Journal profile · Veterinary Sciences
Avian Diseases
ISSN 0005-2086 · American Association of Avian Pathologists · UNITED STATES · Quarterly · Founded 1957
Avian Diseases: CAS Zone 4 · Agricultural & Forestry Sciences (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.1; subscription journal; median 133 days to acceptance (96 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: easy; 120 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Avian Diseases is published by American Association of Avian Pathologists 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 Virus Infections Studies, Microbial infections and disease research and Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology, together about 29.6% of its articles. Its main subfields are Epidemiology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
AAAP also publishes Avian Diseases, a quarterly, international journal for original basic or clinical research from various disciplines including microbiology, immunology and pathology.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Veterinary Sciences
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Animal Virus Infections StudiesAgricultural and Biological Sciences12.5%
- Microbial infections and disease researchImmunology and Microbiology9.7%
- Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiologyMedicine7.4%
- Herpesvirus Infections and TreatmentsMedicine7.3%
- Animal Nutrition and PhysiologyAgricultural and Biological Sciences6.3%
- Animal Disease Management and EpidemiologyAgricultural and Biological Sciences6%
- Virology and Viral DiseasesMedicine5.9%
- Influenza Virus Research StudiesMedicine4.5%
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 | Veterinary Sciences | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Veterinary Sciences | Zone 4 |
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 | Veterinary Sciences | 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
- 1.1LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.8LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.44LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.81LetPub ·
- h-index
- 72LetPub ·
- h-index
- 126OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 5,104OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.03OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 7.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0.54%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 68LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 8,238 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 46 | 9 | 14 |
| 2025 | 120 | 54 | 124 |
| 2024 | 85 | 2 | 121 |
| 2023 | 90 | 2 | 329 |
| 2022 | 86 | 2 | 397 |
| 2021 | 90 | 4 | 695 |
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
133 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 94 days – 177 days
- Acceptance to online
- —
- Submission to online
- —
- Sample
- 96 articles with submission and acceptance dates (106 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 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
- American Association of Avian Pathologists
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Founded
- 1957
- ISSN
- 0005-2086
- Society / sponsor
- American Association of Avian Pathologists
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Avian Diseases
What CAS zone is Avian Diseases in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Avian Diseases is in Zone 4 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Veterinary Sciences. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Avian Diseases?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.1; CiteScore 2.8, h-index 126.
How long does peer review take at Avian Diseases?
Based on the dates recorded on 96 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 133 days (interquartile range 94–177 days); 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 Avian Diseases?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Avian Diseases is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Avian Diseases open access, and what is the APC?
Avian Diseases 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, 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .