Behavior Genetics is a bimonthly peer-reviewed scientific journal published by Springer Science+Business Media.

The journal was established in 1971 with Steven G. Vandenberg as its founding editor-in-chief.

[1] Each year, the editorial board chooses a particularly meritorious paper in the previous year's volume of the journal for the Editors' Choice Award, acknowledged by "$1000 and a good bottle of wine" as well as a citation made in the journal.

This award was created in the honor of David Fulker, a past president of the Behavior Genetics Association (1982) and former editor-in-chief (1987–1998).

[3] The abstracts of the annual meetings are printed in the journal.