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Canadian Journal of Animal Science

Agricultural Institute of Canada · Canada

ISSN0008-3984eISSN1918-1825

SJR Q2✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.338

H-Indexi

103

SNIPi

0.566

Total Worksi

6,221

Total Citationsi

99,979

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.83

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science; Food Animals; Animal Science and Zoology.

General Information

Country / RegionCanada

Primary Language—

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 64 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications6,221

Publisher OrgCanadian Science Publishing

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelSubscription

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Agricultural Institute of Canada

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0008-3984 / 1918-1825

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

N/A

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

102

878

2019

745

2020

399

2021

233

2022

188

2023

139

2024

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Food AnimalsQ2

Animal Science and ZoologyQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science

Scopus Categories

Animal Science and ZoologyFood Animals

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Animal Nutrition and PhysiologyRuminant Nutrition and Digestive PhysiologyGenetic and phenotypic traits in livestockMeat and Animal Product QualityReproductive Physiology in Livestock

Frequently asked questions about Canadian Journal of Animal Science

Is Canadian Journal of Animal Science a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Canadian Journal of Animal Science: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Canadian Journal of Animal Science?

Canadian Journal of Animal Science is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 0.83.

Is Canadian Journal of Animal Science indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Canadian Journal of Animal Science is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Canadian Journal of Animal Science?