Behavior Genetics - the leading journal concerned with the genetic analysis of complex traits - is published in cooperation with the Behavior Genetics Association. This timely journal disseminates the most current original research on the inheritance and evolution of behavioral characteristics in man and other species. Contributions from eminent international researchers focus on both the application of various genetic perspectives to the study of behavioral characteristics and the influence of behavioral differences on the genetic structure of populations.
5 Year Impact Factor: 3.411 (2007)
Section "Psychology, Multidisciplinary": Rank 15 out of 101

Executive Editor:
John K. Hewitt, Institute for Behavioral Genetics and University of Colorado, Boulder, USA
Managing Editor:
Christina Hewitt, Institute for Behavioral Genetics and University of Colorado, Boulder, USA
Associate Editors:
David B. Allison, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA
Stacey S.Cherny, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Brian D'Onofrio, Indiana University, Bloomington, USA
Lee Ehrman, State University of New York, Purchase, USA
Deborah Finkel, Indiana University Southwest, New Albany, USA
Tatiana Foroud, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, USA
Pete Hatemi, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, USA
Yoon-Mi Hur, Mokpo National University, Seoul, South Korea
Kristen Jacobson, University of Chicago, Chicago, USA
Yong-Kyu Kim, Emory University, Atlanta, USA
Valerie Knopik, Brown University, Providence, USA
Charalambos Kyriacou, University of Leicester, UK
Gitta Lubke, University of Notre Dame, Indiana, USA
Michael J. Lyons, Boston University, Boston, USA
Hermine Maes, Virginia Institute for Psychiatric and Behavioral Genetics, Richmond, USA
Stephen C. Maxson, University of Connecticut, Storrs, USA
Matt McGue, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA
Sarah Medland, QIMR, Brisbane, Australia
Tamara J. Phillips, V.A. Medical Center, Portland, USA
Danielle Posthuma, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Chandra Reynolds, University of California, Riverside, USA
Pierre Roubertoux, Aix Marseille University, Marseille, France
Pak Sham, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Eric Turkheimer, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, USA
Carol Van Hulle, University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA
Irwin Waldman, Emory University, Atlanta, USA
Editorial Advisory Board:

Martine Ammassari-Teule, National Research Council, Rome, Italy; J. Michael Bailey, Northwestern University, USA; Laura A. Baker, University of Southern California, USA; John K. Belknap, Oregon Health and Science University, USA; David A. Blizard, Pennsylvania State University, USA; Dorret I. Boomsma, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Lon R. Cardon, GlaxoSmithKline, USA; Robin P. Corley, University of Colorado, USA; John C. DeFries, University of Colorado, USA; Danielle M. Dick, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, USA; Lisabeth F. DiLalla, Southern Illinois University, USA; Conor V. Dolan, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Peter Driscoll, Institut fur Nutztierwissenschaften, Zurich, Switzerland; David Duffy, QIMR, Brisbane, Australia; Alberto Fernandez-Teruel, Autonomous University, Barcelona, Spain; Jonathan Flint, University of Oxford, UK; H. Hill Goldsmith, University of Wisconsin, USA; Irving I. Gottesman, University of Minnesota, USA; Corina Greven, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands; David A. Hay, Curtin University of Technology, Australia; Andrew C. Heath, Washington University, St. Louis, USA; Kerry I. Jang, University of British Columbia, Canada; John C. Loehlin, University of Texas, USA; Nick Martin, QIMR, Brisbane, Australia; Gerald McClearn, Pennsylvania State University, USA; Peter McGuffin, Institute of Psychiatry, London; Pierre Mormede, French Institute for Neuroscience, Bordeaux, France; Michael C. Neale, Virginia Commonwealth University, USA; Paul E. Neumann, Dalhousie University, USA; Peter A. Parsons, LaTrobe University, Unley, Australia; Richard Paylor, Baylor College of Medicine, USA; Robert Plomin, Institute of Psychiatry, London, UK;Michael Pogue-Geile, University of Pittsburgh, USA; Corina Greven Radboud, University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands; Richard Radcliffe, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, USA; John Ringo, University of Maine, USA; Richard Rose, Indiana University, Bloomington, USA; Nancy L. Segal, California State University, USA; Elizabeth M. Simpson, University of British Columbia, Canada; Lee A. Thompson, Case Western University, USA; Hemant Kumar Tiwari, University of Alabama, USA; Tim Tully, Dart Neuroscience LLC, San Diego, USA; Edwin J. C. G. van den Oord, Virginia Commonwealth University, USA; Richard Viken, Indiana University, USA; Douglas Wahlsten, University of Alberta, Canada; Robert W. Williams, University of Tennessee, USA