Edward Legg @edlegg.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Both societies behind Animal Behaviour (ABS and ASAB) are active in increasing diversity in the field. We hope this article will help in recognising where biases may exist and encourage work on better understanding it. 131
Edward Legg @edlegg.bsky.social · 25/07/2026The historical data shows a skew in success rates: authors based in North America, Europe and Oceania are more likely to get a submission accepted than authors based in Asia, South America and Africa. 121
Edward Legg @edlegg.bsky.social · 25/07/2026As a reviewer pointed out: maybe authors in Asia, South America and Africa tend to publish elsewhere. Thanks to the reviewer’s suggestion and the editors’ intervention we were sent historical data on author country for all submissions to Animal Behaviour as well as the outcomes of those submissions. 121
Edward Legg @edlegg.bsky.social · 25/07/2026It turns out authors from North America, Europe and Oceania appear to be overrepresented in the articles published in Animal Behaviour. 121
Edward Legg @edlegg.bsky.social · 25/07/2026To check if this reflected the state of the field we compared publications in Animal Behaviour to where authors who cite Animal Behaviour articles or who publish on related topics (in other journals) are based. 182
Edward Legg @edlegg.bsky.social · 25/07/2026We asked which countries and continents authors publishing articles in the journal Animal Behaviour are based in and found that authors are predominantly in institutions in North America and Europe. 120
Edward Legg @edlegg.bsky.social · 25/07/2026New paper alert: “Scientific publishing and diversity in science: geographical bias of articles published in Animal Behaviour” authors.elsevier.com/c/1nUlRmjMDu5O with @ljerkaostojic.bsky.social 1114
Edward Legg @edlegg.bsky.social · 11/05/2026This year we're running a Cognitive Sciences Symposium! - Day 1 will be a student symposium with posters and talks by Masters and PhD students (these can be on any topic in Cognitive Sciences). - Day 2 will be focused on Social Cognition with 3 🌟 invited speakers 🌟 attending! Please share!! 043
Reposted by Edward LeggCognitive Sciences Rijeka @ricogsci.bsky.social · 12/04/2026Please share! The Rijeka Cognitive Sciences Symposium 2026 is open for registrations and talk/poster submissions by Masters and PhD students! 13 and 14 July - This year's topic is Social Cognition The event is free!cogsci.uniri.hrRiCogSci-Symposium-2026 185
Reposted by Edward LeggCamille Troisi @camilletroisi.bsky.social · 15/04/2026📢Fully-funded #PhD opportunity with us: 🐦 Quantifying (social) learning and social behaviour in an urbanised world 🐦 Position at @ceec-research.bsky.social 📆29th May deadline More info: tinyurl.com/yz28s96x Apply: tinyurl.com/2wpkb64y #cognition #socialbehaviour #fieldwork #birds 🙏Please Share 28398
Edward Legg @edlegg.bsky.social · 09/02/2026This went into my junk emails and I assumed it was predatory. They say they have matched my work to a publication in their project... but the publication is not mine and from a completely different field!! 020
Edward Legg @edlegg.bsky.social · 22/09/2025PostDoc job requirements are getting truly ridiculous. What's the rejection letter for this one going to look like? ... "sorry we had to reject your application because both your parents were human" 031
Reposted by Edward LeggCognitive Sciences Rijeka @ricogsci.bsky.social · 16/07/2025Find out more what Nirvana's research was about in her Science Communication video: youtube.com/watch?v=xWSt...youtube.comScience Communication Made Easy: Suppressing the Suppression EffectYouTube video by Nirvana InBloom 021