Journal profile · Veterinary-General Veterinary
Animal Diseases
ISSN 2731-0442 · BMC · United Kingdom
Animal Diseases: CAS Zone 2 · Agricultural & Forestry Sciences (2026 Xinrui edition); impact factor 3 (journal website); diamond open access (no APC); no APC; median 75 days to acceptance (91 articles, last 24 months); 53 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Animal Diseases is published by BMC and is classed under Agricultural & Forestry Sciences in the CAS Journal Ranking. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Animal Virus Infections Studies, Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology and Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology, together about 33.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Infectious Diseases. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Animal Diseases focuses on the latest research and technology advances in animal diseases that are closely related to human health and explores challenges and countermeasures that environmental changes pose to animal and human. It provides rapid publication of the most innovative and quality papers that address the etiology and pathogenesis of infectious (viral, bacterial and parasitic) and non-infectious (genetic disorders, tumors, metabolic diseases etc.) diseases linked to animals, as well as the progresses towards their prevention and treatments, including, but not limited to, epidemiology, etiology, pathology, immunology, pathogenesis, diagnosis, prevention and treatments. Original research articles will be published in the following headings: Discovery of etiological agents for animal diseases Epidemiology of animal and zoonotic diseases Host tropism and transboundary spread of animal and zoonotic pathogens Pathogenesis and biology of new and re-emerging animal diseases Etiology of non-infectious diseases such as genetic, neoplastic and metabolic diseases Immunology and host-pathogen interactions Rational use and invention of veterinary drugs and novel therapeutics Drug resistance and drug residues Biomarker identification and novel diagnostic tools Vaccines and prevention strategies for animal diseases In addition, the journal publishes Editorials, Highlights, and Comments on current, significant events and topics in global animal disease fields with international interests.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Veterinary-General Veterinary
Editor-in-chief Huanchun ChenPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 25 in mainland China (about 38%); most named Mainland China 25, United States 22, United Kingdom 2, Japan 2, Spain 2 (65 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Animal Virus Infections StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences13.8%
- Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiologyMedicine10.1%
- Animal Disease Management and EpidemiologyAgricultural and Biological Sciences9.3%
- Virus-based gene therapy researchBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5.4%
- SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 ResearchMedicine4.9%
- Viral Infections and Immunology ResearchMedicine4.9%
- Vector-Borne Animal DiseasesAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.7%
- Microbial infections and disease researchImmunology and Microbiology4.2%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Veterinary Sciences | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
CASCAB AbstractsPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, EBSCO, ProQuest, Dimensions, CNKI, Baidu, Naver, OCLC, Portico, CLOCKSS
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
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 (publisher) 2025
- 3Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 3.2Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.4LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.54LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.72LetPub ·
- h-index
- 19OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 43OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 3.02OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 10%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 47LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 2,025Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 236,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 258 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 56 | 56 | 22 |
| 2025 | 53 | 53 | 143 |
| 2024 | 48 | 48 | 309 |
| 2023 | 40 | 40 | 344 |
| 2022 | 31 | 31 | 210 |
| 2021 | 30 | 30 | 599 |
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
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
75 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 55 days – 94 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 31 days (91 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 106 days
- Sample
- 91 articles with submission and acceptance dates (124 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to first decision
- 11 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 12 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
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
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY, CC0 | |
| OpenAlex | USD 0 | — | — | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — | |
| Publisher website | GBP 1,490 / USD 2,090 / EUR 1,790 / GBP 775 / USD 1,045 / EUR 895 | — | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Open calls for papers3, by deadline
Publisher websiteArticle types accepted7
- case reportFormatting guidelines for specific article types can be found below. Original Article Review Correspondence Case Report Short Communication Comments HighlightsLength not stated
- commentsFormatting guidelines for specific article types can be found below. Original Article Review Correspondence Case Report Short Communication Comments HighlightsLength not stated
- correspondenceFormatting guidelines for specific article types can be found below. Original Article Review Correspondence Case Report Short Communication Comments HighlightsLength not stated
- highlightsFormatting guidelines for specific article types can be found below. Original Article Review Correspondence Case Report Short Communication Comments HighlightsLength not stated
- original articleFormatting guidelines for specific article types can be found below. Original Article Review Correspondence Case Report Short Communication Comments HighlightsLength not stated
- reviewFormatting guidelines for specific article types can be found below. Original Article Review Correspondence Case Report Short Communication Comments HighlightsLength not stated
- short communicationFormatting guidelines for specific article types can be found below. Original Article Review Correspondence Case Report Short Communication Comments HighlightsLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteData availability, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- Data availability Formatting the 'Availability of data and materials' section of your manuscript
CC0 data policy Model summary
The following format for the 'Availability of data and materials section of your manuscript should be used:
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Licensing and copyright
CC BY (Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence) Model summary
Creative Commons licences Open access articles in Springer Nature journals are published under Creative Commons licences. These provide an industry-standard framework to support easy re-use of open access material. Under Creative Commons licences, authors retain copyright of their articles. Animal Diseases articles are published open access under a CC BY (Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Internati…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Benefits of open access
Publishing open access (OA) offers a number of benefits, including greater reach and readership for your work: Cited more 1.6x more citations of OA articles than non-OA articles across all subjects Downloaded more 4x more downloads of OA articles than non-OA articles Greater impact 2.5x more Altmetric attention. OA articles attracted 1.9x more news mentions and 1.2x more policy mentions Open acces…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review policy
Peer review is the process used to evaluate the quality of a manuscript before publication. Independent researchers in the relevant field assess submitted manuscripts to check their validity and robustness. Their feedback guides editors in making publication decisions. Typically, two or more experts evaluate each manuscript based on three main criteria: scientific robustness: is the research metho…
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- BMC
- Country or region
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2731-0442
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Animal Diseases
What CAS zone is Animal Diseases in?
In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Animal Diseases?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 3 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 3.4, h-index 19.
How long does peer review take at Animal Diseases?
Based on the dates recorded on 91 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 75 days (interquartile range 55–94 days); authors report an average review time of about 12 weeks. 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Animal Diseases based?
Of the 65 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 25 (about 38%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Mainland China (25), United States (22) and United Kingdom (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Animal Diseases?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Animal Diseases is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists CAS and CAB Abstracts; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Animal Diseases open access, and what is the APC?
Animal Diseases is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website, DOAJ; 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .