The Journal of Comparative Psychology is a peer-reviewed academic journal published by the American Psychological Association.

It covers research from a comparative perspective on the behavior, cognition, perception, and social relationships of diverse species.

[1] The journal has implemented the Transparency and Openness Promotion (TOP) Guidelines.

[2] The TOP Guidelines provide structure to research planning and reporting and aim to make research more transparent, accessible, and reproducible.

Past editors-in-chief include Jerry Hirsch (1983), Gordon Gallup (1989), Charles Snowdon (1994), Meredith West (2001), Gordon Burghardt (2005), Josep Call (2017), and Dorothy M.