''Genes, Brain and Behavior'' (also known as ''G2B'') is a peer-reviewed online-only scientific journal covering research in the fields of

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, neural, and

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. It is published by

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on behalf of the

International Behavioural and Neural Genetics Society The International Behavioural and Neural Genetics Society (IBANGS) is a learned society that was founded in 1996. The goal of IBANGS is "promote and facilitate the growth of research in the field of neural behavioral genetics". Profile Mission Th ...

. The journal was established in 2002 as a quarterly and is currently published monthly. ''G2B'' is a

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, but two years after publication all content is available for free online.

Overview and history

''Genes, Brain and Behavior'' is published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the International Behavioural and Neural Genetics Society. Volume 1 appeared in 2002 and issues appeared quarterly. As submissions increased, the journal switched in 2003 to a bimonthly schedule, in 2006 to 8-times-a-year, and in 2014 to a monthly frequency. Content is available online from the

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or, after a 12-month embargo, from

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. Authors can elect to have accepted articles published as open access. All content is available online for free 24 months after publication. The journal was originally published in both print and electronic versions, but since 2014 the journal is online-only. The founding

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was

Wim Crusio Wim E. Crusio (born Wilhelmus Elisabeth Crusio on 20 December 1954) is a Dutch behavioral neurogeneticist and a '' directeur de recherche'' (research director) with the French National Centre for Scientific Research in Talence, France. Educat ...

(

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), who was succeeded in 2012 by Andrew Holmes (

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Reception

In its third year, ''Genes, Brain and Behavior'' was available in 1400 academic libraries. According to the ''

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,'' its 2020

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is 3.449, ranking the journal 152nd out of 273 journals in the category "Neurosciences" and 16th out of 53 journals in the category "Behavioral Sciences". The five journals that have cited ''Genes, Brain and Behavior'' most often, are (in order of descending citation frequency) '' PLoS ONE, Genes, Brain and Behavior, Scientific Reports,

Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews ''Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews'' is a peer-reviewed scientific journal covering behavioral neuroscience published by Elsevier. The journal publishes reviews, theoretical articles, and mini-reviews. It is an official journal of the Intern ...

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Behavioural Brain Research ''Behavioural Brain Research'' is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published by Elsevier. The journal publishes articles in the field of behavioural neuroscience. Volume 1 appeared in 1980 and issues appeared 6 times per year; as submissions ...

''. , the five journals that have been cited most frequently by articles published in ''Genes, Brain and Behavior'' are ''

The Journal of Neuroscience ''The Journal of Neuroscience'' is a weekly peer-reviewed scientific journal published by the Society for Neuroscience. It covers empirical research on all aspects of neuroscience. Its editor-in-chief is Marina Picciotto (Yale University). According ...

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ''Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America'' (often abbreviated ''PNAS'' or ''PNAS USA'') is a peer-reviewed multidisciplinary scientific journal. It is the official journal of the National Academy of Sci ...

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,'' and ''

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''. The journal has developed standards for the publication of mouse mutant studies. Many mouse mutant studies have serious methodological problems leading to fatally flawed scientific conclusions, causing a waste of time, effort, and research resources, and leading to ethical problems because of the unnecessary use of live animals for flawed studies. These standards are gradually being accepted more widely in the field.

Abstracting and indexing

''Genes, Brain and Behavior'' is abstracted and indexed in:

Most cited articles

According to the Web of Science, the following three articles have been cited most often (>350 times): # # #

References

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