Journal profile · AGRICULTURE, DAIRY & ANIMAL SCIENCE
Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology
ISSN 2049-1891 · BioMed Central Ltd. · CHINA MAINLAND · Continuous publication · Founded 2010
Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology: CAS Zone 1 · Agricultural & Forestry Sciences (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal); impact factor 7.92; fully open access; APC about USD 2,790; median 102 days to acceptance (99 articles, last 24 months); 181 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology is published by BioMed Central Ltd. and is in Zone 1 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition, Top journal). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Animal Nutrition and Physiology, Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology and Reproductive Physiology in Livestock, together about 35.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Animal Science and Zoology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that encompasses a wide range of research areas including animal genetics, reproduction, nutrition, physiology, biochemistry, biotechnology, feedstuffs and animal products. The journal publishes original and novel research articles and reviews mainly involved in pigs, poultry, beef cattle, cows, goats and sheep, but the studies involving aquatic and laboratory animal species that address fundamental questions related to livestock are also welcome.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): AGRICULTURE, DAIRY & ANIMAL SCIENCE
Editor-in-chief Defa LiPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 44 in mainland China (about 46%); most named Mainland China 44, United States 26, South Korea 5, Australia 3, Italy 2 (96 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Animal Nutrition and PhysiologyAgricultural and Biological Sciences19.6%
- Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive PhysiologyAgricultural and Biological Sciences8.2%
- Reproductive Physiology in LivestockAgricultural and Biological Sciences7.6%
- Gut microbiota and healthBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology7.4%
- Animal Behavior and Welfare StudiesVeterinary5.7%
- Reproductive Biology and FertilityMedicine5.2%
- Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestockBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5.2%
- Meat and Animal Product QualityAgricultural and Biological Sciences4.1%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Agricultural & Forestry Sciences Zone 1
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Agricultural & Forestry Sciences | Zone 1 |
| Minor | Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIEScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
CASCAB AbstractsPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, ProQuest, Dimensions, CNKI, Baidu, AGRICOLA, Naver, OCLC, Portico, CLOCKSS
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
- 7.92LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 7.9Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 8.6Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 11.9LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.74LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.88LetPub ·
- h-index
- 27LetPub ·
- h-index
- 110OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,125OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 7.88OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 3.8%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 178LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 2,000,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,672 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 182 | 182 | 170 |
| 2025 | 181 | 181 | 1,380 |
| 2024 | 173 | 173 | 2,672 |
| 2023 | 159 | 159 | 4,114 |
| 2022 | 148 | 148 | 4,867 |
| 2021 | 126 | 126 | 6,637 |
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
102 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 89 days – 115 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 53 days (99 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 155 days
- Sample
- 99 articles with submission and acceptance dates (410 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 17 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to first decision
- 8 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 17 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 2,390 / USD 2,790 / GBP 1,990 | Yes | CC BY, CC0 | |
| OpenAlex | USD 2,790 / EUR 2,390 / GBP 1,990 | — | — | |
| LetPub | GBP 1,990 / USD 2,790 / EUR 2,390 | Yes | — | |
| Publisher website | GBP 1,990 / USD 2,790 / EUR 2,390 | — | — |
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)
Open calls for papers3, by deadline
Publisher websiteWhat to prepare1 items from the author guidelines
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
Article types accepted6
- brief reportResearch Review Meeting Report Methodology Correspondence Brief ReportLength not stated
- correspondenceResearch Review Meeting Report Methodology Correspondence Brief ReportLength not stated
- meeting reportResearch Review Meeting Report Methodology Correspondence Brief ReportLength not stated
- methodologyResearch Review Meeting Report Methodology Correspondence Brief ReportLength not stated
- researchResearch Review Meeting Report Methodology Correspondence Brief ReportLength not stated
- reviewResearch Review Meeting Report Methodology Correspondence Brief ReportLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteData availability, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- Data availability Formatting the 'Availability of data and materials' section of your manuscript
CC0 data policy Model summary
The following format for the 'Availability of data and materials section of your manuscript should be used:
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Licensing and copyright
CC BY licence; CC0 data policy Model summary
Creative Commons licences Open access articles in Springer Nature journals are published under Creative Commons licences. These provide an industry-standard framework to support easy re-use of open access material. Under Creative Commons licences, authors retain copyright of their articles. Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology articles are published open access under a CC BY (Creative Commo…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Benefits of open access
Publishing open access (OA) offers a number of benefits, including greater reach and readership for your work: Cited more 1.6x more citations of OA articles than non-OA articles across all subjects Downloaded more 4x more downloads of OA articles than non-OA articles Greater impact 2.5x more Altmetric attention. OA articles attracted 1.9x more news mentions and 1.2x more policy mentions Open acces…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review policy
Peer review is the process used to evaluate the quality of a manuscript before publication. Independent researchers in the relevant field assess submitted manuscripts to check their validity and robustness. Their feedback guides editors in making publication decisions. Typically, two or more experts evaluate each manuscript based on three main criteria: scientific robustness: is the research metho…
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
- BioMed Central Ltd.
- Country or region
- CHINA MAINLAND
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Continuous publication
- Founded
- 2010
- ISSN
- 2049-1891
- Society / sponsor
- Chinese Association of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- 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 Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology
What CAS zone is Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology is in Zone 1 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences, and in Zone 1 of the minor category Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science; it is a Top journal. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 1 of Agricultural & Forestry Sciences. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 7.92; CiteScore 11.9, h-index 110.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology?
Based on the dates recorded on 99 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 102 days (interquartile range 89–115 days); authors report an average review time of about 17 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology based?
Of the 96 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 44 (about 46%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Mainland China (44), United States (26) and South Korea (5). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology is indexed in SCIE, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists CAS and CAB Abstracts; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 2,790.
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: .