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Animal Sentience

WellBeing International · United States · Est. 2016

ISSN2377-7478

SJR Q2✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ Scopus Q266

✓ Corroboration (2 more)+12

Total78

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

weeks to publish · journal-reported

Fast · vs ~15 wk median

SJR Rank

Top 50% in field

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 ↗

SJR Scorei

0.302

H-Indexi

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

0.643

Total Worksi

694

Total Citationsi

6,736

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.71

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous); Neuroscience (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2016

FrequencyIrregular

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications694

OA Since2015

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Submission Info

APC Cost💎 Diamond OA — Free

Peer ReviewOpen

Review Time~9 weeks

Acceptance Rate—

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/12 · 83%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

WellBeing International

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2377-7478

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Open

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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APC fees clearly disclosed?

No APC (Free)

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

✅

Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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Primary language documented?

English

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

119

483

2019

102

726

2020

2021

1.2k

2022

356

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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)Q2

Neuroscience (miscellaneous)Q4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Neuroscience (miscellaneous)Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Human-Animal Interaction StudiesAnimal and Plant Science EducationPsychology of Moral and Emotional JudgmentAnimal Behavior and Welfare StudiesCephalopods and Marine BiologyNeuroendocrine regulation and behaviorPrimate Behavior and EcologyAnimal testing and alternativesPlant and Biological Electrophysiology StudiesOlfactory and Sensory Function Studies

Frequently asked questions about Animal Sentience

Is Animal Sentience a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Animal Sentience: it is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 78/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Animal Sentience?

Animal Sentience is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.302.

Is Animal Sentience indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Animal Sentience is indexed in Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Animal Sentience?