Journal profile · Social Sciences-Law
Derecho Animal
ISSN 2462-7518 · International Center for Animal Law and Policy · Spain
Derecho Animal: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 20 weeks (community reports); 17 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Derecho Animal is published by International Center for Animal Law and Policy. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Animal Law and Welfare, Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies and Animal testing and alternatives, together about 54.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Law. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
dA. Derecho Animal (Forum of Animal Law Studies), es una publicación de acceso abierto perteneciente a la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Es la primera publicación jurídica dedicada a los estudios en Derecho sobre las relaciones humanos-animales. Su objetivo principal es publicar y difundir la investigación original y el trabajo académico y práctico riguroso en Derecho Animal y otras disciplinas afines, tales como la Filosofía en general y, en particular la Filosofía analítica, la Filosofía política, la ética y la bioética, entre otras. Sus contenidos, por tanto, abarcan todos los campos de la investigación en Derecho, permitiendo asimismo una exploración más amplia de las fronteras interdisciplinares (teóricas y prácticas) en el ámbito de las relaciones con implicancias jurídicas entre humanos y animales.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Social Sciences-Law
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Animal Law and WelfareSocial Sciences36.4%
- Animal Behavior and Welfare StudiesVeterinary9.2%
- Animal testing and alternativesVeterinary8.8%
- Environmental law and policySocial Sciences8.8%
- Criminal Law and PolicySocial Sciences6.8%
- Wildlife Conservation and Criminology AnalysesEnvironmental Science4.5%
- Human-Animal Interaction StudiesBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3%
- Legal Rights and Human RightsSocial Sciences2.1%
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)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Law | Q3 | 698/1162 | 39th |
| Veterinary (miscellaneous) | Q3 | 32/44 | 28th |
| Animal Science and Zoology | Q4 | 439/520 | 15th |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
eISSN: 2462-7518, DOI: 10.5565/rev/daPublisher website
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.8LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.22LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.82LetPub ·
- h-index
- 11OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 13OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.23OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 542 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 9 | 9 | 49 |
| 2025 | 17 | 17 | 128 |
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 72 |
| 2023 | 5 | 5 | 87 |
| 2022 | 8 | 8 | 84 |
| 2021 | 28 | 28 | 86 |
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 20 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 16 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double 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 | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
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 accepted7
- artículosExtensión de los Artículos y Documentos: mínimo 8.000 a 12.000 palabras.Length not stated
- comentarios de sentenciaLas Contribuciones, Crónica legislativas y Comentarios de Sentencia, mínimo 5.000 a 8.000 palabrasLength not stated
- contribucionesLas Contribuciones, Crónica legislativas y Comentarios de Sentencia, mínimo 5.000 a 8.000 palabrasLength not stated
- crónica legislativasLas Contribuciones, Crónica legislativas y Comentarios de Sentencia, mínimo 5.000 a 8.000 palabrasLength not stated
- documentosExtensión de los Artículos y Documentos: mínimo 8.000 a 12.000 palabras.Length not stated
- recensioneslas Recensiones, un máximo de 4.000.Length not stated
- variaVaria Crónica de congresos y reuniones científicas, noticias breves de actualidad animal, nombramientos, premios, cursos e iniciativas docentes en Derecho Anima…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright, Preprints, Self-archiving
- License & copyright
Autores conservan derechos de autor; licencia CC BY 4.0 Model summary
Los autores conservan los derechos de autor. Los textos publicados en esta revista están sujetos –si no se indica lo contrario– a una licencia de Reconocimiento 4.0 Internacional de Creative Commons.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints
Preprint sharing permitido y animado Model summary
Se permite y se anima a los autores a difundir sus trabajos electrónicamente (por ejemplo, en repositorios institucionales o en su propio sitio web) antes y durante el proceso de envío
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Self-archiving
Permite acuerdos de distribución no exclusiva (repositorios) Model summary
Los autores pueden establecer por separado acuerdos adicionales para la distribución no exclusiva de la versión de la obra publicada en la revista (por ejemplo, situarlo en un repositorio institucional o publicarlo en un libro), con un reconocimiento de su publicación inicial en esta revista.
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
- International Center for Animal Law and Policy
- Country or region
- Spain
- Language
- English, Spanish
- ISSN
- 2462-7518
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Derecho Animal
How long does peer review take at Derecho Animal?
Authors report an average review time of about 20 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.
Which databases index Derecho Animal?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Derecho Animal is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Derecho Animal open access, and what is the APC?
Derecho Animal 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, 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .