''Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences'' is a bimonthly

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covering all aspects of the

behavioral sciences Behavioral sciences explore the cognitive processes within organisms and the behavioral interactions between organisms in the natural world. It involves the systematic analysis and investigation of human and animal behavior through naturalist ...

. It was established in 2015 and is published by

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as part of their '' Current Opinion'' series of journals. The

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are Cindy Lustig (

University of Michigan , mottoeng = "Arts, Knowledge, Truth" , former_names = Catholepistemiad, or University of Michigania (1817–1821) , budget = $10.3 billion (2021) , endowment = $17 billion (2021)As o ...

) and

Trevor Robbins Trevor William Robbins CBE FRS FMedSci is a Professor of cognitive neuroscience and former Head of the Department of Psychology at the University of Cambridge. Robbins interests are in the fields of cognitive neuroscience, behavioural neuros ...

(

University of Cambridge , mottoeng = Literal: From here, light and sacred draughts. Non literal: From this place, we gain enlightenment and precious knowledge. , established = , other_name = The Chancellor, Masters and Schola ...

). Each issue covers a specific theme and is edited by one or more guest editors.

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in

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/Life Sciences, Current Contents/Social & Behavioral Sciences, Embase,

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, and the

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. According to the ''

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'', the journal has a 2020

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of 4.466.

References

External links

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