Journal profile · Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
Italian Journal of Animal Science
ISSN 1594-4077 · eISSN 1828-051X · Taylor and Francis Ltd. · ITALY · Quarterly · Founded 2002
Italian Journal of Animal Science: CAS Zone 3 · Agricultural & Forestry Sciences (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.59; JCR Q1 (journal website); fully open access; APC about USD 1,680; median 92 days to acceptance (10 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: easy; 197 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Italian Journal of Animal Science is published by Taylor and Francis Ltd. and is in Zone 3 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, Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock and Meat and Animal Product Quality, together about 39.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are Animal Science and Zoology and Agronomy and Crop Science. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Italian Journal of Animal Science is an international open access journal publishing research at molecular, cellular, organ, whole animal and production system levels. The Italian Journal of Animal Science is the official journal of the Animal Science and Production Association and is essential reading for animal scientists, technicians and all those who research animal production. The Italian Journal of Animal Science encourages submissions of international relevance on the following subjects: Animal derived food quality and safety Animal genetics and breeding Aquaculture, companion and wild game animals Livestock systems, management and environment Non-ruminant or ruminant nutrition and feeding Production physiology and functional biology of farmed, companions and wild game animals. Animal behaviour Animal welfare In vitro studies that have an application to farmed livestock Tropical management systems, tropical farming, tropical breeding, animal feeding in the tropics. Manuscripts discussing milk or meat analysis and compositions must show a direct link to either livestock production system, product quality, animal feeding/nutrition, animal genetics or breeding. Manuscripts describing laboratory animal models will be considered where the study highlights a potential benefit to farmed livestock. The Italian Journal of Animal Science accepts original research articles, review articles, short communications, meeting reviews, book reviews, conference supplements, as well as news and guidelines from the Animal Science and Production Association (ASPA). The journal operates a single-anonymized peer review policy. Read the Instructions for Authors.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science
Editor-in-chief Paolo TrevisiPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Animal Nutrition and PhysiologyAgricultural and Biological Sciences17.5%
- Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestockBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology12.1%
- Meat and Animal Product QualityAgricultural and Biological Sciences10.1%
- Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive PhysiologyAgricultural and Biological Sciences9.6%
- Effects of Environmental Stressors on LivestockAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.6%
- Reproductive Physiology in LivestockAgricultural and Biological Sciences5.5%
- Animal Behavior and Welfare StudiesVeterinary4.9%
- Rabbits: Nutrition, Reproduction, HealthAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.5%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Veterinary Sciences | Zone 3 |
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 |
| Minor | Veterinary Sciences | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Veterinary Sciences | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- JCR Q1 · best quartile · 2025
- CiteScore Q1 · 2025
Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website
Database indexing
SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
SSCIPublisher website
Other: AGRICOLA, Agricola - USDA, CABI, IFIS: The Food Science and Health Database
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
- 2.59LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.6Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.6Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.4LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 4.4Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.59LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.59Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.89LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 0.89Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 27LetPub ·
- h-index
- 70OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,496OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 3.02OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 11.5%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 214LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 816,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 3,760 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 97 | 97 | 33 |
| 2025 | 197 | 197 | 529 |
| 2024 | 163 | 163 | 818 |
| 2023 | 130 | 130 | 1,059 |
| 2022 | 150 | 150 | 1,762 |
| 2021 | 231 | 231 | 3,032 |
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
92 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 74 days – 114 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 39 days (10 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 132 days
- Sample
- 10 articles with submission and acceptance dates (10 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)
- 18–36 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 33%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 10 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 50 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 24 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 10 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
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | EUR 1,615 / GBP 1,344 / USD 1,680 | Yes | CC BY, CC BY-NC | |
| OpenAlex | USD 1,590 | — | — | |
| LetPub | EUR 1,615 / GBP 1,344 / USD 1,680 | Yes | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
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 prepare1 items from the author guidelines
- Cover letter
- Required
Article types accepted7
- book reviewThe Italian Journal of Animal Science accepts original research articles, review articles, short communications, meeting reviews, book reviews, conference suppl…Length not stated
- conference supplementThe Italian Journal of Animal Science accepts original research articles, review articles, short communications, meeting reviews, book reviews, conference suppl…Length not stated
- meeting reviewThe Italian Journal of Animal Science accepts original research articles, review articles, short communications, meeting reviews, book reviews, conference suppl…Length not stated
- news and guidelinesThe Italian Journal of Animal Science accepts original research articles, review articles, short communications, meeting reviews, book reviews, conference suppl…Length not stated
- original researchThe Italian Journal of Animal Science accepts original research articles, review articles, short communications, meeting reviews, book reviews, conference suppl…Length not stated
- reviewThe Italian Journal of Animal Science accepts original research articles, review articles, short communications, meeting reviews, book reviews, conference suppl…Length not stated
- short communicationThe Italian Journal of Animal Science accepts original research articles, review articles, short communications, meeting reviews, book reviews, conference suppl…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access Open access
Italian Journal of Animal Science is an open access journal and only publishes open access articles. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research. Why choose open access? Increase the discoverability and readership of your article Make an impact and reach new readers, not …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Single-anonymized peer review Model summary
The journal operates a single-anonymized peer review policy.
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
- Taylor and Francis Ltd.
- Country or region
- ITALY
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Founded
- 2002
- ISSN
- 1594-4077
- Electronic ISSN
- 1828-051X
- Society / sponsor
- Animal Science and Production Association
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 25, Issue 1 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- 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 Italian Journal of Animal Science
What CAS zone is Italian Journal of Animal Science in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Italian Journal of Animal Science is in Zone 3 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science / Veterinary Sciences. 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 Italian Journal of Animal Science?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.59; CiteScore 4.4, h-index 70.
How long does peer review take at Italian Journal of Animal Science?
Based on the dates recorded on 10 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 92 days (interquartile range 74–114 days); authors report an average review time of 18–36 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 33%. 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 JCR quartile is Italian Journal of Animal Science in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q1 (best quartile). JCR quartiles are Clarivate's to confirm and a different system from the CAS zones; in the CAS ranking the journal is in Zone 3 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences.
Which databases index Italian Journal of Animal Science?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Italian Journal of Animal Science is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists SSCI; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Italian Journal of Animal Science open access, and what is the APC?
Italian Journal of Animal Science is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 1,680.
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: .