Table 1. Journals surveyed by discipline.
The categorization of journals into disciplines was as defined by Beery and Zucker, 2011, and Woitowich et al., 2020.
| Discipline | Journal 1 | Journal 2 | Journal 3 | Journal 4 | No.articles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Behavior | Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology | Animal Behavior | Animal Cognition | Behavioral Ecology | 40 |
| Behavioral Physiology | Journal of Comparative Psychology | Behavioral Neuroscience | Physiology and Behavior | Hormones and Behavior | 20 |
| Endocrinology | European Journal of Endocrinology | Journal of Neuroendocrinology | Endocrinology | American Journal of Physiology – Endocrinology and Metabolism | 27 |
| General Biology | PLoS Biology | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences | Nature | Science | 9 |
| Immunology | Journal of Immunology | Infection and Immunity | Immunity | Vaccine | 10 |
| Neuroscience | Journal of Neuroscience | Neuroscience | Journal of Comparative Neurology | Nature Neuroscience | 9 |
| Pharmacology | Neuropsychopharmacology | Journal of Psychopharmacology | Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics | British Journal of Pharmacology | 11 |
| Physiology | Journal of Physiology (London) | American Journal of Physiology – Renal Physiology | American Journal of Physiology – Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology | American Journal of Physiology – Heart and Circulatory Physiology | 12 |
| Reproduction | Biology of Reproduction | Reproduction | 9 |