Focus and Scope
SOCIOBIOLOGY publishes high quality articles that significantly contribute to the knowledge of Entomology, with emphasis on social insects. Articles previously submitted to other journals are not accepted. SOCIOBIOLOGY publishes original research papers, short communications and invited review articles on all aspects related to the biology, evolution and systematics of social and p
re-social insects (Ants, Termites, Bees and Wasps). The journal is expandig its scope to incorporate articles that deal with other arthopods that exhibit sociality. Articles may cover a range of subjects such as ecology, ethology, morphology, population genetics, physiology, toxicology, reproduction, sociobiology, caste differentiation as well as economic and pest management. Articles which are only of descriptive or anedoctal kind and of local interest will not be accepted
Peer Review Process
Manuscripts are received by Associate Editors, forwarded to Section Editors and assigned to two ad hoc referees who will return their evaluation within 4 weeks of assignment. Accepted articles will be submited to copyediting and proof reading by the Associate Editors and the author. Publication is expected to occur in the upcoming issue. The whole time from submission to publication is expected to last no more than six months. Starting on January 2021 the journal will publish articles in a continuous flow, immediately after the final acceptance. Thus, it is expected that time from submission to publication will be four months, in average. Publication Frequency
Quarterly (on March, June, September and December)
Open Access Policy
Sociobiology is financially supported by a public state university which receives endownments from the State Treasure. Costs of editing and printing the journal are entirely covered by public money. Furthermore, editors are spending part of their work hours funded by public money in the journal management. Therefore, if the financial support comes from public funds, the authors and readers have to benefit from this. The editorial board considers that scientific knowledge finaced by public money can not be appropriated in a private fashion at any step of the editorial business chain. That is why this journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that publicly funded scientific knowledge must be freely available to the public in order to support a greater global exchange of knowledge. Indexing and abstracting
Sociobiology is indexed and abstracted by:
Clarivates-Web of Science; SCOPUS; AGRICOLA; CAB Abstracts; Biological Abstracts, Zoological Records among others.
