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Pet Behaviour Science is a new open access journal, which publishes original papers relating to all aspects of the behaviour of pets, including their relationships with humans. As a multidisciplinary journal, Pet Behaviour Science welcomes submissions from the arts and humanities, behavioural and biological sciences, cognitive science, social sciences and the health sciences.

The principal subjects are dogs, cats, horses, rabbits and any other animal species when cared for as pets, or animals belonging to these species but which are not used as pets, such as laboratory dogs, when the results could be interesting for pets as well.

Selection Policies

• Research Papers should report the results of original research. Both quantitative and qualitative reports are encouraged, even if the results are negative. The material should not have been previously published elsewhere, except in a preliminary form.
• Review Articles should cover subjects falling within the scope of the journal that are of active current interest, providing new insights into the subject(s) they cover. Because of the nature of review articles, scrupulous attention must be paid to relevant attribution and this should be reflected in the literature cited section and in the acknowledgements.
• Abstracts and short communications should present preliminary results of original research. Like research papers, the material should not have been previously published elsewhere.

Review Process

Pet Behaviour Science has instituted a double-blind peer review process, where neither the authors' nor the reviewers' identities are known to each other. Reciprocal anonymity is suggested to provide a more objective and potentially less biased assessment of manuscripts, and help ensure that the process is fair to both junior and well-established scientists. The implementation of double-blind review aims at ensuring our reputation for integrity, fairness, and openness to new ideas.

Open Access

Readers can access freely to the articles once they are published. As well, publishing in Pet Behaviour Science is free for authors. There are no hidden charges at all.

Copyright

Authors will keep remaining the copyright of their paper, although they have accepted to use a creative common license, especifically CC-Attribution-NonComercial-ShareAlike_4.0

Researchers should cite this work as follows:

1. Animal behavior
2. Animal roles
3. Animal shelters
4. Assisted living facilities
5. Birds
6. Cats
7. Dogs
8. Fish
9. Frogs
10. Horses
11. Hospices
12. Hospitals
13. Human-animal bond
14. Human-animal relationships
15. Laboratories
16. Mammals
17. Nursing homes
18. open access
19. Pet ownership
20. Pets and companion animals
21. Prisons
22. Rats
23. Reptiles
24. Rodents
25. Schools
26. Snakes