The International Journal of Primatology is a peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes original research papers on the study of primates, data descriptors, review articles, book reviews, commentaries, and brief communications. Special Issues or Special Sections are published from time to time.

Articles published in the journal are drawn from a number of disciplines involved in primatological research, including anthropology, zoology, psychology, palaeontology, sociology, genetics, and conservation biology.

Articles reporting on species threatened with extinction are highlighted, to raise awareness of the plight of primates.

The International Journal of Primatology was established in 1980, in response to proposals for a peer-reviewed journal of primatology made during the 6th Congress of the International Primatological Society in 1976.

The journal was first published in March 1980, and is the official journal of the International Primatological Society. It was initially published quarterly on behalf of the society by Plenum Press, now part of Springer Science+Business Media. In 1988 the publication frequency increased to bimonthly.

Founding editors:

Editor-in-Chief 1989-2009:

Editor-in-Chief 2009 onwards: