Journal profile · Social Sciences-Social Sciences (miscellaneous)
HumanAnimal Interactions
ISSN 2957-9538 · CABI · United Kingdom
HumanAnimal Interactions: CAS Zone 4 · Psychology (2026 Xinrui edition); impact factor 2 (journal website); fully open access; APC charged, amount not published; median 98 days to acceptance (43 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 68% (journal website); 58 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
HumanAnimal Interactions is published by CABI and is classed under Psychology in the CAS Journal Ranking. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Human-Animal Interaction Studies, Veterinary Practice and Education Studies and Geographies of human-animal interactions, together about 59.5% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Human—Animal Interactions is an open access interdisciplinary journal devoted to the dissemination of research in all fields related to interactions between non-human animals and their human counterparts. Learn More
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Social Sciences-Social Sciences (miscellaneous)
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 19, United Kingdom 6, Australia 4, Canada 2, France 1 (32 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Human-Animal Interaction StudiesBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology36.9%
- Veterinary Practice and Education StudiesHealth Professions14.1%
- Geographies of human-animal interactionsSocial Sciences8.4%
- Animal Behavior and Welfare StudiesVeterinary6.5%
- Evolutionary Psychology and Human BehaviorPsychology4%
- Animal and Plant Science EducationPsychology3.4%
- Rabies epidemiology and controlImmunology and Microbiology2.7%
- Veterinary Orthopedics and NeurologyVeterinary2.3%
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)Psychology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Psychology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Veterinary Sciences | Zone 3 |
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
Web of ScienceCAB AbstractsPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, EBSCO, Baidu, Portico
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)
- 2Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.1LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 2.1Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.35LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.82LetPub ·
- h-index
- 10OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 10OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.55OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 15%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 51LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 211,298Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 199 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 46 | 46 | 5 |
| 2025 | 58 | 58 | 69 |
| 2024 | 41 | 41 | 151 |
| 2023 | 46 | 46 | 243 |
| 2022 | 8 | 8 | 51 |
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
98 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 63 days – 149 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 32 days (44 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 125 days
- Sample
- 43 articles with submission and acceptance dates (112 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 9 weeksLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 68%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 39 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 9 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
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | GBP 1,500 | Yes | CC BY, CC BY-NC | |
| LetPub | GBP 1,500 | Yes | — | |
| Publisher website | GBP 1,550 / USD 2,060 / EUR 1,780 / GBP 775 | — | — |
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)
What to prepare5 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- 250–350 words
- Keywords
- ≤ 10
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 8,000 words
- Reference style
- Author–date
- Cover letter
- Optional
Article types accepted22, with length limits
- case reportpolicy development and implementation. Case reports (roughly 2500 words): illustrate a methodological, ethical or practical challenmain text ≤ 2,500 words
- case reportsCase reports (roughly 2500 words): illustrate a methodological, ethical or practical challenge.Length not stated
- commentaryPlease note that all articles will be peer-reviewed, except Commentaries (which are typically reviewed within the Editorial Board), and that word counts are pro…main text ≤ 1,000 words
- editorialPlease note that all articles will be peer-reviewed, except Commentaries (which are typically reviewed within the Editorial Board), and that word counts are pro…Length not stated
- evidence and gap mapsEvidence and gap maps: these identify what evidence exists, and highlight gaps in knowledge and research output.Length not stated
- meta-analysisPlease note that all articles will be peer-reviewed, except Commentaries (which are typically reviewed within the Editorial Board), and that word counts are pro…Length not stated
- mini reviewPlease note that all articles will be peer-reviewed, except Commentaries (which are typically reviewed within the Editorial Board), and that word counts are pro…Length not stated
- mini reviewsMini Reviews (around 2500 words): short reviews on hot and trending topics which highlight key papers for further reading.Length not stated
- original research articlePlease note that all articles will be peer-reviewed, except Commentaries (which are typically reviewed within the Editorial Board), and that word counts are pro…Length not stated
- original research articlesOriginal research articles: there is no strict limit to the number of words or pages, as we recognise that different subjects and topics may require different a…Length not stated
- policy forumsPolicy forums (1000 to 2000 words): bridge the divide between research and policy.Length not stated
- protocolPlease note that all articles will be peer-reviewed, except Commentaries (which are typically reviewed within the Editorial Board), and that word counts are pro…Length not stated
- rapid communicationPlease note that all articles will be peer-reviewed, except Commentaries (which are typically reviewed within the Editorial Board), and that word counts are pro…main text ≤ 2,500 words
- rapid communicationsRapid communications (between 500-2500 words): short papers that provide a route for rapidly communicating a novel or significant new finding.Length not stated
- research methods and protocolsResearch methods and protocols: these articles communicate how to conduct ethical and robust research in the field of human-animal interactions, or can be used …Length not stated
- reviewPlease note that all articles will be peer-reviewed, except Commentaries (which are typically reviewed within the Editorial Board), and that word counts are pro…main text ≤ 5,000 words
- review articlePlease note that all articles will be peer-reviewed, except Commentaries (which are typically reviewed within the Editorial Board), and that word counts are pro…main text ≤ 2,500 words
- review articlesReview articles: should provide an up to date overview of a current topic.Length not stated
- reviewsReviews (approximately 5000 words): these are longer, in-depth reviews, providing an overview of a field with comprehensive reference lists.Length not stated
- short reviewPlease note that all articles will be peer-reviewed, except Commentaries (which are typically reviewed within the Editorial Board), and that word counts are pro…Length not stated
- systematic reviewPlease note that all articles will be peer-reviewed, except Commentaries (which are typically reviewed within the Editorial Board), and that word counts are pro…Length not stated
- systematic reviews and meta-analysesSystematic reviews and meta-analyses: these gather existing research evidence and data in order to answer a question or summarise the results of other studies, …Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism
- License & copyright
Author retains copyright Model summary
Copyright on the article is retained by the author, who are granting CABI a non-exclusive license to publish.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access article processing charge
APC waivers for Research4Life countries Model summary
Human—Animal Interactions is an open access journal which means that all content is freely available without charge to readers. Authors may choose whether to publish their work under the Creative Commons licenses CC-BY or CC-BY-NC which permit use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, so long as attribution is given to the original author(s). The terms and co…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Double-blind review process Model summary
The journal operates a double-blind review process.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism
Integrity screening with iThenticate Model summary
Submissions are screened using a range of integrity tools including iThenticate to identify overlap with previously published work.
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
- CABI
- Country or region
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2957-9538
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- 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 HumanAnimal Interactions
What CAS zone is HumanAnimal Interactions in?
In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Psychology. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of HumanAnimal Interactions?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 2; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 2.1, h-index 10.
How long does peer review take at HumanAnimal Interactions?
Based on the dates recorded on 43 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 98 days (interquartile range 63–149 days); authors report an average review time of about 9 weeks; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 68%. 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.
What are the manuscript requirements of HumanAnimal Interactions?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: 250–350 words; Keywords: ≤ 10; Manuscript length: ≤ 8,000 words; Reference style: Author–date; Cover letter: Optional. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of HumanAnimal Interactions based?
Of the 32 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (19), United Kingdom (6) and Australia (4). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index HumanAnimal Interactions?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, HumanAnimal Interactions is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists Web of Science and CAB Abstracts; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is HumanAnimal Interactions open access, and what is the APC?
HumanAnimal Interactions is a fully open-access journal. APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex, 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: .