Journal profile · Zoology
Animal Biology
ISSN 1570-7555 · eISSN 1570-7563 · Brill Academic Publishers · NETHERLANDS · Quarterly · Founded 2003
Animal Biology: CAS Zone 4 · Biology (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.7; subscription journal; review about 3 months (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 17 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Animal Biology is published by Brill Academic Publishers and is in Zone 4 of Biology in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Animal Behavior and Reproduction, Amphibian and Reptile Biology and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, together about 30.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Ecology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Animal Biology publishes high quality papers and focuses on integration of the various disciplines within the broad field of zoology. These disciplines include behaviour, developmental biology, ecology, endocrinology, evolutionary biology, genomics, morphology, neurobiology, physiology, systematics and theoretical biology. Purely descriptive papers will not be considered for publication. Animal Biology is the official journal of the Royal Dutch Zoological Society since its foundation in 1872. The journal was initially called Archives Néerlandaises de Zoologie, which was changed in 1952 to Netherlands Journal of Zoology, the current name was established in 2003.
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): Zoology
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Animal Behavior and ReproductionAgricultural and Biological Sciences11.6%
- Amphibian and Reptile BiologyEnvironmental Science10.5%
- Wildlife Ecology and ConservationEnvironmental Science8.3%
- Plant and animal studiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences7.7%
- Species Distribution and Climate ChangeEnvironmental Science5%
- Insect and Arachnid Ecology and BehaviorBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4.6%
- Animal Ecology and Behavior StudiesEnvironmental Science4.6%
- Bat Biology and Ecology StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Biology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Biology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Zoology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Biology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Biology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Zoology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Biology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Biology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Zoology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor
- 0.7LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.4LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.23LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.52LetPub ·
- h-index
- 30LetPub ·
- h-index
- 41OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 325OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.7OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 3.8%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 23LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 756 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 17 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 17 | 2 | 6 |
| 2024 | 36 | 7 | 43 |
| 2023 | 29 | 16 | 62 |
| 2022 | 34 | 11 | 111 |
| 2021 | 18 | 9 | 191 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 3 monthsLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Brill Academic Publishers
- Country or region
- NETHERLANDS
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Founded
- 2003
- ISSN
- 1570-7555
- Electronic ISSN
- 1570-7563
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Animal Biology
What CAS zone is Animal Biology in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Animal Biology is in Zone 4 of Biology, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Zoology. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Biology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Animal Biology?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.7; CiteScore 1.4, h-index 41.
How long does peer review take at Animal Biology?
Authors report an average review time of about 3 months; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Which databases index Animal Biology?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Animal Biology is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Animal Biology open access, and what is the APC?
Animal Biology is a subscription journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-26). Last updated: .