Frontiers in Comparative Psychology is a Specialty Section of Frontiers in Psychology.
Frontiers in Comparative Psychology, a Specialty Section of Frontiers in Psychology, aims to publish research exploring the psychological mechanisms underlying animal behavior. This journal encompasses the theoretical, observational and empirical aspects of disciplines including animal learning, animal cognition, behavioral ecology, cognitive science, ethology, evolutionary biology, developmental psychology, endocrinology, neurobiology and behavioral genetics. Thus, topics of interest for this journal include, but are not limited to, perception, attention, memory, learning, categorization, navigation, timing, number, communication, decision making and social cognition. Though comparing results across species, including humans, is encouraged, studies focusing on a single species are equally welcome. This Specialty Section emphasizes the explicit formulation of psychological processes and competitive testing of multiple theoretical models of these processes.
Frontiers in Comparative Psychology is particularly interested in articles recognizing individual differences and investigating psychological mechanisms used in natural environments. To this end, we encourage authors to report individual subject results, use rigorous statistical techniques, and replicate results both within and between laboratories. In accordance with the mission of open access to the publication of scientific results, Frontiers in Comparative Psychology promotes open access to the process of science. To aid in replication and meta-analysis, we invite authors to archive methodological techniques (via videos, still images, or computer programs), data files, and data analysis code in online supplementary materials.
Frontiers in Comparative Psychology welcomes the following
tier 1 article types: Book Review, Editorial, General Commentary, Hypothesis & Theory, Methods, Mini Review, Opinion, Original Research, Perspective, Review, Specialty Grand Challenge and Technology Report.
All articles must be submitted directly to Frontiers in Comparative Psychology, where they are processed by the associate and review editors of the Specialty Section.
All articles published in Frontiers in Comparative Psychology will be subjected to the
Frontiers Evaluation System after online publication. Authors of the
original research articles with the highest impact, as judged by many expert readers, will be invited by the Field Chief Editor of Frontiers in Psychology to write a prestigious Frontiers
Focused Review - a tier 2 article. This is referred to as "
democratic tiering". The selection is based on the reader impact over a 4-month period from the date of publication. The selected high impact articles are re-written in a review style centered on the original discovery, and aim to address the wider audience across all of Psychology.