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Primates (journal)

Primates is a bimonthly peer-reviewed scientific journal of primatology, and an official journal of the Japan Monkey Center at Kyoto University. It publishes original papers that cover all aspects of the study of primates. It was the first scientific journal focused exclusively on primates and remains the oldest, longest-running international primatology journal in the world.

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Primates
DisciplinePrimatology
LanguageEnglish
Edited byMasayuki Nakamichi
Publication details
History1957-present
Publisher
FrequencyBimonthly
Hybrid
2.163 (2020)
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ISSN0032-8332 (print)
1610-7365 (web)
LCCNsf80001417
OCLC no.51531954
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Primates is a bimonthly peer-reviewed scientific journal of primatology, and an official journal of the Japan Monkey Center at Kyoto University.1: 584  It publishes original papers that cover all aspects of the study of primates. It was the first scientific journal focused exclusively on primates and remains the oldest, longest-running international primatology journal in the world.2

The journal publishes original research articles, reviews, news and perspectives, and book reviews. It was established in 1957 by Kinji Imanishi.3 Although the first volume contained both articles in Japanese4567 or English,89 subsequent volumes were published in English, thanks to a grant from the Rockefeller Foundation.1: 593  It is now published by Springer and the current editor-in-chief is Masayuki Nakamichi (Osaka University).

According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2020 impact factor of 2.163.10

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References

References

  1. Frisch, John E. (1959). "Research on primate behavior in Japan". American Anthropologist. 61 (4): 584–596. doi:10.1525/aa.1959.61.4.02a00040. JSTOR 667147.
  2. Matsuzawa, Tetsuro; Yamagiwa, Juichi (July 7, 2018). "Primatology: the beginning". Primates: 313–326 – via Springer.
  3. Matsuzawa, Tetsuro; Yamagiwa, Juichi (2018). "Primatology: the beginning". Primates. 59 (4): 313–326. doi:10.1007/s10329-018-0672-9. PMID 29982936. S2CID 254157644.
  4. Imanishi, Kinji (1957). "Identification : A process of enculturation in the subhuman society of Macaca fuscata". Primates. 1 (1): 1–29. doi:10.1007/bf01667196. S2CID 30040660.
  5. Yamada, Munemi (1957). "A case of acculturation in a subhuman society of Japanese monkeys". Primates. 1 (1): 30–46. doi:10.1007/bf01667197. S2CID 12775016.
  6. Furuya, Yoshio (1957). "Grooming behavior in the wild Japanese monkeys". Primates. 1 (1): 47–72. doi:10.1007/bf01667198. S2CID 31315768.
  7. Itani, Junichiro (1958). "On the acquisition and propagation of a new food habit in the natural group of the Japanese monkey at Takasaki - Yama". Primates. 1 (2): 84–98. doi:10.1007/bf01813697. S2CID 45013953.
  8. Imanishi, Kinji (1958). "Gorillas: A preliminary survey in 1958". Primates. 1 (2): 73–78. doi:10.1007/bf01813695. S2CID 35384763.
  9. Baumgärtel, Max Walter (1958). "The Muhavura gorillas". Primates. 1 (2): 79–83. doi:10.1007/bf01813696. S2CID 40015835.
  10. "Primates". 2020 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Science ed.). Clarivate. 2021.
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