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JDS Communications

Elsevier B.V. · Netherlands · Est. 1978

ISSN2666-9102eISSN2666-9102

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

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.627

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.015

Total Worksi

800

Total Citationsi

3,368

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.43

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

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

General Information

Country / RegionNetherlands

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1978

Annual Volume~ 163 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications800

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

OA Since2019

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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✗ No

📦 Long-term Preservation

PorticoKoninklijke BibliotheekPMCCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

9/11 · 82%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Elsevier B.V.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2666-9102 / 2666-9102

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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, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, PMC, CLOCKSS

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Plagiarism detection in place?

✅

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

184

2020

2021

122

1.1k

2022

150

862

2023

172

627

2024

168

277

2025

163

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

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science

Scopus Categories

Animal Science and Zoology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Reproductive Physiology in LivestockEffects of Environmental Stressors on LivestockGenetic and phenotypic traits in livestockRuminant Nutrition and Digestive PhysiologyAnimal Behavior and Welfare StudiesAnimal health and immunologyMilk Quality and Mastitis in Dairy CowsDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesProbiotics and Fermented FoodsGenetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals

Frequently asked questions about JDS Communications

Is JDS Communications a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for JDS Communications: 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 JDS Communications?

JDS Communications 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 1.43.

Is JDS Communications indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

JDS Communications is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of JDS Communications?