Behavior Genetics is the leading scientific journal concerned with the genetic analysis of complex traits. BGA members have the option of free access to the on-line version of the journal from the Journal Access page. Members should make sure to select this option in their Membership account page when they pay their annual dues.
This timely journal disseminates the most current original research on the inheritance and evolution of behavioral characteristics in humans 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.
Behavior Genetics is published in cooperation with the Behavior Genetics Association.
Editorial Board
The following individuals are responsible for the content of Behavior Genetics:
Executive Editor:
- John K. Hewitt
- University of Colorado, Boulder, USA
Managing Editor:
- Christina Hewitt
- University of Colorado, Boulder, USA
Associate Editors:
- David B. Allison
- University of Colorado, Boulder, USA
- Meike Bartels
- Vrije University, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Stacey S. Cherny
- Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
- Lee Ehrman
- State University of New York, Purchase, USA
- David M Evans
- University of Queensland Diamantina Institute, Brisbane, Australia
- Deborah Finkel
- University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA
- Theodore Garland
- University of California, Riverside, USA
- Pete Hatemi
- Pennsylvania State University, University Park, USA
- Yoon-Mi Hur
- Kookmin University, Seoul, South Korea
- Matthew Keller
- University of Colorado, Boulder, USA
- Yong-Kyu Kim
- Emory University, Atlanta, USA
- Valerie Knopik
- Purdue University, Indiana, USA
- Charalambos Kyriacou
- University of Leicester, Leicester, UK
- Hermine Maes
- Virginia Institute for Psychiatric and Behavioral Genetics, Richmond, USA
- Matt McGue
- University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA
- Sarah Medland
- QIMR, Brisbane, Australia
- Sonoko Ogawa
- University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
- Stephen Petrill
- Ohio State University, Columbus, USA
- Tinca Polderman
- Vrije University, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Chandra Reynolds
- University of California, Riverside, USA
- Jerry Stitzel
- University of Colorado, Boulder, USA
- Eric Turkheimer
- University of Virginia, Charlottesville, 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; 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; Brian D’Onofrio, Indiana University, USA; 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; Tatiana Foroud, Indiana University School of Medicine, USA; H. Hill Goldsmith, University of Wisconsin, 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; Kristen Jacobson, University of Chicago, USA; Kerry I. Jang, University of British Columbia, Canada; Gitta Lubke, University of Notre Dame, Indiana, USA; Nick Martin, QIMR, Brisbane, Australia; Stephen Maxson, University of Connecticut, 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; Rohan Palmer, Emory University, USA;; Richard Paylor, Baylor College of Medicine, USA; Robert Plomin, Institute of Psychiatry, London, UK; Michael Pogue-Geile, University of Pittsburgh, USA; ; 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; Pak Sham, University of Hong Kong; 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