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Animal Science Journal

John Wiley and Sons Inc · United States · Est. 1995

ISSN1344-3941eISSN1740-0929

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.423

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.594

Total Worksi

3,438

Total Citationsi

45,967

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.38

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Animal Science Journal publishes research in all fields of animal and poultry science, including genetics, nutrition, physiology, behavior, and livestock economics. It also covers research in dairy agriculture.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1995

FrequencyBimonthly, 2002-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications3,438

Publisher OrgWiley

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

John Wiley and Sons Inc

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1344-3941 / 1740-0929

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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?

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

182

2.3k

2019

171

2.7k

2020

177

1.8k

2021

129

833

2022

106

481

2023

122

380

2024

119

174

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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)Q2

Animal Science and ZoologyQ2

Food ScienceQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science

Scopus Categories

Animal Science and ZoologyAgricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)Food Science

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Animal Nutrition and PhysiologyRuminant Nutrition and Digestive PhysiologyGenetic and phenotypic traits in livestockMeat and Animal Product QualityReproductive Physiology in LivestockAnimal Behavior and Welfare StudiesEffects of Environmental Stressors on LivestockReproductive Biology and FertilityProbiotics and Fermented FoodsSperm and Testicular Function

Frequently asked questions about Animal Science Journal

Is Animal Science Journal a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Animal Science Journal: 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 Animal Science Journal?

Animal Science Journal 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 1.38.

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

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