Journal profile · Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
Annals of Animal Science
ISSN 1642-3402 · eISSN 2300-8733 · Walter de Gruyter GmbH · POLAND · Semiannual
Annals of Animal Science: CAS Zone 4 · Agricultural & Forestry Sciences (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.86; fully open access; review 6–12 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 107 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Annals of Animal Science is published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH 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 Animal Nutrition and Physiology, Meat and Animal Product Quality and Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock, together about 37.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Animal Science and Zoology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Annals of Animal Science accepts original papers and reviews from the different topics of animal science: genetic and farm animal breeding, the biology, physiology and reproduction of animals, animal nutrition and feedstuffs, environment, hygiene and animal production technology, quality of animal origin products, economics and the organization of animal production.
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Animal Nutrition and PhysiologyAgricultural and Biological Sciences16.3%
- Meat and Animal Product QualityAgricultural and Biological Sciences10.7%
- Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestockBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.5%
- Aquaculture Nutrition and GrowthAgricultural and Biological Sciences7.2%
- Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive PhysiologyAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.2%
- Aquaculture disease management and microbiotaImmunology and Microbiology5.2%
- Reproductive Physiology in LivestockAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.8%
- Effects of Environmental Stressors on LivestockAgricultural and Biological Sciences4%
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
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
- 2.86LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 5.1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.55LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.79LetPub ·
- h-index
- 14LetPub ·
- h-index
- 51OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 559OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 3.86OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 10.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 94LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,697 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 30 | 30 | 8 |
| 2025 | 107 | 107 | 250 |
| 2024 | 117 | 117 | 723 |
| 2023 | 125 | 125 | 1,175 |
| 2022 | 77 | 77 | 807 |
| 2021 | 92 | 92 | 776 |
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)
- 6–12 weeksLetPub ·
- 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
Fully open accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
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
- Walter de Gruyter GmbH
- Country or region
- POLAND
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Semiannual
- ISSN
- 1642-3402
- Electronic ISSN
- 2300-8733
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Annals of Animal Science
What CAS zone is Annals of Animal Science in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Annals of Animal Science 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 Annals of Animal Science?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.86; CiteScore 5.1, h-index 51.
How long does peer review take at Annals of Animal Science?
Authors report an average review time of 6–12 weeks; 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 Annals of Animal Science?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Annals of Animal Science is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Annals of Animal Science open access, and what is the APC?
Annals of Animal Science is a fully open-access 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 2026-08-24). Last updated: .