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Journal of Animal Ethics

University of Illinois Press · United States · Est. 2011

ISSN2160-1267

SJR Q4✓ Scopus / SJR

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Bottom 25%

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

SJR Scorei

0.167

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.225

Total Worksi

581

Total Citationsi

1,842

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.26

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Animal Science and Zoology; Issues, Ethics and Legal Aspects.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary Language—

1st Year Published2011

Annual Volume~ 33 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications581

Publisher OrgUniversity of Illinois Press

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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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5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

University of Illinois Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2160-1267

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Indexed in a trusted database?

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

125

2019

2020

123

2021

2022

2023

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.

Animal Science and ZoologyQ4

Issues, Ethics and Legal AspectsQ4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Animal Science and ZoologyIssues, Ethics and Legal Aspects

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Geographies of human-animal interactionsHuman-Animal Interaction StudiesEnvironmental Philosophy and EthicsAnimal testing and alternativesReligion, Ecology, and EthicsPsychology of Moral and Emotional JudgmentPhilosophical Ethics and TheoryAgriculture Sustainability and Environmental ImpactHuman auditory perception and evaluationAnimal Behavior and Welfare Studies

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Animal Ethics

Is Journal of Animal Ethics a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Animal Ethics: it is indexed in 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 Journal of Animal Ethics?

Journal of Animal Ethics is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.167.

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

Journal of Animal Ethics is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Animal Ethics?