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Annals of Animal Science

Walter de Gruyter GmbH · Germany · Est. 1990

ISSN2300-8733

SJR Q1✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 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

0.548

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.677

Total Worksi

1,682

Total Citationsi

16,879

2yr Mean Citednessi

2.53

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

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

General Information

Country / RegionGermany

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1990

Annual Volume~ 116 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications1,682

Publisher OrgDe Gruyter

OA Since2010

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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

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Walter de Gruyter GmbH

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2300-8733

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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

1.5k

2019

118

1.7k

2020

761

2021

780

2022

125

1.1k

2023

117

686

2024

107

222

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

Small AnimalsQ1

Food AnimalsQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science

Scopus Categories

Animal Science and ZoologySmall AnimalsFood Animals

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Animal Nutrition and PhysiologyMeat and Animal Product QualityGenetic and phenotypic traits in livestockAquaculture Nutrition and GrowthRuminant Nutrition and Digestive PhysiologyAquaculture disease management and microbiotaReproductive Physiology in LivestockEffects of Environmental Stressors on LivestockAnimal Behavior and Welfare StudiesRabbits: Nutrition, Reproduction, Health

Frequently asked questions about Annals of Animal Science

Is Annals of Animal Science a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Annals 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 Annals of Animal Science?

Annals 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 2.53.

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

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

What is the aims and scope of Annals of Animal Science?