Featured Papers in the 'Human–Animal Interactions, Animal Behaviour and Emotion' Section
A special issue of Animals (ISSN 2076-2615). This special issue belongs to the section "Human-Animal Interactions, Animal Behaviour and Emotion".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 28 February 2026 | Viewed by 11
Special Issue Editor
Interests: animal physiology; behavioral neuroscience; brain lateralization; emotion; animal communication; human–animal relationship
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
As Editor-in-Chief of the“Human–Animal Interactions, Animal Behaviour and Emotion” section, I am very glad to announce the Special Issue, "Featured Papers in the 'Human–Animal Interactions, Animal Behaviour and Emotion' Section". This Special Issue will bring together a selection of outstanding articles that present recent advances and emerging perspectives in this interdisciplinary and evolving field.
Contributions to this issue will cover a broad spectrum of topics, ranging from animal behavior to the complexity of cognitive processes and emotional functioning in the animal brain that underlie their deeply rooted relationships with humans.
We welcome the submission of manuscripts, reviews and original research articles from leading researchers in this field.
Researchers are welcome to send short proposals for submissions of “Featured Papers” for evaluation.
I look forward to receiving your contributions.
Prof. Dr. Marcello Siniscalchi
Guest Editor
Manuscript Submission Information
Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.
Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Animals is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.
Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2400 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.
Keywords
- behavior
- emotion
- human–animal relationship
- animal communication
- animal cognition
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