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Animal Frontiers

Oxford University Press · India · Est. 2011

ISSN2160-6064

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

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

SJR Scorei

1.01

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.194

Total Worksi

806

Total Citationsi

19,930

2yr Mean Citednessi

3.40

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Animal Frontiers is a peer-reviewed, open access journal in animal science, meat science, animal production, and animal agriculture. It publishes discussion and position papers on high-impact, global issues in animal agriculture, and aims to foster research in livestock, domestication, and related disciplines.

AI-compiled from public web sources · verify on publisher page →

General Information

Country / RegionIndia

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2011

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications806

Publisher OrgOxford University Press

OA Since2010

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewPeer review

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

LOCKSSPorticoPMCCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Oxford University Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2160-6064

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

Peer review

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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?

LOCKSS, Portico, PMC, CLOCKSS

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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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

1.6k

2019

1.3k

2020

1.6k

2021

960

2022

1.5k

2023

387

2024

206

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 ZoologyQ1

Food AnimalsQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science

Scopus Categories

Animal Science and ZoologyFood Animals

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental ImpactGenetic and phenotypic traits in livestockMeat and Animal Product QualityEffects of Environmental Stressors on LivestockAnimal Genetics and ReproductionAnimal Behavior and Welfare StudiesReproductive Physiology in LivestockRangeland Management and Livestock EcologyRuminant Nutrition and Digestive PhysiologyAnimal Nutrition and Physiology

Frequently asked questions about Animal Frontiers

Is Animal Frontiers a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Animal Frontiers: 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 Animal Frontiers?

Animal Frontiers 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 3.40.

Is Animal Frontiers indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Animal Frontiers is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.