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Animal Nutrition

KeAi Communications Co. · China · Est. 2015

ISSN2405-6383eISSN2405-6545

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.842

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.805

Total Worksi

1,252

Total Citationsi

36,623

2yr Mean Citednessi

5.20

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

The Chinese Association of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine (CAAV) is a national nonprofit academic organization, which is voluntarily formed by scientists and researchers in animal science and veterinary medicine. Qualified as a legal entity in China, CAAV is the bridge between the official government and scientific researchers in related fi... The Chinese Association of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine (CAAV) is a national nonprofit academic organization, which is voluntarily formed by scientists and researchers in animal science and veterinary medicine. Qualified as a legal entity in China, CAAV is the bridge between the official government and scientific researchers in related fields, as well as the important social force in the development of animal science and veterinary medicine. With a seventy-three year history, CAAV has grown to become a professional national organization, under the headship of Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) and China Association for Science and Technology (CAST), with 35 branch (societies), 60 000 members, 700 senior members, 390 corporate members. CAAV also has a close contact, relation and business with societies in 32 provinces. Weidong Cai | Kunhong Xie | Yan Li | Bing Yu | Yuheng Luo | Ping Zheng | Xiangbing Mao | Jie Yu | Junqiu Luo | Hui Yan | Jun He Yu Wang | Yan Zhang | Liyun Wu | Chaoyue Li | Qiaozhen Chen | Dong Han | Haokun Liu | Zhimin Zhang | Shouqi Xie | Junyan Jin Jing Wang | Lufang Deng | Meixia Chen | Yuyan Che | Lu Li | Longlong Zhu | Guoshun Chen | Tao Feng

General Information

Country / RegionChina

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2015

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,252

Publisher OrgKeAi

Region🌍 Global South

OA Since2014

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

PorticoCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

KeAi Communications Co.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2405-6383 / 2405-6545

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

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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?

Portico, 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

1.8k

2019

3.8k

2020

179

7.6k

2021

146

4.1k

2022

140

3.4k

2023

164

2.2k

2024

166

674

2025

124

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 ScienceVeterinary Sciences

Scopus Categories

Animal Science and ZoologyFood Animals

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Animal Nutrition and PhysiologyRuminant Nutrition and Digestive PhysiologyAquaculture Nutrition and GrowthGut microbiota and healthMeat and Animal Product QualityRabbits: Nutrition, Reproduction, HealthAquaculture disease management and microbiotaAnimal Behavior and Welfare StudiesLivestock and Poultry ManagementReproductive Physiology in Livestock

Frequently asked questions about Animal Nutrition

Is Animal Nutrition a predatory journal?

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

Animal Nutrition 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 5.20.

Is Animal Nutrition indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

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