Journal profile · AGRICULTURE, DAIRY & ANIMAL SCIENCE
Animal Reproduction
ISSN 1806-9614 · eISSN 1984-3143 · Colegio Brasileiro de Reproducao Animal · BRAZIL · Quarterly · Founded 2004
Animal Reproduction: CAS Zone 4 · Agricultural & Forestry Sciences (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.09; fully open access; APC about USD 450; median 156 days to acceptance (100 articles, last 24 months); 70 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Animal Reproduction is published by Colegio Brasileiro de Reproducao Animal and is in Zone 4 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Reproductive Biology and Fertility, Reproductive Physiology in Livestock and Sperm and Testicular Function, together about 54.7% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Animal Reproduction (AR) publishes original scientific papers and invited literature reviews, in the form of Basic Research, Biotechnology, Applied Research and Review Articles, with the goal of contributing to a better understanding of phenomena related to animal reproduction. The scope of the journal applies to students, researchers and practitioners in the fields of veterinary, biology and animal science, also being of interest to practitioners of human medicine. Animal Reproduction Journal is the official organ of the Brazilian College of Animal Reproduction in Brazil.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): AGRICULTURE, DAIRY & ANIMAL SCIENCE
Editor-in-chief Carlos EduardoPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 7, Netherlands 2, Japan 1, Italy 1, Canada 1 (16 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Reproductive Biology and FertilityMedicine23.1%
- Reproductive Physiology in LivestockAgricultural and Biological Sciences18.3%
- Sperm and Testicular FunctionMedicine13.4%
- Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestockBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology9.4%
- Ovarian function and disordersMedicine4.5%
- Animal Genetics and ReproductionBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4.1%
- Reproductive System and PregnancyImmunology and Microbiology3.2%
- Effects of Environmental Stressors on LivestockAgricultural and Biological Sciences3%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of SciencePMCCurrent ContentsSciELOPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar
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
- 2.09LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.3Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.2LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.54LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.82LetPub ·
- h-index
- 7LetPub ·
- h-index
- 44OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 324OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.16OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 4.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 97.52%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 62LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,302 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 62 | 62 | 6 |
| 2025 | 70 | 70 | 125 |
| 2024 | 71 | 71 | 308 |
| 2023 | 67 | 67 | 522 |
| 2022 | 56 | 56 | 466 |
| 2021 | 50 | 50 | 478 |
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 PubMed · to
156 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 89 days – 229 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 79 days (100 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 244 days
- Sample
- 100 articles with submission and acceptance dates (131 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
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 15 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
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | USD 450 | Yes | CC BY | |
| OpenAlex | USD 450 | — | — | |
| LetPub | USD 450 | Yes | — | |
| Publisher website | USD 1,600 / USD 800 / USD 650 | — | — |
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)
Article types accepted9, with length limits
- conference proceedingsConference proceedings The Journal publishes full original papers, abstracts and workshops when presented in conferences from Scholarly Societies of Animal Repr…Length not stated
- editorialGeneral policies Submitted manuscripts must be original and should not be under simultaneous consideration by any other publication or have been previously publ…Length not stated
- original articleArticles reporting original research studies and/or data related to the subject fields covered by Animal Reproduction. 30 pages. Original Articles are open for …Length not stated
- original articlesOriginal Articles Articles reporting original research studies and/or data related to the subject fields covered by Animal Reproduction. 30 pages. Original Arti…Length not stated
- research articleIndicate the same article type as selected in the submission system: Basic Research Article, Biotechnology Article, Applied Research Article, or Review Article.Length not stated
- review articleIndicate the same article type as selected in the submission system: Basic Research Article, Biotechnology Article, Applied Research Article, or Review Article.Length not stated
- review articlesReview Articles Review Articles of interest to the field of animal reproduction will be submitted by direct invitation of the editorial board, but authors might…Length not stated
- short communicationShort Communications must report or be related to new techniques involved in the biology of reproduction. They are open for author submissions and must have a m…main text ≤ 2,000 words
- short communicationsShort Communications Short Communications must report or be related to new techniques involved in the biology of reproduction. They are open for author submissi…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Self-archiving, Trial registration / reporting guidelines
- Authorship Authorship and Disclosures
Language: Standard American English. Model summary
Authorship byline Authors must agree on the manuscript authorship making sure it accurately illustrates and includes contributors who actually and significantly contributed to the work. All those listed as authors should qualify for authorship according to the substantial contributions on the concept and design the work, data acquisition, interpretation and evaluation, and should have been activel…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Authorship and Disclosures
Authorship byline Authors must agree on the manuscript authorship making sure it accurately illustrates and includes contributors who actually and significantly contributed to the work. All those listed as authors should qualify for authorship according to the substantial contributions on the concept and design the work, data acquisition, interpretation and evaluation, and should have been activel…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data sharing statement
The authors' statement regarding deposit and availability of raw data should indicate whether the data is available and how it can be obtained. If data cannot be made available, authors should state the reason for that.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Open access, copyright and self-archiving policies
Creative Commons Attribution License. Model summary
This is an open access journal which means that all content is freely available without charge to the user or his/her institution. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author. This is in accordance with the BOAI (Budapest Op…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access, copyright and self-archiving policies
This is an open access journal which means that all content is freely available without charge to the user or his/her institution. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author. This is in accordance with the BOAI (Budapest Op…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review Process
Animal Reproduction has a 3-stage review process: All submitted manuscripts undergo a technical verification for compliance with Animal Reproduction policies and manuscript preparation guidelines. Submissions that fail to comply will be un-submitted so that the authors can fix the problems and resubmit them. Manuscripts are then sent to the Editor-in-chief, who performs a pre-evaluation that inclu…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Self-archiving Open access, copyright and self-archiving policies
Self-archiving of accepted manuscripts encouraged. Model summary
This is an open access journal which means that all content is freely available without charge to the user or his/her institution. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author. This is in accordance with the BOAI (Budapest Op…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Trial registration / reporting guidelines Reporting Guidelines
Authors are encouraged to follow good practices when designing and writing their work. Animal Reproduction recommends authors to seek appropriate guidelines on the type of study they are reporting and suggests the following resources, as stated on the ICMJE - International Committee of Medical Journal Editors: ARRIVE (Animal Research: Reporting In Vivo Experiments) for reporting animal studies, PR…
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
- Colegio Brasileiro de Reproducao Animal
- Country or region
- BRAZIL
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Founded
- 2004
- ISSN
- 1806-9614
- Electronic ISSN
- 1984-3143
- Society / sponsor
- Brazilian College of Animal Reproduction in Brazil
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Animal Reproduction
What CAS zone is Animal Reproduction in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Animal Reproduction is in Zone 4 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Animal Reproduction?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.09; CiteScore 3.2, h-index 44.
How long does peer review take at Animal Reproduction?
Based on the dates recorded on 100 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 156 days (interquartile range 89–229 days). 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 Reproduction based?
Of the 16 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (7), Netherlands (2) and Japan (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Animal Reproduction?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Animal Reproduction is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists Web of Science, PMC, Current Contents and SciELO; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Animal Reproduction open access, and what is the APC?
Animal Reproduction is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 450.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, Publisher website; 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 2026-08-30). Last updated: .