The primary mission of Behavioral Neuroscience is to publish original research papers in the broad field of the biological bases of behavior. Occasional review articles and theoretical papers are also acceptable for publication if they are judged to make original and important conceptual contributions to the field. Studies covering the entire range of relevant biological and neural sciences, for example, anatomy, chemistry, physiology, endocrinology, and pharmacology, are considered so long as behavioral variables are measured or manipulated or if the work has clear relevance to behavior. Studies on the genetic, evolutionary, and developmental aspects of behavior are also appropriate, as are behavioral studies, if they have clear implications for biological processes or mechanisms. Single-experiment papers are deemed just as acceptable as multiple-experiment papers. Good experimental design, controls and procedures importance or significance, and proper scholarship are the major criteria. The journal also publishes a "Brief Communications" section. Papers for this section should be so labeled and must not exceed 3,250 words of text, with no more than two figures and/or tables. The journal will also occasionally publish "Technical Comments" concerning research papers it has previously published, as well as responses by the authors. These must not exceed 800 words.

行為神經(jīng)科學(xué)的主要任務(wù)是在行為生物學(xué)基礎(chǔ)的廣泛領(lǐng)域發(fā)表原創(chuàng)研究論文。偶爾的評論文章和理論論文也可以發(fā)表，如果他們被認(rèn)為對該領(lǐng)域作出了原創(chuàng)和重要的概念貢獻。只要行為變量被測量或操縱，或者工作與行為有明確的相關(guān)性，就可以考慮涵蓋所有相關(guān)生物學(xué)和神經(jīng)科學(xué)領(lǐng)域的研究，例如解剖學(xué)、化學(xué)、生理學(xué)、內(nèi)分泌學(xué)和藥理學(xué)。如果行為的遺傳、進化和發(fā)育方面的研究對生物學(xué)過程或機制有明確的含義，那么行為研究也是合適的。單篇實驗論文與多篇實驗論文一樣被認(rèn)為是可以接受的。良好的實驗設(shè)計、控制和程序的重要性或重要性，以及適當(dāng)?shù)莫剬W(xué)金是主要標(biāo)準(zhǔn)。《華爾街日報》還出版了一個“簡要溝通”版塊。本節(jié)的論文應(yīng)如此標(biāo)明，不得超過3250字的文本，不超過兩張圖和/或表格。該雜志還將偶爾發(fā)表關(guān)于其先前發(fā)表的研究論文的“技術(shù)評論”，以及作者的回應(yīng)。這些不能超過800字。