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Indian Journal of Animal Sciences

Indian Council of Agricultural Research · India

ISSN0367-8318eISSN2394-3327
SJR Q3WOS SCIEScopus / SJRDOAJOpen Access
Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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📊 Standing in its field
Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.
Q3
SJR · Scopus
Top 75% in field
Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ
SJR Scorei
0.182
H-Indexi
32
CiteScorei
0.6
SNIPi
0.289
Total Worksi
9,541
Total Citationsi
23,389
2yr Mean Citednessi
0.45
Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Articles are included on animal breeding and genetics, immunology, biotechnology, diseases, medicine and pharmacology, anatomy and histology, surgery, pathology, physiology, nutrition, milk, meat and other animal products, housing and fisheries from India and internationally. The journal places a strong emphasis on original articles, while also publishing short scientific notes of topical interest and comprehensive review articles written by eminent scientists who have specialized in their fields of study and are capable of pointing out lacunae in research and suggesting future lines of work. Papers on laboratory animals, pets and wild species are discouraged.

General Information

Country / RegionIndia
Primary LanguageEnglish
1st Year Published
Frequencymonthly
StatusActive
Total Publications9,541
Publisher OrgIndian Council of Agricultural Research
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Submission Info

Publishing ModelGold Open Access
Peer ReviewPeer review
OA LicenseCC BY-NC-SA
OA Rate

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No
OASPA Member✗ No
Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes
Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

9/11 · 82%
Do you know the journal / publisher?
Indian Council of Agricultural Research
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
Is the ISSN verified?
0367-8318 / 2394-3327
Indexed in a trusted database?
WoS, Scopus, DOAJ
Peer review process documented?
Peer review
Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
Not on predatory/blacklists?
✓ Clean
Long-term digital preservation?
N/A
Plagiarism detection in place?
Yes
Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?
DOAJ verified
Primary language documented?
English

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
245
834
2019
232
723
2020
291
659
2021
294
549
2022
245
314
2023
203
194
2024
105
30
2025
131
3
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.

Veterinary (miscellaneous)Q3
Animal Science and ZoologyQ4

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science

Scopus Categories

Animal Science and ZoologyVeterinary (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestockLivestock Management and Performance ImprovementReproductive Physiology in LivestockAnimal Nutrition and PhysiologyAgricultural Economics and Practices

Frequently asked questions about Indian Journal of Animal Sciences

Is Indian Journal of Animal Sciences a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Indian Journal of Animal Sciences: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, 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 Indian Journal of Animal Sciences?

Indian Journal of Animal Sciences 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. As an open alternative, its Scopus CiteScore is 0.6.

Is Indian Journal of Animal Sciences indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Indian Journal of Animal Sciences is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Indian Journal of Animal Sciences?

Articles are included on animal breeding and genetics, immunology, biotechnology, diseases, medicine and pharmacology, anatomy and histology, surgery, pathology, physiology, nutrition, milk, meat and other animal products, housing and fisheries from India and internationally. The journal places a strong emphasis on original articles, while also publishing short scientific notes of topical interest and comprehensive review articles written by eminent scientists who have specialized in their fields of study and are capable of pointing out lacunae in research and suggesting future lines of work.

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Data updated: 2026-05-22 · Sources: SJR, DOAJ, OpenAlex, WoS, Crossref