Journal profile · Multiple
Inra Productions Animales
ISSN 2824-3633 · Institut National De La Recherche Agronomique · FRANCE · Quarterly
Inra Productions Animales: CAS Zone 4 · Agricultural & Forestry Sciences (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0; diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review over 36 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 25 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Inra Productions Animales is published by Institut National De La Recherche Agronomique 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 Agriculture and Rural Development Research, Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock and French Urban and Social Studies, together about 41.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Animal Science and Zoology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
La revue INRAE Productions Animales publie en accès libre sans frais de publication, des articles de synthèse permettant la mise à jour des connaissances pour toutes les espèces d’intérêt zootechnique (herbivores, monogastriques et poissons) dans les domaines de la nutrition et l'alimentation, la physiologie, la pathologie, la génétique, les techniques et les systèmes d'élevage, la qualité des produits, la sécurité alimentaire, l'économie des productions… avec comme objectif de mieux faire connaître les travaux conduits par l’INRAE ou en collaboration avec d’autres organismes. Sur invitation ou après accord préalable de la rédaction, la revue peut publier des articles émanant d’autres organismes de recherche français ou étrangers. INRAE Productions Animales s'adresse à un public large : recherche et développement agricole, professionnels de l'élevage, de l'alimentation et de la santé animale, enseignants et étudiants etc. La revue est indexée dans les bases internationales du Web of Science et des CAB. Elle est classée dans les catégories « Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science » et « Veterinary Sciences » du Journal Citation Reports.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Multiple
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Agriculture and Rural Development ResearchAgricultural and Biological Sciences25%
- Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestockBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology8.4%
- French Urban and Social StudiesSocial Sciences7.8%
- Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental ImpactEnvironmental Science6.8%
- Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive PhysiologyAgricultural and Biological Sciences6.5%
- Animal Nutrition and PhysiologyAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.4%
- Rabbits: Nutrition, Reproduction, HealthAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.3%
- Meat and Animal Product QualityAgricultural and Biological Sciences3.7%
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 |
| 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 | Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science | 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 | Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Veterinary Sciences | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
ScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of SciencePublisher website
Other: Journal of Citation Reports
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
- 0LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.17LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.3LetPub ·
- h-index
- 29LetPub ·
- h-index
- 37OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 357OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.69OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 98.48%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 25LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,458 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 10 | 10 | 0 |
| 2025 | 25 | 25 | 9 |
| 2024 | 29 | 29 | 35 |
| 2023 | 39 | 39 | 96 |
| 2022 | 20 | 20 | 63 |
| 2021 | 24 | 24 | 99 |
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)
- over 36 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 24 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
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 | — | |
| Publisher website | No APC | — | — |
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Other fees
- No other fees
- Page charges
- No page charges
- Submission fee
- No submission fee
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 accepted3
- articles de synthèseLes articles publiés dans la revue INRAE Productions Animales sont des articles dits « de synthèse ».Length not stated
- dossiers thématiquesla revue publie des dossiers thématiques (20 à 40 pages de revue) sur des sujets d’actualitéLength not stated
- numéros spéciaux thématiquesla revue propose aussi régulièrement des numéros spéciaux thématiques (80 pages ou plus de revue)Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, License & copyright, Open access, Preprints
- Authorship
Articles from other institutions by invitation or prior agreement Model summary
Sur invitation ou après accord préalable de la rédaction, la revue peut publier des articles émanant d’autres organismes de recherche français ou étrangers.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright
Translation/adaptation requires original published under CC-BY or CC-BY-NC-ND Model summary
Pour une traduction et adaptation, la version initiale doit avoir été publiée en Open Access sous la licence CC-BY, ou CC-BY-NC-ND sans transfert de copyright à l’éditeur.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access
Open access, no publication fees Model summary
publie en libre accès et sans frais de publication
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints
Contact editor before submission for adapted articles Model summary
Dans le cas d'une adaptation d'un article publié par ailleurs, il est nécessaire de contacter la revue avant la soumission (éditeur en chef : rene.baumont@inrae.fr).
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
- Institut National De La Recherche Agronomique
- Country or region
- FRANCE
- Language
- French
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- ISSN
- 2824-3633
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Inra Productions Animales
What CAS zone is Inra Productions Animales in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Inra Productions Animales is in Zone 4 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science / 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 Inra Productions Animales?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0; CiteScore 1.1, h-index 37.
How long does peer review take at Inra Productions Animales?
Authors report an average review time of over 36 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 Inra Productions Animales?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Inra Productions Animales is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists Web of Science; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Inra Productions Animales open access, and what is the APC?
Inra Productions Animales 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .