https://wikis.utexas.edu/download/attachments/141736129/bruell.pdf?version=1&modificationDate=1466112598000&api=v2 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Each year, the [editorial board](/source/editorial_board) chooses a particularly meritorious paper in the previous year's volume of the journal for the Editors' Choice Award, acknowledged by "$1000 and a good bottle of wine" as well as a citation made in the journal. This award was created in the honor of [David Fulker](/source/David_Fulker), a past president of the Behavior Genetics Association (1982) and former editor-in-chief (1987–1998).<ref>{{Cite journal |date=2013-08-30 |title=Announcement of the Fulker Award for a Paper Published in Behavior Genetics, Volume 42, 2012 |journal=Behavior Genetics |language=en |volume=43 |issue=6 |pages=555 |doi=10.1007/s10519-013-9611-0 |doi-access=free }}</ref> From 2001–2025, [John K. Hewitt](/source/John_K._Hewitt) was editor-in-chief. He was succeeded by [Valerie Knopik](/source/Valerie_Knopik) (2025–present).<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Hewitt |first1=John K. |title=Two Decades of Accomplishment and Progress in Behavior Genetics |journal=Behavior Genetics |date=November 2024 |volume=54 |issue=6 |pages=441–442 |doi=10.1007/s10519-024-10200-2|doi-access=free |pmid=39382771 }}</ref> The abstracts of the annual meetings are printed in the journal.

==Abstracting and indexing==
The journal is abstracted and indexed in ''[Biological Abstracts/BIOSIS Previews](/source/Biological_Abstracts), [CAB Abstracts](/source/CAB_Abstracts), [Current Awareness in Biological Sciences](/source/Current_Awareness_in_Biological_Sciences), [Current Contents](/source/Current_Contents)/Social & Behavioral Sciences'' and ''Life Sciences, [Embase](/source/Embase), [PsycINFO](/source/PsycINFO), [MEDLINE](/source/MEDLINE)/[PubMed](/source/PubMed), [Science Citation Index Expanded](/source/Science_Citation_Index_Expanded), [Scopus](/source/Scopus), [Social Sciences Citation Index](/source/Social_Sciences_Citation_Index)'', and ''[The Zoological Record](/source/The_Zoological_Record)''. According to the ''[Journal Citation Reports](/source/Journal_Citation_Reports)'', the journal has a 2023 [impact factor](/source/impact_factor) of 2.6.<ref name=WoS>{{cite book |year=2024 |chapter=Behavior Genetics |title=2023 Journal Citation Reports |publisher=[Clarivate](/source/Clarivate) |edition=Science |via=[Web of Science](/source/Web_of_Science)|title-link=Journal Citation Reports }}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{Official website|https://www.springer.com/psychology/psychology+general/journal/10519}}

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