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Volume 1 (2016)
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Volume 2 (2017)
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Volume 3 (2018)
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Volume 4 (2019)
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Volume 5 (2020)
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Volume 6 (2021)
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Volume 7 (2022)
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Volume 8 (2023)

Porcher, Ila France (2023) The elephant in the garden. Animal Sentience 23(55)
Commentary on Human Difference

Rowan, Andrew N; D'Silva, Joyce M, Mrs; Duncan, Ian J.H.; and Palmer, Nicholas (2023) Defining and Exploring Animal Sentience. Animal Sentience 31(21)
Response to Sentience Politics

Montemayor, Carlos (2023) Jurisprudence and animal protection. Animal Sentience 32(32)
Commentary on Animal sentience research: Synthesis and proposals

Segundo-Ortin, Miguel and Calvo, Paco (2023) Plant sentience? Between romanticism and denial: Science. Animal Sentience 33(1)

Harnad, Stevan (2023) Insentient “cognition”?. Animal Sentience 33(2)
Commentary on Plant Sentience

Struik, Paul C (2023) Plants detect and adapt, but do not feel. Animal Sentience 33(3)
Commentary on Plant Sentience

Gutfreund, Yoram (2023) Questions about sentience are not scientific but cultural. Animal Sentience 33(4)
Commentary on Plant Sentience

Milburn, Josh (2023) Plant sentience and the case for ethical veganism. Animal Sentience 33(5)
Commentary on Plant Sentience

Pessoa, Luiz (2023) What can plant science learn from animal nervous systems?. Animal Sentience 33(6)
Commentary on Plant Sentience

Robinson, David G; Blatt, Michael R; Draguhn, Andreas; Taiz, Lincoln; and Mallatt, Jon (2023) Plants lack the functional neurotransmitters and signaling pathways required for sentience in animals. Animal Sentience 33(7)
Commentary on Plant Sentience

Yilmaz, Özlem (2023) Stress: An adaptive problem common to plant and animal science. Animal Sentience 33(8)
Commentary on Plant Sentience

Booth, David A (2023) Sentience: back to the science from the words. Animal Sentience 33(9)
Commentary on Plant Sentience

Dung, Leonard (2023) From animal to plant sentience: Is there credible evidence?. Animal Sentience 33(10)
Commentary on Plant Sentience

Brooks Pribac, Teya (2023) Language matters. Animal Sentience 33(11)
Commentary on Plant Sentience

Carls-Diamante, Sidney (2023) Plant sentience: Bias and promise. Animal Sentience 33(12)
Commentary on Plant Sentience

ten Cate, Carel (2023) Plant sentience: A hypothesis based on shaky premises. Animal Sentience 33(13)
Commentary on Plant Sentience

Mastinu, Andrea (2023) Plant sentience: "feeling" or biological automatism?. Animal Sentience 33(14)
Commentary on Plant Sentience

Mallatt, Jon; Robinson, David G; Blatt, Michael R; Draguhn, Andreas; and Taiz, Lincoln (2023) Plant sentience: The burden of proof. Animal Sentience 33(15)
Commentary on Plant Sentience

Damasio, Antonio and Damasio, Hanna (2023) Sensing is a far cry from sentience. Animal Sentience 33(16)
Commentary on Plant Sentience

Vallverdú, Jordi (2023) What if plants compute?. Animal Sentience 33(17)
Commentary on Plant Sentience

Solé, Ricard V. (2023) Do plants have the cognitive complexity for sentience?. Animal Sentience 33(18)
Commentary on Plant Sentience

Bennett, Tom (2023) Cognition is not evidence of sentience. Animal Sentience 33(19)
Commentary on Plant Sentience

Birch, Jonathan (2023) Disentangling sentience from developmental plasticity. Animal Sentience 33(20)
Commentary on Plant Sentience

Henning, Tilo and Mittelbach, Moritz (2023) Complex floral behavior of an angiosperm family. Animal Sentience 33(21)
Commentary on Plant Sentience

Plebe, Alessio (2023) Plant sentience: Time scale matters. Animal Sentience 33(22)
Commentary on Plant Sentience

Baciadonna, Luigi; Macri, Catherine; and Giurfa, Martin (2023) Associative learning: Unmet criterion for plant sentience. Animal Sentience 33(23)
Commentary on Plant Sentience

Dolega, Krzysztof; Siekierski, Savannah; and Cleeremans, Axel (2023) Plant sentience: Getting to the roots of the problem. Animal Sentience 33(24)
Commentary on Plant Sentience

Ivanchei, Ivan; Coucke, Nicolas; and Cleeremans, Axel (2023) Dissociation between conscious and unconscious processes as a criterion for sentience. Animal Sentience 33(25)
Commentary on Plant Sentience

Broom, Donald M (2023) Limits to sentience. Animal Sentience 33(26)
Commentary on Plant Sentience

Correia-Caeiro, Catia and Liebal, Katja (2023) Animal communication and sentience. Animal Sentience 33(27)
Commentary on Plant Sentience

Burgos, José E and Castañeda, Giselle M. (2023) Crazier hypotheses: Panpsychism. Animal Sentience 33(28)
Commentary on Plant Sentience

Tiffin, Helen (2023) Plant sentience: Not now, maybe later?. Animal Sentience 33(29)
Commentary on Plant Sentience

Rouleau, Nicolas and Levin, Michael (2023) Multiple ways to implement and infer sentience. Animal Sentience 33(30)
Commentary on Plant Sentience

Carranza-Pinedo, Víctor (2023) Appraising evidence for valence. Animal Sentience 33(31)
Commentary on Plant Sentience

Calvo, Paco and Segundo-Ortin, Miguel (2023) Plant sentience revisited: Sifting through the thicket of perspectives. Animal Sentience 33(32)
Response to Plant Sentience